- TONIGHT ON LOVE & RESPECT A CONVERSATION WITH ENTERTAINMENT ICON, TYLER PERRY.

- DID THE ROUGH TIMES PREPARE YOU?

IN ANY WAY WERE THERE BLESSINGS IN THE ROUGH TIMES AND IN THAT PREPAREDNESS, WHY DID YOU NEVER GIVE UP?

- I FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER IN ME, SOMETHING BIGGER SO TO BE IN THOSE MOMENTS AND, AND HOLD ON WAS THE HARDEST PART BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROADMAP TO GET THERE AND NOBODY THERE TO HELP ME.

- [MIKE] TYLER PERRY, COMING UP, RIGHT NOW.

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♪♪ ♪♪ - WELCOME BACK TO LOVE & RESPECT TO THE AUDIENCE AND WELCOME TO LOVE & RESPECT, MY HERO, MY ICON, OUR WALKING BLACK HISTORY, MR. TYLER PERRY.

- I APPRECIATE IT MAN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I LOVE THE ALABAMA STATE, MAN, YOU REPRESENTING.

- THANKS, EVERY, EVERY WEEK, WHAT I TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE I'M REPRESENTING FOR AN HBCU OR SOME TYPE OF TRADE SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, TO KEEP OUR KIDS INSPIRED.

- THAT'S PERFECT, MAN.

THAT'S PERFECT.

- MAN, I AM EXCITED TO BE TALKING TO YOU.

SO I'MA DO A LOT LESS TALKING, - MHM.

- A LOT OF QUESTION ASKING, A LOT OF LISTENING AND LEARNING.

- OKAY.

- I WANT TO FIRST GIVE CREDIT TO BETTY KLUNTZ, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO FORCED ME TO GO TO THE DRUGSTORE BIWEEKLY TO BUY TYLER PERRY DVD'S OF YOUR PLAYS.

AND THE FIRST THREE TIMES I COMPLAINED, - AT THE DRUGSTORE?

- YEAH, WE WOULD GO TO LIKE CVS'S OR- - THEY WERE ON SALE AT THE DRUGSTORE?

- THEY WERE ON SALE AT THE DRUGSTORE, NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE LEGIT.

- THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS, MAN.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.

- I KNOW IN ADAMSVILLE, SHE WOULD SEND ME AND SISTERS UP.

THEY HAD A LITTLE TYLER PERRY RACK.

(TYLER LAUGHS) - YEAH.

- AND WE'D GET OUR TYLER PERRY, WE BROUGHT BACK THE DVD'S.

I'D BE LIKE, "MAMA, WHY ARE WE GOING TO GET-" 'CAUSE SHE RAISED ME AND SHE WAS MAMA.

AND BY THE THIRD MOVIE IN, I'M JUST LIKE, "THIS REMINDS ME A LOT OF YOU."

- MM.

MM.

- SO I GOTTA ASK MAN, THE PRIDE YOU MUST HAVE FROM GOING TO SELLING DVD'S, FROM DOING PLAYS TO NOW, THIS BEAUTIFUL STUDIO IN ATLANTA.

- YEAH.

- YOU'RE A BIG REASON THAT OTHER STUDIOS ARE MOVING HERE.

IT WASN'T JUST THE TAX BREAKS, YOU SHOWED PEOPLE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE TAX BREAKS.

AND YOU'VE BROUGHT TONS OF JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT, UNION JOBS AND GOOD JOBS THAT PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF.

WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE?

- EXHAUSTING, EXHAUSTING (TYLER CHUCKLES) NO HONESTLY, FOR ME I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE ALL OF THIS MAN.

WHEN I SET OUT, ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS OWN IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE OWNERSHIP.

MY FATHER WORKED HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND HE WOULD BUILD THESE HOUSES, HE WOULD SELL- HE WAS A SUBCONTRACTOR, HE WOULD BUILD THEM.

THE GUY WHO OWNED IT WOULD SELL IT, MAKE 80, $90,000.

HE'D MAKE $800 AND HE'D BE SO HAPPY, BUT IT NEVER MADE SENSE TO ME.

SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE GUY WHO OWNED IT, AND BEING THE GUY WHO OWNED IT, I DIDN'T REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THAT CAME WITH IT.

SO NOW I SEE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT ALL, SO IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT.

AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS CHOSEN TO BE IN THIS MOMENT OUT OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE ME, THE ANCESTORS WANTED IT TO FALL ON ME, SO I GOT TO HOLD IT, HOLD IT UP AS BEST I CAN.

- YEAH.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OWNERSHIP, AND I KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF TIMES WE HEAR ABOUT BEING A BOSS AND BEING A LEADER.

YOU KNOW, A BOSS TELLS PEOPLE WHAT TO DO.

A LEADER DOES IT WITH THE PEOPLE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BOSSES IN THIS INDUSTRY.

BUT YOU TRULY HAVE WENT FURTHER BEYOND THAT, AND BECAME A LEADER.

