Growing up, I would hear adults saying, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” I never understood why I would keep my enemies closer than my friends. Martha and I revisited that saying after listening to a speech delivered by Killer Mike titled: Free Speech Lets Me Know My Enemy. His spin on the topic was spot on. It showed his maturity.

Our parents have always told us, in many different ways, to “Keep your eyes open”, “Pay attention” and that “You better smell the coffee.” Which meant that you better keep your sense about yourself.

We all have to learn how to slow down what we see to reflect and assess. If we don’t, we will let too many important things slide while turning the other cheek. I am all outta cheeks.

Martha has led us into an episode for the archives. Most of our discussions are surfaced for discussion amongst larger groups - then some episodes go beneath the surface that might cause some of our listeners to step back. Those are the episodes I see as a recording for the archives. The archives are left for others to discover.

Martha opens this episode by exploring a repetitive mantra often used in the African American community, We are caught or stuck between a rock and a hard place.” We have repeated this phrase without ever assessing its meaning in layman terms. Here we go with another significant discussion. We hope you like it and add it to your collection. If you like it, please share it.

This episode is a door blaster because Martha and I have reached a new horizon when it comes to analyzing why our parents sent us out of the room when “Grown Folks are talking.” Martha hit the spot when she stated that, as adults, we represent those adult conversations that took place in the background. What a profound discovery! Let us know your thoughts. Thank you for your support.

When it comes to the African American experience, Diaspora is used to address the dispersion of Africans throughout the world. During this episode, Martha and I are applying the Diaspora to our voluntary migrations and generational gaps.

I asked Martha to join me in discussing the challenges our young people are struggling with to survive and live. We talked about uniforms, games, early versus present television, managing anger/revenge, and more. At what point do you lose control of children with guns?

Martha and I continue to explore past and current history. What are your thoughts?

I chose this title because we continue to struggle with claiming and maintaining cultures, traditions, and more as we scramble to survive. Martha and I are asking you to join us in leaving this legacy of recordings by sharing them with your circle of friends and family.

This episode addresses the previous one regarding the experiments on black/African American people and the assumption that they did not display pain. But we go on this time to discuss that our pain is rooted in denial of the events that have affected us over our history and distorted how we see ourselves today.