I JUST MISS MY DAWG

Summary

Pour Minds Podcast – “I JUST MISS MY DAWG”

Hosts: Lex P & Drea Nicole
Date: December 21, 2025
Podcast Description: Two single Houstonians living in Atlanta, Lex P and Drea, share their funny, candid, and sometimes wild takes on dating, friendships, and life. Sustainably tipsy off wine, it’s your classic “drunk therapy” session with your friends.

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Lex and Drea catch up for a classic girls-only session, recapping their New York trip, sharing hilarious takes on strip club culture, Brown Girl representation, pet ownership struggles, nostalgia for old-school music & biopics, the power of reinvention, internet misconceptions, and plenty of raw, comedic banter. The episode title, “I JUST MISS MY DAWG,” becomes both a literal and metaphorical point—pet stories spark deeper conversations about growth, authenticity, and missing people (and dogs) we love.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. New York Trip Recap & Strip Club Culture (08:32–13:01)

• Starlet's Experience: Lex tells her hilarious and unfiltered experience at Starlet’s strip club, which prompts a discussion on the difference between southern and New York strip clubs.

  • Lex is disappointed by the lack of Black dancers:
    • "Where are the black girls?" (09:02)
    • "If you’re gonna be a stripper, you got to strip." (09:18)
  • Drea explains the NYC scene focuses more on bartenders:
    • "People go to the strip clubs in New York to see the bartenders, not the dancers." (10:04)
    • "In the South, the dancers are the stars." (10:12)

• Southern vs. NY Club Vibes:

  • In New York, strip clubs are about the social scene and bartenders; in the South, it’s about the dancing talent and “thick girls climbing poles.” (10:23–10:33)

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2. Pet Ownership Woes, Loss, and Nostalgia (19:04–35:01)

• Apartment Pets & “Nose Blindness”: Lex and Drea riff on people who have big dogs in small apartments, expressing concern about quality of life (and smell):

  • "Y’all laid up next to each other just funky..." (20:41 – Lex)
  • "Apartments are too small for big dogs, especially." (19:56 – Lex)

• Dog Loss Memories:

  • Lex shares emotional, funny, and tragic stories about her dogs (Bartholomew and Bam Bam)—from nursing them to health, neglectful babysitting, to untimely deaths:
    • "This is the thing about babysitting people’s dog..." (23:37 – Lex)
    • Full barstool saga (29:36–34:10): Nursed back from orphaned puppyhood, only for Bartholomew to get run over while being watched by a friend ("Little kidneys just all over the grass." (32:44 – Lex)).

• Humor in Grief:

  • The hosts use dark humor to cope, then pivot to classic songs about missing loved ones:
    • "Man, I miss my dog!" (34:53 – Lex)
    • "I do miss him... he actually used to like that song." (35:02 – Drea)

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3. Black Joy, Biopic Critiques & Media Talk (35:33–41:57)

• Movie Preferences:

  • Drea expresses a love for films that "get straight to it":
    • "I need you to be whooping ass in the first 10 [minutes].” (41:14 – Drea)
    • "I don’t like when shit gotta build up." (41:43 – Drea)

• Biopic Rankings:

  • The duo breaks down classic music biopics (New Edition, TLC, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson):
    • "New Edition—nobody tops that. The casting was great." (37:54 – Lex)
    • “Flex didn’t look like [Michael Jackson]...” (35:52 – Drea)

• Critical Humor:

  • Honest takes on "bad" biopics and the need for authentic storytelling in black media.

• Funny Misidentifications: The hosts get into a playful debate about actors Tom Holland and Timothée Chalamet – “They got skinny little faces. They do not look alike!” (39:31 – Lex)

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4. Personal Growth, Brand Reinvention & Online Critique (61:45–73:48, 79:19–92:42)

The Reinvention Conversation

• Reinvention vs. Growth:

  • "Y’all look at it as reinvention—I look at it as growing." (62:41 – Lex)
  • References to Madonna, LL Cool J, and the importance of keeping up while staying true to yourself.

• Show Evolution & Authenticity:

  • Lex: “I used to feel like I had to do this for this person, do that—now I learned to do what makes me happy, what keeps me level.” (70:16 – Lex)
  • Drea: "When people think you’re supposed to stay the same, that’s crazy to me." (66:12 – Drea)

• Internet Misconceptions & Criticism:

  • They address fans who think they've “sold out,” gotten “watered down,” or “lost the old energy.”
    • “I’m not going back to that. I’m not tap dancing for y’all. If I want to have a moment and talk and be serious, I’m going to do that...I’m not performing no more.” (72:19 – Lex)
  • Drea highlights how life forces people to change—loss, grief, and success have made her more empathetic.

