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Kevin Hart Shares Amazing Stories From His New Book, I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons | BigBoyTV | YouTubeToText
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This content is a conversation with Kevin Hart about his book, focusing on his journey, the lessons learned from his challenging upbringing and career, and the importance of perseverance, purpose, and authenticity.
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it has everything
bang Big Boy Neighborhood all righty wow
Kevin Hart is in the neighborhood ladies
and gentlemen and and when you get your
book promo it doesn't come with this
Kevin I purchased the book and you know
why because your team didn't send us one
well first of all you know why the book
is for sale you know why why is that
because I know your real friend oh yes
you know what and they say if your
friends don't who will but you know what
I you got over a million people that's
not your friends this book is selling
like a mug it's it's killing right now
yeah it is man what does that feel like
Kev to have a successful book cuz you
um Real Talk Kev Kev I didn't even do a
this is my receipt for your book right
here Kev I actually purchased that you
know what I'm saying but yeah my book
there was like oh it was a couple
mistakes in it you know print errors and
it was like oh we'll pick pick it up in
the reprints you your second go round I
never made it to that you make it to the
yeah so really mine are collective items
as well items yeah they're vintage but
yeah Kev man like your book like when I
see you in Charlamagne and I see you
guys like at your book signing and you
guys are like panning the crow I'm like
what the hell you've had on the real
I've seen one where you had more people
at one spot and this is not me playing
and I thought this then I had on my
whole book tour no no it's uh I can
honestly say the reception has been
amazing why are you talking like this
what you got like an author's voice now
it's definitely this is my book all
right yeah I'm me there's different
there's different levels different
levels to me you okay I'm sorry I just
wanted to make you have comedian you
know you have the businessman but right
now you're speaking to an to an author
to an author and I would say a
bestselling yeah you know this is uh
this is a goal this is a goal and this
is something that was on my list of to-dos
to-dos
checked hey man let me tell you go ahead
honey I was just saying I was checking
it off for him well don't get in my way next
next
time she still Star truck I don't give a
damn you know what I'm saying but but
it's crazy Kev because at some point we
thought we knew not all but we knew a
lot about Kevin Hart in the years that
I've known you we shared so many stories
K but reading the book you know and I'm
going to tell you straight up like I had
the book since yesterday so I'm more
than halfway through
you know but I'm looking at what I see
so far and I'm like man there's a lot of
layers and when we think about Kevin
Haren we say man like I always say man
you hustling you're grind you're this
you're that when I read the book I see a
lot of the purpose now you know what I'm
saying and when you could have turned
around writing it I mean listen the
reason for writing a book big and this
is just keeping it 100 is it's I'm not
selfish with information yeah man you
understand what I'm saying and I think
that right now I'm at an amazing point
in my life where uh I have a platform
okay I have a great body of work and
people look at you and they say oh my
God Kevin successful uh how did they do
it that's the biggest question how'd you
do it how' you get there and I just want
people to understand that that road to
get in here is not the easiest Road and
that that amount of nose that you hear
on that road prepare you for the one yes
that you will eventually how do you not
say eff it you know what I'm saying and
I mean you got to read the book just
with the story bro just of you know
doing your thing in Philly and thinking
that it's popping in Philly then
somebody telling you ke saying no you
got to go to was it Keith that told you
got to go to New York Keith Robin you
got to go to New York and then actually
chauffeuring somebody up to New York
without even getting on stage you know
what I'm saying and and Performing for
food yes performing for a burger and and
and a coke how do you take that and then
going to someone else that was respected
that you saw push careers through like
Jerry Seinfeld and Murph and you go is
it Lucian that you go to and this is the
guy that's going to make what did he
tell you after your comedy set for your
listeners that uh that of course don't
know who Lucian is yet because you may
or may not have read the book yet Lucian
Lucian holds was was like the Jedi you
know if this guy put his hand on you for
comedy or said anything positive about
you in stand of Comedy you were you were
golden you know he he had the Oprah
effect when it came to you know he
discovered so many of the big uh the big
names in comedy today so I had an
audition for Lucian where I had to
perform at the comedy club Lucian was
going to watch me and then I would get
reviewed and be told if I will be able
to come back and perform in a comedy
