Transcript of Beyond the Punchline: Mastering Business & Life from Bruce Bruce

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You're listening to Mick Unplugged, hosted by the one and only Mick Hunt. This is where purpose meets power and stories spark transformation. Mick takes you beyond the motivation and into meaning, helping you discover your because and becoming unstoppable. I'm Rudy Rush, and trust me, you're in the right place. Let's get unplugged.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged. And today I've got a GOAT. I've got a guy who helped get me through some of the toughest times of my life just by making me laugh so I could forget about it. He is none other than the incomparable, the unstoppable, the iconic, the GOAT, Mr. Bruce Bruce.

Man, I'm good, man. How you doing?

I'm doing great now that I'm with you, man.

My man. I like that, brother.

Hey, so I'm just going to go straight into this Netflix special, bro.

OK.

I had a watch party at my house. So I have like 27 first cousins, We were all at the crib like we were at a comedy club with popcorn, maybe some adult beverages.

Yes, sir.

We were laughing our butts off.

That's good. I like that. I like to hear that.

Yes, sir. So tell us about how that show came to be, man.

Well, it's like this, man. I hadn't did a special like that in 15 years, or actually 16. And man, let me tell you, man, everybody say, why you wait so long? Well, see, the first time, the first one I did it, my mother passed.

And, uh, on that Monday, right?

Yeah, I buried her that Monday and I had to do the show that Friday, the same week. And I dedicated everything to her, which I dedicated this one to her. But I, I thought about it. I said, what would my mother want me to do? You know what I'm saying? And she want me to keep going, keep moving, doing my thing. So that's what I did. But I will not wait this long again. I promise you, I won't leave you 15 years no more. And, uh, I'm gonna do it now. I'm gonna try to do one next year. But what I'm— what I want to I perfected this show. You know, when I was working on it, I was working on it, I was adding stuff, moving stuff, adding stuff, moving stuff. And I picked the best out of the best, 'cause I wanted to be funny from the beginning to the end. And see, most comedians, they'll give you a rollercoaster ride. You know, they be up and down. Up, you know, it's funny, then they go down. You go, oh, nigga, that's funny. You go, uh, I didn't want that. I wanna be like, look, I'm about to throw up.

This dude is about to make me throw up. That's what I wanted, and I think that's what I got. You know what I mean?

Not I think, brother. You delivered because genuinely, that's what everybody said. Because Bruce Bruce said it, so I don't have to say it. A lot of comics in their specials, the first 7 minutes, they get you.

I mean, you, you, you laying on the floor. You laying on the floor. Then you go like, what happened?

Then you got 15 to 20 minutes of, how much longer is this?

And see, one thing—

It ended all right.

And one thing about me, like when I look at stuff on social media and if it don't grab me right then, I go to something else. You got to grab 'em. I heard James Brown, you know I'm a James Brown fanatic. You probably don't know that, but I love James Brown.

I got the memoir.

Yeah. And I love James Brown. And I heard him say one time, he was, they was doing an interview. He said, once you grab 'em, he said, you got 'em. So I come out and grab you. I'm gonna grab you. I'm gonna tell you that right now. I'm gonna grab you and I want to, I just wanted to be the best, man. And I have had bad shows, but didn't nobody know it but me. You know, I be with my team and something, they like, I said, it could have been better. They like, what? I say, could have been better. I say, the next show I got to turn it up a notch. And that's what I do. I try to perfect it, man. And people gotta understand, you got to love what you do. You gotta love what you do. If you like stripping, strip. If you like stealing cars, steal 'em. But you got to love what you do. And like I tell all these new comedians, that on social media, they work that social media because it's great. Give the people more than the 5 minutes that they see on social media.

You know, if you got 5 minutes, it's great, but when people come to see you, something for them to go home and talk about, you know what I mean? Just don't have that little 5 minutes, like, hey, thank you, and then you get all the money. No, because me, I've been doing it for 36 years, so I've been getting repeated, repeated. I can go every club every year and do a show and sell out every year. And I bring 'em something new every time.

And that's what I'm gonna give you your flowers on now. Because one, I believe in giving people their flowers and when they can actually see them and smell them.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

I've seen Bruce Bruce at 5 shows in the past 2 years, and you are relevant in every show.

And I'm trying.