• Money & Success:

  • Lex and Drea each discuss whether money or fame has changed them, and call out double standards for “relatable” vs. “spoiled” black women.
    • "I don’t think money has changed me, because money don’t faze me. Money comes and goes." (89:30 – Lex)
    • "Money just amplifies who you are." (91:33 – Drea)

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5. Hygiene, "Veneer Breath," and Pet Peeves (56:21–61:02)

• Bad Breath Tangent:
  • A recurring inside joke about “veneer breath,” oral hygiene, and calling out folks with bad breath—while clearing the air about misconceptions.
    • "It's a lot of people with funky breath. I have never, on my mother, on my soul, I’ve never smelled that man’s breath." (54:31 – Lex)
    • "You could tell the difference between when people been drinking, ate something funky, or if your breath just stank or if it’s a medical issue." (56:01 – Dre)

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6. Rebranding: Power Move or Defense? (93:22–97:51)

• Organic vs. Forced Reinvention:

  • Lex argues rebranding is a power move if you’re genuinely growing—defensive if you’re just overcompensating for being disliked.
    • "I don’t gotta tell you I’m changing. Just do it and move into it." (94:39 – Lex)
    • "People build whole lives off of being someone else…I think rebranding is more of a defense mechanism for a lot of people out here." (96:29 – Dre)

• Audience Feedback:

  • Shout-out to fan Trey Jerome’s “Poor Crew” TikTok bit, with constructive feedback on guests and "red & black era" unhinged energy.

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7. Sex, Grills & Head Game (108:06–117:14)

• Giving Head With Grills In:

  • Drea and Lex debate if you can/should perform oral with a grill:
    • “I have not gave head with my grills in. Cause I feel like head’s supposed to be gummy.” (108:17 – Lex)
    • “If you really know how to suck dick, you not doing it with no grill.” (114:18 – Dre)

• Culinary Confessions:

  • Lex, tongue firmly in cheek: "Put that shit on my pasta! Olive Garden ain’t got shit on me!" (117:16 – Lex)

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8. Music & “Bop of the Week” (118:45–123:45)

• Music Picks:
  • Lex highlights “Believe” by Law Yisa for her “unsunt girls” (house/EDM heads), describing it as “makeup already done, right before the club” vibes. (119:23–120:27)
  • Drea shouts out classic Houston rap (“Who’s the Man” by ABN) and shares a funny anecdote about her friend misunderstanding the song as having Irish vibes.
    • “If you put that to some bagpipes...it go with the flow!” (122:19 – Dre)

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9. Pour Your Heart Out – Listener Letter (128:58–142:26)

• Relationship Q&A:

  • Letter from a woman questioning if she has outgrown her longtime, emotionally unavailable boyfriend.
    • Lex: “You’ve outgrown him, and that’s okay...You grow apart.” (141:09 – Lex)
    • Drea reminds her that outgrowing people—friends or lovers—is natural and okay.

• Ends in Harmonized Rendition of Mario’s "Anonymous."

  • Classic example of their chemistry and playful competitiveness as they belt out the R&B hit to close the show. (143:31–146:48)

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Notable Quotes & Moments (w/ Timestamps)

• On Diversity in Clubs:

  • Lex P: “There’s some beautiful girls in here, but when I get a little dance, I want somebody who look like me...where’s the brown girls at?” (11:12)

• Lex on Outgrowing a Relationship:

  • “You grow apart, because how can we accept growing apart from our friends but we can’t accept growing apart from our lover?” (141:09)

• On "Veneer Breath":

  • Lex: "Now, has she had a little tequila breath? Sometimes. Yeah, we all do." (57:38)

• On Evolving the Show:

  • Lex: “Everything had to be a joke…That was an unhappy girl. Now, this is what you get…If you fuck with it, let’s ride.” (72:19)

• On Reinvention & Rebranding:

  • “It was a silent rebrand, because guess what…y’all be making a whole announcement and you still doing the same shit.” (94:05–94:39)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Topic | Timestamps | |------------------------------------------|-----------------------| | Starlet's/NYC Strip Club Discussion | 08:32–13:01 | | Pet Ownership, Nostalgia, Pet Loss | 19:04–35:01 | | Movie/Biopic Preferences | 35:33–41:57 | | Reinvention, Internet Feedback | 61:45–73:48, 79:19–92:42 | | Hygiene Talk/"Veneer Breath" | 56:21–61:02 | | Power Move vs. Defense in Rebranding | 93:22–97:51 | | Music/Bops of the Week | 118:45–123:45 | | Pour Your Heart Out/Anonymous | 128:58–142:26 |

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Episode Tone & Dynamics

The entire episode is laced with the duo's signature blend of:

• Unfiltered, “best friend” energy
• Raw, Southern humor
• Candid confessions, both serious and silly
• Jokes that seamlessly transition into vulnerable moments

They flow through nostalgia, sex, friendships, and life changes, never shying away from poking fun at themselves—or each other.