ONE OF THE THINGS AS A LEADER I'VE SEEN YOU DO, BESIDES PROVIDE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE, IS WHEN COVID BROKE OUT, IT BROKE OUT ABOUT A MONTH AFTER OUR RECORD DROPPED ME AND EL-P WITH RUN THE JEWELS.

AND IT FROZE EVERYTHING, PUSHED THE TOUR BACK TWO YEARS, GAVE US TIME TO JUST SIT AT HOME AND NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

- THAT WAS SCARY, MAN.

THAT WAS SCARY.

- YEAH.

YOU, AS A LEADER, DEVELOPED A 30-PAGE CAMP QUARANTINE SYSTEM OF PROTOCOL THAT HAS REALLY KEPT YOUR SPACE SAFE.

IT'S KEPT YOUR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES SAFE, HAVE KEPT YOUR PRODUCTIONS SAFE.

AS A LEADER, WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE?

BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF LIVES.

- YEAH.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND I COULD HAVE WENT TO THE BAHAMAS.

I HAVE A PLACE DOWN THERE.

I COULD HAVE STAYED THERE THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, DRINKING MAI THAIS, SMOKING WEED AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

RIGHT?

- YOU CAN INVITE ME.

- THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I HAD THIS MOMENT OF CLARITY, AND GOING, OKAY, IF YOU DO THAT, WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE, MAN?

SOME OF THEM GOT KIDS IN COLLEGE THEY'VE GOT NEW HOUSES.

'CAUSE I LOVE TO SEE THEM COMING, RUNNING UP TO ME.

"HEY, MY CREDIT IS SO MUCH BETTER.

"I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE."

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, WHO'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BE IN THE BUSINESS AND NEVER HAD THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FORMER PRISONERS THAT COME OUT AND COME IN, IT'S GRIP AND ELECTRIC.

AND THESE ARE MY RIDE OR DIES, MAN.

SO TO SEE THEM DOING WELL IS GREAT.

BUT WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD I HAVE BEEN, OR LEADER, TO SAY, "OKAY, I'M OUT.

"I'LL BE BACK WHEN THIS IS CALMED DOWN AND WE CAN GO BACK TO WORK."

SO I HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT.

- THERE IS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, I HOPE IT DOESN'T GO ON MY MIC, I'MA PUT THIS OUT THERE.

MY WIFE GOT ME THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY, BUT THIS LADY RIGHT HERE, BETTY KLUNTZ, AND THAT'S HER DAUGHTER ON THE OTHER SIDE, DENISE, MY WIFE BOUGHT ME THIS.

YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES RAPPERS WEAR TRINKETS, BUT SHANA GOT ME THIS AND I'VE WORN IT EVERY DAY SINCE BECAUSE THE WOMAN WITH THE GRAY HAIR RAISED ME.

- OH.

- THE WOMAN WITH THE GRAY HAIR SENT ME, I GUESS, TO BE BUYING BOOTLEG TYLER PERRY MOVIES, BUT MADE ME A FAN, - [TYLER] BETTY - BETTY, BETTY KLUNTZ.

BETTY, MISS OPHELIA, MISS MAY DEE, MISS MARY, ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN WERE JUST A CIRCLE OF PEOPLE AROUND ME RAISING ME AND ALL THE OTHER KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I HAD A TWO-PARENT HOUSEHOLD WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWER OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE POWER OF THE COUNCIL OF THEM.

- RIGHT.

- THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARGUE OVER SENTIMENTS OF WHO SHOULD WEAR DRESSES, CHARACTERS OR NOT.

THOSE THINGS ARE FOR THEM TO ARGUE.

WHAT I SAW REPRESENTED IN MADEA.

BY THE TIME MY GRANDMOTHER GOT ME TO THE THIRD PLAY, I WAS ALL-IN BECAUSE I SAW PIECES OF THE WOMEN I GREW UP WITH.

I SAW WOMEN THAT UNDERSTOOD THE GOSPEL, DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE QUOTES.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT CHAPTERS.

- RIGHT.

- I SAW WOMEN THAT FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT, WAS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE GLUED TOGETHER INSTEAD OF TORN APART.

WHO INSPIRED MADEA?

- OH YEAH.

- WHO INSPIRED THE QUOTE, "IF YOU TREAT WOMEN RIGHT, THEY BRING EVERYONE ELSE."

- MM.

LISTEN, MY MOTHER WAS DEFINITELY A PART OF MADEA.

MY AUNT MAYOLA.

THEN THE FIRST "I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF" VIDEO WITH MADEA, THAT WIG IS THE EXACT WIG MY AUNT MAYOLA HAD.

AND THESE WOMEN, MAN, THEY WERE SO POWERFUL AND STRONG, AND THEY HAD SO MUCH PAIN AND THEY HAD SO MUCH CHARACTER, AND THEY WERE JUST DISMISSED BY EVERY SITUATION.

SO FOR ME TO COME UP WITH THIS, AND MY MOTHER TOLD ME BEFORE SHE PASSED, SHE SAID, "DON'T EVER STOP DOING MADEA."

