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Draya Nicole
It's Ty with these.
Lex P
Tequila.
Draya Nicole
Tequila. Tyre. All right, Drizzy Draya.
Lex P
Who the fuck is that?
Draya Nicole
Me.
Lex P
What's the name?
Draya Nicole
Drizzy Draya. And you are?
Lex P
No, I'm not.
Ty
Shit.
Lex P
Leave me out of this.
Draya Nicole
Lex Kelly. Lexi Kelly.
Lex P
What's up, y'all? It's your girl, Lex P. And it's.
Draya Nicole
Your girl, Draya Nicole.
Lex P
And you are tuned in to another episode of Poor Minds birthday edition. Period.
Draya Nicole
My bad. I was supposed to say, we're a drunk mind speaks sober thoughts, and we.
Lex P
Ain'T got no guests today. We ain't got no guests today.
Draya Nicole
And it's my birthday.
Lex P
It's your birthday. It's your birthday. Bad bitch contest. You in first play. You and first play. You in first play. Bad bitch. Hey. Birthday episode three.
Draya Nicole
Oh, that was a great intro.
Lex P
Thankfully, you know, I busted down. You did bust it down.
Draya Nicole
You break it down. You didn't play no games.
Lex P
You know what I'm saying? Okay.
Draya Nicole
Another year, another Taurus season.
Lex P
Another Taurus season. You see, we got the birthday cupcakes. It's your 34th year on this Earth, and if y'all didn't know, April 22nd is also Earth Day.
Draya Nicole
It is.
Lex P
It is Earth day. Every year, April 22nd is Earth Day. So you're 34 years on this earth. How are you feeling? You just ended your 75 hard. You've done an amazing job.
Draya Nicole
Thank you.
Lex P
75 days, no liquor. Working out. You got a sixpack now?
Draya Nicole
I do.
Lex P
You're looking good. How you feeling?
Draya Nicole
I feel great. I feel amazing. Like, I feel so unstoppable. I feel so empowered. I was just saying this the other day. I just dropped another vlog on my YouTube channel. Well, not vlog, but a video. And it was kind of like a life update. And I was just saying how empowered I feel and unstoppable I feel from doing this challenge. So many people, when I posted on Instagram, like, It was my 75th day and I was done, was like, oh, let me see your before and after photos. And I feel like I could post my before and after photos, like, physically and show people what my body looked like before and then now. But I really feel like it's not, like, a huge, drastic change just because I already was, like, an avid gym goer before I started the challenge. But for me, it was more of a mental thing. Like, it was a mental challenge because not drinking for 75 days is a lie. Like, in my adult life, I'm gonna be honest, the longest I've ever went without drinking is 40 days. It was really hard. Especially I feel like now our careers and where we're going, we're in a space where we always have to go to events, we always have to mix and mingle, we always have to be social. And I ain't gonna lie, I don't have no friends around me that don't drink. Everybody drinks. So it's definitely a challenge to be in these spaces and places and not succumb to wanting to have a drink. Plus, life be life in. We all know life be getting hard. It's F U C K a lot of the time. And it's been some things that had happened during my 75 hard challenge where I really wanted to go have a drink. But I was like, no, girl, you have a goal. You made a commitment, you're making a sacrifice. And I really am a person who, I feel like God rewards you when you be obedient. And I feel like God was telling me that this was something that I needed to do and that I needed to stay consistent with. And I'm just very proud of myself because I feel like it just shows a lot of discipline. I feel like that's something that a lot of people don't have. One thing about me, I'm a disciplined girl and a resilient girl. I could do whatever I put my mind to. So I'm just really proud of myself that I got through it. And then also physically working out for 75 days, I never worked out. Have anybody ever worked out for 75 days straight without taking a break? You know, I feel like that's a big thing. So doing that was a big deal too. And out of the 75 days, I only didn't meet my 10,000 step goal three times.
Lex P
Oh, you didn't.
Draya Nicole
I did not.
Lex P
You did. I said, nah, come on.
Draya Nicole
No, I only.
Lex P
I only did it the way you used to be.
Draya Nicole
Walking around back and forth. No. Yeah, but I only didn't meet it three times, and then I made up for it the next day.
Lex P
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
So, yeah, but I feel great, feel good. It was mentally challenging and I feel way more laser focused. I'm super focused. I feel like it did wonders for my mental health, and I feel great. I think it's something everybody should try at least once in their life.
Lex P
So what are your goals for this year?
Draya Nicole
My goals for this year?
Lex P
The. The 34th year, what are your, you know, birthday, new year, new me goals?
Draya Nicole
One of my major goals for myself is just to be more present. I would say be more present in the Moment. I'm a person who I rarely ever pat myself on the back when I accomplish things. And like, a lot of my friends tell me this about myself, and they're like, you just always be glazing over accomplishments. Like, it's a small thing and you be doing big, amazing stuff. I think that I never really take the time out to just be present and just be like, wow, I really did this. And live in the moment. Because I'm always on to the next thing. Like, because I'm not where I want to be in life, where I know my goals are at and where I see myself being. I think that I'm always just like, okay, it's cool that I did this, but what's next? Because I gotta get to this goal of having this net worth or accomplishing this specific task. And I don't take enough time to appreciate the things that I've already done and how far I've came. You know, especially for me to only be 34 years old, I feel like I have lived a lot of lives and I've done a lot of dope stuff, and I don't really ever just take the time out to smell the flowers and be appreciative of where I'm at. So I would say being more present. And then as far as business goes, of course, like, I want to take poor minds to the next level. Like, I'm hoping that we end up getting a talk show in the next year, which I do feel like is a very attainable goal with every. With where we're going and everything that we have going on with the business. With Muse, I really want to get Muse to being a million dooll company, and I feel like I could do that. I just have to be more intentional about, you know, marketing and putting more money into marketing and stuff, because it's already a brand that runs itself and it run. It's already a brand that runs itself, y'all. I started back drinking today, and I feel like you could tell it's already a brand that runs itself and it's doing really well. And I just feel like I just need to be more intentional with it about my goals because if I really put more effort into it and more money into it, it could really be a multi million dollar company because of what it already does without me being super intentional. And yeah, like, in my personal life, I just want to have a healthy, happy relationship and same thing with my friends. Like, I just want to have healthy, happy relationships, peaceful relationships. I don't want no drama with People, no weird energy. And I'm very intentional at this part point in my life of cutting off any. Anything that I don't like, I'm just not dealing with. And I'm a distance myself because I feel like when I was younger, I was way more apprehensive and was a people pleaser.
Lex P
Yeah. Yeah. So.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Lex P
So do you feel like from 33 to 34, like, your goals last year that you, you know, wanted for the past year? Do you feel like you did what you were supposed to do?
Draya Nicole
I feel like I exceeded my goals for 33.
Lex P
Okay.
Draya Nicole
For sure.
Lex P
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
Like, the things that I'm doing, the things that I've accomplished in this last year, because a lot of the goals that I accomplished was stuff that I had on my. On my list and things that I wanted to accomplish in life, but I wasn't necessarily thinking that I was going to accomplish it last year. So I feel like God exceeded my. Expect my expectations of what I thought was going to happen last year.
Lex P
That's amazing. You know, I feel like I agree with you on that. I think a lot of times people don't ever stop and smell the flowers for themselves, and you don't want to look up. And you were just always trying to reach something, and you never clap for yourself. You know, you've had an amazing year. Like I just told you, like, 75 days of doing anything consistently is hard. Anything consistently. That is what people deem not fun. So you were working out, not drinking. You know what I'm saying? On top of the other things I know you had probably added to your morning routine and things like that. So I have to clap for you and give you your flowers because the only thing I'm doing for 75 days straight is drinking. So that is a feat that not many people can reach. So I applaud you for that, my sister. Thank you. And me, along with the poor crew, we are very proud of you. You know what I'm saying? And that's something that I think, you know, 75 hard. Will I try 75 hard? Probably not. Maybe I'll do a 30. Maybe I'll do a 10 hard.
Draya Nicole
That sound more, you know, I feel like you can do 10. I feel like you have to push yourself. I don't know. I think that I just always been a person where it's like, I really like to push myself. Cause I feel like every time I push myself and I challenge myself, God rewards me other side of it. Like, I have a lot of amazing things that have happened to Me, while I've been doing this challenge and stuff too, like I done got a new car, A lot of stuff done happened, you know, a lot of good, good, good upgrades. It's 20, 25 is the year of the upgrade. We just upgrading. All we doing is leveling up, continuously leveling up. And I do feel like if you want to level up in life, you have to make sacrifices.
Lex P
I agree.
Draya Nicole
You know what I mean? So I'm all about sacrificing for the greater, the greater good.
Lex P
Okay. Period. All right, we gonna get into these topics.
Draya Nicole
Mm.
Lex P
So speaking of, you know, we in our 30s, we are in our 30s. We like deep in our 30s now. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're not in our early 20s no more. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, we in our 30s. It's not like, oh, we just turned 30 and we're just trying to figure out things in our, like, we're in the 30s. So with this topic today, we going to talk about that was cute in our 20s, but not anymore. Because sometimes I give people a pass for even in their late twenties or their early thirties. Cuz I'm like a lot of changed for me when I turned 30.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Lex P
But who I was at 30 is not the same woman that I am at 35 or even was at 34. So I want we gonna talk today about like shit, that was cute in your 20s, but you can't, you don't get a slide no more. Okay, you don't get a pass. So what's something that you used to do in your 20s that honestly kind of made you cringe?
Draya Nicole
It's a lot of stuff. Where do I begin? Where do I begin? I did a lot of cringy things in my 20s for sure. I feel like number one, some of my fashion choices, some of the stuff that I used to wear, I be looking back and I be like, ew, can't believe I wore that. Because I think that as you get older, you gotta be like, class. Class can't be bought. You know what I mean? You can't buy class. You either have it or you don't. It's something that you can learn, but it can't be bought. And I feel like when I was younger, the type of woman that I know that deep down inside that I always wanted to be, I feel like I didn't present myself in the way that I really wanted to be addressed. And I think that had a lot to do with like wardrobe choices. Like, it's just certain stuff I just be like, yeah, I would never wear that now. Like a whole bunch of se. Through stuff. A whole bunch of really short stuff with your butt hanging out. Like, I don't know. And it's nothing wrong with. If that's certain people's style, that's cool. But I think that for me, I just have like a certain life in mind that I want. And I think that that just certain aesthetics just doesn't attract the type of people or men that I think that I want to attract.
Lex P
Okay.
Draya Nicole
The future me.
Lex P
I think for me, one thing that I used to do in my 20s that I definitely don't do anymore. Cause I know I joke a lot. Cause you know, I like to get my drink on. But honestly, I used to drink every day in my 20s. Like, every day it was like, wake up. Where the party at? Where the happy hour at? Where we going to eat dinner and where are the drinks at? Like, if I'm being 100% honest, I don't keep liquor in my house anymore. I drink whenever I film on the weekends. My friends call me, I'm at home. Hey, let me call you back. I'm writing in my journal or, you know, I'm in church on Sundays. Like, I am not. And I wish honestly not saying that you shouldn't drink in your 20s. Cause you're supposed to turn up. But I think that I truly probably would be further in life if I wasn't spending every. I mean, I used to buy a bottle of Ciroc on a Friday, a big bottle, and by Sunday it will be gone between me and my homegirls. Like, that's the type of drinking I used to do. So I think that shit that was cute in my 20s was like drinking all day. Like me and the turn up girl. Like, being the fun girl, it was cool in my 20s, but being the fun girl in your 30s, like, there's no benefit of being the fun girl that's outside all the time for me and my goals. Yeah, I'm not saying this for everybody. Like I said, this is no shade, no tea. Cause there are some fun girls that drink every day in their 30s. And maybe that works for you, but for me, yeah, I feel like I just all.
Draya Nicole
I've always been a binge drinker. Like, I've never been a person who drink every day. Like, I've never been a girl that's gonna drink every single day. But when I do drink, oh, we gonna turn up.
Lex P
Right, right, right.
Draya Nicole
We gonna take it to the moon, take it to the stars. Every time but every day. That never really been my thing. What's something that you feel like was cute in your 20s that's not cute no more Now Ty, I feel like.
Ty
The over hustling like we always like we're go getters.
Lex P
Yeah.
Ty
Sometimes we're gonna do everything that needs to possible. But now being over 30, over 35, I want to relax.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, I want a nap.
Ty
I think we talked about this before but like living a life of luxury. And luxury is waking up when I want to making my breakfast. If I feel go for a walk.
Draya Nicole
Slow morning.
Ty
A slow morning. Taking a nap in the middle after of the afternoon. Just those simple pleasantries that we often like as in the 20s was just going and going and going. No. Take it easy. Relax. Enjoy it.
Lex P
What's up y'all? It's your girl XP and it's your.
Draya Nicole
Girl Dre and Nicole.
Lex P
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Lex P
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Ty
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
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Lex P
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Draya Nicole
Mm. Drinking good. Cheers.
Lex P
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Lex P
Like, a thing on Twitter and they be like, team no sleep. We getting it all night. We up. We working, y'all.
Draya Nicole
Hashtag workflow. Yeah, y'all too young to know about the workflow.
Lex P
Workflow. Like, oh, we up and we grinding.
Ty
Yeah, y'all.
Lex P
We was grinding. It's like. But that's not. Mm. Mm.
Draya Nicole
Cause I'm out here grinding. Remember that song? Wasn't that DJ Khaled?
Lex P
Sheesh.
Draya Nicole
No, for real.
Lex P
But we always out here grinding. But that's what I'm saying. Overworking yourself is the stupidest shit ever. It is. I'm all about working smarter and not harder.
Ty
Exactly.
Lex P
Like that. Over. So. That was a great point, Ty. We actually talked about this the other day.
Draya Nicole
What? What we talking about? We talk about a lot of things.
Lex P
I know, but I hate this. And I don't care what y'all say. Cause I used to do this in my 20s, in my early 20s. And this is embarrassing for me to admit, but I'm being real right now. Sleeping in your makeup.
