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39 Reflections ft Laurence Maroney
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I am joined by former NFL running back and founder of LM39 Laurence Maroney. Of course we talked football but more importantly the legacy he wants to leave behind with his foundation. From adversity to opportunity, channeling his resources to uplift underprivileged kids in his community, to the importance of having a strong support system.
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NFL Player Discusses Career, Mental Preparation
Speaker 1What's good ? Welcome back to another episode of the Henny Nights podcast . As always , I'm your host , your brother Jay White . First things first , make sure you like and subscribe to the podcast . Wherever you're listening to listen to this ad , whether it's Apple Podcasts , spotify , soundcloud make sure you share that with your people . Make sure you rate the podcast because it helps with the visibility of the show and , as always , I greatly appreciate it . Next , henny Nights merch . If you want your crew neck your hoodies , socks , anything like that , make sure you click on the show , the show notes for the podcast , click on that link tree . It will take you to the merch store where you can get all of that stuff there . So again , I greatly appreciate that as well . Now I had a really , really dope , dope guest here in the podcast with me . Man , he's doing a lot of great things here in the city . Former NFL player , he's doing a lot of great things here in the community . I have Mr Lawrence Moroney here in the podcast with me .
Speaker 2I like it . I like it I like it .
Speaker 1Yeah , man , I had to get you right I had to get you right , man .
Speaker 2I appreciate you , appreciate you . Thanks for having me first and foremost . Yeah , no problem .
Speaker 1Yeah , no problem , man . So we're gonna get to the great things that you're doing here in the city , but first things first . You know I always treat everybody like family , like we cousins , and haven't seen anybody in a while . So how are you , bro ?
Speaker 2Good , I thought you know what the name of the podcast . Let me just get off script for a second Henny Nights .
Speaker 1I thought we was gonna have a shout out to Henny or something on the table waiting for you .
Speaker 2I thought we were gonna sip like . I thought , it was one of those type of .
Speaker 1Yeah , I mean , we can do that , man , for sure I wanted to keep it professional you know what I'm saying , so .
Speaker 2But other than that man , I've been alright man really just really just been getting myself back together , getting back out here in this community , getting back to being in the face of the community was what I once was doing , man , and just trying to be a version of me that I needed for myself when I was an up and coming athlete . That I didn't have , and so I want to be that vessel , that that person for all these up and coming athletes and be their voice and whatever I can do to help them , because I went down that path that every athlete is definitely trying to get down . That's in the community . Managers really just give back .
Speaker 1Yeah , for sure , for sure . So everybody has a story . So you know , when we first we have first time guests on here , we want to get your story and you know up to the current date . So as far as , like some of the earliest influences of memories related to you know , going down the path of you know football and going to college and going to the league , what were some of those things that kind of drove you , you know , as far as excellence and obtaining that goal , Well , it was really man .
Speaker 2The biggest one was my mother man and just watching her work 12 hours , or whatever that is her shifts , and literally going to work six in the morning , coming home six at night , taking me to every practice , every sport , on top of coming home making sure I was fed , I ate . I think all the sacrifices that she gave me and me just wanted to change our living situation . Man , I think that was the biggest drive for me because I just wanted more from life . I wanted more for us . You know , I didn't just want what we have , not saying what we had was just super bad .
Speaker 2But I know it's better and I want to strive to at least try to get it , at least reach for the stars . You know , if I don't make it , hey , it is what it is . But you know , I didn't want to be a waste of talent either . You know I wanted to get this , this , this talent thing . That I did . The guy blessed me with a chance , you know , and see where I can take it . So that was my motivation . Man , was my mother like I , just really , I just think how much time and effort that she put in , dedicated and fasted into me that I wanted to be able to return the favor .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely , absolutely . And so you know , the platform increases with every level that you go to , and so was it like a culture shock when you you got to the collegiate level , or it was just because I went to Normandy , right , and so you know Normandy is predominantly black , on all levels , from elementary to middle school to high school .