'CAUSE IT WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITES, BUT TO BE ABLE TO PAY HOMAGE TO ALL OF THESE WOMEN WHO- IT'S AN HOMAGE TO DO ALL THESE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR ME AND YOU AND US, 'CAUSE NOBODY CAME TO THIS PLANET WITHOUT COMING THROUGH A WOMAN.

RIGHT?

- ABSOLUTELY.

- NO BLACK PERSON CAME WITHOUT COMING THROUGH A BLACK WOMAN.

RIGHT?

- ABSOLUTELY - SO, TO HAVE THESE MOMENTS, THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY, "HEY, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, YOUR STRENGTH."

AND ALSO WHAT I REALIZE WITH A LOT OF THE GENERATIONS NOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS UPSTAIRS, HOW THEY CAN'T...

IF YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE, YOU'RE A BULLY.

IF YOU GET HIT UPSIDE THE HEAD, YOU'RE ABUSIVE.

WE GREW UP IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.

LIKE THAT STUFF WAS THE NORM.

BUT IT WAS THESE WOMEN WHO WERE VERY STRICT, VERY STERN, SAID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO SAY UNAPOLOGETICALLY, BUT SHOWED YOU SO MUCH LOVE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THIS IS FOR ME, MAN.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA GO LIKE THIS.

- YEAH.

- YEAH, I THOUGHT I'D DO ONE PLAY AND BE DONE WITH IT.

THE AUDIENCE WOULDN'T LET IT GO.

- YEAH.

YOU HAVE VERY CHRISTIAN THEMES, WITHOUT BEING OVERTLY CHRISTIAN.

LIKE YOU DON'T HIT PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD WITH THE BIBLE AND SAY IT'S THIS WAY OR NO WAY.

A LOT OF THE SUFFERING AND THE PAIN THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WITH WOMEN REMINDS ME OF STORIES LIKE JOB IN THE BIBLE, A STEWARD OF GOD, BUT ENDURED UNDESERVED SUFFERING, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAME MORE BOUNTIFUL AND GOD REPLACED ALL THAT WAS LOST.

IF YOU LOOK AT DEBORAH IN THE BIBLE, A WOMAN WHO GOD CALLED TO LEAD WHEN MEN WERE AFRAID TO, YOUR THEMES OFTEN REMIND ME, 'CAUSE I WAS FORCED TO GO TO CHURCH.

WE WAS BAPTIST AND PRACTICING PENTECOSTAL, WE WENT TO CHURCH TWICE.

- OH, OH YEAH.

- WE WENT TO CHURCH AT THE EARLY MORNING SERVICE AT MOUNT OLIVE, THEN YOU WAS AT A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH THE LAST EIGHT HOURS OF THE DAY.

YOU WAS FASTING ON WEDNESDAYS, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL RECENTLY.

I CAN REALLY SAY DURING COVID BROUGHT ME BACK TO A SENSE OF THE SPIRITUALITY THAT I WAS RAISED WITH AND THAT, AS A CHRISTIAN, AS A STEWARD OF GOD, MY JOB IS NOT TO JUST QUOTE BIBLE SCRIPTURES.

BUT YOUR JOB REALLY IS TO BE THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF CHRIST.

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE CHRISTIAN THEMES?

EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SAY, "HEY, YOU NEED TO BE A CHRISTIAN," YOU LEAD A VERY CHRIST-LIKE EXISTENCE, IN YOUR ART, AND OUT, BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH PEOPLE - YEAH.

- IN THE STREETS WHO PEOPLE IGNORE, YOU EMPOWER PEOPLE THAT ARE POWERLESS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT USING FIELD GRIPS IN PRODUCTION, FORMER PRISONERS.

THE LAST PERSON CHRIST SAVED ON EARTH WAS A PRISONER, SELF-CONFESSED-EE.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THAT?

AND WERE THOSE WOMEN, ARE PART OF, WHAT PART OF THE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT YOU TO SAY, "THIS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF MY LIFE"?

- THIS IS WHY I LOVE TALKING TO YOU, BECAUSE, JUST THE WAY YOU TIE THINGS TOGETHER, MAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

I, YEAH, YEAH, LISTEN, MY MOTHER, FOR ME, SHE TOOK ME TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, AND MY GRANT, MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MINISTER, BUT, BUT HER, HIS FATHER WAS A MINISTER.

AND WE CAN TRACE THEM ALL THE WAY BACK TO SLAVERY.

PRINCE WAS, WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST MEMBERS OF MY ANCESTORS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, WHO WAS ALSO A MINISTER.

SO, TO HAVE THAT BE IN MY DNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL.

AND FOR ME, A LOT OF MY EARLY WORK WAS ABOUT HOW DID I SOLVE PROBLEMS?

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TRAVEL MUCH, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF THE WORLD, BUT, A LOT OF MY PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED AND WORKED OUT THROUGH PRAYER.

SO, IN THE EARLY WORK, I'M, I'M SPEAKING FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES OF WHAT HAPPENED, WITHOUT TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE, "HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE."

BUT, RATHER, "HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS", YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED PRAYER?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED GOD?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED FAITH?"

BECAUSE, AS I LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, THERE, EVERY GENERATION IS GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM CHURCH.

RIGHT?