club and be a regular I perform I
thought what I did was a great set uh he
takes me to his office and he flat out
tells me to my face no smile no nothing
he said this isn't for you he said you
need to you need to find something else
to do damn this isn't it I'm I'm waiting
for the joke right like this guy
isar I'm waiting for like the I'm joking
man now get on out there he was like uh
so you know you should really really
think about putting your time into
something else more constructive how do
you take that do are you motivated by
now the F you are you motivated by is it
Collective things like what I what I had
to understand was that you you're not in
competition with with anybody but
yourself so those those grudges you know
those those reasons that you may uh give
yourself of motivation ultimately are
are you know they they're
pointless I'm mad at you I'mma prove you
wrong all right well when I prove you
wrong then what
happen What Happens prove me right yes
it's like I don't there there is no win
in that so I had to understand that if
I'm going to stay true to what I feel
that I can do then I need to be the one
to convince myself that this is what I'm
supposed to be doing but a lot of people
cev don't have that bounceback that's
why you don't have a lot of a lot of
people that you know make it to a a
certain successful point in life because
a lot of people um a lot of people can
give up it's easy to give up you know
it's easy it's the easiest thing in the
world to do I man I'm I'm done I ain't
going oh yeah I ain't gonna keep going
yeah I don't feel like going to work
done it's easy it's very easy but what's
hard is going yo yesterday I got nothing
from working as hard as I could nothing
happened from that I'm going to do the
same thing again today but I'm going to
try to go harder that's the hardest
thing in the world to get up every day
and give 100% And and be in the same
position that you were each day but
mentally know that you're trying and
trying and trying that's that's a real
that's a real grind and you know what
happens now Kev man is that people think
anything that you have to do there's no
real outliers there's no 10,000 hours
anymore people think that anything you
do right now I got to be compensated
like people want to jump in right now
and they want to be Kevin Hart you know
what I'm saying without going through or
knowing the story of how you got there
now we we could look at Kev now Gucci
sweater on or if if we see you on the
plane over there but need to point out
we got it on video as
well but you know what I always tell
people like man why should I be ashamed
of My Success like I work hard I get up
every day no matter if I'm sick or not
whatever it may be I kiss my kids good I
would love to just sit down and do
nothing and and get it all see but once
again that's where you go into the the
care of of somebody else's opinion
that's why I keep preaching like you you
are your own competition you there there
is nobody that can judge your actions
but you if if I'm putting like you said
if I'm putting 100% into my life I'm
going to put 100% into my play when it's
time for me to play put
110% into me and my family I don't care
what it is that we do I'm going to give
it 100% when it's time to to enjoy
ourselves on whatever level we want to
do that's that's my decisions it's it's
it's what I feel I deserve from what
I've done and I think what what I love
the most about the book and the story
that the book is telling is basically
making people understand that your life
is a book your life is a book your life
got chapters each chapter in your life
is is is a punctuation whether it's a
positive or A negative and before you
move on to that next chapter you got a
decision to make if I'm going to correct
what I did in the chapter before
ultimately when you get to the end of
that book it's written by you so How It
Ends you wrote it right if that book
ended bad which is your life you wrote
that book if you went to jail got out
and then went back to jail again you
wrote that that's that's your
handwriting all over that but if you
went to jail said I'm not going back
when it took three steps back to make
five steps forward speak that book is
going to end on a positive punctuation
by time you close it and it's the end my
thing is write your story but write it
correctly nobody's perfect everybody's
full of imperfections and that's why I
let it all out that's why I got as
honest as I got in my book hell of a
book bro and I'm talking about man this
like already I got so many like
highlights and scribbles and you know
what I'm saying because it apply it's
not just your life mhm and your lessons
it applies to us also just when you
thinking like damn you could everybody
think oh I'm doing a lot but then you
think like damn now I can be doing more
you can be doing more yeah you could be
doing more man and you're you're cut
from a cloth Kevin that it would have
been easy to kind of just check out or
easy to just say you know what man I got
so many so-called things against me that
you know I can be the soal statistic and
people can look at that and it's it's
it's not a problem because you know we
we come from certain Beginnings you know
and but it seemed like whatever the and
the same with me Kev like we didn't grow
up rich but we were extremely rich in