Draya Nicole
Oh.
Lex P
And you be thinking you can wake up and maybe, like, touch it up, and it's okay. I'm telling you right now, as a skincare girly. I love skincare. I'm super into my skincare and a makeup girly. I can tell if your makeup is from yesterday. I don't care how much you freshen it up. I don't care what beauty blender you got, what brushes you got. I don't care if you got Charlotte Tilbury, Patrick Starr. Whoever. Whatever. Patrick. Ta. Whatever. I'm sorry. I said Patrick Starr. That's a SpongeBob. Y'all know what the hell I'm.
Draya Nicole
Wait, no. Patrick Starr is somebody. Beauty industry.
Lex P
Patrick Starr is SpongeBob. It's Patrick Star.
Draya Nicole
No, it's somebody's star.
Lex P
Whose star?
Draya Nicole
Jeffree Star. Jeffree Star.
Lex P
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
I knew it was something.
Lex P
And we don't talk about him, boo.
Draya Nicole
We don't. We don't. But I just was trying to remember who it was.
Lex P
It was some star.
Draya Nicole
It was a star.
Lex P
Patrick. Ta.
Draya Nicole
Bitch. This is the birthday episode. I'm the star.
Lex P
Okay? Watashi wasta, bitch.
Draya Nicole
Watashi wasta.
Lex P
But, yeah, sleeping in your makeup is a big no no. So let me tell y'all something. Sleeping in your makeup, it ages you. It makes your skin. You start to get layers of dead skin because it's trying to protect your skin from that stuff. And then if you keep doing it, you're. That dead skin is going to be hard to get off. So eventually you're going to have to, like, laser it to get it off. And a lot of people can't afford laser. Sleeping in your makeup literally will age you. And it always looks dirty. It looks dirty as fuck. There'll be some makeup pictures. I look at myself when I was younger and I could tell, bitch, that's old makeup.
Draya Nicole
You really used to do that.
Lex P
I used to sleep in my. Cause you gotta realize, though, I'm not making an excuse, I'm not making excuses, but I used to. This is the grind shit. I used to have to go to school. So I used to go to school in, like, the afternoon, the evening. I would get out of school, by the time I get out of school, go home, maybe do a little homework. Then I would have to go to Dreams. I would have to go to Dreams. I would be there till about five, six in the morning, go home, maybe get a little two hours of sleep. Then I had to be at TGI Fridays, then I gotta be there. We would open on the weekends at 10:00, 11:00.
Draya Nicole
For real.
Lex P
I'm telling you. I used to go to school and working two jobs, so I used to be like, oh, I can just freshen up my makeup. And then I didn't understand the beauty of no makeup. We didn't have no makeup looks then. This was when it was blend. Eyeshadow had to be bright orange, pink, blue brows, like. And I'm not mad at that era because that's how I really learned how to do my makeup. But it wasn't an era where little light mascara, light concealer and lip gloss and gold. It was never giving that. I used to work in the club, baby. And I'm talking about the club at its peak era, where you sitting at work on a Wednesday night and Young Jeezy walk in. So, yeah, bitch, I used to sleep in my makeup because I used to be like, okay, do you wanna get some rest or do you wanna stay up and rewash your face and. Cause it used to take me like an hour, hour and a half to do my makeup realistically. So, yeah, I used to definitely sleep in My makeup. And at that time, it worked for the time because Lex do my makeup. Lex, your face so beat. But looking back, I was like, bitch, you look dirty. You look dirty. But honestly, in 2025, I still see some girls doing that. I still sleeping in the house.
Draya Nicole
That is unbelievable to me. I just cannot believe. Yes, it's the tequila. This is unbelievable to me. Literally, I cannot believe that y'all are not washing y'all face every day.
Lex P
Yep, yep, yep.
Draya Nicole
You have to wipe that makeup off. I'm gonna wash your pores. You're gonna end up getting blackheads. And maybe because when I was younger, I was. I really started getting into makeup when I got older. Like, I feel like when I got into, like, what my, like mid to late twenties, I started really kind of getting into makeup. So, like, when I was in my early 20s, I used to be washing my face every day.
Lex P
But I used to be at.
Draya Nicole
It's the norm.
Lex P
No, girl, when we was at Dreams, I'm telling you, we used to literally.
Ty
Like, no, that's crazy.
Draya Nicole
I didn't. No.
Lex P
Yeah, that's. But I think the lifestyle that we lived working at Dreams. Cause like I said, Dreams was like the pop in strip club. If you was not there living it, you. It's hard to explain because, like, it was me, Jazz, my girl Kierra. We literally used to leave the club six, seven o'clock in the morning. We would always go stay at one of our apartments. Whoever was closest and whoever wasn't drunk, they could drive. And like I said, by the time I laid my head down, I had to get back up. Cause I was in school and I had another job. So like I said, I used to have to decide, do you want to wash your face and go to work with no makeup on, or do you want to get some rest? I'm 23 years old. I'm going to sleep, bitch. Like I said, it's not something. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's what. But, bitch, that's what the fuck it was. You had to. Yeah. And we wasn't living in a time where, you know, cute.
Draya Nicole
But you're so cute without makeup. Yeah, like, you would have been okay.
Lex P
No, 23 year old me didn't know that though. Cause 23 year old me didn't see that. I didn't see girls showing up to the club with no makeup on, with lip gloss on, looking cute. We saw behind us with the middle part, bust down with the lashes on. That's what we saw. So we had to look like that because this was the era of the girls, the bartenders had to start looking like the dancers. Yeah, y'all didn't live that era. Yeah, y'all got to bartend before that or after that. You had to be a bad bitch to bartend. So I gotta compete with a bitch who got a spaghetti thong in her ass and I gotta.
Draya Nicole
Look, the bartenders is still like that. I think it's worse now.
Lex P
Oh yeah, it's worse now. But I was in the beginning era of that. So it was a lot more pressure. Like I said, nowadays, if you cute, you cute.
Draya Nicole
Cause I used to be going to work, no makeup.
Lex P
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Draya Nicole
Y'all gonna get this natural phase.
Lex P
By the time like when I moved to Atlanta and like I was still kinda working in the club. Oh yeah, it was. I'm showing up, I can do a little lash. Yeah.
Ty
A little leash.
Lex P
But when I was 23, that was what, 10? That was 12 years ago. 12, 13 years ago, baby. It was a different time.
Draya Nicole
It was okay. So for me, I would definitely say being out all night and then getting up early, that's one. That was cute back then, but I just can't do it now. I be so grumpy if I don't get at least seven hours of sleep. Like I need at least a good semi. I be so grumpy and you could tell, like I'm not trying to be here, which. Well, I take that back. You can't tell, but I just know myself and I feel like my temperament be a little off when I haven't got enough sleep. I think I do my best to still be nice and pleasant, but I. I need my sleep. I can't do it. But when I was younger, I'm talking about be out till six in the morning, go to the club, go to the strip club, go to the after hours creeping in when the sun coming up and then got to be at work at 8 o'clock. That's how I used to be living. I can't do it no more. I really cannot. I love to be in my bed, tucked in, getting ready to bedtime story by 10:00pm Yeah, I agree.
Lex P
I think being a homebody is okay. Yeah, in your 20s, like people make sense. Oh, you always want to be at home. Yeah, it's peaceful there. I'm safe there.
Draya Nicole
In your 20s, though. I do. I feel like that's a little, you.
Lex P
Know, you're supposed to be outside and having fun about balance. Like I said, if I could go back to my 20s, I would be just a little bit more focused. Cause if I was focused in my 20s like I am now, I would be a millionaire by now. I mean, you know what I'm saying?
Draya Nicole
But it's people who was. But to be the devil's advocate, it's people who was focused in their twenties and they still. And I millionaires. If that makes you feel better.
Lex P
It don't.
Draya Nicole
It should. Because they was real focused and they still not really doing that thing. I mean, it happens sometimes.
Lex P
I guess I just feel like I should have had more balance in my 20s.
Draya Nicole
Oh, for sure. Cause if you was out every night, you definitely needed some balance.
Lex P
I wasn't working. Cause, mind you, I work at the club, so you would think on my days off, I would take a day off. Cause I'm already in, baby. No, I'm like, oh, I don't work tonight. I'm going out. That's why I say I was living a wild life.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Ty
But I also think that was our culture too.
Draya Nicole
Right?
Ty
Like when I was in college, it was all the way turned up. Swag, surge.
Lex P
Yes. All, like.
Ty
All of that stuff that was my.
Lex P
Servant lifestyle might not make it come on.
Ty
Like, we were in the bot in the club, clinking bottles together. Like that was leaky.
Draya Nicole
We was wasted.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
Why I'm wasted. She wasted, man.
Ty
That was the times. Now people are a little bit more.
Draya Nicole
Tight jeans like the white boys, but.
Lex P
I do get ready to like, yes, man.
Ty
But now people, now, they're a little more cognizant on what they're putting in their bodies, how they're acting in public. Yeah. The new generation is more into drugs and other things. Not necessarily getting lit and turned up like we were.
Lex P
Because I, you know, I know they.
Draya Nicole
Be into dying, what they do. Yeah.
Lex P
Oh, Lord have mercy.
Draya Nicole
They be doing all them drugs and shit.
Lex P
You right.
Draya Nicole
They be laced with fentanyl and stuff.
Lex P
Yes. Yeah.
Draya Nicole
Ain't nobody got time to see. We. We love some good old Hennessy. Back in my day. A little four Loco. That's where we was gonna take it. Maybe. Maybe even a little Molly if you feeling frisky that night. But y'all be taking it too far. Y'all be taking me too far.
Lex P
Yeah. Cause I'm not even gonna lie. I grew up with the white boys.
Draya Nicole
You did so used to be cow tipping, drunk.
Lex P
Yeah. Like, we used to be drunk. But like the drug scene, like, I'm not gonna lie. The coke. Yeah. But I'm not gonna lie. I'm not saying that coke Is normal. But coke, they used to do that at. What's that club called in New York? What was it called?
Ty
Studio 54.
Lex P
Studio 54. Like, that's a old school drug.
Draya Nicole
No. Yeah, coke was like the drug of the 70s. That's what I'm saying.
Lex P
But y'all, the shit that y'all doing now, like, it's a little different. They got some names I ain't never heard of and shit like that. Y'all on some different types of shit. They be wilding, the kids be wilding.
Ty
And they do it in public, too.
Draya Nicole
It used to be a secret.
Lex P
Let's go to the bathroom.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
Now they just. I don't care. Nowadays, they be on stream. Yeah, bitch. What?
Draya Nicole
Back in the day, she right, though. They would do it in private. The only way people would know. You come out, you got a little.
Lex P
Oh, my God. And I would be like, no, listen. Cause that was being like. When the black girls started doing it, it was like, oh, my God. So when we used to be at Dreams, it was like, oh, let me look out. Like, it was so down low. Because it was like, oh, my God, she do cold. Yes. It was like, oh, my gosh.
Draya Nicole
It was.
Lex P
It was such a big deal. But nowadays it's like, oh, you got a pill, bitch?
Draya Nicole
Yeah. Cause you got. And they lip be like that, too. Oh, you got a pill.
Lex P
You what? You got that thing on you. And they be like, they be doing it out in the open. Like, baby, we was ladies back in the day.
Draya Nicole
We were ladies.
Lex P
We were ladies.
Draya Nicole
And I'm not gonna lie. Personally, I was always too afraid to try coke. Like, I just was always scared of what it would do to me. So I never tried it, but I did, you know, I popped a little.
Lex P
The little Molly popped the Molly.
Draya Nicole
Popped a pop. Some, definitely. But it was an influence.
Lex P
It was an influence.
Draya Nicole
It was.
Ty
It was.
Draya Nicole
And we probably shouldn't have said that on the show.
Lex P
I mean, I think it's life, though. But we're living, but we're teaching y'all that this is not something. I'm not gonna lie to you. Did I try.
Draya Nicole
Cause I'm here now.
Lex P
Did I try a little? Yeah, I did, but I didn't do it no more. But I'm telling you every time.
Draya Nicole
Well, I knew she was over there looking shocked. I knew I just wasn't gonna say.
Lex P
It because I don't have nothing to be ashamed about. But I say that to say it wasn't like something I continuously did. Cause let me tell you, the people that Continuously do it. They not doing this right now. I got my shit together. I literally. I was like, I'm not. Like, I said to this day, I don't drink every day. I don't go out every day. I knew that. That environment that I was in. Cause let me tell you, I took some time off from dreams and I started. I got a regular job, and then I had to go back. And when I went back, I said, I cannot do this. This is not where I want to be. That fun, fast lifestyle is something that was a short period of my life, and I'm glad I lived it. But I knew I don't want to be like, y'all. There was nobody in that club that I was looking at, like, wow, girl, you made it. You did.
Draya Nicole
You ate that up.
Lex P
You ate that. It wasn't nobody. I didn' have nobody to look up to. It was like, oh, my God, you did it. You made it out. It's a few girls that were working in the strip club that I see now that are doing well for themselves. And when I say few, I'm talking, like, one or two.
Draya Nicole
That's what I was gonna say. Cause that's all I could think of. If we talking about the club you was at.
Lex P
Yes. I could literally think of two women that were dancers or bartenders or anything that are doing well for themselves. That's it.
Draya Nicole
That's accurate.
Lex P
And it was hundreds of them there.
Draya Nicole
And they was fine, too. Beautiful girls.
Lex P
Beautiful girls that don't matter if you don't got your head on straight. And that's one thing I can say. I thank the club for teaching me what not to do.
Draya Nicole
Oh, for sure. I always say that too, though. But I think that was always a goal that I had for myself. Even looking back to, like, when you moved to Atlanta, I remember I used to tell you all the time, I used to be like, lex, I'm not gonna be 30 working in the club.
Lex P
You did say that.