AND, AS THAT HAPPENS, AND I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S SO MUCH CRAZINESS GOING ON IN CHURCH, I CAN UNDERSTAND.

AND, SO MUCH NEGATIVITY AROUND WHAT PEOPLE, QUOTING THEMSELVES AS CHRISTIAN, AS THEY MARCH ON THE CAPITOL, SAYING, "JESUS", AND WITH THEIR CONFEDERATE FLAGS, RIGHT?

- YEAH.

- SO, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING AWAY FROM, WHAT I, AND YOU, AND SO MANY OTHERS GREW UP IN, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT THAT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FOUNDATION AND THAT BASE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S TROUBLE?

- YEAH.

- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE STRESSED?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY YELLS AT YOU?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

- YES.

- IT'S LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GO, "OKAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?"

BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE VERY BASIC THING, THAT WE WERE GIVEN, TO COPE WITH.

I WROTE THIS SONG CALLED, "SHE GAVE ME," "YOU GAVE ME JESUS", ABOUT MY MOTHER.

YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T HAVE MILLIONS DOLLARS, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LEGACY TO LEAVE, BUT SHE GAVE ME JESUS TO BE ABLE TO PRAY.

AND, THAT IS WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED ALL THIS MOMENT TO BE ABOUT.

WHETHER YOU ACCEPT IT OR NOT, IT'S NOT MY DEAL, I'M NOT HERE TO FORCE ANYBODY, BUT JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

- YOU'RE JUST A HERO.

BUT, PART OF YOUR HERO, IN MY LIFE, HAS HELPED ME COME DOWN 40 POUNDS.

AND I GOT ABOUT 100 MORE TO GO.

- MM, CONGRATS, MAN.

- YOU, UM, I SAW YOU GETTING ON YOUR HEALTH KICK BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT THE SAME WOMEN THAT TOOK CARE OF YOU, THE SAME WOMEN THAT WAS STEWARDS FOR THE CHURCH COMMUNITY, THE SAME WOMEN THAT TAUGHT YOU THE POWER OF PRAYER, AND A LOT OF THOSE WHOOPINS, THAT ME AND YOU BOTH, KEPT THE POLICE FROM WHOOPING US.

THEY WEREN'T TAKING GOOD CARE OF THEMSELVES, PHYSICALLY.

BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, HEART PROBLEMS.

AND I START SEEING YOU POST YOUR NUMBERS.

- YEAH.

- AND, IT STARTED MAKING ME BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE.

NINE MORE POUNDS DOWN, ACCORDING TO MY LAST DOCTOR'S VISIT.

- THAT'S AWESOME.

- NUMBERS ARE LOOKING BETTER EVERY TIME, BUT IN BIG PART, BECAUSE I SAW ANOTHER BIG, BLACK MAN - I APPRECIATE THAT, YEAH.

- DOIN' IT, SO TALK TO ME ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF, BECAUSE, AS A LEADER, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

- YEAH, AND AS A LEADER, ALSO, YOU SET AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT?

- YES.

- SO, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN FOR MY SON, I, YOU KNOW, AND WITH ME, GETTING UP AND GOING TO THE GYM IN THE MORNING AND WORKING OUT, I WANT HIM TO KNOW WHAT THAT WORK, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

- YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MY DAD WENT TO THE GYM EVERY MORNING.

HE WORKED OUT.

THEN HE WENT AND HE WORKED 10, 12 HOURS A DAY.

'CAUSE, I WANT HIM TO HAVE THAT WORK ETHIC.

BUT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, IS THAT, IS LETTING US KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT?

- YEAH.

- THERE'S SO MANY OF US THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE LITTLE, SIMPLE CHANGES IN LIFE THAT COULD, THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.

MY MOTHER, WHO WAS AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN, WHO TOOK CARE OF ALL OF US, GAVE US EVERYTHING WE NEED, BUT SHE NEVER PUT HERSELF ON THE LIST.

SHE NEVER TOOK CARE OF HERSELF.

SHE NEVER ATE RIGHT, SHE NEVER EXERCISED.

AND, UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, I MEAN, SHE DIED AT 64 YEARS OLD, FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES, SHE HAD CANCER, BREAST CANCER, THAT SHE HAD SURVIVED, IN THE EIGHTIES.

SHE HAD ENDURED SO MUCH STUFF, THAT HAD SHE KNOWN, I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, A MUCH DIFFERENT PERSON.

- YEAH.

- YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO GO TO CHARITY HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS FOR OUR HOSPITAL VISITS, WHICH, YOU WOULD SIT THERE FOR 18 HOURS TO SEE A RESIDENT, - YEAH.

- IF YOU NEEDED SOMETHING.

SO, SO, IF I'VE GOT THE KNOWLEDGE AND I'VE GOT THE INFORMATION, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT.

SO, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S INSPIRING OTHER PEOPLE.

- YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU'RE INSPIRING BLACK MEN AND WOMEN.

AND I, MY MOTHER DIED AT 58 AS A RESULT OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND DIALYSIS.