Speaker 2I think we probably 97 , 98% African American . And then I went to the University of Minnesota where the roles was reversed , yeah , and I never seen that many people in my life like , and at first , when I first got there , my mother , tell you , I used to call her every day because I thought I made a bad decision , because I just didn't think they liked me right , my style I was a extrovert , I was loud , I was a St Louis guy .
Speaker 1Facts I was me .
Speaker 2I knew I was a talent , you know , and I was just really being me and I really think they liked it , me and it and they made it kind of rough . I felt like they made it kind of rough for me at the beginning , but I guess it was more so of they probably seemed more in me than what I realized that I had and they was just really pushing me to be my greatness . And so once I really , you know , calm down , and once I got to that level and calm down and just bought into the to the , to their teachers in their ways , and you know , and still put my St Louis and my swag to it , you know , it took off . It blew up for me . It worked .
Speaker 1Yeah , for sure , for sure . And then , of course you know , first round pick , you go to the Patriots yeah , on paper you know this .
Speaker 2I'm grateful man , don't get me wrong , because the the greatest part about it , man , playing with the Patriots , is just learning from a one organization which is one as far as business . Like I didn't know nothing about business , I just always looked at football , at sports and fun , but it just really just taught me a lot about business . One but two , from a athletic standpoint , was all to all the famous that I was able to play with , right , it was like I remember growing up watching Randy Moss and now I look up , I'm in the same huddle , right , it's Randy Moss , and the same huddle is Tom Brady . In the same backfield is Fred Taylor , corey , dylan , richard Seymour on defense , rodney Harrison on defense , a scientist , sam , your junior , say yeah , like Vince Wilford man , I can go on and on . It's like being a kid from St Louis and watching a lot of these stupid stars in each future Hall of Famers and just being able to be on the same team and that was like you know you couldn't .
Speaker 1I can ask for nothing more , yeah and , of course , playing under coach Bella checkers . Well , what was , what was that like ?
Speaker 2Bella checkers , one of them guys . Man , I think you know when it's said and done . You know , if the NFL coaches God's you know permits it for him to be named the greatest coach of all time , I think he has a shot at it , man . I think he's very knowledgeable , very smart . I think he's the epitome of you know how , when we as athletes like it's hard to listen to people that didn't play the sport Right , and I think he's the one that gets away because he's the one that I don't think he ever played football but the knowledge that he has for the game is undeniable , man , and I think that's what's going to separate him from a lot .
Speaker 1Absolutely , and so you know now it's more common to speak about , like , the mental aspect of the game . Did you get any comments ?
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , yeah yeah yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , it's getting a lot more common , for sure . So , as far as the mental preparation that went into , you know what you did , like you said , you were around Hall of Famers , you know . And so in now , like I said , it's more common to take mental health into consideration . Was there any way that you prepared for that ? Or , you know , looking back at it at hindsight , you know I think it was tough because you it's like you got so much , so many things when you're played at once .
Speaker 2You know , especially for me being a first round pick , not only I'm a first round pick , so the expectations is high from them for you . I think the expectations for yourself is high and I think you know , when you dealing with all that learning the playbook and not only going to the top tier team at that Right and I think that was was was another one for the mental and I think just really pushing your body and pushing yourself to be , to be your greatness , on top of dealing with the behind the scene family issues , probably girlfriend issues , just everyday human life issues . And I think you know , at 21 , that was a hard ask . You know I go from not having no money to having all the money to now supporting all my family , making sure everybody gets a piece of the pie , making sure everybody's straight , on top of making sure my financial advisors and checks and balances on that you know all that's in order to CPA and then , on top of knowing the playbook , knowing the plays and actually going out there performing Right . And I think you know , like you say , meant to , it wasn't a conversation piece and so it's like for a 21 year old kid that's a lot yeah , that's a lot to be a burden to have on your shoulders that you dealing with by yourself .