Draya Nicole
I used to always say that. I used to be like, I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do. I don' what I need to figure out, but I'm gonna figure out something. Because I cannot be 30 years old still working in a club. And again, it's not no shade to the women who are there who are still working. Because sometimes you got to do what you got to do. People be having situations, they be having children. You got to put food on the table for your kids. You have to do what you have to do. But for me, it was just Something that I just knew I didn't want to be a part of because it's just so hard to not get caught up in that, especially with that fast money like you. Before you realize it, it'll be five, six years. You don't been working at the same club, and you don't got so used to making that fast money. And because you're making it so fast, and you know you're gonna make it every week, you're not investing, you're not saving. You just blowing money fast.
Ty
Literally.
Lex P
I think I'm big meat.
Draya Nicole
You just.
Lex P
I thought I was big me.
Draya Nicole
You did. I definitely thought I was Larry Hoover. You could not tell me.
Lex P
Okay, I'm. This is funny now. We can laugh at it now. I showed you our weekend, y'all. I think I made, like, I don't know, like, $7,000. And I'm just like. And that was in, like, one night, though. And I'm just thinking, like, I'm on top of the world. I thought I was unstoppable. I had $7,000 in my pocket. I'm like, 25, bitch.
Ty
Like, I'm thinking.
Draya Nicole
That's polite.
Lex P
This was the weekend Teyana Taylor dropped them Adidas shoes. Y'all remember when she had that collab with Adidas? The golden, them gold and black, baby. I went to the mall. I had them hoes. I had a friend that worked there. They had them on the side for me. I'm walking past the line, me and Jas, my friend, my bartender, we like. Yeah, we dropped. Like, we really thought we was cool. That's what I'm saying.
Draya Nicole
So imagine you mean what y'all did we.
Lex P
Three pairs. Cause Kierra wasn't there. Cause she was still asleep. I was like, oh, I got Kierra's shoes. Yeah. And we was all fashioned that night. It worked in the new Teyana Taylor Drops. Bitch, we thought we was it.
Draya Nicole
I thought y'all was too lit. But I'm saying, what a simple time, though. Cause we used to be so excited. Y'all were so excited about them Teyana Taylor shoes. These days, if you ain't pulling up to the club with your Chanel sneakers on, you ain't doing nothing.
Lex P
No, not even the Chanel sneakers. Cause did you pull up in a Rolls Royce or not?
Draya Nicole
Did you pull up in a Rolls Royce? Did you pull up in a G. White wag? Huh?
Lex P
Order a bit.
Draya Nicole
Leave if you didn't. If you pulled up in a pri.
Lex P
You did not eat.
Draya Nicole
Shame on you, girl. Do they even still Make Priuses?
Lex P
Yeah. Cuz I was at the Uber in one the other day.
Draya Nicole
Oh, I remember I used to want a Prius so bad. That's what I'm saying. A simple time.
Lex P
I used to want to be a.
Draya Nicole
Coop because, oh my God, I wanted a Prius so bad when I was in my 20s because I just thought it was so cool.
Lex P
And I say all that cuz Sean.
Draya Nicole
Made that song and he dissed Priuses. And I was like, what's wrong with you? He said, I'm 23 years old and I ain't riding in the Priuses. Prius. And after that I didn't want one.
Lex P
I was like, thought you got shame.
Draya Nicole
Not the Prius.
Lex P
But I say all that to say, even if you. And I'm not trying to talk. We're not trying to talk down on people who are in their 30s working in the club.
Draya Nicole
No. Yeah.
Lex P
I think it's all about your mentality.
Draya Nicole
Because you should. You should. The goal should be to get the money to invest it or to do something else with it so that you're not 30 in the club. It's not. Nothing wrong if you are, but I personally just think that's not ideal.
Ty
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
Being 30 in the club is not a. A life plan. That's not. Should be. In my opinion. It's okay if you are there, but I feel like if you have been doing this for five, six years already, you should be out the club after year five. I was going to say year three, year five, you should be out the club.
Lex P
You got to have the money in the club. Is not how it even used to be.
Draya Nicole
Not at all. O, the N is not Big Meech or Larry Hoover no more.
Lex P
Big Meech got out and he been chilling. He don't even like how the club scene look.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, it ain't the same. The streets is dry.
Lex P
The streets is dry.
Draya Nicole
People trapping ain't dead. You niggas just.
Lex P
But I will say people are trying to figure out how to get the legal money because we've realized it's no longevity in that. I'm not going to lie to you. I thought for a while I was like, being a bartender, is it.
Draya Nicole
You wanted a trapper?
Lex P
What? I was like, I'm finna find my nigga. I'm finna be like the bartender. Cause you gotta realize that was a time where the Vegas was popping. And it was like, if you can make it to Vegas and bartend, it's a career out there. I'm like, they're clearing six figures a Year, I was like, I can do that. Because not only am I fine and I know how to work in a club scene, I can actually make drinks. So even with that, I still had a bigger vision. But it's like, girl, get your old ass out the club. When I moved to Atlanta and I turned 30, I said. And they gave me an outfit to wear. I said, hey, I'mma have to go. When they tried to give me the little spandex outfit, I said, hey, this was my last night working. I said, hey, you know what? It has been a fun time. I said, I can't do this.
Draya Nicole
That was probably my favorite thing, though, the outfit. Like, I feel like you could dress up and be cute and, like, couldn't nobody judge you for it.
Lex P
Well, I did that already. I did that. We did that at Dreams. Like, we used to wear. I used to be behind the bar. I used to be in the phone.
Draya Nicole
Oh, I remember you. I used to see you. I remember when me and Lex first became friends. I was like, oh, I done seen you before. I used to see you all the time back there. I used to be like, I guess.
Lex P
No, she did not. Girly used to love.
Draya Nicole
She be like, hi, girl.
Lex P
She used to love coming to the bar. Give her her shrimp.
Draya Nicole
No, that wasn't until we became friends. I'm talking about once we. Oh, before.
Lex P
You're talking about before. See, I don't remember that. Cause I used to be like, okay.
Draya Nicole
Girl, I see you. Your little thong. Girl, shut the. I remember you with them Adidas, too. That's why I said, I remember. Girl, shut the fuck. I was like, okay, Lix P. I.
Lex P
Had all the local rappers. All the local rappers used coming you. I'm not gonna lie to y'all.
Draya Nicole
Dreams was really like. But that's what I'm saying. That's one of the things about getting older where it's just like, I do feel bad for the youth. Cause they didn't get to experience it in our dreams.
Lex P
Closed, baby. I got woken up on a random Monday morning by my boss and said, get dressed. Get every. Get the girls together. We got something happen tonight, baby. We went in there, it was Drake and, like, all, like, his friends. And it was like four or five dancers and just us. And it was a time, bitch. Like, we couldn't bring our phones in. But it's like, if I said this, they'd be like, you're making that up. No, I'm not. But if you knew Dreams, this is what we used to do.
Draya Nicole
I mean, and people have to understand. Like back in the day, I feel like it was easier to be around celebrities because everybody wasn't recording and everybody didn't have their phone out.
Lex P
We was at prom time. Drake sitting right here. DJ Eric, rest in peace though, tho was DJing.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Lex P
And nobody was doing none of this.
Draya Nicole
Cause we wasn't worried about that. Cause that wasn't the thing to do back in time.
Lex P
Because you were trying to get us one. That's when I met.
Draya Nicole
Well, we was trying to get us one, but we was also working like we was really trying to get our money. Like you're not worried about. Because this is before you could get popular from cloud, from recording people in some. In a blog picking it up. Blogs wasn't even looking at that type of stuff back in the day. They was posting real celebrity content.
Lex P
I. Well, I forgot his name. We used to have him a name. One of my old bays.
Draya Nicole
Oh.
Lex P
But that was the night I met him. That night that Drake was at the club.
Draya Nicole
What a time. We really used to be having a good time. No cameras. Everybody was having a good time. Everybody was getting lit, turned up. You wasn't worried about trying to get posted. And it was just great. Now they be taking your phone. They be putting what they got that little shit that they put your phone in.
Lex P
Oh my gosh. They lock it.
Draya Nicole
You can keep your phone on you, but you gotta have it locked. Like, what type of shit is that?
Lex P
What's that man name that was on the BMF show?
Draya Nicole
What man? Lil Meech.
Lex P
Not Lil Meech. Who was his dude?
Draya Nicole
Da Vinci.
Lex P
Da Vinci Child. Da Vinci had a comedy show. We go to the comedy show. He made everybody lock their phones up. And don't get me wrong, the show was good, but we didn't have to lock our phones up for that. It was straight, my nigga.
Draya Nicole
No.
Lex P
We could have left our phones out for that one, big bro.
Draya Nicole
No. So I went to. I went to Dave Chappelle comedy show in Houston two years ago, and he made everybody lock their phones up too. But that's what I was gonna say to me. Me, I. No matter who it is, I understand. Because it's like if you have content or you have jokes or whatever, it may be that you don't want to be out yet or you want people to actually pay to be able to see the show. It makes sense to me why people provide that service that they shows because they don't want their content getting leaked early.
Lex P
Well, I think it's more so about people editing content to make Something that they said and twisting their words. Because I'm not gonna lie, I don't give a fuck if you record at Poor Minds, I might tell the joke again or I may deliver it in a different type of way. We have a different crowd every night, so we interact with our crowd. Yeah, those two poor mine shows are the same but with Dave Chappelle, a Kevin Hart, people like that, it's a little different. The only reason I said about Da Vinci, because I think it was more so of. He gets very raw with his shows. So I think it was more so like he don't want somebody to record something, something and they try to like twist it and make it seem like he was trying to say something that he wasn't.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, yeah, I think, I think it'd be a little bit of both. I think sometimes they just want to be able to publicize their content the way that they want or monetize it the way that they want to. They don't want. You can control the narrative that way. They just don't be wanting it out. But I don't see anything wrong with that because we live in an era where people are constantly recording everything. Like, you know, if you have a show, nine times out of 10 it's going to end up on the Shade Room or he's going to end up on Neighborhood Talk or of those websites before you post anything because it's going to be thousands of people in the crowd that's recording something that people didn't have to worry about 10, 15 years ago. You know, what a time it was really. I. I stay all the time. I got a video. I have a photo. Not a video. I have a photo in my phone of Beyonce. We were at the club together.
Lex P
We didn't come together, but you can say y'all did.
Draya Nicole
I can lie. I can lie about it. Cause y'all don't know. Y'all was not there. It was 10 years ago and I was literally. She was right there and I was right here and I took a photo and I still have it in my phone. Because this is back in the day when people was in the club not recording stuff. We was at Griffin in New York. It was Allstar Weekend, 2015. And me and my best friend Jordan, we was so lit, cuz we was like, is that Beyonce?
Lex P
Beyonce used to be in the club.
Draya Nicole
She used to be outside. She did. And I could say I was outside too.
Lex P
I remember the time when the era, like I said, I used to work in the era where Kim Kardashian used to host clubs.
Draya Nicole
This the Old Bitches episode. They gonna be like, these hoes. Old bitch. You was out when Beyonce was out. That's crazy.
Lex P
I was outside when Kim Kardashian was outside. Cause I remember at one point, like, the clubs in Houston was trying to book her, but they couldn't afford it. Cause she was texting. Like, at that time, it was like 100k. But she used to always be at the clubs in Vegas. And that's why we used to be like, oh, my gosh. Imagine bartending a party that Kim Kardashian is hosting. You know, that chicken finna be crazy. So, yeah, we was outside during the time where the it girls was really outside. Like, we had the it girls. Lady Gaga used to be performing in the clubs during this time. Literally.
Draya Nicole
I ain't never been in a club with Lady Gaga.
Lex P
No, I ain't never been in a club with her. But during this time, Lady Gaga was in the malls performing in the clubs, performing, like the gay clubs. She was there.
Draya Nicole
I know she was outside.
Lex P
Like, I lived an era.
Draya Nicole
Me too.
Lex P
We was at the club when they premiered. Sorry. I got excited when Fetty Wap and Drake song dropped. All I gotta do is get my mind to this shit. Drake sent that shit to DJ Eric and he premiered that shit at the club. Like two of the times we was at the club. That was when you.
Draya Nicole
Wait, what else happened?
Lex P
What a time to be alive.
Draya Nicole
Give me some lime juice.
Lex P
They revealed that Drake and Future was coming out with a collab album and they played that album.
Draya Nicole
We was in a club when that happened. It was wild. Thank you. And that's actually one of my favorite albums ever. What a time. Since the Live is a massive world premiere.
Lex P
Premiere. We got that world premiere.
Draya Nicole
Let's take our shade.
Lex P
Oh, Lord, I'm already.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, you was turned up reminiscent.
Ty
She said she was trying to get white girl waiting.
Draya Nicole
Okay, but let me say this before we take that, which is trying to get white girl wasted.
Lex P
Like, this is what I have to say about Big Lex P. Ooh.
Draya Nicole
Okay. Come on, Big Peace. Not gonna lie.
Lex P
In junior high, high school, I played volleyball. I was cold, my jersey still up in the gym. Class clown, been that girl in college. I did my fucking thing. I had a show on TSU network. I used to do the radio and I worked at the most popping club. Now I got Poor Minds, the number one podcast with the girls. I've been that bitch for a very fucking long time. I feel shit and it's hard to be relevant as long as I have been. Cheers. So cheers to that. Cheers.
Draya Nicole
That's how I be feeling. I don't wanna go down my resume, though. Cause I feel like. Yeah, I don't. I think that'd be, like, the earth sign in me, you know? I think I'm getting to a point to where I'm a little Googleable.
Lex P
Come on, Big Google.
Draya Nicole
Come on, Big Google.
Lex P
Ty, what are we drinking today?
Draya Nicole
But. Yeah. Cause, oh. But I feel like I've lived so many different lives. Like, from high school to college.
Lex P
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
To my early 20s to me moving to Atlanta. That was a whole nother era. And then now in my 30s, and I feel like my 30s have been some of the most amazing years of my life. Like. Like, so much abundance, so much growth, so many blessings, and so much anointing from God. Like, I'm just super grateful.