love we were influent with my mom and my
brothers and everybody and I can see
almost which is almost more valuable
than money y for sure so much it's
almost more valuable than money yes sir
I say that because you know I didn't I
didn't have it coming up I mean you know
we was we was in a a a one a one room
efficiency I wouldn't even call it an
apartment you know just my bedroom was
in a hallway my brother's bed was on top
of mine my mom had the one bedroom that
was in the house but the kitchen was
right next to me and my brother's bed so
you went like you walk in there's a
kitchen then you got me and my brother
bed then you got my mom which was kind
of a room and then we had a little space
where we put a couch that was it I mean
you talking I don't know 400 500 sareet
if that right but that's all we knew
that's home I'm happy I I didn't know
backyards and grass existed until I went
over one of my friends houses on the
swim team and I was like what is this
y'all y'all like the the
Drummond man where at where we at like
this is a different stroke for real and
you got a car we overcame nobody told me
this is that was a different it was a
different uh it was a different look but
but the amount of
attention uh that my mother gave me
whether it was strict uh or not strict
it was I had a woman who was constantly
in my face that wouldn't allow me to do
no wrong I had a woman that constantly
beat in my head you don't start stuff
that you're not going to finish you're
going to be something you're not going
to be it was constantly beating my head
as much as I didn't want to it's in it's
in me whether I wanted to be there or
not it's when you drill something in
someone and on a verbal note on a
day-to-day basis you may think it has no
effect on you I didn't know that my mom
had the effect on me that she had on me
until I got to be about 23 24 yeah and I
start doing things I was like yo that's
my mom yeah man that's crazy when you
start saying stuff like no no no I
started it I'mma finish it I'm what
the whoa yo I know that I've been doing
a lot but I want to do more that was my
mom my mom was going to school going
back to school I got this degree I want
to get a master's degree why mom why not
I'm just saying that's why you already
finished school you already graduated
you got a master why you going to get
another one because I can why can't I be
the best that I want to be I'm doing it
Kevin just to further my education for
me things like that stuck with me so now
when you see me work so hard my whole
thing is why shouldn't I be why
shouldn't I Want It All why why why
should I only want a little bit I I I
look at it as I can have it all why why
can't I have Oprah got a I want a
network right right right Tyler Perry
went and got a studio I want a studio y
h what you doing with Rock Nature that's
your whole thing man I want to do that
why not why not look at what people are
doing as a blueprint and tell yourself I
aspire to do that and to have that and
when it's actually in Arms Reach which
everything is in life if you really
really think about it it is everything
is in Arms Reach you just have to work
to get there there there is no easy Road
to what you want it's a long road you
got a lot of people that want to be a
doctor some people don't want to go to
school for eight years right but the
ones that go to school for eight years
end up being some of the best doctors
ever and live a doctor's lifestyle some
people say doctor's lifestyle sucks not
the doctor that dreamed to be the doctor
he loves because that's what he wanted
to do everybody want to be a lawyer some
people don't want to go to school for
that eight to 10 years the ones that
make it out end up being some of the
best lawyers in the world and are very
happy with their practice and the people
that needed on a day-to-day basis but it
took work to get there everybody that
wants to do something doesn't understand
the steps that you have to take to get
there and it's not just an entertainment
it's an all aspects of Life man and
that's what I learn at a young age no
matter what you can't escape work you
can't only way to escape work is a easy
route right right not work is quick
flipping money you you want to go quick
flip some money there there is a world
for that but that world nine times out
of 10 ends bad you got a couple people
that's going to get lucky and are smart
enough to get out of it yeah other than
that not going to escape work you're not
and that's what I realized so instead of
trying to escape it I address it from
the standpoint of putting 100 10% into
it in any and everything I do anything
there is no half ass in me man there's
so much Kev that I want to talk to you
about as well man like it was at at one
point in the book where you were saying
man when when you worked at the shoe
spot that you worked at then you wanted
to be like man I'm going to be a Nike
rep City Sports Philadelphia yeah and
you wanted to be like I know what I'm
going to do I had it I had I'm going to
be a Nike rep I know about all the shoes
I done learned the game so on and so
forth and now when you kind of fast
forward to where you sitting our today
you Nik you're a Nike
rep Nik it's the SC how crazy is that is
the scariest thing in the world how life
comes full circle this guy used to come
in my mom basically said look you're not