Speaker 2And so you know you just go with it the best way you can . It's just one day at a time , and so for me it was just figure it out , you know , deal with the stress , and you know , and a lot of times you know you suffer in silence because you , you , you will take all that in , you will keep it on , you will pack it on and you will just keep it to yourself , you know , and rather than you know , finding somebody to talk to to help you walk through these issues or these problems that you have in behind the scene . So for me , it was just really for me , the best way I knew how was just keeping it to myself and just figuring it out and dealing with what's important . And I got to know this playbook . I can't deal with the family stuff right now , but then I try to come back and deal with him when I can , and so it's just really just taking it one , one step at a time .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely . And then , of course , you , you left the Patriots . Was that ? Was that like what is going , what is going on ? I was heartbroken . I ain't gonna lie to you .
Speaker 2I ain't gonna lie to you because it's just like I wanted to . Like I wanted to . You know I ain't . I ain't want to be one of them guys to go to multiple teams and not saying it's something wrong with guys going to multiple teams , because sometimes going to a different team be a better situation . Yeah , I really enjoyed the Patriots . I really loved being there . I wanted to retire there , you know , and so when I got traded , it was just like , oh , it just hurt my heart because I invested so much into them and I felt like they was investing so much into me . And it was just like it didn't add up . It was like what was the reason why ? And and I think we not really knowing what was the reason or however it went down it hurt you know what I'm saying .
Speaker 2And then I go to Denver , which was in a process of rebuilding , and it was like a circus , it was like a shit .
Speaker 1show you know what I'm saying .
Speaker 2I thought it was a good situation because Jocelyn McDaniels , which was the offensive coordinator , which was on the Patriots when they drafted me .
Speaker 1I'm like ooh , I'm thinking .
Speaker 2I'm going into a good situation and then it was good until it wasn't , and then he get fired . Now I'm on a whole new team with nobody to support me . You know what I'm saying ? So it was , it was , it was terrible . It was terrible it wasn't . It wasn't the best fit , it should have been , it could have been it . Just you know , timing was just one right .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely . And so you know you start to think about the transition outside of outside of football and what your next move is . What was that realization like ? Like , because you know you hear athletes talk about like it's . It's tough after . You know you've been doing this pretty much your whole life to going to do something completely different or , you know , even just sitting at the crib not doing anything . What was that realization and transition like for you ?
Rebuilding After NFL Career
Speaker 2For me it was a rough one , man , because it was lack of knowledge . For one , I think that was a downfall because it was I was still trying to live the NFL lifestyle but wasn't making the NFL money .
Speaker 2The NFL money you know , and so then you know , you get to dip it into your savings and you still trying to , you know , put on and be Lawrence Moroni and I tell people at that point I feel like I was living a double life , because it's just like I'm still trying to be Lawrence Moroni and I think you know that was just me being young and just not knowing that . I felt like this is what the world say I should live like , or think I supposed to be living like , and so I didn't want to let them down Like I got to live how they think and not really just being a man and just , you know , breaking things down smaller living to get more manageable and then come with a new game plan to reinvest the money that you did have saved to , you know , wants to get you back there Instead of , you know , keep living and digging yourself deeper and deeper into a whole . And I think that's what I did , because I was trying to live for the Joneses and wasn't really living for self .
Speaker 1And so with the LM39 Foundation . How did that come ?
Speaker 2about . That came about when I first got drafted , so I started that in 2007 . And so and I knew because I grew up in Normandy and I was bringing the lack thereof when it comes to resources , and luckily I was able to you know , do the guy giving talent was able to creep through the crevices and the cracks , right , but I knew , you know , the kids behind me might not have the same wheel , the same drive to try to creep . I know the talent level would be there , and so I just wanted to try to make everybody that's coming after me journey and ride a little easier and try to bring the resources that I know I didn't have that . I know that my community needed , and so that's why I created my foundation .