AND BECAUSE OF WHAT WE LEARNED, ON HER BEING ON DIALYSIS, MY SON, WHO NOW NEEDS A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, WE'RE HANDLING DIFFERENTLY, IN TERMS OF DIET AND ACTIVITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU LEARN AND IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU PASS IT ON, IN THE WAY YOU DO, MUCH LIKE THE GOSPELS, AGAIN, YOU, YOU'RE CHRIST-LIKE FIGURE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

- I APPRECIATE THAT.

- AND, CHRIST WAS MORE IN THE STREETS THAN THE CHURCH.

AND, YOU, YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, YOU SEEM TO BE DOING THE SAME.

LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD.

- YEAH.

- 54% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIVE IN THE SOUTH.

- UM, I THINK... - IS THAT RIGHT?

SEE, THAT THIS IS THE THING THAT IMPRESSED ME ABOUT YOU.

SOMETHING, WHEN YOU START TALKING STATS AND NUMBERS AND NAMES AND PETE, MAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER STUFF LIKE THAT.

(MIKE LAUGHS) I GET, YOU CAN TELL ME THAT TODAY, AND THEN, TWO WEEKS LATER, I WON'T REMEMBER.

THAT'S AWESOME, SO, 54%, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, 54%.

(MIKE LAUGHS) - LIKE MY GRANDFATHER SAY, "MOST BLACK FOLKS NEVER LEFT."

- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

- SO, WE HERE, RIGHT?

NEW ORLEANS, ATLANTA, OTHERWISE, CHARLOTTE, TAMPA, JACKSONVILLE, WE HERE.

AND, I THINK THAT, OFTENTIMES, WE RUN OFF TO PLACES LIKE NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, WHETHER IT'S RECORD DEALS OR PICTURE DEALS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLACES THAT HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER UNDERSTANDING.

- MM-HMM.

- YOU CHOSE TO STAY HERE IN THE SOUTH.

YOU'RE BORN AND RAISED IN NEW ORLEANS, YOUR BUSINESS IS PRIMARILY OUT OF ATLANTA, AND YOU DIDN'T RUN, BEGGING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU.

YOU BUILT YOUR OWN.

SO, TALK ABOUT HOW NEW YORK AND HOLLYWOOD UNDER-SERVE US, AND HOW YOU SAW THAT VACUUM TO, TO EXPLOIT, TO THE GAIN OF NOT ONLY YOURSELF, BUT TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT ARE NOW EMPLOYED AND DOING WELL.

- TH, THERE WAS THIS THING CALLED, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE STILL SAY THIS, "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO CROSS OVER?"

DO PEOPLE STILL SAY THAT, - MM-HMM, PEOPLE STILL - "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO CROSS OVER?"

'CAUSE THEY USED TO ALWAYS TELL ME, "YOU'VE GOT THIS PLAY, AND MEDEA, AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE BLACK PEOPLE.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO CROSS OVER?"

BECAUSE, CROSSING OVER IS SO IMPORTANT, WHICH MEANT, WHITE PEOPLE LIKING YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO APPEAL TO WHITE PEOPLE?

AND, I ALWAYS FOUND THAT OFFENSIVE.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT, "I DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO APPEAL TO ANY ANYBODY OTHER THAN WHO I'M APPEALING TO."

LIKE, I CAN BUILD WHAT I'M BUILDING, FROM HERE, IN THIS MOMENT, RIGHT?

SO, COMING FROM NEW ORLEANS, AND I THINK HURRICANE KATRINA REALLY SHOWED THE WORLD, HOW POVERTY EXISTS THERE ON A WHOLE, DIFFERENT LEVEL, AND IT DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE AMERICA, AT SOME POINTS.

SO, TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THERE, AND COME TO ATLANTA, AND SEE BLACK PEOPLE DOING WELL, IT BLEW MY MIND.

LIKE, I HAD NEVER SEEN BLACK PEOPLE IN SUITS, IN BUSINESS ATTIRE, GOING TO RESTAURANTS.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS MIND-BLOWING TO SEE.

SO, TO HAVE THIS ENTIRE SITUATION HAPPEN, AND COME HERE FOR FREAKNIK, BY THE WAY, I WAS COMING FOR FREAKNIK.

- YEAH.

- AND, UH, - IT BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

- BUT, BUT IT BLEW MY MIND.

I KNEW THIS WAS WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.

I KNEW THIS WAS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

AND, SO, THE SOUTH HAS ALWAYS NURTURED ME.

AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE WHERE I COULD GET THE TRUTH.

IT'S HARD TO GET THE TRUTH IN, IN NEW YORK AND HOLLYWOOD.

- YEAH.

- BECAUSE, IN HOLLYWOOD, YOU DON'T, NEVER KNOW, 'CAUSE THE VERY PERSON WHO IS A PA TODAY, MAY BE THE BOSS OF THE COMPANY TOMORROW, RIGHT?

- YEAH.

- SO, THERE'S ALL OF THIS COMPLETE AND UTTER, UM, NOT TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THINGS.

IT'S THAT THEY'LL PATRONIZE YOU.