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Final Takeaway

This episode exemplifies what Pour Minds listeners love: deep belly laughs, real talk, peer-to-peer advice, and fly-on-the-wall authenticity. Whether opining on strip club culture, outgrowing lovers, balancing rawness with reinvention, or the right way to give head with a grill, Lex and Drea deliver both healing humor and lessons on growth for their fiercely loyal audience.

Transcript

[Dre]

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[Lex P]

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[Lex P]

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

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[Dre]

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[Dre]

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[Dre]

I like movies that get straight to it. We getting in there. I'm talking about any in the first 10 minutes we need to be in it.

[Lex P]

Okay.

[Dre]

I feel like I don't like when shit gotta build up. I be bored. Nah biopic cool. That could build up. Cause I understand like people. Life ain't always interesting, especially the first. If you are Michael Jackson, the first 10 years probably wouldn't it.

[Lex P]

Michael Jackson, yeah. The first 10 years was crucial.

[Dre]

But what I'm saying is it wasn't that exciting to you. It wasn't. It wasn't. He was a child and he hadn't blew up yet. So like, to the average person, it wasn't that exciting.

[Lex P]

Jackson 5 was a Tom.

[Dre]

How old was he though, when he.

[Lex P]

Five.

[Dre]

For real?

[Lex P]

Yes. Oh.

[Dre]

Well, the first five years was dead.

[Lex P]

What's up, y'? All? It's your girl Lex P. And it's.

[Dre]

Your girl Dre and Nicole.

[Lex P]

And you are tuned in to another episode of Poor Mind, where a drunk.

[Dre]

Mind speaks sober thoughts.

[Lex P]

We ain't got no guests today. We ain't got no guests today.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Period. I know that's right. How you feeling? I feel good. Barney Been real quiet since you popped out. Mom. This look good on you? It's more like plum, not purple. I know, but I'm saying it look good on you.

[Dre]

Thank you.

[Lex P]

No color.

[Dre]

Keep being quiet, though.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Where is he? I don't know.

[Dre]

Do that even still come on tv.

[Lex P]

Mm. You do Damn, Barney. We need to have Barney on the show. Do we? For a segment. So talk about what. What inspired I love you. What was your inspiration for.

[Dre]

That's such a great song, though. That was one of the first bops I knew.

[Lex P]

Mm. And baby bop. That was the first bop I knew.

[Dre]

Baby bop was a key. I feel like that's what I used to look like when I used to wear them big ass lashes a time.

[Lex P]

Hated that for me, you know, I'm serious.

[Dre]

Like, I be looking at old pictures and videos of myself, and I be like.

[Lex P]

Lash blindness.

[Dre]

What were you going through? And then even when I think about how I used to obstruct my vision, I can see clearer now. Now that them lashes gone.

[Lex P]

I can see clearly now. The lashes gone.

[Dre]

That's what I was thinking when I said that.

[Lex P]

That's why I sang it. Yeah. And then on top of that, you couldn't, like, you couldn't just rub your eye. Sometimes I just want to rub.

[Dre]

I like being able to just wash my face.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Dre]

Normally naturally, mascara be a little messy though, because if you don't wipe it off all the way to get on your towels and stuff.

[Lex P]

But yeah, it's fine. I would rather go through that than the. I'm a strip lash girly. I'll do the strip lash now. But yeah, I can't do the individuals no more. Maybe one day. I don't know. But yeah, I mean, I feel like.

[Dre]

I could do individuals because even when I. Right before I stopped getting them, I started getting them way thinner, like, way lighter. I used to get more wispier sets than what I used to get. You knows, were cute. It's just. Yeah, I don't. I don't like not being able to rub my eyes.

[Lex P]

But you have beautiful lashes, so.

[Dre]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Lex P]

You can. You can get away with it.

[Dre]

Thank you. And then I'll be wearing Muse beauty mascara. Muse beautycollection.com.

[Lex P]

I'M going to order me some.

[Dre]

Asking me that, like, what mascara do you wear? Your lashes be looking so full.

[Lex P]

I got to get my. Some more of my plumper. I done plumped out. Yeah, I used all of it.

[Dre]

It only lasts for like two weeks or three if you use it every day.

[Lex P]

Oh, I use it.

[Dre]

That's on purpose.

[Lex P]

I. Baby, you can buy some more deep fried chicken on my lips, baby. I don't play with that plumper.

[Dre]

I like it. And it's tingly. You feel it working?