Lex P
God is so good.
Draya Nicole
God is amazing. He really is. Amen.
Lex P
So.
Draya Nicole
Yes.
Ty
Beautiful.
Draya Nicole
What we drinking, sis?
Ty
Okay, girl, we're gonna call this one thirty Glow. I wrote something special for my girl. Dre, please, I want you to. Let's get them tears rolling.
Lex P
Don't cry, Julian.
Ty
Let's get them 30s flowing.
Draya Nicole
Leg big Lex P. You need to calm down today.
Ty
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Lex P
Aw, Ty.
Ty
This is more than a cocktail. This is my last part. This is more than a cocktail. It's a toast to Drea's Glow, growth and greatness. Cheers. To another fabulous year.
Draya Nicole
Aw, Ty.
Lex P
Love y'all, Ty.
Ty
Love you happy.
Draya Nicole
Oh, my God. My Earth sign Sister Effervescence was the one I said. I know that's right, cuz. A who know what effervescence mean.
Lex P
I sure don't know.
Ty
I was gonna say. Can you spell it?
Lex P
Hell, no.
Draya Nicole
She felt the spelling be it's okay though.
Lex P
That's all.
Draya Nicole
But no, that was really so sweet. And I love everything that you said. I love when people call me witty cuz that's how I always describe myself. Like that's how I describe my humor. I feel like I'm very witty.
Ty
Yeah, you a silent sniper.
Draya Nicole
A silent sniper period.
Lex P
I like that. American Sniper.
Draya Nicole
Yeah. I think that that's like a really everything that she said. I feel like that really kind of embodies who I am. And it's so dope when you feel like you're around people because for you to write that and I feel like that really describes me. They feel like it makes you feel like, wow, people really be paying attention. People really like.
Lex P
It's good when people can really see you.
Draya Nicole
How that song go? I know that somebody who loves me, the Drake song What's up y'all? It's your girl xp and it's your girl Dre Nicole.
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Lex P
Love, y'all. No, but, no, I'm saying. A testament to what you were saying, though. It's so good when people really see you. Like, they can get past the hoopla and what everybody. But they really see you and who you are.
Ty
Oh, for sure.
Draya Nicole
But I think that it's easy to see that. That about us or whatever. Well, I feel like it's easy to see that about me. I do like people that are around us on a daily basis. I don't be giving a damn. No disrespect, but I don't be really giving a damn with people who, like, watch the show who have never met me in real life. Think about me. It's always about the people that are around me.
Lex P
Right. Okay.
Draya Nicole
And really feel my energy and can, like, see my spirit and really get to know me for who I am in my core. I don't think it's hard for people that are around me and get to know me to tell who I really am.
Lex P
You're right.
Draya Nicole
I think that maybe for people on the outside looking in, because you not able to really witness the energy, you're not able to have, like, conversations with me. You're just watching me from a TV screen or whatever. But I don't know. I think it's definitely different. And when people are around you, they can feel your aura. If you have, like, a magnetic energy. Energy, they can feel it.
Lex P
No, Yeah, I agree with that. I was. That's what I was saying. I was like. I think a lot of times people misjudge both of us just from watching, but. You're right.
Draya Nicole
But they don't know us.
Lex P
Yeah. The people that are around us can really, you know, they can pick up.
Draya Nicole
On who we really are. And like, since our real personalities, since if we being fake, since it's like we really giving off who we say we are. Because I think a lot of the time people try to say that they one way, but when you around people, they can't fake the funk. Right. You gonna pick up on what's real. You know what I mean? And I think a lot of the time people get away with that because it's easy to portray yourself a certain Way online. But when people are around you, you can't fake. They don't sense it. You can't fake the phone. So, yeah. So now it's time to get into topic number two. Does your relationship with your body change as you get older?
Lex P
Oh, this is interesting. I think it does. And I think it also has to. And I'm talking from a perspective of thinking of you just being a little girl to your body changing to being, you know, a woman. You know, we're in our mid-30s now. Your relationship with your body absolutely has to change. You have to change how you view yourself and understand that things change. You know, I can't eat how I used to eat when I was 16. But I also have to understand that it's okay to have a jelly roll or it's okay to have textured skin, it's okay to have stretch marks, it's okay to have cellulite. I think that in our younger years, you know, when you're 15, 16, baby, body was tight, body was smooth, flawless. Am I 23?
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Lex P
I could go to sleep with my makeup on and wake up and then when I did wash my face, skin was still clear. Cause I was 23.
Draya Nicole
You could, but you shouldn't have.
Lex P
I shouldn't. I'm not saying that I should have, but I'm saying 35 year old. If I went to sleep in my makeup today, which I haven't done in years, but if I did that today, baby, I'm waking up with a pimple, I'm waking up, my nose bumpy as fuck, everything just congested. I can't do that now. So I think your relationship with your body, it has to change as you age. Because if it doesn't, you're gonna lose your confidence.
Draya Nicole
This I just think aging is such a beautiful thing. And I can't believe that at one point in my life, it was something that I really was like so terrified of and, and ran from. It's really a beautiful thing. Like, yeah, you're going to have those changes, but you have to embrace them because you only get one body. And the thing about your body is you can always make it better. You could put more effort into taking care of yourself, being more healthy. Like the foods you consume, what you're actually putting into your body, and then also working out, taking better care of your body, physically, taking better care of your mental, your mind reading books, meditating, just. You have to put pride and value into yourself. Because I think that's something too. As you get older, you do realize Like, I'm gonna be me regardless. I'm only gonna ever get to be myself. I'm never gonna be able to be anybody else. So I need to put my all into making myself a better version of myself, I think Certain changes with my body that I've noticed as I've gotten older. Like child dimples, cellulite in places that it should not be, stretch marks in places that it should not be. And I used to always say when I was younger, I hated moles. And I feel like. But I don't have none. I have one, but it be getting bigger.
Lex P
Oop. See that motherfucker? You finna be Enrique?
Draya Nicole
I have one right here. And it was so little when I was. I mean, it's still kind of little, but I feel like it's bigger.
Lex P
That's another one right there. I know.
Draya Nicole
I saw that, too. But it's okay. I'm gonna get it burned off. Don't worry.
Lex P
But why?
Draya Nicole
What you mean, but why?
Lex P
It's not ugly. It's not this.
Draya Nicole
That's what I'm saying. If it gets bigger, if it continues to grow, it will be gone. If it stays this size. If it stays this size, it's fine. I don't know. It's just something about. I don't like this.
Lex P
It's not for me. It's beautiful.
Draya Nicole
It's beautiful on y'all. It's beautiful on y'all. Love it. Magnifique on me. No, thank you.
Lex P
She said, y'all remember that movie Death Becomes her when they, like, hate getting all that is Jarayah. Oh, my God.
Draya Nicole
No, I don't hate getting old. No.
Lex P
You know what?
Draya Nicole
I hate having things.
Lex P
We need to contact Issa Rae. We need to do a black version of Death Becomes her with me and you.
Draya Nicole
Really?
Lex P
Have you seen Death become.
Draya Nicole
But I feel like I don't hate getting older. Like, I feel like I get fine as. Like, I just get finer and finer every year. I don't hate it. It's just certain things that come with being older that I just be like, ew, get this away from me. And that's one of them. Thank God. No, I don't. Now, I did find one on my coochie one time, though. But not on my head.
Ty
That means you're not getting on my other.
Draya Nicole
On my other.
Lex P
That means what?
Ty
You're not getting enough sex. Or usually you hadn't had sex in a while.
Draya Nicole
And maybe that's what it is.
Ty
That thing is crying.
Draya Nicole
Maybe that's what it was. It had a Hair. I seen it and I pulled it, I plucked it, and I said, I.
Lex P
Rebuke you in the name of Jesus. And it didn't.
Draya Nicole
But guess what?
Lex P
It didn't grow back.
Draya Nicole
It didn't grow back. So that was the one time I seen a gray hair. But I don't have any gray hairs in my head yet. Knock on wood. I feel like I'm a gray late, though, to be honest, because. Because, you know, everything is about genetics. And when I think about my family, like my mom and all her siblings, they didn't start getting gray hairs till, like, they was like in their 50s and 60s. So I think I'm a gray lady.
Lex P
I just feel like the relationship with your body, like I said, I think we need to give ourselves grace as women, you know? I don't know if y'all are fans of this show that comes on hbo. It's called White Lotus. I'm a big fan.
Ty
Yes.
Lex P
Oh, did you watch this last season?
Ty
Absolutely, I did.
Lex P
Okay. So White Lotus. I love this guy, Walton Goggins. He's a character on White Lotus. He is the older guy with the younger girlfriend.
Ty
Oh, okay.
Lex P
And he is hilarious. If y'all Google his name, y'all will know who he is. So anyways, on the show, he has like a receding hairline and a patch. And a patch, right? And they wrote an article, I wanna say, maybe in Cosmo or someone, People magazine, they were like, oh, receding hairlines are hot now. Check out Walton Goggins in White Lotus. And I'm just like, it's so crazy because they did this a couple of years ago with the dad bod of men who have bellies. We will change what the beauty standard is to fit what a white man looks like. But when it comes to women, white, black, Mexican, whatever, We gotta have a 23 inch waist, 40 inch hips, no cellulite, no stretch marks, no wrinkles. We gotta put Botox. We gotta plump up the lips. We gotta make sure we got all our edges. Oh, my God. You know what I'm saying? The beauty standard never changes for us.
Draya Nicole
And speaking of, I have a Botox appointment tomorrow.
Lex P
Go out to healing. I need to hit mine up too. Cause mine are getting a little.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, I said before the premiere.
Lex P
Yeah, I need. It's right. I need a little re up too. I do need a little re up myself.
Draya Nicole
Mm. It's gonna hit right before that.
Lex P
Cause you know. Cause that time is. Stop touching your face. I haven't seen Helen in a year and a half. Bitch, leave me Alone. So it's time for my re up.
Draya Nicole
Who be saying it?
Lex P
They be in the comments time my legs stop touching your face. I'm like, I haven't gotten anything done in a year and a half.
Draya Nicole
Like, literally, probably they just be looking at old episodes.
Lex P
Yeah. Cause leave me alone. Cause baby face card. It rare. Does not decline.
Draya Nicole
All right, all right, all right.
Lex P
But anyways. But again, like I said, your relationship with your body does have to change. Because. Because your body is going to change. It's natural. You gonna gain weight. You gonna lose weight. Like, it's okay. And like I said, the media and social media is easier on men than it is on us.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
Cause like I said, I love him, but who wants a receding hairline? Not me. Just go bald.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Ty
His haircut is crazy.
Draya Nicole
And that's genetic, too.
Ty
And it's like long.
Lex P
Like short. Long.
Ty
It's received.
Draya Nicole
Can y'all pull him up? I wanna see the photo. And he got a ball.
Lex P
Well, he doesn't really wear this in real life. Does he wear it in real life?
Ty
That's how it look on this picture.
Lex P
It does look like this on this picture. But this is how it is on the show. And mind you, he's hilarious. He's really fucking funny. Oh, wait, I need to see the image of him on White Lotus. I'm trying to show her the White Lotus picture. Okay, here it goes. Here's how he looks on White Lotus. It's way back there and it's a bald spot in the back. But mind you, he's an amazing actor. And I feel like there'll be some people. We're not here for the way you look. We are here for your talent. And he is one of them. He was in the Hateful Eight. If you are a fan of. He was in Django. If you are a fan of. What's his name?
Ty
Quentin Tarantino.
Lex P
Quentin Tarantino. Y'all know I love me some Quentin Tarantino. Quentin loves him down, but he's been in a lot of movies. He's a. A list actor. He's actually really fucking hilarious. But I just think it's so funny because since when is receding hairlines attractive? What are we talking about here? So, yeah, people will change their views on stuff. You should change your views on yourself. Be confident. You get this body. This is what you're in.
Draya Nicole
So do you feel like confidence in your 30s is more about what you look like or how you feel?
Lex P
I think it's a mixture of both, because you gotta. I hate this. It's a little gray area, but you gotta look good to feel good, if I'm being honest. But that's why I agree with you.
Draya Nicole
You think so?
Lex P
Yes, because I got in the gym. Like, I used to be like. Like I said, I played volleyball year round and till I. When I got to college, I just started to get into more media stuff. So I really stopped going to the gym. I didn't start getting back into the gym to like a year ago, two years I've been in, like, the gym and like, I work out. And now how I feel about my body, like, okay, I go to the gym, I know what the gym does to my body. I'm like, okay, so this is what my body looks like. I done been laid on the table, I done worked out, I done dieted, I done ate everything. This is what my body is. So it's like, you come with that acceptance. And I'm like, bitch, I look good though.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
I'm 35 years old and I look like this. Hell yeah, I look good. But it also comes with. I do take care of myself. I drink a lot of fucking water. I don't drink every day. I go to the gym, even if I'm not lifting weights. Like I said, I kind of fell off of the gym. But guess what? I was still doing. I'm still getting up and I'm moving my ass. And that's one thing the girls don't do. Y'all have to realize if you don't get up and move, your body gonna stop moving.
Ty
I think for me, I have, like, my mom was beautiful. She died at 48, but she was gorgeous. Like, she was the mom that every. All my friends would be like, my mama, fine type thing. So for me, I didn't really.
Draya Nicole
My mama was beautiful.
Ty
I had good. I felt like I had good genes, so I didn't feel like I needed to work out all the time. So really last year was the first time that I actually started going to the gym and being active. But I could feel my, like, my.
Draya Nicole
Hips would be tight, my arm.
Ty
I was just very lethargic a lot. And it wasn't until I started going consistently that I started to feel more energized. I had just a little bit more get up and go and feeling more focused and like you said earlier, laser focused on what I wanted to do and what I needed to accomplish. So I do think that you actually getting active, moving your body, that not only contributes to your fitness goals, but also like your mentality, your focus, you're More clear. And I feel like a different person than how I was before I started going to the gym. Just last year in just that time. And now I walk by the mirror like, Meg said be like, damn, okay, period. I'm gonna flat, flat ass on fat.