Every single show. Because here's the thing, society's changing and evolving. And again, I'm gonna say this so Bruce Bruce doesn't have to say it. There are comedians That the jokes they were telling 10 years ago are the same jokes they're telling now.

Yeah, hey, you know what? And don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that 'cause sometimes I have some good jokes.

A good joke is a good joke.

Yeah, they say, "Hey, do that joke about the bus driver. Do that joke about—" I have to do it, you know? But you got to stay on top of your game. Like, people always ask me why I don't talk about Donald Trump. It's just one thing I don't like about Donald Trump, and that's his hair. I don't care nothing about nothing else, but nobody should be 80 years old with a shag and a bang. Did you hear me, player? That mean he got a shebang. Did you hear what I said? And you know, we all see people know you playing crazy. Donald Trump told you from the beginning what he was going to do. No surprises. I mean, no surprise. So one thing I can say, he didn't lie. He didn't lie about that. And he, and he do his thing. So what you get is what you got. So he told you from the beginning. There it is. Yeah. Love it. Yeah, I love it.

So let's talk about this longevity you have, man, because in your world, uh-huh, you get comics that are here today, gone tomorrow. You got the, the social media comics that it's cute to be funny and silly, but then you gotta be real. Like you gotta be able to take that and then go live or go corporate or have real conversations. You're one of a very few people, and I'm just gonna say it, that also look like us that's just been here for a long time, brother. Like, what has been your secret? I shouldn't even say secret, 'cause I don't like that. Okay. Because you put in the work and I know that that's part of it. You put in the work to stay relevant. But also, bro, the other part of that is you still look like Bruce Bruce is 27, 28 years old too, bro.

Hey man, lemme tell you that. Like I tell it, like I, I say this again, what I used to be a chef. I know how to cook. I used to work for Frito-Lay potato chip. And one thing about Frito-Lay potato chip, driving that truck, going from store to store, that taught me how to run a business. It taught me how to run a business, run my own business. And I let these comedians know, even the guys that work for me, hey man, we go out here, we have fun, you know, we eat at the best places, we have fun, but it's still a business and you got to treat it like a business. You know, even though we out here, you know, these guys talking every woman they can see and all that, it's not about that with me. It's about me coming in, doing my jokes, doing it for the love, staying consistent, and come back and do it again next year. I got a wife. I don't need no other woman. You— I cannot handle this nut I got at the house. You understand what I'm saying? I'm trying to get rid of her, but she won't leave because I'm too good to her.

You know what I'm saying? But you don't handle it as a business. This is a business. It's like if you go work at— you could work at McDonald's, you know, no matter— you might have fun, but it's a business, and you got to respect people. And you got to have good customer service. And that's one thing I like. I got, I got customer service. I'm nice to everybody. My granddaddy taught me something when I was young. He said the only thing free in life is being nice. It don't cost nothing. So you ain't got to be mean to people, rude. See, when you arrogant and conceited and stuck up, that's too much energy for me, man. I could be doing something else. I could be eating some Popeye's chicken, you know what I'm saying? I ain't got to be out here. I can eat some Popeye's and give me an apple pie, you know. Like a 36-piece, you know, something like that, with a diet Coke. You know what I'm talking about? You know what I'm saying? Gotta have a diet Coke. Don't want to gain no weight. But the thing is, just, just treat it like a business, but have fun while you do it.

I got my nephew working for me. I got my great— one of my grandkids working for me. My baby boy's my road manager. And, and man, they do a good job. They're really good on the computer, so they keep me on top of the game. My son told me, I remember when social media came out, he said Hey pops, if you don't change, man, you're gonna be behind. And I thought about it and I said, you know what, he's right. And if I had social media 36, 37 years ago, man, I would be bigger than Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, Milton Berle, George Carlin put together. The social media is a good, good avenue to take, but use it right. Don't do nothing crazy. Don't be on there slapping your girl and shooting people. No, use it for your platform. Just like they ain't gave me a TV show yet, I'm not gonna worry about it. I'm gonna put a TV show on, on social media. I'm gonna do my own TV show, you know what I'm saying?

Because I'm gonna use that platform, and I'm gonna be the first subscriber you have. So when you—

hey man, it's gonna be good, man. It's gonna be good.