[Lex P]

I'm going, give me some. Cause I'm about to go on a Lash break. I'm going, yeah, I just need a little break. Cause I'm doing light makeup. That's why I don't have a lot of. I have concealer and mascara on today. I'm breaking out a little bit, but that's just because we were busy. So I've been wearing makeup every day. And then we went to New York. I didn't have my usual routine. I didn't pack it all for some reason.

[Dre]

I was just rushing.

[Lex P]

But yeah, so I'm breaking out a little bit. So I was like, let me get a.

[Dre]

A little break. Yeah, I'm breaking out a little bit too. I have like a pimple right here.

[Lex P]

So let me.

[Dre]

Which is weird. I haven't gotten a pimple in a long time.

[Lex P]

Let me switch gears for a second. So we went to New York. We went to Starlet's for the first time.

[Dre]

You.

[Lex P]

I went to. I'm sorry.

[Dre]

I went to Starlets for the first time. I love starlets. I be having a ball.

[Lex P]

I had an amazing time. But I have to keep it funky. Y' all know I gots to keep it funky. Where are the black girls? I wanted to see, you know, the girls. At least if y' all gonna. If y' all not gonna mix it up, have some girls in there that can really dance and shake that ass. Y' all couldn't even do an eight count, y'. All. I mean, it was. No, I don't care, as long as you can dance. The girls in there. And that's no shade, no tea. Get your money. But y' all gots to learn some dance moves, baby.

[Dre]

You don't think they could either?

[Lex P]

Hell no. No. Hell no. Come on now. Like, if you're gonna be a stripper, you got the strip. Yeah, I just wanna see you strip right now. Cause. Yeah, give it to me.

[Dre]

But I think that's only a Southern thing. I'm being honest, I guess, because I've been going to the strip clubs in New York and the strip clubs in the south for a very long time. I've always noticed that that's kinda like the difference between the strip clubs there and here. Like, their strip clubs aren' hyper focused on the dancers being able to dance. Cause no shade, but nobody be paying attention to them. No way. People be in New York for this. People go to New York to the strip clubs to see the bartenders.

[Lex P]

Now the bartenders was fun. That's always. I was taking shots with them.

[Dre]

That's always been the thing in New York. Everybody goes to New York to go to the strip clubs, to see the bartenders. In the south, you come to the strip clubs to see the dancers. And to be honest, cause they can really dance and they be climbing the.

[Lex P]

Pole thick as fuck too.

[Dre]

They. I mean, the girls up there be thick too.

[Lex P]

No, but I'm saying big girls usually can't climb the pole.

[Dre]

Oh, yeah.

[Lex P]

In the south, thick girls know how to climb the pole.

[Dre]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, and like I said, the girls in New York, they be fine like the strippers. But nobody go to the strip clubs to see the strippers. I feel like they go to see the bartenders. Like the bartending strip club culture is a thing out there. Especially because that's how I used to start. That's how I first started going to the strip clubs in New York. I used to be bartending out there. But that's why I think it's interesting that you said that, because when I used to be bartending at the strip clubs as like a guest bartender, it was black girls. It wasn't as many right. As it is Spanish girls, but it was black girls.

[Lex P]

Yeah, when I went, it was fine. It was no brown skinned girls. When I went this past time, it wasn't. Not one. I walked up to the bartender and I literally said that. I said, girl, there's some beautiful girls in here. But when I get a little dance, I like, I like, you know, I'm a little vain with my dances. I want somebody who look like me. That's what I want to see. I like to dance. I want to dance with somebody that look like Lex P, but her knees work. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, where's the brown girls at? She said, oh, girl.

[Dre]

Hmm.

[Lex P]

And she made a face and she laughed. And then there was a manager there. I told him too. I said, where they at? He said, you want a shot? No, I want a brown girl with that brown booty hole.

[Dre]

I did ask that, man.

[Lex P]

I sure did. I sure did. I was on. I'm like, where are they at?

[Dre]

You gotta go to like, I don't even know if that's. If that club is still open. But like, cityscapes used to have more brown girls. It was like a few clubs in Jersey, they used to have more brown girls. Like, in order to work at Starlitz, you really got to be like, no, you.

[Lex P]

Yeah, they was all this.

[Dre]

But Bernice used to work at Starbucks.

[Lex P]

But used to. I'm talking about now in 2025. When I went this past weekend, everybody was this color.

[Dre]

Maybe it Was an off day.

[Lex P]

That shit was off as smok ain't shit on. It was all off.

[Dre]

Maybe it was an off day. Maybe all the brown girls took a break.

[Lex P]

Yeah, they was off day. They took a long break. Cause where they at, though? But I had a good time, though. The food was good. The food? I had some pasta. You had pasta? Yeah, I had some. Ooh. And, I mean, I was drunk. I threw it all up. But it was tasty. What kind of pasta did you get? It was like. Was it Rasta pasta?