Draya Nicole
That okay, exactly. You know, I 100 feel you. I just did a video on my YouTube channel where I was talking about things that I feel like you should know when you get into your 30s. For the girls that are still like in their 20s, and maybe even like early 30s too. But I was just like, I'm so glad that I started my fitness journey, but I wish that it was something that I took more seriously when I was in my 20s, because I think, yeah, when you're in your 20s, you're just like, oh, I look good, good, I'm fine. My, my metabolism is slow and I'm always gonna be like these. But then when you get to your 30s, you realize, okay, it's slowing down a little bit. Things ain't in the same place. Gravity is taking place. Things is hanging. No, for real. And that's why I said even earlier about the dimples and the freckles. And I feel like every day I wake up. I don't know about y'all, but every day I wake up, I feel like I got like a nude little freckle or something on my body. So it's just something that I wish that I took more seriously when I was in my 20s. Because I feel like not only do you look better and you feel better, but it also really helps your mental stuff as well. And I'm glad it's a discipline thing.
Lex P
I'm glad that you said that earlier, cuz you were like, people were asking you to post a before and after and you were like, it was more a mental thing. And that's what it we. I realized for me, like, I be getting like in my little dark places sometimes, and I realize a lot of that. Like, I was talking to my therapist, she was like, when was the last time you worked out? Like, this was like a conversation that we had in December. I was like, damn. And that's what really motivated me. Like, girl, even if I'm not saying that you gotta go to the gym, go for a walk, go for a walk. You just gotta move your body every day. So even sometimes when I'm sad as fuck and I don't even feel like going to the gym, I get on my walking. You have to move around. Cause I'm telling you, when you stop moving your body Your body going to stop moving?
Draya Nicole
Yeah, and I feel like that's the thing, I've made it a habit. Like to me it's more of a lifestyle thing now. Because you're not going to always. I think a good word that I can give people is that you're not going to always have the motivation. But that's where your discipline comes in.
Lex P
Exactly.
Draya Nicole
Because you're not going to want to do stuff every day. Like it's hella days that I don't feel like working out. Like, yes, even yesterday. Yesterday is a prime example. I went and worked out at 8:30 at night because all day I was procrastinating. But then I was like, okay, I gotta get this done. That's where your discipline has to come in. Because I knew I had to do it, I knew I had a goal to reach. So you just have to do it for yourself and you have to think about how you want to look. Like, I don't know, I like looking fine, hell naked, I like looking good. Summer is coming feeling. I like all of that. So I just feel like, yeah, it's just, it's a mental thing and you have to prioritize your health, you have to prioritize your wellness. And I always be thinking about like, damn, when I was in my 20s, if I would have took my fitness journey more seriously then my body would be even more crazy, even more fire right now. So it's just like, you know, you have to, it's something that you have to prioritize. It's about, do you want to be the same? Because we all might live to be like 70 or 80, but what do you want to be doing in your 70s and 80s?
Lex P
You want to be moving?
Draya Nicole
Do you want to be a person that can walk around, that can move around on your own without assistance? Or do you want to be somebody that has to have a walker? Do you want to be somebody that has to have somebody exhorting you everywhere? You have to think about those things and like tennis balls on your walker. And so that's how I think that I try to discipline myself. And so even going back to what you were saying, like when people ask me to post the before and after, I am going to post my before and afters, but I think I'm more so going to post my before and afters from when I first started my fitness journey in 2022 to now. Because I feel like it's much more of a drastic change from then to now that people can see then from January when I did 75 hard to now, because my body was already tea when I started. The 75 hard. You could definitely see my abs more.
Ty
Your abs are definitely fine.
Lex P
Thanks, y'all.
Draya Nicole
They are. They're definitely way more defined now. And I think that's probably the most physical change that you can see. But, I mean, as far as, like, my shape and my waist and stuff, I feel like it's the same. But from 2022.
Lex P
Yeah. To now, it's a big.
Draya Nicole
It's a big difference because I've lost, like, 15, 16 pounds.
Lex P
Yeah. And I think for me, even, like. Like I said, at the beginning of the year, I weighed 200 pounds. Like, when we were filmed. When we filmed Travel Queens, I was literally. When we Left, I was 202 that morning. I was like, what the fuck? I'm so mad at myself because I have to film this shit. And I'm big. Well, not big, but. But I carry my weight a little different because I'm taller. And then, like, right now, like, I weighed myself this morning. I'm 172 right now. So I pretty much lost 30 pounds since. From January till now. And I say that because it's not like, for me, it's not more so, like, the number and the scale thing of feeling fat and feeling small. But I know how I feel in my clothes, and I know I had to get to a point to where I'm like, okay, I feel confident in my clothes, and I know what I feel like. I know what makes me feel good. It's not for how y'all look at me. Because one thing about it, I can be 150. And it'll be people in the comments like, ooh, Lex, what you. Ooh, Lex, you need to do. It's not about how y'all view me. It's how I view myself and what makes me feel comfortable. So I think that's another thing, like, me losing this weight, it wasn't like, something. I'm just like, oh, yeah, y'all, I lost another pound. I lost another pound. Cause y'all. Y'all ain't finna do nothing but critique me anyway. So I think as we get older, you have to find what's comfortable for you. 170 is comfortable for me. I don't give a fuck what y'all see or what y'all like. So we have to change how we view ourselves and what's comfortable to us and what makes us feel good and how you look in the mirror. Uh oh, titty done came. Uh oh, avi delete that whole titty came out. One thing about Shay, she gonna get that timestamp. Okay, let me say it again. So one thing about me is like, we gon get it together so I can look in the mirror and I can feel good about myself, and I can feel like, you know what? I like how I look. I like how I feel today. So, yeah, all in all, I feel like your views on your body should change as you get older, and that's a healthy thing to do.
Draya Nicole
And I feel like they should get better because with wisdom and age, you care more about your body. Like, I feel like I care way more about my body body than I did when I was in my 20s. Thank God. Thank God that he allowed me to live this long so that I can take better care of my body now. Because I was not taking care. I was treating my body like whatever. Yeah, when I was in my 20s, I'm talking about I was eating every day. I was drinking all the time, B. Drinking all the time. Smoking.
Lex P
Oh, that hookah.
Draya Nicole
Hookah.
Lex P
Smoking.
Draya Nicole
Hookah and weed. Both of them.
Lex P
Did y'all ever smoke clothes?
Ty
Clothes?
Draya Nicole
Did y'all remember that I talked about this?
Lex P
I was a real thug. I was thugging. If it need love, I'm loving.
Draya Nicole
I was out here thugging in these streets. I was smoking black and miles the wine flavor.
Lex P
Oh, you was a real good.
Draya Nicole
Cause that's my good beach. Yeah, that's my good bitch. Swear to God, being a weak since she could have been.
Lex P
Oh, my God.
Draya Nicole
They don't know them about that. We getting too texty.
Lex P
Okay, my bad, my bad, my bad, my bad. Too deep.
Draya Nicole
We getting too deep in Texas. Okay, but no, for real, though. Yeah. I used to be doing whatever in my 20s and, like, thank God for growth. Thank God for growth.
Lex P
This is the show. That's why I said we're not judging anybody what y'all do, but we're just trying to tell y'all what we did so y'all could do better.
Draya Nicole
And y'all can look like us when y'all get in y'all 30s. Me, Lex, and Ty. Period.
Ty
Period.
Lex P
What's up, y'all?
Draya Nicole
It's your girl Lex P. And it's your girl Dre and Nicole.
Lex P
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Lex P
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Draya Nicole
Your girl Dre Nicole.
Lex P
And we have a very exciting announcement today. We have a brand new show dropping.
Draya Nicole
Yes. So we have a brand new show dropping y'all on Patreon. It's going to air on September 2nd, and it's called Poor Chronicles. We going to be doing so much stuff on there. We're going to be doing challenges. If you can't go to Bella, no, where the hell could you go?
Lex P
If you can't go to Bella, no, where the hell can you go?
Draya Nicole
We going to be doing Talk to me, chitchat with me. We going to be spilling a little tea.
Lex P
Oh, my God. No, you didn't.
Draya Nicole
Oh, my God. Everything y'all been wanting to see, we going to be doing it right here on Patreon. Yes.
Lex P
Y'all ask us for so much. Well, we f to give it to y'all every single Monday. And it's going to be a time y'all know Poor M has grown into its own little entity where we going to have a lot of fun still over here at Poor Chronicles. So make sure y'all tune in September 2nd. It's going down. So now it's time to get into the bed.
Draya Nicole
So we're going to play a game called Unwrap it or returning.
Lex P
Okay.
Draya Nicole
Birthday Sex edition.
Lex P
Sex.
Draya Nicole
Girl, you know I. Girl, you know I. I was doing the background.
Lex P
You don't remember that part?
Ty
Oh, I know what you talking about now. I was like. At first.
Draya Nicole
At first I just thought you were screaming.
Lex P
It's your birthday song. You know, I wanna ride out emo easy as we sit up on my couch. I thought when he was in the studio that day, he was like, I'm killing.
Draya Nicole
Feels good. But I know you want to cr. No. Remember Trey Songz did a remix.
Lex P
Trey Songz used to love remixing people. That's why R. Kelly, girl, you know us.
Ty
There she go.
Draya Nicole
Girl, she love. She did it. Y'all gotta.
Lex P
Y'all gotta start keeping count.
Draya Nicole
We just start having a Robert Kelly.
Lex P
Please.
Draya Nicole
Because the way put a compilation together with this man. You bring him up every episode, every. Let me tell y'all what be going on. Nobody ever licks R. Kelly.
Lex P
Yeah, she loved bringing up. I was saying that Trey Songz used to love remixes, but R. Kelly didn't want him to remix Trapped in the Closet and he made the character gay. That Trey Songz was right.
Draya Nicole
You love R. Kelly.
Lex P
I really don't.
Draya Nicole
You really. We're going to find out which facility. Which correctional facility. R. Kelly.
Lex P
I'm. Set that bitch on fire.
Draya Nicole
No, she not. She's going to come see. She gonna set it on fire. All right? I do not come see you.
Lex P
And the only reason I feel okay talking about him now is cuz he's locked up. And I know he's not getting out.
Draya Nicole
Okay, she don't want him to get out.
Lex P
I don't.
Draya Nicole
Cuz she don't want him to have access to the other girls.
Ty
I'll find out where he's at.
Lex P
Don't.
Draya Nicole
We gonna find out where he at so she can be his pen pal.
Ty
Yeah, J. Pal.
Lex P
I don't like him.
Draya Nicole
Yes, you do. You bring him up every episode.
Lex P
It was just because you said something about Trey Songz.
Draya Nicole
And what do Trey Songz and R. Kelly got to do with each other?
Lex P
Trey Songz, you pulled it off. That's what he said on Trapped in the Closet remix.
Draya Nicole
Okay.
Lex P
Cause he thought he got out.
Draya Nicole
But those are fun facts that only you know, because I really was like. He said.
Lex P
Yeah, I don't even remember.
Ty
No, I didn't even know Trey Songz did the remix.
Lex P
I'm a music head.
Ty
I love Kelsey.
Draya Nicole
Are you a R. Kelly head?
Lex P
Trey Songz got out of the closet and on his remix, he was like. When he got out the song, he was like, trey Songz, you pulled it all. That's what he said. And R. Kelly came back with Trapped in the Closet part two, and he made that character gay.
Draya Nicole
Yeah.
Lex P
And everybody was like, oh, he did that.
Draya Nicole
Because everybody or you Media takeout.
Lex P
Cause that's what media takeout was popping. Media takeout taught me how to be messy. Y'all see I'm showing my age. Y'all don't know about media takeout, bitch.
Draya Nicole
They don't.
Lex P
I used to wake up every morning, they was like, you know what I'm saying?
Draya Nicole
Waking up in the morning to get on media takeout is wild.
Lex P
I used to wake up and check media takeout and Nicole bitchy.
Draya Nicole
Mm.
Lex P
That's why Love lexp is so good.
Draya Nicole
The people who are real nosy.
Lex P
Bitch. I am nosy. That's why Love Lex P. Like, the girls be like, oh, my God. First.
Draya Nicole
No, first in the comments. Cause you be saying stuff that I just would never know unless I watch.
Lex P
Love Pix Yeah, Clay said. I didn't know. He was like, what world do I be in? Because I did not know what was going on. Cause yes. Yeah, I be in the trenches now. Where I be going, I have to keep the people in the know. We have to know what's going on in the world. And like I said, we are not the only people in mess. They be in mess, too. They do. So I be on they ass. I'm bringing back. I'm restoring order in the world.
Draya Nicole
I know this is right. You better Restore the order, Ms. Kelly.
Lex P
Okay. I actually reported on him a few weeks ago. Yes, I did.
Draya Nicole
And you wrote him. Don't forget that part.
Lex P
Sorry, drea.
Draya Nicole
Lex Kelly. Ms. Kelly.
Lex P
Penelope, stop. I don't like him.
Draya Nicole
Then why did you report on him? You should not want to call him at all.
Lex P
Because the podcast had did an interview with him.
Draya Nicole
Remember that podcast?
Lex P
What podcast?
Draya Nicole
A pod named Kickback. Remember when we went on there Fun Times?
Lex P
Yes, I do.
Draya Nicole
The Pod Squad.
Lex P
You are a dirty bitch.
Draya Nicole
That's what he called us. He said we was the Pause squad.
Lex P
I know.
Draya Nicole
So why am I dirty?
Lex P
Cause you're stupid.
Draya Nicole
You're dirty, Ms. Kelly.
Lex P
Anyways, I reported on R. Kelly because a podcast had called into R. Kelly's jail cell, and he was singing on the phone, and I said, oh, residuals. Yes, he was singing residuals. And I said it was distasteful because it is distasteful.
Draya Nicole
That's how I know that's really your man. Cause you did a rendition of residuals yourself.
Lex P
He copied me.