I am there for it. I am there for it. I want to go because I want people to, to hear this and understand this because I've heard you talk about it quite a bit. But I'm gonna ask it in a different way. Your comedic career, that journey going back to when you got into the game, you has been authentically Bruce Bruce. What I want people to understand is this, when Bruce Bruce got into the game, the game was call people outta their name, use any kind of language, right? Be loud, be different, attack the crowd. Like go do that. Bruce Bruce was different. He was always him every day. Let's talk through that journey, brother.

And see, the thing is, people, they ask sometimes, how is he at home? She said, just like he is on stage. He's the same person. It's not a difference. I'm not putting out a front, you know. You know, I'm the same person on and off stage. Even when I was a kid, I was funny. I was, you know, I was a neighborhood clown, church clown, school clown. I just had fun. I never did anything to hurt anybody, you know. I didn't want to hurt their feelings except one girl with that ponytail. If you saw it in that little bitty ponytail, you know I picked on her every day. Then she made me be her boyfriend. She said, you gonna be my boyfriend. So the thing is, hey man, you know, you don't take all that to make people laugh. I can sit now and talk to somebody and let's just say I'm in the bank and it's taking a long time. I say, well, I said, what? They working on turtles today? I said, they pretty slow today. And they bust out laughing, you know what I'm saying? Like I'm at the airport one time TSA going through everything I got.

I said, my man, are you trying to make lieutenant? I said, because what you looking for, it's on the X-ray what I got in my bag. You see what's in my bag, but you want to check everything. You're trying to make lieutenant. I believe that. He busts out laughing. He realized, he said, man, man, go on, man. Go, go, go, man. Just going through, you know what I'm saying? So sometimes we go too far, you know, we go too far with things, and, and we just need to just keep it at a minimum, man. Do your job. Keep it moving. I go to the airport every week. I fly every week. Everybody in Atlanta airport know me. Everybody except ISIS. They got ISIS there now, and I don't know what they doing, man. They just standing there looking crazy. They got— like, I had a police one time pull me over, and, uh, you— I got a big dula. You got the drugs in the car? I said, I don't have the drugs. I said, now I do have some sandwiches in the back. I said, now I got about 74 Subways. I said, now if that's a crime, you might as well put the handcuffs on me now.

I said, but right now I don't care. He brought the dogs out, man. He— dog run around the truck. I look up, the dog went back to the police car, just sat down, you know what I'm saying? I say, so he didn't smell nothing? I say, he smelled them— that, uh, roast beef and that pastrami sandwich I had in the back. He probably wanted that. But you know, man, you gonna run into all kind of stuff, and it's a way to handle everything, you know. Even with women, even your relationship, you got to communicate, man. Communicate. My wife will shut down sometime. I said, well, I wait till she get through having her silent moment, and then you can come talk to me, you know what I'm saying? And one day she got mad at me. I don't know what she got mad about. And I told her, I said, whenever you want to talk, I say you come sit by me in the bedroom in this chair, put your big girl panties on and sit down and tell Big Daddy what's the problem. And we saw the problem in 3 seconds, you see what I'm saying?

You know, I'm that type. I'm calm. I'm not a violent man. You know, my uncle told— my uncle raised me, he said, don't ever hit no woman. Don't ever— leave, walk out the door, run, he said, if you can. Run out the door, he said, but you gonna be all right. And I, I live by that, you know, I live by that. And, and I teach my kids, you know, don't hit no woman. No, no, no, no, no. Because when you get a divorce, my brother, I don't know what it is, I don't know who made this rule up, but the man always got to start from the bottom. I just don't understand that. Why do we have to start from the bottom? We done built all this up and then they just take it away, you know. I, I don't get it. I need to talk to some judges. I, I need to tell y'all, need to work it out with man. We can split something. Come on now, we get this thing together, player, you know what I'm saying? But you know, you know, it's just, it's just life, you know, it's life.

And that's how the law is, that's how it's set up. And, and I, I encourage every young man to have children, take care of your kids no matter what, you know. When I got a divorce with my first wife, man, I was hoping she had a new dude. Yeah, I was praying to God, saying, Father God, in the name of Jesus, please let her have a new dude. Please, God, please answer my prayer. If you real, answer me, you know. And she did, you know. And But, you know, some things you got to let go, 'cause I was told, "You'll never make it. You'll never make it. You fat. People gonna laugh at you 'cause you fat." And I said, "Well, I'll tell you what. I'll see you on TV." And here I am right here, 36 years later, man. Still doing it, still loving it. And people always say, "You have 15 minutes of fame." I always tell people, "I hadn't even started on my 15 minutes yet." I'm still having fun doing stand-up.