IN THE SOUTH, THEY'RE LIKE, "TYLER, I WATCHED THAT LAST MOVIE, MAN, YOU NEED TO WORK ON THAT SHIT, THAT WASN'T GOOD AT ALL."

(MIKE LAUGHS) YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

SO, I LOVE THE TRUTH THAT THEY GIVE ME HERE, FOR, FOR, HONESTLY.

- AFTER GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH, AND, I TRY TO TELL PEOPLE, ATLANTA WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

I GREW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED THE COLLIER HEIGHTS, STARTED BY BLACK FOLKS, FOR BLACK FOLKS, HAD EVERYBODY, FROM WORKING CLASS FOLKS, LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS, TO DR. KING'S PARENTS, IN THERE.

SO, I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE UP THE LADDER, HOW FAR WAS POSSIBLE, AND HOW FAR I COULD GO.

BUT, MY COUSINS, WHO LIVED IN TUSKEGEE.

DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT, TO THE DEGREE I DID.

MY COUSINS, WHO LIVED IN ST. PETE, MY COUSINS, WHO WERE DOWN IN NORTH FLORIDA, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT.

BUT, ONCE COMING INTO ATLANTA, MUCH LIKE YOU SAID, THEY SAW THE POSSIBILITY AND THEY'VE GROWN.

YOU HAD A ROUGH CHILDHOOD, TO SAY THE LEAST.

YOU HAD A FATHER, WHO WAS A SUBCONTRACTOR, AND WAS ABUSIVE.

YOU ARE MOLESTED, AS A BOY, EARLY, HAD NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

AND, THEN, AS AN ADULT, SLEEPING IN A GEO, AT YOUR HEIGHT, A GEO METRO, - CONVERTIBLE.

- AT YOUR HEIGHT, IS EQUIVALENT TO A TORTURE DEVICE.

- YEAH.

- AND, YET, YOU DID IT (BOTH LAUGH) AND YOU NEVER, IT SEEMS, IS WHEN I HEAR YOU SPEAK, YOU NEVER STOPPED YOURSELF FROM DREAMING, - RIGHT.

- DID THE ROUGH TIMES PREPARE YOU, IN ANY WAY?

WERE THERE ANY BLESSINGS IN THE ROUGH TIMES?

AND, IN THAT PREPAREDNESS, WHY DID YOU NEVER GIVE UP?

- HERE'S WHAT I KNEW.

FIRST OF ALL, I WAS, I, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT.

- OKAY.

- I HAD A, I REMEMBER PRAYING, MY UNCLE, PREACHER, "GOD'LL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.

GOD'LL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER."

SO, I REMEMBER PRAYING, AS A KID SAYING, "GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL, GIVE ME SOME LITTLE PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE TELEVISION WERE REAL, ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

I THOUGHT I COULD GO IN THE BACK OF THE TELEVISION AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.

SO, I'M A LITTLE BOY, AND ASKED GOD TO, TO ANSWER THIS PRAYER FOR ME.

AND I KEPT WAITING, NEVER IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T REAL.

WELL, I COME HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY, AND THE LADY ACROSS THE STREET, SHE'S MOVING AWAY, AND SHE HAD TWO PARAKEETS THAT SHE CALLED FIFI AND PIERRE, AND THEY TALK, THEY SPOKE.

AND, I CAME HOME, AND MY MOTHER SAID, "SHE LEFT THESE FOR YOU."

AND I, LIKE, GOD HAD ANSWERED MY PRAYER.

SO, I HAD THIS WHOLE THING, OF MY WHOLE LIFE OF PRAYING AND BELIEVING, RIGHT?

SO GETTING INTO THIS MOMENT AND THE BUSINESS AND THE PAIN THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH AND MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THAT IN THE GEO METRO AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS I WAS STILL BE...

I WAS STILL PRAYING, I WAS STILL BELIEVING BECAUSE I ALWAYS KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER.

AND I TELL PEOPLE IF YOU'VE GOT THIS SPARK OF SOMETHING IN YOU THAT'S BIGGER THAN YOU, THIS HOPE, THIS DREAM THING THAT YOU CAN'T...

THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART OF MY LIFE WAS HAVING THESE DREAMS AND HOPES IN THE GEO METRO.

KNOWING THAT ALL OF THIS WAS IN ME.

DIDN'T KNOW TO THIS DEGREE BUT I FELT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER IN ME, SOMETHING BIGGER.

SO TO BE IN THOSE MOMENTS AND HOLD ON WAS THE HARDEST PART BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROADMAP TO GET THERE, NOBODY THERE TO HELP ME.

- YEAH.

- RIGHT.

SO KEEPING THE FAITH WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY...

I TELL YOU IF I'D HAD A WIFE AND KIDS AT THAT TIME I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE I HAD TO SUFFER IT ALONE.

BECAUSE IF I HAD FAMILY LOOKING AT ME I WOULD HAVE MADE OTHER CHOICES, RIGHT?

- YEAH.

- SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, MOVING THROUGH IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BUT I COULD NOT GIVE UP BECAUSE WHATEVER THIS IS IN ME, THIS BURNING THING TO GET THERE WAS TOO REAL.