[Dre]

It was a, like, Jamaican truck that we had got food from. And I had got oxtail, which I rarely ever get. It was good, though.

[Lex P]

Yeah, I had a good time, though. I did. So. So, yeah. You know, New York is always, you know, a time I like to be in and out. I'm not a New York girly. It's too fast for me. Why is y' all rushing me and pushing me and. Well, slow down. We got out as soon as we got to the hotel. We getting out the truck, mind you. You can see we're getting out of our suv. We got bags. The ladies behind us honking, honking. I said. And I said, hey, what you want us to do? She was like, oh, yeah, bitch, I bet you be quiet now. You don't know. I can't fight you. Just scary. So stop honking that horn if you a scary bitch.

[Dre]

You did not say that to the girl.

[Big Lone]

I did.

[Lex P]

Draya, you know, I got. I said, where are we supposed to go? I said, you keep honking that horn. What you want us to do? Did I not say that? I said, where are we supposed to go? You keep. And she was like, you said that.

[Dre]

But you didn't look at that lady's face.

[Lex P]

Yes, I did. I absolutely did. That's why she went like this. That's why. That's why Shay kept laughing. And the man was laughing. Cause she was like this. Oh, no. I did it. Cause she was.

[Dre]

I'm still talking shit in that damn car.

[Lex P]

No, she was not. She stopped. She completely looked forward. That's why I was like, you ain't about that. Like. But I could tell she probably wasn't from New York. Cause a New York bitch, she would have started get. It was the way her voice was. I said, oh, she not front men. So I got a little bowl.

[Dre]

You couldn't even hear her.

[Lex P]

She didn't even roll the window. No, she wasn't. But I could hear her and the way she was honking.

[Dre]

I'm not gonna play with this lady.

[Lex P]

You know how I be crazy.

[Dre]

Cause you experience something at the time. No, I'm telling you, that lady was.

[Lex P]

Honking that horn and when I got out the car, I could hear her talking. She was.

[Dre]

How did you hear her when the windows was up?

[Lex P]

Because she was screaming. She was yelling, move out. She said something and that's why I got so mad in that. And the driver was too.

[Dre]

He was mad.

[Lex P]

He was mad. But you know what? I feel like I always have bad luck with Uber drivers too.

[Dre]

Yeah, the Uber drivers definitely be. Y' all Uber drivers be interesting because you always have an issue. They either always stopping for gas, they cancel. It's always something. Maybe you need to start using.

[Lex P]

What is it called?

[Dre]

Lift again?

[Lex P]

No, because.

[Dre]

But I know lift. Yeah, you can't get your sky miles. But no, it was a good time. I had a good time in New York. But I. I like New York.

[Lex P]

Yeah, You a New York girly.

[Dre]

I am. I love it. I love it. I'll be having a ball. It's. It is more fast paced than I think what we used to in the south, but I don't know, it be. It's all of the hustle and bustle that makes me excited. I be like, I like this. Yeah, let's get to where we going, bitch.

[Lex P]

Move.

[Dre]

Get out the way.

[Lex P]

See, I like to stroll.

[Dre]

I like that. I be walking fast too. But you a fast walker too. Like I be walking, people don't be bumping into me.

[Lex P]

No, they don't bump into me. I'm a fast walker too, but I like to walk at my pace. If I want to walk fast, it's cause I want to. I don't want to walk fast. Cause you on my heels behind me, bitch. I don't wanna hurry up and get out the truck. Cause you honking, bitch. Yeah, I checked the bag this time. So I had a big luggage on me. Hold your horses.

[Dre]

But the crazy thing is you can still go slow. You just might get trampled over. That's up to you. That's you and your business.

[Lex P]

Oh, man. Do you remember the girl's name from Mastro? She was really sweet.

[Dre]

I do not damn remember her name, but she's the hostess.

[Lex P]

She's the hostess at Master Times Square. Yeah, in Times. Where? Shout out to you, girl.

[Dre]

She gave us a free butter cake.

[Lex P]

Thanks, girl. And I tore that thing up.

[Dre]

It was delicious.

[Lex P]

No, it was a cheesecake something. I thought it was a butter cake. It has some cheesecake in the middle though. Oh, I know. I ate a Lot of bit I ate a lot of.

[Dre]

But no, Yeah, I like New York. I always say I'm going to get a condo there.

[Lex P]

Yeah, I'mma just come visit. I'm not staying. You can expect two days a year. That's all I'm going to see you for. Really? Yeah.

[Dre]

I didn't say I'm gonna live there permanently.

[Lex P]

I know, that's what I said. But when you there, I'll come visit.