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There's a reason that they're your why, and I call that your because. So if I were to say, Bruce, Bruce, man, it is 2026. You could have stopped a long time ago, right? But you still got it. You still keep going. What's your cause? What's your purpose?

Why do you keep doing what you do? Well, I can remember when I first started, to answer your question, and for so many ways, I remember when I first started, it was a comedian didn't like me and he would never put me up. Never put me up. I could have easily walked away, you know. I could have easily said, you know what, man, forget this, man. I ain't gonna put up with this dude. But I didn't, 'cause I, I just, it was something there. Something kept telling me, Keep pushing, keep pushing. And I've always been taught to press your way. So, you know, I do it because I love it. I love what I do. When I went on stage the first time, I knew, I didn't know, but I knew that's where I should have been my whole entire life. I knew it. Like, I have comedians now, I go to 'em, I say, "Hey man, got a show for you, man. I want you to do it with me." First thing they say, "How much you paying?" I said, "Hold it, player, hold up." You ain't been seen walking by TV, much less on TV, and you asking me how much they pay.

I say, when I ask you or tell you about a show, I'm gonna make sure that you get paid. I said, but the key thing is don't do it for the money, do it for the love. Let me tell you something, don't ever run at money, let the money run at you. And it's just that simple. Yes, sir. But that's why, man, I got 3— I'm an older guy, man. I got older, my kids are old, my baby girl is 40. My baby boy's 42, my oldest son 45. When I tell people that, they don't believe it. But I was laying it down back in the day, player. I was laying, you'd have been proud of me, player. You know what I'm saying? You'd have been proud of me. I was laying it down, man, like a player. But my kids now are like the best thing in the world to me. And my grandkids are even better. You know, I love kids. So I got 10 grandkids, man. And my grandkids are like my heart, you know? And they so pure and so innocent. And they cool. They come talk to me about everything.

I'm talking about everything. I got grown grandkids and they talk to me about everything. And I just lay it on them right, like my uncle did me. My uncle used to tell me, look, I'm gonna give you the good and the bad and the ugly. He said, you got sense enough to pick the good and bad and ugly, right? I said, yes, sir. He said, all right, I'm gonna let you make that decision. That's how he was, you know. So, you know, he give you a chance to make the right decision. Now you go left, you like, oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, come here, come here, let me talk to you. You ain't thinking now. Thinking about what you think about what you doing before you make this crazy decision. So that's why I did my kids. And man, they, you know, like I said, my baby boy, 42, he went to Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was Mr. Fayetteville State. You know, he got 3 degrees. Hey man, I mean, I went to college, you know, dropped my cousin off, but look, but you know, that's just how it is.

But you just got to communicate and in every aspect of life, man, like My manager and I, we go back and forth on stuff sometimes. I get hot. He's like, Bruce, I understand, I understand what you're saying, Bruce, I understand. But listen, I get hot and I get to hollering and hooping. And then he'll try to give me a different point of view, and I go, I say, well, let me think about that for a minute. So sometimes you need that. You don't need a brother cheering you on all the time. You need somebody to pull your rope and say, hey man, hold up, wait a minute, wait a minute, before you do that, think about what you're doing because it'll cost you in the long run. So that's what it's all about. Yeah. I love it.

I love it. And hearing you talk about your kids, man, takes me back to the joke on the special about your daughter and telling her to marry. Oh, yeah.

And you know what? You know what? Let me tell you something now. This one lady said, I didn't like that joke you told about your daughter. I said, well, my daughter's 40. She's been married 18 years, going on 19 years. She got married when she was 21. I say, and I counseled her and her husband. I counseled them from the beginning when he asked me for her hand in marriage. I told him he can get her, but he can't bring her back. I said, you cannot bring her back. And when they say, who give this woman, I pushed her. You know, you like to say, I pushed her up there. I said, look, but if a lot of fathers and mothers stop talking at their kids and talk to your kids, you can get your point across. And a lot of divorces wouldn't happen. See, you like, I don't like that joke you did about your daughter. I said, if your dad would have talked to you, you probably wouldn't have had 3 husbands right now, right? And then she looked at me, well, it was funny though, but I just don't think you should have said that to your daughter.

Well, I'm gonna tell her and I'm gonna communicate with her because they cannot move back in my house. Did you hear what I said? They cannot move back in my house. I'm sorry. I call the police. I said, I know them, but they need to leave the premises right now.