going to sit in here and not do nothing
uh this is after graduating I went to
Community College I was like this ain't
for me I don't want to go to school mom
she said you going to figure it out you
got a year to figure it out and if you
don't do it your way you going to do it
my way and that's an agreement that we
made and I was working in City Sports
and this guy used to come in he worked
for Nike and he was in charge of product
placement and all he would do no matter
what we had in the store he would change
it our product isn't displayed right
these Nike shirts should be here the
Nike sneakers should be here these
should be displayed here this
information should be here I want people
to understand what we are versus what
other people are and I used like man
this guy's so cool
look at him man he come in he got his
little backpack on the Nike stuff he
worked for corporate and I used to talk
to him all the time how do I get the
corporate I used to ask the question cuz
in my mind that's what I wanted right
that's what I wanted to do and comedy
hit and I never look back at that world
cuz I was like I was I was wrong right
right not what I you were right yeah but
it's scary how it comes full a circle
cuz years later it comes up that wow
Kevin is motivating and inspiring people
to Simply Be
Kevin it's a great partnership between
you and I because of your lifestyle we
would love to engage more in a
conversation I said only if the
conversation coincides with what it is
that I really do everything I do is
authentic so if it's about me being
healthy then you have to do it the way
that I do it I run but I love to run
with people so if I can motivate and get
people to get up and get out and do what
they don't normally do this is perfect
if you guys can support that and put a
movement behind me hence move with heart
hence Hustle Heart with all the training
all of that stuff comes with that
separation between athlete and regular
individual can be closed because in our
mind we should all be whatever we want
to be we all got a little athlete in us
I'm just giving you a push to realize it
Nike said we love it we love you we're
signing you I just re just resign for
two more years damn your own Sho my own
shoe online it's just it's unheard of
it's unheard of but is there another and
and and it's crazy just to say comedian
now yeah uh Kevin you say Kevin Hart now
you know what I'm saying like if I were
to introduce you I wouldn't say comedian
Kevin Hart but is it are you like the
only cat that that came from that field
comedy wise that never had another
Entertainer period sign damn
wow I think uh I think Michael B Jordan
now is coming on a team which is good
shout out to him I think they can hide
him under some of them Jordans that
didn't you know what I'm saying like we
got the Jordan Michael B Kevin I
remember years ago before you wrote the
book you used to tell me stories about
your pops mhm and one of the funniest
stories to me then was when pops was
wanted to teach y'all how to be men and
he had a situation that was going down
and this not in the book though Kev he
had a situation that was going down so
he took Kev and his brother outside and
he sat y'all on the porch because he was
about to get physical with someone and
he wanted y'all to see how hands on him
really got hands put on him in front of
me and my brother the dude beat his dad
up D hit my dad that's when I had the
joke if you guys remember the joke where
I said my dad had uh thought he was getting
getting
jumped I thought he was getting jumped
the guy the guy connected so fast first
of all first of all it's scary the guy
was so good that me and my brother
didn't even want to help that's that's
how good he was yeah you know when you
when you looking in shot what's going on
we can't do nothing about that it
happened so fast and the guy at the end
of it at the end of the fight the guy
the guy goes all right you good now and
he says it to my dad you know that's the
ass like he like he wanted to be done
and my dad was like the question is are
you good I was
like you lost that I I think I don't
think Dad know what happened I don't
same grab me and my son hand like he was
like he had Victory how do you turn that
into laughter because there's so much
with pops where you were saying how your
dad can you tell the story and this is
in the book as well I don't want to give
too much away but when your when your
brother beat your dad in basketball now
my son Jaden you know my son he beat me
in basketball and I felt a certain way
but I was like damn Jaden's doing it you
know what I'm saying proud of I left it
right there I was proud of him that's
not my dad your brother beat your dad in
basketball explain first first of all my
my dad played he doesn't even play
basketball so I don't even know why he
want like listen he's not like my dad
like you know when you see somebody
shoot a basketball you like oh God like
like it's nothing about that shot that
looks like they ever shot the ball there
was no form like he literally just
chucked the ball he just chucked it my
my dad was like come on I play you my
brother's like no dad you you don't even
play he's like come on boy I play you
and they played till like eight it was
like 10 10 and my brother beat he beat
him but it was it wasn't even like a