[Dre]

You'll come visit?

[Lex P]

Two days?

[Dre]

Yeah, I'm gonna probably get a condo.

[Lex P]

I ain't never gonna wear out my welcome there.

[Dre]

I feel like that's a good place to own real estate.

[Lex P]

It is. Cause they gonna pay it.

[Dre]

Yeah, they will.

[Lex P]

They gonna pay it. I don't.

[Dre]

Especially if you not there. Majority of the year, it's gonna pay for itself just by you airbnb ing it or renting it out.

[Lex P]

I'm not lying to you. I just saw a girl. Cause you know how when you go places, it starts showing up on your algorithm. A girl had an apartment in Times Square. I'm not kidding, y'.

[Dre]

All.

[Lex P]

I wish I was being dramatic. It was probably about the size of the front of this table to the back of this. She walked in. She walked in. She had a bunk bed. She sleeps on the top. Underneath, she has, like, her clothes hanging. There's no bed on the bottom. She was like, oh, this is my dining room, babe. That's a dining corner. That's another topic. She literally turned this way. Um, I wanna say that's where she had, like, her TV and stuff. Then she turned again. That's where the bathroom and the shower was. No, no, no. When she turned this way. Not where the tv. It's where her kitchen was.

[Dre]

Kitchenette.

[Lex P]

A kitchenette. She had, like, a little thing, the hot plates. Then she turned and her bathroom was. I mean, you make a three. The whole apartment is like this. I said, damn, girl.

[Dre]

SHE PANTS I couldn't do it. I would be too claustrophobic.

[Lex P]

That's why. And then. And then she had a cat and a dog.

[Dre]

Heavens. Oh, I know it stank up in there.

[Lex P]

Now, see, I ain't say all that.

[Dre]

I did. Me and Ty said it. You right, we said it.

[Lex P]

No, that stank.

[Dre]

Cause even when I be in my building and people be getting on the elevator and shit, I be like, oh, fuck, no. I know your house stank.

[Lex P]

Now can we keep it real? Now, I do think, like, if you have an apartment, and I'm not judging, because a lot of people finna get mad at Me, But I've had animals before and I just feel like they need to be free and run amok. Yes. Apartments are too small for big dogs especially. Like, I had a small dog before. We were in a small apartment. It was a Chihuahua. Real small, real tiny. Cool. Whatever. But when y' all be having these fucking golden retrievers. Great Danes. Hey, Rottweilers. Rottweilers. Come on now, let him free. That ain't right. It needs to be a law. It's getting ugly out here. Why do you have those big ass animals in apartments? I just think that's too much. I just think that's too much.

[Dre]

I be seeing it every day in my building. I mean, I. I just know that apartment phone.

[Lex P]

You think so? Nose blindness is real. Sometimes people walk in the apartment, they don't smell it. Yeah.

[Dre]

Cause you used to it. You used to it. I think that's why even, like, people who like smoke and stuff, like smoke cigarettes, they don't realize that all of their clothes smell like cigarettes. And like, when they go outside, they smell like smoke. The Newport, because they used to it. Because they live in it all the time. I feel like it's the same thing with people with like big ass pets that they don't wash every week. And nobody be washing their pets for real every week.

[Lex P]

And they be lying. I said something and they was like, I wash my dog. No, you don't.

[Dre]

Not a big ass dog.

[Lex P]

Rover is over there stanking sp. Y' all laid up next to each other just funky. And then when y' all let y' all dogs in y' all bed. Now, I know you a nasty bitch. You a nasty bitch. You letting Rover just roll over. He just in the bed chilling, watching Frankenstein with you.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Yeah. I don't like that. I don't do that.

[Dre]

I don't like that either. But, you know, people be loving their animals.

[Lex P]

I mean, you supposed to. I feel like your animal is like, you know, a child. It's a family member. Cause I grew up, I always had an animal growing up. I did. I grew up with animals in the house. But I also grew up on an.

[Dre]

Acre of land so they had like a space to roam.

[Lex P]

Yeah, we used to. My dog, his name was Bam Bam. We used to let Bam Bam out. Then he dug him a little hole. He used to get out the fence. He used to roam the neighborhood. But he would come back home. Ain't that's dangerous. But I was in Orange. Oh, no.

[Dre]

He was gonna come back.

[Lex P]

The only thing dangerous was a golf cart Never got hit. Yeah. Yay.

[Dre]

Now people be having them electric fences for they dogs.

[Lex P]

If your dog wants to escape and doesn't want to come home, dogs should want to come home. You don't need all that. All that shocking them and shit. I don't like that now.

[Dre]

But what if they bad and they keep leaving? You lucky that Bam Bam kept coming back. What if he never came back? Always some people dogs where he. But some people dogs leave and they don't come back. Like they get lost. What if they dog got cte?