Yes, sir. Hey, you got it rolling, man. And I know how busy you are, so I don't want to keep you long, man. But I just, again, I wanted to tell you thank you. You talk about fatherhood a lot. You talk about your family a lot, and that inspired me. I mean, I would say even with my kids now, we're at a point where I'm no longer dad. I mean, I'm still gonna be dad, right? But we are friends, right? And we can have conversation as friends. And, and just like you, when they come to me for dad, it's more like the counseling, the advice. And outside of that, like, we are friends. And I got that from you, man. Like, hearing all the things that you do, following you for as long as I have, To be a present father, I think, is the most important skill that all fathers can have.

And one thing we got to understand, kids grow up and they become adults, so you got to talk to them like adults. Now, I could tell you, man, I used to every day, every single day, when my ex-wife and I got divorced, I call my kids every single day. I mean, every single day, not a day missed. I call them, hey, Daddy. And when they answer the phone, you thought I, I've been gone for 30 years. Hey, how you doing? They're so happy to hear from me. But my uncle told me, said, look here, he said, yeah, you're getting a divorce. He said, I understand that. He said, but somebody in this relationship got to have some sense. And he said, don't seem like she got none. He said, so it's gonna have to be you to make sense and make things right. He said, I don't care who you see her with, what she say, or what she do. He says, your job as a man to take care of them kids. He said, now you, if you do what I tell you, you're gonna come out on top. I never get— he said this, he said, might not be here to see it.

He said, I might be dead and No, he said, but when it happened, you gonna think about me. And he was exactly right. I kept my kids every weekend, not every other week, every weekend, because I, I was in love with my kids. I was in love with them, man. And we had so much fun, and I was almost like their brother because I played with them constantly, over and over, constantly. And they, they knew me. They would tell me anything. Even as a child, they would tell me everything, anything. And that's the kind of relationship you got to have with your children, man. 'Cause a lot of guys, they think, well, I'm sending child support. That ain't got nothing to do with it, man. Do you know your child? Like, my dad— my mom and dad, when I was 4 or 5 years old, right? I found my dad when I was 40. We talking 35, 36 years later. And when I met him, when I got up with him, he was on the defense. But he thought I was finna come at him, you know, man, where you been? First of all, I don't know you.

Only thing I know that you my dad. I just want to talk to you. I say, hey man, how you doing? I say, I got 3 kids, you got 3 grandkids. And I say, I got a son look just like you. And man, you can see the relief from his whole spirit of his body, just like, man, is that right, man? He said, sure enough, he got to talking and then he realized that. Then I started telling him stuff I remember as a child. He said, you remember that? I said, yeah, man, I said, I remember everything about you. I said, I did, I don't know you, but I know I got a lot of your ways because my dad was a workaholic. He took care of the family. My mama ran him off. She did. You know, women ain't gonna tell you the truth. And before my mother passed, she said, yeah, I did run him off. I ran that joke off, man. I mean, you know, and she knows she did, you know what I'm saying? But most of these guys be mad at their dad, man. The joke did my mama wrong.

First of all, hold it. You don't know the whole story. See, it's three sides to every story: her side, his side, and the truth, you know what I'm saying? So find out the truth. Before you start blaming that he wasn't around, he wasn't doing it. It's a reason why he not around. She done told him he better not come around. Then she got some old stupid joker she go with, you know what I'm saying, smoking Viceroy. Now look here, I don't need him over here, you understand? I don't need him over here at the house, I'm telling you. You know, so we got to understand what's going on and, and learn to talk, not, not learn to argue, scream and holler. I ain't with all that. I tell the young boy now, I got too old to fight. I'm trigger happy. I'm telling you, I'm trigger— I, I will pop them, they will see Jesus, and they will touch the hem of his garment. Did you hear what I said, player? I'm I'm telling you that now, man. We have gone to church. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

With the man himself. Bruce, Bruce, man, again, love you. The floor is yours. Where do you want people to know what you got coming up? Where can they follow you?