Speaker 2And so everything I did from 2007 to 2012 while I was playing was free , you know , wasn't really trying to make money off the kids , wasn't trying to make a dollar . I felt like , you know , as long as I run this football and stay on this field , you know the money will come . And so , you know , all my camps , toy drives , everything was free and I just wanted to , you know , give my community the resources that I didn't have . And so when things started mudsliding after I got out of the league and 14, . It's really hard to continue to help the community when you're barely helping self .
Speaker 2And so you know you go through that process where you think the bounce back game is gonna come back quicker than you know it did , and so you know I'm gonna bounce back in a couple years and get back , and then , a couple years , go to six , go to seven , go to eight . You're like ooh . And then so you know , I was able really to get back on solid ground around 18 , 19 , and then 20, . It was just , it was . Everything was eventually back and back . Great , but by this time we talking about 2012, .
Speaker 2Eight years then went by , you know , and now social media became the new new wave and so it's like , you know , I'm right before the social media wave , so it's like , nah , I'm just a blip on the map . And so it was just , like you know , forgotten and I just really just wanted to stay in the shadows . But , like I said , I always take that strong queen behind you to keep pushing you . And now it wasn't easy for her , and I know I gave her hell a lot , you know , because I was just really content of just staying behind the scenes . I back on solid ground , I'm back , cool , raised these kids and just mind my business . But you know , she was just like the , the dag that was in my ear , like no , it's more for you in your life , it's more for you to do in this world and say , hey , I made it to the league , I fell down , I picked myself back up and now I'm living good again . It's like , no , it's more to your
Building Legacy Through Community Empowerment
Speaker 2story . And she kept poking , kept poking towards , like one of them things that took me back to college , like maybe she sees something greater in me that I must not just be seeing in self at the moment . And so I ended up buying back in because , if one it was , she wasn't gonna leave it alone , right , she wasn't , so it is , so I might as well . She wasn't gonna leave it alone .
Speaker 2And two , it just made me realize and get back to doing what I did it for in the first place . It was for the kids , it was for the community , it was for giving every kid a better chance than what I had . And so , 2023 , we revamped my foundation , so it ain't a new one . We just really just restarted it , revamped it and just really reestablishing it back into the community . Like , hey , I know I've been gone . I apologize , I was dealing with my own personal things . Hopefully y'all can understand . But hey , I'm here now . How can I help ? How can I serve y'all ? What can I do to make our community better ?
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely . That's really really dope . And so , with specifically dealing with kids from the community , what is some of the things that you see that day need and what is some of the advice that you try to give and instill in them ?
Speaker 2So the first thing that I see , you know , and definitely dealing with the people in my community is one is believing in theyself . And I think a lot of kids don't have hope , they don't have faith , they don't believe they're the one that's supposed to make it . You know , just based on upbringing , living situation , home situations , and so it's just really getting kids to really believe in themselves and believe that they too can change their outcome , and it's just really is gonna come down to how bad . Do you really want to change it ? And I think for me , I really wanted to change it .
Speaker 2So I did everything possible and I didn't let nothing get in my way . Nothing stopped me from achieving this goal . You know it's like , hey , I won't different . I understand y'all , my boys , if you want to sit on the corner , if you want to do this , hey , that's your life , I'm I supported . But listen , don't be mad at me , because I want better , I want more . And so it's just getting them to really want believing in themselves first , believe that they can get better , they can get more . It's just , you know , it's gonna come with sacrifices , it's gonna come with a little patience , a little perseverance , a little mental toughness you know , but it could be done and I try to let them know that .
Speaker 2You know you're looking at living proof because I had less resources than what I have now . Right , and I really made it with the minimum investment of just really believing in self , no cash value , you know . You know most investments you're gonna have to put a little cash value into and hope for return , but you know I put minimum cash value into it and believe in self and got a great return . Yeah and so and that's what I want them to understand it can be possible , but you're gonna have to sacrifice something . You're gonna have to have them sore body pain days . I don't want to work out , but you're gonna have to .