IT WOULDN'T LET ME STOP YOU KNOW.

IT WOULDN'T LET ME GIVE UP AND HAD I THINK ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE NOT HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE.

- HOW HAVE YOU FOUND A SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS IN AT ALL?

I CAN SAY THAT I STILL HAVEN'T FORGAVE THE KID THAT PUNCHED ME IN MY EYE WHEN I WENT TO ADAMSVILLE REC CENTER.

- YEAH.

- AND YOUR SPIRIT WHEN YOU MEET IS SO UNSUSPICIOUS, IT'S SO UN- WHAT YOU USUALLY WOULD MEET AS AN EXECUTIVE.

YOU MEET TITLE.

LIKE YOU INVITED US OUT TO THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS WITH MY WIFE.

MY WIFE'S LIKE, "HE PERSONALLY PICKED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING.

WE'RE GOING.

"YOU'RE GETTING IN A SUIT BUDDY".

(TYLER LAUGHS) AND WHEN I CAME I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, "HEY, THANK YOU".

AND YOU KEPT ME OVER FOR A MINUTE AND SPOKE TO ME.

BUT HOW DID YOU GET PAST THE PAIN?

HAVE YOU FORGIVEN YOUR FATHER BEING-- - YEAH, TOTALLY.

HAVE YOU FORGIVEN THE OTHERS?

AND WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE IN TERMS OF FORGIVENESS AND THE BURDEN THAT LIFTS OFF THE HUMAN SOUL IF THERE IS ANY?

- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THIS MAY SOUND CLICHE.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE PEOPLE SAY IT ALL THE TIME BUT FORGIVENESS... UNFORGIVENESS HOLDS YOU.

UNFORGIVENESS GIVES THAT PERSON THE POWER, RIGHT?

AND WHY WOULD YOU LET SOMEBODY WHO HURT YOU, WHO DID SOMETHING AWFUL TO KEEP POWER OVER YOU?

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SEE THAT PERSON AND YOUR MOOD CHANGES OR YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DO SOMETHING GREAT, AND THAT PERSON IS THERE AND YOU CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY DID THEN YOU HAVEN'T FORGIVEN.

YOU HAVEN'T LET IT GO.

BUT ALSO GETTING AN EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHO MY FATHER WAS HELPED ME.

LIKE BORN IN THE SOUTH, BORN TO A 14 YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED MAE TO RAISE, WHOSE FATHER WAS A SLAVE.

SHE BEAT THE HELL OUT OF HIM EVERYDAY.

TIED HIM UP IN A POTATO SACK AND BEAT HIM.

HE WAS TWO-YEARS-OLD.

BECAUSE IF HE DID SOMETHING WRONG, HE WAS IN THE FIELDS ALL DAY.

SO THIRD GRADE EDUCATION COULD BARELY READ, DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COUNT VERY WELL.

SO HE DID WHAT HE KNEW HOW TO DO.

AND OUT OF ALL OF HIS HELL AND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT HE DID IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO FORGIVE IT WHEN I UNDERSTOOD WHERE IT CAME FROM.

SOMEBODY PASSED IT DOWN TO HIM.

AND THEN I THINK ABOUT MY AUNT MAE, THE ONE WHO RAISED HIM.

HER FATHER, PAPA ROD WHO WAS A SLAVE LAYING IN THE BED.

I WONDER WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.

- YEAH.

- RIGHT?

SO WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I REMEMBER SEEING THIS MAN UNDER THESE QUILTS LAYING IN THE BED WITH THIS LEATHER SKIN THAT LOOKED LIKE A ROADMAP.

SEEING HIM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS ALL OF THIS PATHOLOGY THAT HAPPENED TO BRING ALL OF US TO THIS POINT I GO, "OKAY, HOW CAN YOU HOLD ON TO THIS PAIN AND ANGER FOR WHAT THIS MAN DID WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM?

DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT BUT OKAY I'M GONNA LET THAT GO THE BEST I CAN AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON AND I'LL BE A BETTER EXAMPLE FOR MY SON.

- YEAH.

- YEAH.

- SO PEOPLE SAID YOU CHANGED, I'VE HEARD YOU CHANGED YOUR FIRST NAME, THAT IT WENT BUT YOUR LAST NAME IS STILL INTACT.

- YEAH, YEAH.

- SO AS A LEGACY YOU HAVE KEPT AND REDEEMED AND TRANSFORMED THAT LEGACY.

THAT IS QUITE A NOBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

- WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

HIS HIS NAME IS EMMITT PERRY AND I WAS EMMITT PERRY JUNIOR BUT EVERY TIME I HEARD THE NAME EMMITT THERE WERE SCREAMS.

EMMITT STOP, EMMITT DON'T, EMMITT THIS, EMMITT WHY?

MY MOTHER...

SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT.

I COULDN'T CARRY THAT.

- I UNDERSTAND.

- I DIDN'T WANNA HEAR THAT.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA TRY TO REDEEM THAT PART OF IT.

I KEPT THE PERRY BASED ON JUST THE FACT OF WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HIS NAME IS OR WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT WE KNOW IT'S FROM SOME SLAVE OWNER FOR SURE.