My goodness. You know, check out the Netflix special. It's called Ain't Playing. It's called Ain't Playing. And I ain't playing. And please check it out. Because if you don't know me or you never see me, trust me, when you see this Netflix special, you're going to fall in love with me. And the thing is, I want everybody to know about— go to my social media, it's @mybrucebruce. That's Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, all that, @mybrucebruce. And tell me your likes and dislikes, because if it's something you don't like, tell me, give me a chance to fix it. You know, I'm not going to take it personal. Just tell me, I can fix it. You know what I'm saying? I don't walk around with security. That ain't my style. I'm from the hood of Atlanta. I done seen it all. You cannot scare me. You know what I'm saying? I done seen, I done seen jungle just walk out the bushes. Just from nowhere, you know. You walk down the sidewalk, brother say, hey man, what's happening? Man, where you at? I'm in the bushes over there. What are you doing in the bushes? You know, so I done seen it all.

And, and, and, and it's just all about life, man. And sometimes, like you told me earlier, I helped you through a lot of things, you know, and, and I helped myself through a lot of things, man. I grew up in the church, you know. I grew up in the Holiness Church. I went to Baptist Church, Holiness Church, and I done did it all, man, you know. Key thing is just keep it real. Keep it real with yourself and keep it real with everybody else, and it'll make it a lot better for you. The doors of the church are open. The doors are— and I'm gonna be in Greenville. I'm gonna be at the Comedy Zone. I'm telling you, if you miss this, you're gonna miss a treat because the tickets are going fast. I'm letting everybody know now. Every time I come to Greenville, South Carolina, they sell out. I used to come there years ago, years ago, man, and they used to do comedy in a hotel. This is before the club even got there. And, um, but Greenville show love, man, and, uh I'm gonna come in there, go to S&S Cafeteria, you know, because they took the one away down here in Atlanta.

I don't know why. But then I go to S&S Cafeteria in South Carolina, and I see the same workers that was in Atlanta working up there. So I go show love, man. I go, I tip good, I treat the people good. People take pictures, man. Hey, man, it's all about just living your life. Life is too short, man. And, and, and, you know, rest in peace Jesse Jackson. You know, I know he passed and everything and rest in peace to Jesse Jackson.

There it is. Bruce Bruce is coming to my hometown, Greenville, South Carolina. I am gonna be there. Family, friends gonna be there. We are gonna celebrate Bruce Bruce. We gonna laugh, we probably gonna cry. Our stomach's gonna be on the floor. It's gonna be Bruce Bruce's fault. I'm gonna blame him for it, but I want every single moment of it, brother.

But I'm gonna tell you, it's 3 snacks that I like. I don't, I ain't gonna tell no, they between me and you. It's 3 snacks that I like. I like Krispy Kreme donuts and I like Cinnabon and I like that Little Debbie Zebra Cake. Let me tell you something, if you bring a Little Debbie Zebra Cake, I fight everybody in that club. You hear me? And I'm not a fighter. Watch what's gonna happen. Watch what you do. Boy, let me tell you something, that Little Debbie Zebra Cake, oh my goodness. Look here, I know there's a God in heaven.

I know there's a God in heaven. Amen to that. So I'm gonna have links to everything in the show notes, in the descriptions. I'm gonna run a little teaser and trailer because Bruce Bruce will be in Greenville, South Carolina this week at the Comedy Zone. Make sure you are there. If you're too late, you're too late.

That's all I can say. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I will be there.

I will be there. Yes, sir. Bruce, again, brother, thank you so much for all that you do. Thank you for who you are, and thank you for the mentorship. We didn't even talk about that, but thank you for the mentorship because you know how I can tell when a man is good? When they like seeing other people win above themselves. Absolutely. Absolutely.

My granddad always said when he leave the room, he said, look here, we didn't know what it mean, but we knew it was something like a pimp move. He say, if you fall off the mattress, I will see you through the spring. You know what I'm saying? Now we didn't know what it meant, but we just knew it was something different. And we thought it was a pimp move. My granddaddy was a dude, man. So hey man, it's love to you, man. Forever, for life. And, uh, check out the next Netflix special. Tell everybody that got a TV to see Bruce Bruce on Netflix. I ain't playing. He ain't playing.

Bruce Bruce, I Ain't Playing. It is it. Netflix, go get it. Bruce, love you, brother. Love you too. To all viewers and listeners, remember, your because is your superpower.

That's another powerful conversation on Mick Unplugged. If this episode moved you, and I'm sure it did, follow the show wherever you listen, share it with someone who needs that spark, and leave a review so more people can find There Because. I'm Rudy Rush, and until next time, stay driven, stay focused, and stay unplugged.