"I want to be an investigator. I want to be in the lab."
Keem Griffey: Do you like school?
"I hate school."
"I hate to see someone down. If I see someone down, I'm down. I hate to see someone out of their normal character. If I call you family or a friend, I want you to wake up smiling. If something is wrong, let's go fix it. Right now. Growing up, I saw people upset all the time. That shit sick yo. I used to be an upset person, yo. My father had a talk with me for like three hours. You feel me? It was days when I ain't have no job. No money. No grass to get high (laughs). Just seems like ain't nothing getting fixed for real. He told me 'Yo, you gotta keep grinding. You have to find a reason to smile.' And I enjoying seeing people smile. Even if it's me just buying you a piece of candy. Give a nigga a dollar. He's smiling. He's happy. His day just got better. Even if I'm dead broke, in the house with no money but I give someone a call and they sound excited on the other end of the line because my name popped up in their phone. That's something I can die with. That ability."
"I love my job man. It brings me joy. I can tell it brings joy to the people I sell my fruit to.Yeah, that's what I'll say. I feel like I have a purpose. And it's not the GREATEST job in the world but it's my job."
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