Draya Nicole
Oh, that's why she know who you are. Cause y'all be Writing each other. You told. Shut up. You told him that you were gonna do that. And he was like, okay, babe, let's do it again.
Lex P
This is nuts. This is wild, and I don't appreciate this. We're gonna have a chat.
Draya Nicole
No, we not. No, we not.
Lex P
We're having a chat about what?
Ty
Ms. Kelly Darriah.
Lex P
You got. You finna do a. You need to do a 90 hard.
Draya Nicole
No, it's. You need to do 10. You ain't even did 10.
Lex P
I'm gonna do too hard.
Draya Nicole
Two days too hard. That's crazy. Two days is nuts.
Lex P
Get to the bed.
Draya Nicole
Okay.
Lex P
Jesus.
Draya Nicole
Me and Lex gonna play birthday sex edition of Unwrap it or Return It. So we're going to read a list of wild, funny, freaky birthday sex scenarios and gifts, and you have to say if you would unwrap it or if you would return it.
Lex P
Okay.
Draya Nicole
Okay. So let's see. Number one, wake up head before you even brush your teeth. Return it.
Lex P
Return it. Return it.
Draya Nicole
You Shay. Wait, what?
Ty
Y'all gonna return the Wake up head?
Draya Nicole
Unwrap it.
Lex P
No, I don't want. Wake up head. And you ain't brushed your teeth yet. Why?
Draya Nicole
That's on Fat Ma. That ain't got shit to do. Yeah, I don't.
Ty
We don't have to talk. You talking to her?
Lex P
I don't know. I feel like. I'm not gonna lie, like, in the morning, like, if I know I'm finna get freaky. Sometimes I do, like, sneak off and do a little quick. Quick rinse. You know, I don't brush, brush hard, but I'll do a. You know what I'm saying? Cause you sucking dick. That's love.
Draya Nicole
I'm about to wash her anyways, though. You can give her a little head.
Lex P
I'm not gonna lie. I'm gonna return it. I'm not gonna lie. I'm gonna return it.
Draya Nicole
I'm gonna unwrap it.
Lex P
Okay. Okay. A massage with oils that ends in a happy ending.
Draya Nicole
Good morning to you. Here's breakfast.
Lex P
Oh, I was thinking the other one. Good morning. His breakfast. A massage with oils that ends in a happy ending. I love massages. I think massages are sexy. I'll unwrap it. I like a little massage, but with my man. Not that. Like, I'm just at a.
Draya Nicole
You don't like getting. You be getting fabs?
Lex P
No, at the massage parlor.
Draya Nicole
Mm.
Lex P
That's where.
Draya Nicole
I know.
Ty
I know.
Draya Nicole
I know who. I already knew who you was gonna say.
Lex P
Yeah, I don't do that. No. But if It's a massage from my man that ends in a happy ending. Cool. But not at some random, like, massage parlor. If it says massage parlor on the outside, you know what they up to. You know what they up to. Or if they say free massage parlor.
Draya Nicole
I don't know. I feel like if you like to get happy in. In massages, you are a freaky ass. N. I g G a. You a 69 guy?
Lex P
Yeah.
Draya Nicole
Cause what? Run for your life.
Lex P
Damn.
Draya Nicole
Cause what?
Lex P
Kendrick really went in on him. Like, he went a little too hard.
Draya Nicole
It ain't stop nothing, though.
Lex P
It didn't stop nothing. But why would you do that? That's crazy.
Draya Nicole
I feel like it's behind us now.
Lex P
It is. But why would you say that?
Draya Nicole
Cause he said what he said. Freaky ass said what he said.
Lex P
He said what I said.
Draya Nicole
Word to Nene.
Lex P
All right. What's number three? Draya.
Draya Nicole
Him booking a suite just to bend you over in every corner. Unwrap it.
Lex P
Oh, God, I love hotel sex.
Draya Nicole
Me too. Cause I can leave that shit looking crazy and leave.
Lex P
Somebody had tweeted a picture of them on next Friday.
Draya Nicole
Nut on the window.
Lex P
Don't wipe it on the window is nut.
Draya Nicole
Them babies gotta go somewhere. Not up in here.
Lex P
Javi is a free. He's a 69 con now.
Draya Nicole
He be squirting on the window.
Lex P
Oh.
Draya Nicole
Little hobby. Be cutting up.
Lex P
That's why he always be having new shoes when he come in here. Them girls be spoiling him.
Draya Nicole
He be leaving them little hobby on the window.
Lex P
The little hobbies. Surprise. I shaved it into the shape of a three and a four. Shaved what? Why?
Draya Nicole
Did you want her to read it?
Lex P
What does that even mean?
Draya Nicole
Shaved What?
Lex P
And he shaved it into the shape of a three and a four with pubic hairs. No.
Draya Nicole
I would run for my life.
Lex P
Okay, Dre, let me ask you this.
Draya Nicole
Because why the hell would you date? Would you even like to me? That's like serial killer type shit. Like, why would you. How did you take the time out to shave your pubic hair in a three In a five?
Lex P
Let me ask you this. Have you ever been one of two.
Draya Nicole
And the three into the four?
Lex P
Have you ever been with a man who had a Brazilian wax?
Draya Nicole
No.
Lex P
How would y'all feel if you was, like, went down there and there was nothing there?
Draya Nicole
I have d. I have dealt with, like, I've had a man, like, be hairly.
Lex P
That's what I'm saying. Huh?
Ty
But not Brazilian wax.
Lex P
It wasn't.
Ty
Okay.
Lex P
Not a Brazilian, but y'all know what I mean. It was like nothing.
Ty
Yeah, I prefer that.
Lex P
You like that?
Ty
Yeah. Get them hairs out my way. That holds more of the saliva and stuff down there and more odor. Yeah, get it out of here.
Lex P
Okay.
Ty
And it looks big.
Draya Nicole
Ooh.
Lex P
Okay. I didn't know that I have been with one man. And it was like I went down there and I was shocked. Cause there was no hair down there. And I was like, oh, wow. I wasn't mad at it, though.
Draya Nicole
I like it. You know? I feel like that's cool. A wax, though, is crazy. But like, a little shave.
Lex P
I don't know if he waxed or shaved. I don't know. Cause it was just smooth.
Ty
Cause when you say Brazilian, I also think, are they getting that booty too?
Lex P
Yeah, yeah. I didn't mean that. I didn't mean Brazilian. Cause honestly. Honestly, I don't know. I didn't see his butthole.
Ty
Okay.
Lex P
But I did see the balls.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
And it was clear. I don't know if it was a wax or a shave, but I was like, oh, I'm not mad at it, but it took me by surprise.
Ty
Then if you put the balls in your mouth, you don't get, like hair in your teeth or anything.
Lex P
We do some tricks.
Draya Nicole
You know what I mean?
Ty
I'm more willing to do a little bit more.
Lex P
Okay, we'll unwrap it. We gonna unwrap that.
Draya Nicole
Yeah. A three, four on the deep. Crazy.
Lex P
I don't even know what the. Auntie don't know what that means.
Draya Nicole
She was saying, like, if he shaped.
Lex P
Oh, in the 34. Cause your three. Four.
Draya Nicole
Yeah. Like, surprise. It's your birthday. It's de.
Lex P
Sh.
Draya Nicole
I don't know how I would feel.
Ty
I just understood the three and the four box.
Draya Nicole
What you say?
Ty
That song just in. Temp My dick in a box.
Draya Nicole
My dick in a box. I don't know how I would feel about that. But like a clean shave, I'm cool with that, you know?
Lex P
Okay.
Draya Nicole
Okay. Him bringing a friend for your birthday. Fantasy threesome.
Ty
A nigga.
Draya Nicole
Him bringing a friend for your birthday?
Lex P
No.
Draya Nicole
Me? Yeah. No.
Lex P
Cause I don't trust him in his time.
Draya Nicole
I gotta bring the friend.
Lex P
I don't like threesomes, so it's gonna be a no for me now. If it was, I'm a little freaky. Cause I know he ain't finna bring a nigga. Cause the only threesome I own would be with two niggas. I would rather threesome with two men.
Draya Nicole
And see, that's not what I want. No, thank you.
Lex P
I like the dick is crazy. I want the dick in my mouth. Exactly.
Draya Nicole
Two dicks is too much. But I'm in the front.
Lex P
And if we talking about threesome. You want your threesome? Well, let me get the kind one.
Draya Nicole
Rolling the blunt one cooking the crack. That's too much. Dick in the front. Dick in the back. That's too.
Lex P
I got enough holes and I can take it off you.
Draya Nicole
And that's wild as hell. But how? Hobby said. Yeah, Black hoochie do matter R. Kelly like that anyway. Oh, that's crazy. But no, yeah, if I could bring the girl. Yeah, I would be cool with that. Cuz I love women. Like, and to be honest, I haven't had a threesome in a really long time, so maybe I might do that for 34. Oh, I'm excited.
Lex P
I don't want to be nowhere near you. You won't be on your birthday, okay? Duh, bitch.
Draya Nicole
And you won't be. You won't be notified. Don't worry. You not going to hear about it. You not going to know about. You don't have to worry at all. You is not going to know a thing.
Lex P
Don't you worry about a thing.
Draya Nicole
Don't you worry. Cause you would not know nothing.
Lex P
Okay, okay, okay. Ooh. I'mma skip down to this one. Role play, where he's the delivery man with a package. I've actually done this before. I'm gonna unwrap it. That's fun. I love role play. Role play is always fun. I feel like if you can't role play with your man, y'all missing out on some fun like role play. It don't even matter. It don't even have to be a delivery man. It could be anything. Like, I had one time when me and my man, like, we went and acted like we were just meeting each other at a restaurant. And it was so much fun. It was like we was acting. It was just like, oh, hey, how you doing? It was a ball and we got up. It was a time. So I think role play should. Everybody should try role play at least once.
Draya Nicole
I think role playing is cool. I like role playing.
Lex P
Yeah, I agree.
Draya Nicole
Unwrap it. Okay. Recorded birthday sex, but only you get the footage. I'm gonna do that anyway.
Lex P
Cause that's how I am, period. It don't gotta be on normal, baby. Yeah, that's what I was like. It don't gotta be birthday. It ain't gotta be the birthday.
Ty
Okay.
Draya Nicole
I think you should do maybe number nine.
Lex P
I can't see what on this side.
Draya Nicole
Mm.
Lex P
A birthday Shay is stupid. A birthday spank for every year you've been fined.
Draya Nicole
Cause she know her auntie. Fine. I like the 34. 34.
Lex P
I like getting spanked.
Draya Nicole
Do y'all like getting.
Lex P
You don't like getting spanked?
Draya Nicole
My boyfriend.
Ty
Well, my man, who's not my man, but he is my man, but not my man.
Draya Nicole
Now, we all.
Lex P
Oh, my God. We all got men, and not our men.
Ty
He always smacks my ass, which I get. Like, that's a thing for men.
Draya Nicole
But I just. Cause he's rotund and it's heavy now.
Ty
Okay, But I don't like that.
Draya Nicole
I just don't like. Like, I love a stain.
Lex P
I'm talking about during sex, during anything. Like, I love smack. And I want you to smack it hard. Really? All on the floor. I want it to be hard.
Draya Nicole
Oh, I don't.
Lex P
I want it to hurt. He was talking to me.
Draya Nicole
That's your song. Oh, smack that all on the floor.
Lex P
I love.
Draya Nicole
Give me some more.
Lex P
I love getting my ass smacked.
Ty
Oh, yeah.
Lex P
Like, so I used to have, like. We're speaking of role play. I used to have this game, like, me and my ex used to play, and, like, when we would be in public and I would do something that he didn't like, he would be like, that's one. And I'd be like, oh, I'm in trouble. Or if I would do something, I'd walk off from him, and I would come back. He'd be like, that's two. I'd be like, ugh, I'm being bad tonight.
Ty
Do you like to be dominated?
Draya Nicole
I like a little domination.
Lex P
Oh, it was so funny. It was like. It got to the point where I would, like, start purposely cutting up. Cause he'd be like, oh. And then when we get to the house, he would be like, go upstairs and take your clothes off.
Draya Nicole
I'm like, I love a little paddle.
Lex P
Yes. Well, not a paddle. We ain't never did it with a paddle.
Draya Nicole
I like a paddle.
Lex P
But I was like, okay, yes. Like, I had to go upstairs and take my clothes off. And he would be like, yeah, get on the bed. You cut up six times tonight, you're finna get six spankings.
Ty
Wow.
Lex P
A time.
Draya Nicole
I love a spanking.
Ty
Let me put this down.
Lex P
All right.
Draya Nicole
Call me, Spanky.
Lex P
I'm just playing. All right, let's move on. So now let's do the item of the week. Muse, Beauty, what you got for us? Dra.
Draya Nicole
Of course. Muse.beautycollection.com. make sure you get your lip glosses. Matte liquid lipsticks, lip plumpers, lip liners. We have jelly blushes. We also have have mascara and liquid eyeliner. Now, we're also doing a sale right now, 20 off of the entire site for my birthday. Birthday sale. 20 off of the entire site. We also have a birthday edition tab on the site where it's already marked down, but then you also get 20 off of the entire site. No code needed. It's my birthday. Make sure y'all shop muse beautycollection.com and right now, I have on the chestnut lip liner. I have on the ros lip gloss, and then I also have on the lip plumper, period.
Lex P
Love me some Muse Beauty. Z, you want to be a bad. You're not a bad if you ain't got on Muse Beauty. And that's on good. Oh, yeah.
Draya Nicole
And of course, I do have on the mascara in the eyeliner. I can start saying it now because it's on sale. Lashes. What? They used to say lashes on sale.
Lex P
Fleek the.
Draya Nicole
The.
Lex P
Oh, my gosh. I wonder what happened.
Draya Nicole
We used to say on fleek the what? What does on fleek the mean?
Lex P
What's up, y'all?
Draya Nicole
It's your girl xp, and it's your girl Dre Nicole.