hard game and on game point my dad was
like I'll be back this a true story he
lik y know this story goes I'll be back
and me and my brother just there we just
shooting the ball my dad comes back with
a stray Pitbull stop and SS this dog on
my brother list listen to first of all I
don't know where my dad got the
relationship this dog I don't know how
this dog knew the commands that my dad
it must have came from like a side house
that my dad had that he was living in he
sick this dog on me and my brother when
I tell you we were in like the
schoolyard and we was like Dad like we
like yo he's like get get him get him
back man this dog was not playing games
we jumped on the fence we just jumped on
this fence he was like now say you beat
me again to my brother my brother's like
what say you beat me again he was like
what you talking about the game you kept
talking all that trash talk that trash
now he was he really went and got the
dog for that purpose tried to sck the
dog on us Man true story hand on the
Bible sick the dog on me and my brother
I can have you listen I can have you
guys in awe about things that my dad did
that's hilarious my dad my dad uh we
please tell the camp story
man just just the way that things get
flipped around like it's your' fault he
was my dad was uh he was one of those
parents that thought that giving a kid
an amazing amount of responsibility when
a kid obviously wasn't at an age to have
any was the right thing to do I'm
teaching how to be responsible be a man
going to learn everything was you going
to learn today it just didn't make sense
think didn't make sense so my dad told
my mom he wanted to drop me off at Camp
my mom said yeah that's fine my dad
comes to pick me up cuz your mom's at
work right mom's at work so he comes to
pick me up and he's like hey come on you
going to roll with me I'mma take you to
camp and I get in his car he was like
you know where your camp at and I was
like yeah you know I'm eight nine years
old he's like all right take me show me
how to get there I'm like you know my
dad driving I'm like okay
you're kid he's like all right where I
go I said go straight it's a game it's a
game to me now go this way go that way
go this way go that way we pull up at
this church and he like that's it and
I'm like
yep do you see other people out that's
why that's why I said this was it cuz I
saw like kids and stuff so I was like I
was like that's it and he was like all
right I'll see you later and I get out
the car close the door
and before I turn around my dad was gone
Mission accom I'm in this camp for about
2 hours before they realize I didn't
belong in yes and they're like they're
like who dropped you off I'm like my dad
they was like what's his number I was
like I don't know I ain't know nothing
about my dad but I knew everything about
my mom so I called my mom uhoh that's
the worst thing that you can do yeah man
my mom said what he's what where where's
his dad all hell broke loose because
then then she tracked my dad down so
then the the guy from the camp had to
take me to my dad's house and that's
when my mom she came to my dad's house
and that's when it all broke loose
that's when my mom stopped letting me go
see my dad she was like you're not
responsible you just dropped that boy
off my dad flipped it I did what that
boy told me to do flipped it on he told
me left he told me right he said he knew
where to go if he didn't know where to
go he had said that then I would have
asked you where to go he made it seem
like y'all y'all go this way every time
my mom goes mother she's so mad she go
we don't drive so how would he know how
to get there in the car God we don't
drive like what the hell in the car you
was driving what makes you think he know
how to get there in the car you didn't
think of that he was like I did what
that boy told me to do hey his fault I
ain't going to deal with this I ain't
going to deal with this my mom literally
when I said my mom had no because my dad
just did so much stupid stuff my dad he
used to steal toys for us and bring them
bring them like to the house for us my
mom she got on to it cuz he never had
receipt none of our toys had packaging
like like you know how toys come in
package it was just it was just toys
they the parts with it hey they just be
it just be a bag of like He-Man and GI Jo's
Jo's
hey my mom was like where you get these
toys from what you talking about where I
get them toys from I went and bought
them it's Christmas why they in the
trash bag where the bag at they came in
from the store I didn't want the boy to
know what they was I put them in the
dark my God hey oh man you K hey he
stole he stole a sonic 6 you know them
bikes when a sonic 6 came out I wanted a
sonic 6 so bad my dad stole it my mom
made me give it back like the the the
effort was there right the effort was
the effort was there to do the right
thing his his way about going things was
is wrong and I mean you know it of
course that's what drugs do drugs take
you down a a a road where you don't
understand the destruction that you're
causing so how was it when you found out
that pops you know like some of the
behavior was like ah what was crazy is
that some of my friends was selling
drugs to my dad before I knew my dad was
on drugs wow so I didn't even know I
became the joke I became a joke without