[Lex P]

I don't. Can dogs have cte?

[Dre]

I think dogs can have a lot of sheet that we don't think they can.

[Lex P]

A dog got cte, that means you've been beating that dog ass.

[Dre]

I think dogs can have a lot of sheet. I think they be having cte. I think they can have Alzheimer's. I was gonna say dyslexia.

[Lex P]

Now. You know they be getting STDs though. They do.

[Dre]

And they be getting cancer.

[Lex P]

Yeah, they be getting herpes for sure. I know Bamm Bam had herpes. His balls was big. How do you know?

[Dre]

Who was he fucking?

[Lex P]

Them dogs around the neighborhood. I know he had some kids. Bitch. Bam Bam used to. And then he used to hump everything. Nasty little motherfucker. But that was a loyal dog. He was good to me. He was good. He always. What happens to him? You know what if I tell this story? I should.

[Dre]

All right, don't tell.

[Lex P]

Yeah, you right. But rest in peace to my dog.

[Dre]

And what happened to Bartholomew.

[Lex P]

No, that's too close to home. You know what happened to Bartholomew, you bitch.

[Dre]

I forgot.

[Lex P]

Draya, you know what happened. Don't do that.

[Dre]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to.

[Lex P]

And you laughing.

[Dre]

I'm laughing, Drea. I'm laughing because you think I remember. I really forgot. You don't have to tell it though. If it's too. If it's gonna hurt too much, you don't have to tell the story. I'm so sorry that I brought it up. I'm serious. I really forgot what happened. I'm not being funny, but don't tell us. Cause I don't want it to trigger you.

[Lex P]

It's not gonna trigger me. But the thing is. This is the thing about babysitting people's dog. And I have to tell you about it.

[Big Lone]

What's up? It's big long from It's Up There podcast. On this episode, we're unpacking the difference between toxic love and a real bond. How so many of us were taught to survive love instead of experiencing it. A lot of men think being solid means being silent. I'm good. I got it. That's the script we memorize before we even know ourselves. Because somewhere along the line, expression got labeled weakness. So now we perform composure while we're falling apart. You'll share your body, but not a conversation. And that's not intimacy. But what if being a man really means you care enough to communicate? Real love isn't loud. It's consistent. It's the small things, the small check ins, the shared accountability, the honesty that feels awkward but. But keeps everyone safe. Stop confusing numbness with dependability. We gotta break the cycle and break the pattern. This special episode of It's Up There podcast with Lone, brought to you by Healthy Sexual from Gilead sciences on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. Whoa, what a vibe we've got, y'.

[Lex P]

All.

[Big Lone]

As always, it's classic HBCU energy. Nonstop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chants echoing, drums beating, everybody showing that school pride. Moments like this, yeah, they call for an ice cold Coca Cola. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there.

[Lex P]

Mmm.

[Big Lone]

Yeah, that taste always hit the right note. Just like the band at halftime. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere, and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the place, no matter the moment, Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

[Dre]

You all know this time of year is my recess season. New energy, new plans, new ways to grow my brand. And if you're trying to start 2026 ahead of the game, like really ahead, now is the time to get moving. For me, Shopify has been the platform that keeps my whole merch business tight. As a creator, as a businesswoman, I need my tools to work hard and. And Shopify is like having a chief of staff, a personal assistant, and a co founder all in one. And look, I always tell other women building their own brands, especially small, independent black creators, don't overcomplicate it. Whether you're running a side hustle or you're trying to run a full storefront, selling to your community or around the world, Shopify takes the guesswork out of everything. Shopify also like. My favorite thing about it is they teach you as you grow, you can look up anything, get information on anything, and it's simple. They give you, like easy 1, 2, 3 steps. I used to juggle 10 different logins and apps. Now one platform. I manage my store sell online, sell on social, even tag products right from my phone, wherever I am, and Shopify Sidekick. Listen, you keep hearing all about AI. Let me tell y' all this AI is a lifesaver. It gives me reports, content, ideas, helps me edit images. It's literally like having a smart assistant in my back pocket guiding me to my next move. So let's be real. It's time to stop thinking and start doing. And there is no better way to do that than Shopify. Use our link shopify.comB-E-N now to start getting serious about building your future.

[Big Lone]

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[Lex P]

If you're not ready to watch someone's dog, don't fucking watch it. I was going on a hoe trip in my younger days. I wasn't a good mom. I was not a good mom and I should have been a better mom. I blamed myself every day.

[Dre]

So wait, you let somebody watch him?

[Lex P]

I let somebody watch him. And he was such a teeny tot. I nursed him back to health now. Cause his mother died giving birth to him.

[Dre]

This sound like a Lifetime movie.