Speaker 2I don't want to train , but you're gonna have to , because it's just like a plant . You know , if you don't water that plant it don't grow , and if you don't water your skills it's not going to get better , and so you just have to . It's just a little investment , but it's possible .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely . And so with that , you , you're leaving the legacy behind because you're instilling those , those values , into them and you're giving them that advice . What do you ? How do you see your legacy going ? You know , with this , you know .
Speaker 2I don't know , man , it's up in the earth . Man , it's like I know . I always wanted to be different , just didn't want to be Lawrence Moroney from Normandy . I always wanted to be remembered and then I don't want to just be remembered off for all . He made it first round , I think , my legacy . I wanted to be remembered of how much I can give back and help my community , despite you know , yeah , I've made it first round . Yeah , I made this money . Yeah , I did this . But you know I can do all that . But if I don't get back into my community and give back and reach one , teach one , I think you know all that is for nothing . Yeah , yeah .
Speaker 1And so so I grew up in the Northwest area , so you know , driving path . I didn't go to Normie , I went to Cardinor Reddard .
Speaker 2But driving , but you posted with the Normie . I know a lot of people .
Speaker 1I know a lot of people that went to Normie the homies , so , but just driving past there recently , from , I remember what it looked like in 2007 to what it looks like now . So so about to say so , when you go up there and see what it's become , I know that has to do something and you're like , wow , it do .
Speaker 2It do and I'm happy for him . But it's just like two at the same time . It's like let's just not Fix the cosmetics , yeah , let's fix the internal . You know , I'm saying because it's just like I don't care how good we make this school look , if we're not Fixing the inside piece . It's gonna be the same norm . Yeah , you know I'm saying right , you , just she gave it a face , yeah , but behind all this beautiful builders and bricks and windows , it's the same norm . It's always like how do we change that piece ? You know , because my thing is before , before my time is punched at one point and I know it can happen and I know it ain't gonna happen overnight .
Speaker 2I want to see Normandy win and a lot of kids that's their biggest thing . They don't believe they can win from Normandy . So as , like you go to Cardinal Rittles , they go to Eastside , go to Vesha , go to the Hazel Woods , go to the CBCs , yeah , but you , when you think about it's like all you kids , that was gonna be great for all these other teams and teams and schools . Just imagine if all y'all just stayed in Normandy , right , how great Normandy would Actually be . And that was the main reason why I stayed , you know , because I could have did the same thing went to East .
Speaker 2Anyone that did now ain't like East was already great , you know , I guess would have been another great player on a great team and you know , career Probably still would have went the same way . But I wanted to show our community that we can win From here . You do not have to leave outside the footprint to be great . You just have to believe that's it . Yeah , and I did , and there's like so many schools wanted me to come there and it was just like Normandy will never be great If all the so-called great players leave .
Speaker 2So it's like I had to make a stand . You know I wanted to be the . The piece that people look at was like man . Lunch morning was great . He actually stayed and made it from Normandy . Yeah so then it's like now the kids just growing up is like man . He walked these same streets , same halls . Maybe I can do it too . Yeah , and that's what I want to leave behind . That's what I want these kids to feel is like man . If he can do it , I can do it .
Speaker 1Exactly so , even expanding that outside of normie to st Louis . What are some of the things that you were Loving about ? You know where st Louis is headed right now . What are some things that , like you say , yeah , we kind of need to change that , we kind of need to work on that From what standpoint ?