knowing that I was a joke and then
finally then they told me my brother was
like you old enough to know you can go
ahead and know now like you know Dad Dad
is on drugs bad how old were you then
Kev when my brother told me I was like
14 damn 14 15 cuz that was when my
brother was selling drugs oh yeah and
then does that moment do you get like
that uh that Usual Suspects moment where
you start to rewind like oh think about
everything start think about everything
everything man how do you turn that
around cuz even the barber shop story
bro those are things that you think like
like man how do you how do you get past
this like his brother was your brother
was in the service correct my brother
was in the military he got out the
military and you know he was taking the
money that had that was coming from the
military he said look I want to start a
business I learn how to cut hair you
open up a barber shop at this time my
dad was in and out of being on drugs he
was attempting to get himself together
and my brother was like look I'm going
help you out dad put some money in your
pocket I'mma have you do the electrical
work you know my dad was a handyman he
was a carpenter electrician so he's like
cool my dad's doing a great job my
brother's got the the building he's
putting it together it's coming together
nice we go there one day all the stuff
is missing out the shop shampoo bowls
Clippers everything everything
everything that could be taken up was
gone my dad stole everything out the
shop you said he stole the hair dryers
as well listen everything out the shop
he stole my brother's car that he that
my brother was letting him drive to and
from to get took everything the ACT wow
we couldn't get in touch with my dad
nothing we go look for my dad we found
my dad in the drug area sitting in the
car and my brother's like look we going
to roll up on him you know Dad crazy but
if we got to we got to do something then
we going to have to we going to have to
whoop dad ass if it come down to it it
was me my brother our friend Phil we
pulled up to the car so we could like be
against the door so my dad couldn't open
the door oh that rolls down the window
sad thing saddest saddest but I can find
comedy in anything definitely one of the
saddest moments of my d life roll down a
gas like it's about
time listen it was so matter of fact big
long the look The Look on our face man
man of
what what resp to that you say they had
a female in the car
the car what did he tell her no he tell
her like hey you stay here you
stay here he Hey cuz he got mad he got
mad my brother my brother was like hey
man you you stole my stuff you he's like
where my stuff at that stuff gone all
that stuff gone man I ain't going to
deal with this he got out the car he was
like you stay here
girl in the car just looking I'll
tell you I'll tell you one more one more
go and this is just to give people just
an understanding of what's in here all right
right
uh at this point reality set in you know
I know the situation with my dad I get
why my mom was doing the things that she
was doing to keep me you know away or to
try to protect me from information that
I shouldn't have known at that age so I
didn't see my dad for like four years yo
this is like I just don't know where Dad
at I'm not I don't have a number on him
nothing I'm coming home from school one
day I think I see my dad on a train
oh yeah oh my god
god
dad yo dad I ain't seen my dad that's
still Dad I'm right Dad right my dad
sees me and it he look he look bad door
opens up took off what ran off the train
train
holy holy snikes if you hadn't seen him
in four years four years the time after
that when I saw him is the time when me
and my brother I was I was old enough
now I had my job I was like yo let's put
him in rehab and that's when we put him
in how's your dad now K my dad is 100%
good now I heard aw% good now B him a
house he got cars go ahead now he's good
he happy now got no more did he do one
of those yeah like man D the crazy thing
is my dad my dad read the book and you
know I'm arguing with my dad he's like I
can't believe talk about I stole the
Clippers stole the Clippers I'm not
making this up you don't remember that
like me and my dad and my brother had a
three-way call he's like bu he talking
about I stole your CP my brother like you
you
did like do you know writing the book
how much legal I had to go through y my
dad is he's a character man but I'm I'm
so grateful for for the life that he
lived I'm so grateful for the mistakes
that he's made I'm so grateful that I
can say that that man is my father and
how much have you learned the right and
the wrong T from from from everything
that's exactly what it is like I I got a
blueprint of what to do and what not to
do I'm I'm a dad now I'm an amazing dad
let me tell you let me tell you how
crazy this is how serious I take this
Dad this Dad title I am here now I had
to fly back I'm on my book tour right
now yes sir I was in New York I had book
signing I had interviews I had talk
shows everything I had to fly back
yesterday right as soon as I got done
get here by 4:00 I had 45 minutes to get
from the airport to my daughter's school
catch my daughter's graduation see my
baby graduate be there with her love you
honey oh my God she's so happy I'm here
first of all didn't even didn't even
give Dad a good 40 minutes cuz the