Lex P
Y'all know we have a segment on Poor Minds called Item of the Week, but do you have a product or something that you want to promote and you want it featured on Poor Minds? Your opportunity is here, period.
Draya Nicole
If you have an item or you have a business and you want to get it promoted, we are now having slots available on the Poor Minds episodes. So if you would like to get your product featured for Item of the Week, all you need to do is send an email to Item of the week, PM.com that's I T M O F T H E w e e k pm.com Send us an email and we'll work it out. We gonna figure it out. Get your product, get your business sponsored, and, yeah, make you some money.
Lex P
We love to support a small business.
Draya Nicole
Now and a black business at that, but, I mean, we don't discriminate. Any business is welcome.
Lex P
Amen. Now it's time to get into the bop. Hey, about, about, about, about, about, about, about. All right. The bop this week. My bop this week. Y'all know I love a good R and B song. Destin Conrad, if, y' like, he used to be, like, popping, like, on vine in the vine days, and stuff, and it's like he just made a complete transition into, like, an artist, and I absolutely love it. He's so amazing. He has a song with Tizo. Touchdown. He's from Beaumont. 409. Shout out to the 409.
Draya Nicole
The Golden Triangle.
Lex P
The golden triangle, period. Nothing but stars come out. 409. I feel like when you talk about 409, you gotta talk about Pimp C, you gotta talk about Lex P. And you got to talk about Bun B. Bun B is from Houston. Houston. He is? Yes.
Draya Nicole
I thought he was from Port Arthur.
Lex P
Is he from Port Arthur? Oh, he is from.
Draya Nicole
I think that you are wrong.
Lex P
No, let's look it up.
Draya Nicole
Cause I know niggas from Houston, but.
Lex P
People used to say Bun B was from.
Draya Nicole
Bun B and Pepsi are both from Port Arthur.
Lex P
No, it's a Houston.
Ty
Port Arthur, Texas.
Lex P
Oh, he was born in Port Arthur.
Draya Nicole
See, that's a damn shame. No, I got like five people that's.
Ty
He was born in a Houston, but he is from port office.
Lex P
Okay, so that's what. No, I only say that. And that's no disrespect to Bun B. The only reason I say that is. Cause people always had that argument. But I guess that's the same thing they do with Meg. Because she was born in San Antonio, but she was raised in Houston. So he was born in Houston, but he was raised in Port Arthur. So he's from Port Arthur. Bun B. Shout out to Bun B.
Draya Nicole
He is. I knew that.
Lex P
Right, right, right. Shout out to Bun. We would love to have you come sit on the couch.
Draya Nicole
But you gotta know where he from.
Lex P
I know where he from, damn it. He from right up the street. Like I said, Bun B, Pimpsy and lex P&TZ Otashell. So yeah, he from Beaumont. So, yeah. So my bop of the week, Destin Conrad and Tizo. Touchdown. They have a song called the Last Time. It's a bop. Go stream it. I just, like I said, I love of what R and B is looking like right now. It's just like. It's fire. It's on fire. I don't have no complaints. Like, I've been being fed, fed, fed, fed. Loved it, right? What you got?
Draya Nicole
So my pop is Use Me by Bow Wow and Chris Brown. I said, oh my God. I love. Why are you looking like that? Have you listened to the song?
Lex P
No. That's what I'm saying.
Draya Nicole
I hate when you do that, by the way.
Lex P
I didn't do anything.
Draya Nicole
You be looking like what? And I feel like when you be having your bobs, I could look like that too. Cuz some of your bobs, I be like questionable But I don't say anything.
Lex P
No, I just expecting Bow Wow to have a new song.
Draya Nicole
He does he have a new song. But you didn't let me finish what I was saying. You didn't let me let you finish looking shady. I wasn't finish what I'm saying.
Lex P
So anyways, how she do me?
Draya Nicole
No, it's how you do yourself. Cuz you was already looking.
Lex P
I wasn't. I was just like, wow.
Draya Nicole
But the point that I was making is Bow Wow and Chris Brown had a song, and I really like it. I said Bow Wow, you was talking a little freaky deaky. It's so. You know what's so interesting about child stars? You be like, you really grown now. And I think it's still hard for me to see Bow Wow as like a grown person because he was a child when he first came out. Like, he was a child star. But yeah, he was talking real freaky on the song.
Lex P
I'm about to listen to it and.
Draya Nicole
I think it's real cute. Like, it kind of gives me vibes. When Chris Brown and Bow Wow used to collaborate back in the day, I like it.
Lex P
Oh, that was a maron.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, that was Omaran.
Lex P
Only thing that keeps me up when I'm coming down. I don't know about you but I got to keep my around. That was a good song. Oh, Chris Brown was on the song, though.
Ty
Yeah, he was a remix or something.
Lex P
Yeah, Sawy like mine. Chris Brown was on it.
Draya Nicole
So I feel like it's a great song. And then y'all know right now the Millennium Tour is going on, and I'm so sad that I can't go because I wanted to go two times. But we had something to do for work when they had the Atlanta show and the Houston show. So, yeah, shout out to the Millennium Tour. Shout out to Bow Wow.
Lex P
And I'm not gonna lie, I said something about like, damn, I wish I could make it to the Millennial Tour. One of my homegirls was like, why would you want to go see Bow Wow perform? Because I know every single song. Why do y'all want to be at concerts where you don't know every single song? Right. If you go to the Millennium Tour, you will know every single Bow Wow song. He made hit after hit after hit after hit. Let's stop. Don't do him like that. And honestly, he been killing it. The clips, I've been seeing a lot of energy. Them knees still work.
Draya Nicole
Let me hold you. He love you.
Lex P
You know what song I was listening to the Other day. I can't lie, though. I did listen to freshers on me is in the car. You ain't right. You ain't right. You ain't bumping like I'm bumping. He ain't saying nothing, homie. He ain't fresh as a me. Cause he was like, I'm 18. Making more than your dad. Imagine your niggas talking shit like that and your daddy can't say shit. That's the type of shit I like. Talk shit like that.
Draya Nicole
I don't want no nigga making more than my daddy.
Lex P
But I'm saying, personally. But I'm saying he can do that. He could do that. He was making more than your dad.
Draya Nicole
He was. Well, yeah.
Lex P
Yeah, Was.
Draya Nicole
He was making more than my daddy, too.
Lex P
My daddy was dead. I know. He was making more than him.
Draya Nicole
Your daddy wasn't making.
Lex P
He was making. Rip. Rip. He just killed the club.
Draya Nicole
Rip. Oh, my God. Why? I was about to say that, too. That is so crazy. We be having mental celebrity. Y'all supposed to say, rip just killed the club. It's not funny, though.
Lex P
I did not laugh once.
Draya Nicole
Me neither.
Lex P
Rip. Rip, Rip.
Draya Nicole
You trying to make me laugh, but.
Lex P
I'm not trying to make you laugh. I'm not gonna do it.
Draya Nicole
I'm not doing it. I'm not laughing at that. I lied.
Ty
She's back, y'all.
Draya Nicole
It's tied. It's tied with these.
Lex P
Tequila.
Draya Nicole
Tequila. Todd.
Lex P
All right.
Draya Nicole
Drizzy. Draya.
Lex P
Who the fuck is that?
Draya Nicole
Me.
Lex P
What's the name?
Draya Nicole
Drizzy Draya. And you are?
Lex P
No, I'm not.
Ty
Shit.
Lex P
Leave me out of this, bitch.
Draya Nicole
Blake. Kelly. Lexi. Kelly.
Lex P
We finna move on. That's what we finna do. All right, make sure y'all email us@askparmindsmail.com if you want your question answered on the show. And you are a Patreon member, you get to skip the line. So just put in the subject. You know, Patreon member all that good stuff. And that's on. Period.
Draya Nicole
My girl Q.
Lex P
You go ahead. Go ahead.
Draya Nicole
Ask poor minds. Gmail.
Lex P
Yeah, I. I said that. Askorm Gmail.com, period.
Draya Nicole
Okay. Keep me anonymous. She added a photo too. Y'all keep me Anonymous. I'm 23 and been dealing with a 35 year old man for 2 years. It's been a lot of ups and downs. I think it's a trauma bond at this point. I just started nursing school, so I'm seeing him less. And honestly, I'm starting to feel the distance. He has two Kids doesn't help with my hair, nails or weeds. Need and says all his money goes to his bm. He buys groceries, but that feels like bare minimum. I'm not scared to be alone. I actually hate lol, but I'm a people pleaser and hate hurting feelings. I'm scared he might spiral if I leave. How do y'all build the courage to leave someone who isn't a bad person? Just not right for you. And she added her photo. She cute.
Lex P
Go ahead, give her advice. Oh, she is really pretty. She's 23. I'm not saying that because you don't. When I say you don't look 23, it's not like offensively, it's just like they just got at like when I was 23, I was just they active you outside, baby. This looks like a grown woman.
Ty
Maybe that's why the 35 year old likes her too.
Lex P
Ty, I need you to walk around here and see this picture. Or maybe Dre can hand it to you so you can understand what I'm saying. She's beautiful, but it's like that's not giving 23. That's giving like 30, right? And not in a bad way. I'm saying it's like you look. That is very polished.
Ty
A mature look.
Lex P
A mature. Yeah, sorry. Go ahead with your advice.
Draya Nicole
I feel like if it's a trauma bond, if you know it's a trauma bond, then I think you know what to do. Like, you need to let it go. Like, trauma bonds are not good things things. You bonding with somebody over negative, toxic things is not something that you need to hold on to. I feel like it's no sustainability in that. It's no longevity in a relationship like that. And I feel like you know what you need to do also. You're 23 and he is 35. He's 12 years older than you. A lot of the time I feel like men who are older, they like to date women that are significantly younger than them because they be trying to manipulate you. They know exactly what they trying to do. I think that you need to maybe focus on yourself, Explore yourself. He 35. He got two kids. He clearly still taking care of his baby mama. It's a lot of baggage there. And from what it sound like from what you wrote, you don't have any baggage. So you need to focus on you. And at the end of the day, if that man want to be with you. And I'm not saying that you should just write a man off just because he has kids and he he's, you know, he has like a situation or whatever. But if he wants to be with you and you want to be with him, he's going to find a way to make you feel comfortable and y'all are going to find a way to make it work. If he is doing things that you're not okay with and then on top of that you think that it's a trauma bond, I think you should walk away. You 23, you don't have nothing to lose. You have nothing but time.
Lex P
Agreed.
Draya Nicole
So that's my advice.
Lex P
I agree 100% with everything you said. I just feel like you too young. I feel like he's trying to take advantage of you. You talking about he don't want to pay for your hair, nails, that's bare minimum.
Draya Nicole
But he giving all this money to his baby mama.
Lex P
But he's not doing that because he doesn't want to. Cause he's thinking I'm a date. A 23 year old, she's not going to ask me for nothing. That's why he's not doing it. He's thinking that he can manipulate you, but you just seem, you know, a little smarter for him. So. Girl, move on. He'll be all right. He gonna move on to the next 23 year old. Because any 35 year old man dating a 23 year old, I'm questioning his thought process. Anyway, Chad, he'll he a little weird. So. Okay, where do I even start? I'm 30 and my now ex, the father of my kids is 31. We were together for seven years and I finally told him I can't do this anymore. I've been through it all with him. Multiple cheating situations, physical fights, emotional abuse. He even slept with another woman in our bed while I was pregnant with our third child. After I took him back for getting me locked. I know. No judgment zone, right?
Draya Nicole
No.
Lex P
After I had our son, I lost my job and he became the only one working. But he instantly stopped helping with the kids. Like I wasn't still healing and caring for a newborn, a toddler and a school aged child. Plus keeping up with the house. He's always angry and miserable. And I finally hit my breaking point. After a failed engagement, he sent me on vacations and had our kids with another woman. I broke it off. The problem. We still live together and I can't afford the place alone. I know he won't leave me out to dry. But I also know I can't heal until he's gone. And seeing his face every day is driving me Crazy. What should I do? You know, it's hard for me to relate to these type of situations. Cause this is a judgment for free zone. But it's hard for me to understand because I feel like you on child number three. I don't know how that feels. Cause a nigga can't even get one out of me after he done showed me his true colors. And that's just coming from. Because you already in there. You three kids deep. You have to lock in and get laser focused. That's the best thing I can tell you. Because we don't have children. We've never been in that situation. Because y'all stop letting these men play in your face. I know it's a little late to say that. But when somebody shows you who they are, believe them, okay? So all I can say for you now. Because you're already in the trenches with them. Y'all got three kids. It's too late. You gotta deal with this man for the rest of your life. All I can tell you now is get you a job and lock in, save up your money. Hopefully you have some friends and family that can help you out. But you already in there. You asked for advice. Three kids too late, baby. The mistake has been made. So sometimes you made your bed, you gotta lay in it. And I don't mean to say that harshly, but I literally. I cannot give you any advice. Cause I don't know that life. And I'm not saying that to be mean. But I just hope that you can understand now that this is your chance to really move on and let him go. He's not gonna change. He's moping around with a sad face. Cause he's trying to manipulate you. So I hope you can see that before there's number four on the way. You know what I'm saying? So I'm praying that you can really lock in and save up your money, get some help from your community to get out of that house. But it's hard. Cause I think of, like, if I have a friend that has a child. And if she needed to come to Atlanta and stay with me, baby, we good. What you finna do? What we finna do? What we gonn. But if my friend had three kids. Yikes. Yeah. So all I can tell you is to lock in and try to do the best that you can to get out of that situation. But the best thing is for you is to not let him fool you. Cause he's fooled you a lot. Focus on yourself and trying to get out. Because he's sitting around there. Girl, he's not sad. He's sad that he's not manipulating you anymore. All he's trying to do is reel you back in. So the best advice I can give you is stop falling for his lies so you can really move on. Cause it ain't too late to move on. There's plenty of men out here that will date you. Plenty of people. You can move on. You can have a life after him. I mean look at Cash Dog. Cash dog got her a good one.
Ty
Yeah.