- AS I CAME IN AND I SAW THE SCREEN... YOU KNOW BLACK FOLKS WE BE PROUD LIKE IT'S US.

YOU KNOW TYLER GOT A BIG SCREEN (INDISTINCT).

(TYLER LAUGHS) (MIKE MUMBLES) TYLER GOT A BIG SCREEN.

BABY, YOU GON' BE ON IT?

THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERMENT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN MY MIND BETWEEN A BOSS AND A LEADER.

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, BEAR, SENT ME A CONTRAST.

HE SAID, "THIS IS A BOSS AND THIS WAS A LEADER".

BOSSES USE PEOPLE TO ADVANCE THE WILL OF THE COMPANY, THEIR OWN WILL.

LEADERS EMPOWER PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERMENT THAT HAS ME HERE.

YOU'RE NOT PROMOTING ANYTHING, YOU'RE IN PRODUCTION.

YOU SAID, "MAN, I LIKED MIKE.

I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A BOOST".

SO I WANNA REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE TO POOR AND WORKING CLASS BLACK PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT THEIR WITS END EVERY MONTH, WHO MAY BE NOT BELIEVING IN THE POWER OF PRAYER, WHO MAY HAVE THE PATHOLOGY OF ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AND SOME JUST MAY NOT.

THEY JUST MAY BE HARD WORKING AND NOT GOTTEN A BREAK YET.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE TO EMPOWER THEM TODAY?

- MY WHOLE THING IS THIS, EVERYTHING THAT I WENT THROUGH I KNOW NOW IT WAS A BUY-IN FOR SOMETHING.

IT WAS MY ADMISSION FEE AND TO ANYBODY WHO'S STRUGGLING AND GOING THROUGH HELL AND FEEL LIKE THEY WANNA GIVE UP.

I MEAN I WAS SUICIDAL.

I WANTED TO DIE AND I WOULD HAVE PAID ALL OF THOSE DUES AND ALL THAT SUFFERING FOR NOTHING IF I HAD JUST ENDED IT LIKE THAT.

SO MY HOPE FOR THEM WOULD BE...

I WOULD ASK, "WHAT DO YOU THINK ALL OF HIS PAIN AND SUFFERING IS ABOUT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ALL THE STRUGGLE IS ABOUT?

IS THERE ANOTHER SIDE TO IT?"

I BELIEVE THERE IS.

WHAT ARE YOU PAYING FOR?

BECAUSE IN EVERYTHING ON THIS EARTH THERE'S OPPOSITE.

UP-DOWN, MALE-FEMALE, IN-OUT, EAST-WEST, NORTH-SOUTH.

SO THERE'S AN OPPOSITE TO THE PAIN AND THE SUFFERING BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE STRENGTH, THE COURAGE, THE FAITH, THE WHEREWITHAL TO PUSH THROUGH TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AND I DARE PEOPLE TO JUST KEEP GOING, TO JUST SEE.

SOMETIMES THE LITTLE STEPS ARE ENOUGH.

- A FRIEND OF MINE, TI HAS GOT MORE-- - TI.

- THAT'S MY DOG.

- YEAH.

- HE TELLS ME, "KILL, MAN YOU GOT TO USE "ALL YOUR IMAGINATION 'CAUSE EVEN IF IT AIN'T TRUE IN THE WORLD NOW IF YOU PUT IT ON SCREEN IT'LL INSPIRE PEOPLE, IT'LL BECOME TRUE.

SO KILL, YOU GOT TO DO THAT.

YOU GOT TO USE ALL YOUR INFORMATION".

THAT'S HOW HE TALKED TO ME IN THE MORNING.

I SAY, "WELL, THANK YOU--" - HE'S USING PROBABLY USING WORDS LIKE SERENDIPITOUS... - YEAH, HE DOES.

(MIKE LAUGHS) (TYLER LAUGHS) - THAT'S HOW THE DOCTOR YELLED AT FREDERICK DOUGLAS.

(BOTH LAUGHING) - NEXT TIME ON LOVE & RESPECT, PART 2 WITH TYLER PERRY.

- ONE THING MY FATHER GAVE TO ME IS THE MAN HAD THE MOST STUPID WORK ETHIC I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

RAIN, SLEEP, SHOOK NOSE, HURRICANES, LIGHTNING HE WAS GOING AT SUNUP TO SUNDOWN.

AND WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT HIM IS AND THIS I GIVE HIM EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SPEAK HE GETS A CHECK EVERY MONTH, I BOUGHT HIM A HOUSE AND HE'S TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE HE...

I'M GIVING HIM EXACTLY WHAT HE GAVE ME.

FINANCIALLY WE WERE NEVER HUNGRY AND THE LIGHTS WERE NEVER OFF SO I GIVE HIM THAT.

AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HE DID HE STILL MADE SURE I HAD FOOD ON THE TABLE.

SO COMING FROM THAT PLACE, WATCHING HIS WORK ETHIC I DEFINITELY HAVE THAT 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MAN I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD I SEEN A MAN THAT DIDN'T WORK.

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