friends and everybody's around but the
fact that I was there was enough you saw
my face you saw Daddy come back going
right back to the city now soon as I'm
done this I gotta get back on the plan I
gotta go back to New York pick up where
I left off on the East Coast then I
gotta come back out here on the weekend
because my son got his last soccer game
damn so I gotta catch that g then I got
to go back out but being present and
making sure that time is spent with the
kids is more important than anything
because I know the effect that it has if
you don't yes sir so because I witnessed
those things and I was just strong
enough to make it through it I'm just a
I'm just a realist I know how to
separate false reality from real reality
and real reality is no matter how much
emotion and feeling you may have or how
much hurt you may have life has to go on
life doesn't stop anybody so if you
don't process that and understand that
you're stuck in whatever time period you
got hurt
forever forever yes sir yes sir yes so
grudges and anger and negativity I don't
have time for it because I'm living to
do so much positive things got so much
positive outlook on everything else is
coming in the future I can't I can't
can't stand in the past and bathe in
what was wrong Kev
um I hate asking this question I don't
have it um no no it's not the money
thing I appreciate that though sorry
jump I jumped G what do you have coming
up oh man uh it's a tough time to ask it
too how much time we got
yeah time ask Lord bro all right um
right now of course uh I'm excited this
is my first book man uh put a lot of
Blood Sweat and Tears into this book you
see that bro um you know it's out now
and Kevin written well it's good man
it's good a lot of time into it you know
you got this one you also have the audio
which is available on audible.com and
I'm basically performing you said perfect
perfect
huh know yeah um that Captain Underpants
is in theaters now as well um I'm about
to film a movie called night school this
summer which is written and produced by
my company Heartbeat Productions along
with universal so I'm excited about that
we're developing movies now you got to
deal and you got something with tii as
well uh yes me and tip tip we uh created
a show that we're producing for Showtime
um based off of The Studio Life but told
Through The Eyes of the people that work
in the studio people that go in it's a
real good concept and ji comes out in
Christmas um Untouchable which is a
remake of the foreign film with me Brian
Cranson Nicole
Kidman about to do season six real
husband of Hollywood launching a network
a multicultural Comedy Network um myself
and Lions Gate sit as 50-50 partners and
this is I'm excited about it it's called
laugh out loud Network um that'll be
late June early July um about to go on
tour 2018 so are you about to do another
tour yes and you all not competition
with yourself but Kev to do 50,000
people do you try to top that or you
like no I I did that you know what I'm
saying I can go back to I'm going to the
moon on this one take us so we better
okay y going to need space
suits hey man why at some point we going
to be like man this dude really going to
the moon is going to the
moon I want to be a Nike rep to drop a
hot 50 go the moon to do a 50 minute set
can you imagine floating groupy you
you
know I'm telling you bro if we had two
days that wouldn't be enough time you
know what I'm saying but I thank you for
coming in brother man I told you I don't
change right okay you always give me
crap and I deserve it when you give it
to me Kev you ain't been to the studio
in a minute Kev I ain't seen you in a
minute Kev I ain't trying to have no
phoner and you're right when you say it
when you check me I I respond yes sir
you check me and I said no big you're
absolutely right I'mma come I'm going
straight to airport I'm going straight
to the plane right now I heard that I
said this is a stop that I had to make
to see my guy I appreciate that my guy
of you don't know your
names still got to enjoy him just stop
it man he got a book he's a politician
pretty much man I'm serious I appreciate
your your contined support man I got
nothing but love for you guys nothing
but love for the whole team um and for
all the listeners guys go out man go get
my book please support trying to get to
that number one on the New York Times
besteller it's not a book that you just
read like you will hold on to this book
and continue to crack it open there's a
few books that I do that with and you
just write notes and everything man and
and I know we got we got to wrap up and
I don't want to elaborate on this too
much but there's one right here man
where it says the biggest difference
between an amateur and a professional
between the one to be and the star
between the dabbler and the expert the
the unsuccessful get halfway to the
Finish Line then turn around the
successful get halfway then keep going
both run the same distance but only one
makes it to the Finish Line go true
that's what we talking about earlier
Kevin Hart I appreciate you my brother
running I'm out Kevin Hart in the
neighborhood ladies and gentlemen I
can't make this up life lessons Kevin
Hart in the neighborhood grab that and
hold on to it we are big boys [Music]
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