Lex P
Two kids. Mmm, got her. She outside having a ball. So it can happen. But you have to really lock in and focus on. I think when Cash dog out of her relationship, she locked in. She was working when she met her dude, she was talking to Keke Palmer. She said, oh, he just walked up to me and I was outside, I'm hosting a party. So sometimes you just gotta lock in, focus on yourself and that moving on will come to you, child. But baby, I don't know.
Draya Nicole
Yeah, I agree. I think that you just need to focus on yourself. I don't know if you have any close knit family that you can go stay in, go stay with. But I feel like that's a situation where you need to like rely on your family, community and community. Because you have three kids already and if you don't want to be with him and you don't want to stay with him, which I completely understand because that seems like a very toxic, unhealthy situation for you and especially to be bringing up three children in. So I feel like you need to try to see like what are your resources and like try to rely on the people around you, rely on like le community and try to get yourself out of that situation. Cuz I feel like living in that same house with him and being there with him, you going to fall back into the trap. It's inevitable cuz y'all there, y'all in the same household. You looking at him every day like you said, you looking at his sad face and it be driving you crazy. I feel like you need to try to get yourself as far removed from that situation as you can. I know that if you don't have enough money to live on your own, which is what you were saying in the letter, then you need to try to rely on your family so that you can stack some bread up and make enough money so that you can get a place for you and your kids. But I don't think you need to still be in that space in that house with him, figure out what you need to do to get away as far away from him as possible. Because I feel like a. That will go cheat on you while you pregnant and get you locked up. He don't give a about nothing.
Lex P
Y'all stop.
Draya Nicole
You don't give a about nothing.
Lex P
Out your wound. Stop believing these men, man. We gotta be smarter.
Draya Nicole
To me, I. You know, to me it's not even so much about tricking you out your womb. Because Cash Doll, speaking of her, she did an interview too. Or maybe she was on live where she was just saying like, people be like, oh, so now you stuck with two kids? And she was like, I'm not stuck with two kids, cuz I wanted my kids.
Lex P
I was talking about. I was talking about her situation. She was saying like.
Draya Nicole
Like, well, I'm. Well, you not letting me get to my point. Yeah, but what I'm saying is like, she was just like, yeah. She was like, I wanted my kids and I love my kids. She was like, so I'm happy that I had them. They're not a mistake. It's okay to have kids, but like when the situation don't work out, know when to move on. And I think the problem be it's not about a tricking you out your womb. Cuz some women want to be mothers, some women want to have children. And let's be real, you have a cut off age when it comes to you having a child. So it's okay if you want to have a child or you was in love with this man and it didn't work out. But know when to walk away. Know when the time is up. It's okay that y'all had these beautiful years together and y'all created these beautiful children. But when it's over, it's over. And you need to know. Know when to walk away with grace and dignity, especially for your child and for your children so that you can raise them to be strong, independent people and know. Know to set boundaries themselves. You have to know how to set boundaries first to set that example for your kids. So agree. You're not girl. That's what I think.
Lex P
Agreed.
Draya Nicole
That's what I think.
Ty
Can I just say something?
Draya Nicole
Sure.
Ty
Y'all are not stuck. Like I know that. That. And again, Lex said we can't really relate because we don't have kids. But like, you can start over at any moment. Lock in, focus on yourself, figure out if you need to get a job. Whatever you need for you and your kids, that is your priority now F these. For real. For real. You are never stuck. There is always a way. Where there's a will, there's a way. But there's always a way to get out of your current situation. You just really gotta want that for real.
Lex P
That's all I would say.
Draya Nicole
For sure. Yep. That's right. Advice you gotta know.
Lex P
Good luck, sis.
Draya Nicole
All right, so yes, y'all, thank y'all for tuning in. Of course. Shop Muse Beauty collection. We're having a sale right now, 20 off of these sites. And then we're also having a birthday tab collection that is on sale as well. Make sure you follow my YouTube channel. Dre and Nicole with three E's. I drop weekly vlogs, beauty content, all of the above. And yeah, thank y'all for watching, period.
Lex P
Make sure y'all tune in to Love Lex p. Every Mondays, 10am we drop. Y'all know we review viewing Real Housewives of Atlanta and all the hot topics that's going on every week. So if you a nosy girl like me or a nosy guy, tune in Love Lex P every Monday.
Draya Nicole
And make sure y'all pull up to the premiere party too.
Lex P
Oh yeah, Premiere party. By the time this drop. Yeah, it'll be before.
Draya Nicole
Make sure y'all pull up to the premiere party. It's gonna be on April 21st here in Atlanta. And also make sure y'all tune in to Travel Queens on BET. Her is airing April April 23rd at 8pm EST. Make sure y'all tune in. Hashtag Travel Queens. Bet on all socials. Love y'all.
Lex P
Oh, y'all make sure y'all share the content. Like subscribe, follow all that good stuff. And let me say this before we close out y'all, there is one Twitter account that is connected to Poor Minds. It's P o u r Underscore M I N d S. Y'all are tagging the wrong Poor Minds page. If you see at Poor Minds with no underscore, that is a fake page. Do not follow that page.
Draya Nicole
Okay?
Lex P
They blocked me, Andrea and the Poor Minds page on both. So we only have one Instagram, one Twitter, one Tick tock. It is P o u r Underscore M I n d S. All right.
Draya Nicole
And we got hella fake Facebook page.
Lex P
Oh, the Facebook pages.
Draya Nicole
It's the our face. The crazy thing is our Facebook page actually have the least amount of followers.
Lex P
So if you on Facebook, the one that's ours got the least amount of followers.
Draya Nicole
The one that's not us got like 250,000 followers.
Lex P
Fake. If you actually look at the content. Cuz the Caption is like, whoever it is, don't speak English. Cuz their captions are like bumba clutch. Should men, should men pay bill? Should men pay bill? Yes. No check answer below.
Draya Nicole
Blah blah blah. Boy, like that's literally what the captions are.
Lex P
I like what that ddg, Bumba Claude, Bumba claw. I love that video.
Draya Nicole
I think I'm ready. Been locked up in the house way.
Lex P
Too long it's time to get it.
Draya Nicole
Cause once again he's out doing wrong and my girls are so real. Said it's been a minute since I had some. He's been acting up but he won't be the only one. Cause when he acts wrong that's when you put it on middle on tight. This is your song. Hold on your back Time to impress. Pull out your frem dress. Oh put your frem dress on. Oh put your freakum dress on. Oh every woman got one oh shut it down when it's on. Oh, pull out the big gun and put your freakum dress oh put your freak em dress on. Oh, put your freak em dress on. So Nas, you saw me turned down by how the dress was fitting tight. It was short and backless. Seeing my silhouette in the moonlight Such.
Ty
An attraction Ooh keeps telling me how.
Draya Nicole
My outfit's so nice. Little did he know my man go take it off tonight. Cause when he acts wrong that's when you put it on. Been a montage. Okay, I was doing your backup. You got your freaking dress on.
Lex P
It's your birthday when you put it.
Draya Nicole
On it's an invitation when they play a song you on up and shake it. Work it on out when you man don't waste it. Spin it around and take it to the ground. And when you put it on it's an invitation when they play your song. Get on up and shake it. Work it out on your man you don't have to wait. Spinning all around and take it to the ground and. Cause when he acts wrong when you put it on. Spin him on tight. This is your song. Hold on your back Time to impress. Pull out your freakum dress. Put your freakum dress on.
Lex P
I ate that y'all. I ate the background yeah. Put your freaking dress on. 360 for your birthday. She put that freakum dress on for her birthday.
Draya Nicole
I always got my freakum dress on.
Lex P
Yeah, put your freaking dress on.
Draya Nicole
It ain't nothing but another day.
Lex P
Nothing but another day.
Draya Nicole
Always ready.
Pour Minds Podcast: Episode "A Star Was Born" Summary
Release Date: April 18, 2025
In the "A Star Was Born" episode of the Pour Minds Podcast, hosted by Draya Nicole and Lex P from 85 South Media, listeners are treated to an engaging and heartfelt conversation celebrating Draya's 34th birthday, coinciding with Earth Day. The episode delves into personal growth, evolving relationships, self-care, and reflections on transitioning from their vibrant 20s to their more grounded 30s.
The episode kicks off with Draya and Lex exuberantly celebrating Draya's birthday. Lex warmly introduces the episode as the "Birthday Edition," highlighting the special occasion.
Lex P [01:08]: "And you are tuned in to another episode of Pour Minds birthday edition. Period."
Draya shares her recent achievement of completing the "75 Hard" challenge, emphasizing the mental fortitude and discipline it fostered.
Draya Nicole [02:26]: "It was a mental challenge because not drinking for 75 days is a lie... But I really am a person who, I feel like God rewards you when you be obedient."
She reflects on the transformation, both mentally and physically, expressing pride in her resilience and the empowerment gained through the challenge.
Draya outlines her goals for the year, emphasizing the importance of being present and appreciating her accomplishments.
Draya Nicole [05:38]: "One of my major goals for myself is just to be more present. I'm always on to the next thing... I need to take the time out to just smell the flowers and be appreciative of where I'm at."
She also discusses her business ambitions, aiming to elevate the Pour Minds brand to a talk show and expand Muse Beauty Collection into a multi-million dollar company through strategic marketing.
Draya Nicole [05:38]: "With Muse, I really want to get Muse to being a million dollar company... it could really be a multi-million dollar company because of what it already does without me being super intentional."
Lex echoes the sentiment, commending Draya's achievements and expressing admiration for her discipline.
Lex P [10:03]: "So I have to clap for you and give you your flowers because the only thing I'm doing for 75 days straight is drinking. So I applaud you for that, my sister."
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to reflecting on the differences between their 20s and 30s, touching on lifestyle changes, personal priorities, and maturity.
Draya Nicole [11:28]: "I did a lot of cringy things in my 20s... certain aesthetics just don’t attract the type of people or men that I think that I want to attract."
Lex P [13:04]: "I used to drink every day in my 20s... So I think that shit that was cute in my 20s was like drinking all day."
They discuss the shift from a party-centric lifestyle to one that prioritizes health, stability, and meaningful relationships. Ty adds her perspective on embracing a more relaxed and luxurious lifestyle in her 30s.
Ty [15:01]: "Sometimes we're gonna do everything that needs to possible. But now being over 30, over 35, I want to relax."
The conversation naturally transitions into discussions about beauty routines, the importance of skincare, and accepting bodily changes with age.
Lex P [10:03]: "I never worked out... But doing that was a big deal too."
Lex P [18:16]: "Sleeping in your makeup ages you... It looks dirty as fuck."
Draya Nicole [55:38]: "I have one [mole], but it's getting bigger."
They emphasize the necessity of adapting beauty practices as they age, advocating for self-care and the acceptance of natural changes.
Draya Nicole [54:18]: "Aging is such a beautiful thing... You have to embrace them because you only get one body."
Interspersed throughout the episode are sponsored segments promoting financial services and beauty products:
Lex P [16:53]: "If you want some financial freedom or you just need a little help getting ahead, Chime.com Poor Minds... it's chime.com backslash Poor Minds."
Draya and Lex unveil upcoming shows aimed at expanding their brand:
Draya Nicole [73:15]: "We have a brand new show dropping y'all on Patreon... called Poor Chronicles. We going to be doing so much stuff on there."
To celebrate Draya's birthday, the hosts engage in a playful segment where they discuss and decide whether to "unwrap" or "return" various wild and humorous birthday-themed sex scenarios and gifts. This segment showcases their chemistry and ability to entertain while addressing intimate topics candidly.
Draya Nicole [80:05]: "We are going to read a list of wild, funny, freaky birthday sex scenarios and gifts, and you have to say if you would unwrap it or if you would return it."
Listeners send in personal dilemmas, prompting Draya and Lex to offer advice.
Listener Query [100:17]: "I'm 23 and been dealing with a 35-year-old man for 2 years... How do y'all build the courage to leave someone who isn't a bad person? Just not right for you."
Advice from Draya Nicole [103:26]: "You need to focus on yourself... If he is doing things that you're not okay with... you need to try to get yourself as far removed from that situation as you can."
Lex reinforces the importance of self-respect and not falling for manipulation in toxic relationships.
Lex P [103:25]: "Girl, move on. He'll be alright. He gonna move on to the next 23-year-old."
The hosts share their favorite songs of the week, highlighting both contemporary R&B and nostalgia from their younger years.
Lex P [93:38]: "My bop of the week, Destin Conrad and Tizo's 'Touchdown'... Go stream it."
Draya Nicole [95:27]: "My bop is 'Use Me' by Bow Wow and Chris Brown... I love it."
Draya and Lex remind listeners to follow their official social media channels to avoid fake accounts, ensuring genuine engagement with their community.
Lex P [113:08]: "If you see Pour Minds with no underscore, that is a fake page. Do not follow that page."
As the episode winds down, the hosts reiterate their promotions for Muse Beauty Collection and announce a new game segment, maintaining an interactive and community-driven atmosphere.
Draya Nicole [112:25]: "Shop Muse Beauty collection... Make sure you follow my YouTube channel. Dre and Nicole with three E's."
Lex P [112:40]: "And y'all know we have a segment on Poor Minds called Item of the Week... send an email to Itemoftheweekpm.com."
Draya Nicole [05:27]: "I feel like that's something everybody should try at least once in their life."
Lex P [18:45]: "Sleeping in your makeup literally will age you. It always looks dirty."
Ty [15:01]: "Sometimes we're gonna do everything that needs to possible. But now being over 30, over 35, I want to relax."
Lex P [66:09]: "You gotta have the money in the club is not how it even used to be."
Draya Nicole [55:38]: "I'm gonna get it burned off. Don't worry."
Episode "A Star Was Born" serves as a multifaceted celebration of Draya's birthday while offering listeners valuable insights into personal growth, maturation, and the importance of self-care. Through candid discussions, interactive segments, and genuine advice, Draya and Lex foster a relatable and supportive community atmosphere, encouraging listeners to embrace their journey through their 30s with grace and confidence.