You Can Get A Thousand No's From

I Was A Very Poor Young Black Boy In New Orleans, Just A Face Without A Name, Swimming In A Sea Of Poverty Trying To Survive.

There's Nothing Like Real Forgiveness, A Deep-down Forgiveness Where You Don't Hold Any Grudges Against People. I Forgave For The Things They Didn't Know And For The Things They Didn't Know To Do.

You Know, People Don't Want Their Intelligence Insulted. They Don't Want To Be Preached To. They Don't Want To Be Degraded. All They Want To Do Is Sit, Laugh, Have A Good Time, Love One Another, Forget About What's Going On In The World, And Find Something Out So They Can Be Useful In This Life. Do This And You Have Common Sense.

God Gives Everyone A Lane And No One Can Beat You In Your Lane. Just Stay Focused On Him And What You Are Supposed To Do. And Everything Will Be Alright.

I Know That There Are A Lot Of People Out There With Stories Far Worse Than Mine But You, Too, Can Make It. To Those Of You Who Have, Welcome To Life. I Celebrate You.