Speaker 2I mean , I mean right right now , like creatives , entrepreneurs like yourself , we're really Thriving in this and we all , we're , we all you see in a lot of entrepreneurs , a lot of smaller business people open up and thriving , and I like it , because sometimes I feel like and this is my personal opinion Schools is not really created for entrepreneurs or to create entrepreneurs or business owners , you know , is to create the working class right . And so you know , for me to see my city , you know , starting to really go out there and figure out how to make their own money , and it's only gonna be great for the city , you know , because that's the thing a lot of the problems when people is money , and if we can figure out the financial crisis , you know , I think it'll help a lot of other Crisis that we're going through also . And then , from an athletic standpoint , it's just great to see so many Athletes coming out the
HS Memories, NFL Success, Youth Athletics
Speaker 2city . Now , you know , you think about when we , what year you would have graduated from high school .
Speaker 1I graduated in 2007 . So you write after me , but you went around that time , you think about how many people you heard from st Louis Going in any sport . Yeah , yeah , it's . This is a lot more now than it was . You see what I'm saying ? Yeah , for sure . So you know . You know , it's like we knew we had talent .
Speaker 2Yeah , we synced and played .
Speaker 2But it's just what was the Reason why they didn't make it , and I think that was one . Another thing for me is like I figured , you know I ain't gonna say I cracked the Da Vinci code , but it's like , you know , I put in my mind's like I know I ain't the most talented person from st Louis , I know I ain't got all the skills and I know I synced a lot of cold people , but they didn't make it . Yeah , so what is it ? So I realized then it ain't all about talent , because we , if it was a lot of us to make it . So it's like how do you put the talent with everything else To really get you to the next level ?
Speaker 2So I'm just happy to see that we we getting the light , we being looked at and our kids is getting the opportunity To get , get on the outside of st Louis to see that the world is bigger than st Louis . It's a lot Bigger than st Louis , and you get more opportunities and more chances when you get up outside of her . Man , and I love my city to death . But it's like you know , unfortunately , you know , once you get outside of her , you know doors open , yeah , yeah . And speaking of door open , a door is open and when you go to that collegiate level .
Speaker 1Now you're getting into the NIL deals .
Speaker 2And you know it was crazy . You get it out , you get in in high school , yeah , yeah , and it's like oh man , do we get back faith ?
Speaker 1Yeah , I do retro . Some dudes run that back .
Speaker 2I think that's good , man , it's Because it's needed . Man , because a lot of kids , you know , even with me , I had a full ride scholarship , you know , to the University of Minnesota and , oh , I was still broke . I was still broke in college and so now to see these kids able to , you know , really make money and now , where are you gonna keep ? You see , a lot of kids actually , uh , allow their body to develop and to what it needs to be , especially on the football side . You know , back then you know kids trying to get out early , but now because it's like , think about , it's like why leave early when I can stay in college and make some more money , exactly before I get to hear it . So it's like now you're gonna get more kids staying , more degrees getting got , and so I think it's overall , it's gonna be a great thing .
Speaker 1Yeah , it's trickle down effect for sure . So , uh , before I get you out of here , um , what is one of your Best memories of either well , probably with the Patriots or being in the league ?
Speaker 2Well , for sure , the best memory I ain't gonna say the best . One of my favorites Just going to touchdown in Super Bowl .
Speaker 1Like how can you compete with that man ?
Speaker 2You know , to take one your profession to the highest level right is one thing , but then to be on a team that goes to the highest game , and I think for me , like when playing in the Super Bowl , it's like , well , if y'all didn't know Lawrence Moroni , y'all gonna know him now , because I know at this one particular game the world is watching . You know and so I had so many dances and celebrations .
Speaker 1You're ready ?
Speaker 2I listened all man tonight before you should have seen me . I was in a mirror practicing so many celebrations . But it was crazy and I guess I finally understand that Kanye West's on flashy lights , right Because I scored and I seen so many lights flash and forgot every celebration . I said , man , I forgot every celebration , I just practiced and I promise you I had some good ones for the age and I think once I scored and I got up and I just seen lights at the lights , it was . I ain't gonna lie to you , I was , I was stuck , I was stuck in the law . So I was just like , oh , wow , like this is really happening . I always said I was gonna make it to the NFL and I always said I was gonna score a touchdown in the Super Bowl . And you know , to really have them dreams come true is like it can't not be nothing but one of my tops , yeah .
Speaker 1And when you were speaking as far as coaching , especially now with today's youth , what are some things that you may have noticed that's like maybe , maybe missing , or they may need more of Toughness on kids , man .
Speaker 2For sure it's like I get this generation when it comes from a talent standpoint , for sure they're way more talented than we were back in our day . You gotta just look at the training , you know we didn't really had no training like this .
Speaker 2So you know , but they're soft . You know what I'm saying Like I can't say it no other way , but they're soft , you know . And then you got kids that only play one side of the ball . It's like y'all don't even know nothing about her man . But then it's like , too , it's a gift from the Kurds with the NIL .
Speaker 2Now you got so many coaches that's just trying to be coaches , just to latch on to kids , because they know these kids getting paid and trying to , you know , figure out how to get a piece of the pie . So it's just like you got a lot of snakes in the grass . So make sure you keep your grass cussing . Really vet these coaches and these people , man , that's calling theyself they coaches . You know , when it comes to dealing with your kid , especially if you got a kid that's looking highly successful , you know . So you got to be careful with that man , cause you got so many you know want to be coaches , but they just in it for arterial reasons , man , especially knowing that , oh , I can be this coach , I'm gonna show him the ropes , he gonna get the NIL deal , I'm gonna get a piece of it . Like , don't really care about the kid's future , it's all about a dollar now .
Speaker 1Yeah , for sure , for sure . So last question we're gonna keep it all the way same . Look at us with this one .
Speaker 2Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha ha . I wanna see what it's gonna be .
Speaker 1When you go to the Chinese spot , for sure . What's your order ?
Speaker 2Got to get the crab rat goons for sure . Okay , yes , sir , got to get the St Paul sandwich .
Speaker 1Yes sir .
Speaker 2And then now there's something new . You know it wasn't having it when I was going up , but get the seafood fried rice , oh , you know what I'm saying . Okay , yeah , cause you know I don't eat beef or pork . Okay , and I try to stay away from the chicken cause , you know , maybe cat maybe , but I grew up on it , which was good , so I ain't tripping , but yeah , yeah , just to stay on the safe side .
Speaker 1Yeah , I just get the seafood yeah but the two main things .
Speaker 2that's a must for sure . You can never go to the China minute , don't get crab rat goons , and you cannot not get a St Paul sandwich .
Speaker 1There you go . You know I had a ass man . It goes on the grass . So hey , man , I appreciate you for doing this man .
Speaker 2No , I appreciate you , bro , it was really , really dope .
Speaker 1So as far as just socials and everything like that , you know , give that out so you know people know they can reach you .
Speaker 2So my personal social is Lawns and Rooney on every platform , from Twitter , facebook , instagram , and it's the LM39 Foundation on Facebook and Instagram to follow my foundation , the upcoming events and just stay in tune with what I'm getting going on in the community . Yeah , but also , too , I have a toy drive coming up this Sunday at Normandy High School from 12 to four Toys ranges from newborn to 12 years old . So pull up , pop out and come celebrate , and come celebrate with me .
Speaker 1Yeah , man , there you go . And so , yeah , I'm gonna put all that information in the show notes of the podcast . Make sure you tap in with them . Tap in with the LM39 Foundation . They're doing really , really dope things here in the city , man , and , like I said , do I really
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Speaker 1appreciate you . You know , just coming on the show .
Speaker 2Oh man , anytime , anytime . Next time just have .
Speaker 1They just have a shot .
Speaker 2Yeah , I have a shot . Next time . You know I'm trying to keep it professional , but yeah .
Speaker 1I have a shot for you next time for sure man . So yeah , until next time we'll highlight y'all later . Peace , thanks , man .