[Lex P]

It does. It's real. Bartholomew's mother.

[Dre]

I'm like, you making this shit?

[Lex P]

No, on my life.

[Dre]

It's a storyline of a fucking movie.

[Lex P]

Bartholomew's mother died giving birth to him. And my friend Shedrel will attest to this. Cause I got little Bartholomew from Shedril.

[Dre]

So Bartholomew's mom was Shedrel's dog.

[Lex P]

It was a friend of hers. Dog, okay. And she said, hey, he got a litter. The mama died and they all sick. I said, you know what? I can take care of him. So I brought Bartholomew home and I nursed him back to health. He couldn't walk. He couldn't walk. I took him to the vet at that time. I spent about 300. Continue.

[Dre]

It's getting good.

[Lex P]

I guess. It's building up. I spent about $300 at the vet. I had no money. Damn, you got. I was popping that pussy for that $300. Wow. So I nursed him back to health. When Barth. I remember his first steps. I said, oh, he can walk. Thank you, Jesus. He can walk. My baby couldn't.

[Dre]

Was he crippled?

[Lex P]

He was so weak. His mother died. He didn't have no breast milk, no nutrients.

[Dre]

The way you acting is like he had a disability. And then he was like, oh my God.

[Lex P]

Okay. Imagine having a drama. Imagine having a child and they ain't got no food. Jesus. And I nursed him back to health. It took me three months to get him healthy. And he was healthy. And he was a beautiful child. He was all black. He had the brown eyebrow. And his bark was so strong. When he started barking, ooh, it was, you better move. You better move. Cause he meant it. Okay? So I said, my baby is good. You know what? Let me take a vacation. I'm feeling good. I wanna go pop some pussy on Miami Beach. So I took my ass down to Florida. And then I said, damn, I wanna go on vacation. I don't know. I said, my co worker at the time, she said, oh, I'll keep em. I'll watch em. I said, for real? I said, no. And I said no. But she was so persistent. I said, you know what? Come get him. I know, I'mma be right back. And I'm calling her while I'm out there to check on my baby. She's not answering the phone. But I'm drunk. I'm just like, oh, everything all right?

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

I get back home to go pick up my baby. She's still not answering the phone. And she finally calls me back. And Bartholomew had gone on to be with his brothers and his sisters.

[Dre]

He's gone on to glory.

[Lex P]

He went on to glory. Her boyfriend was backing out. And mind you, he was a preemie. So he still could fit in my hand. Her boy. And I told her, I said, be careful. Cause he gets lost in the grass. I hear snickers. Oh my God. She put him in the grass. And I guess he must have been backing out. And they had a skinny driveway. So he used to back out in the grass and ran him over. Little kidneys just all over the grass.

[Dre]

He became bird food.

[Lex P]

Why was the dude driving in the grass? Because she said that they used to back up in the grass. Cause they had a small driveway. So when they would pull in, they would just back out like that and get out.

[Dre]

I know it's gonna be all right, but you know, well, Rip to Bartholomew, you know, in the hood they just pour a little liquor.

[Lex P]

Pour it out for him now. Don't waste the one. Yeah, that's all Rip.

[Dre]

Bartholomew.

[Lex P]

So you had him for three months? I had. Yeah, I had him for about. It was.

[Dre]

He was probably, you know, it was.

[Lex P]

Probably about four, four or five months. For five months. Good dog. He was a good, good dog. He up there with his brothers and his pizzas.

[Dre]

I can't waste too much of my espresso martini. This made me think. And I'm sorry, but I feel like we have to get off this sad ass topic.

[Lex P]

There's some other dead homies we can talk about.

[Dre]

Like who? No.

[Lex P]

Okay.

[Dre]

No.

[Lex P]

If you would've taken.

[Dre]

I shouldn't even ask that. Cause this could go so many different ways. This will go so many different ways.

[Lex P]

People miss my home.

[Dre]

I thought she was gonna say something else. That's not funny. But this what made me thinking. We got it. Dark humor. I just gonna say I really miss my mama.

[Lex P]

Man. I miss my dog.

[Dre]

That's how people feel about my daddy. I know. I do miss him. And he actually used to like that song a lot, man.

[Lex P]

I miss my dog.

[Dre]

Yes.

[Lex P]

Damn.

[Dre]

Many nights stuff happened Many nights. Cuz Blonde.

[Lex P]

That was just rude. Wait for them to die like that.

[Dre]

It was like he didn't think about nobody but himself.

[Lex P]

No manners.

[Dre]

He didn't think about nobody but himself. That shit fucked up.

[Lex P]

You know what? But that's all right. I'm gonna let her go.

[Dre]

Love me and my mama hanging the fuck. Why would you do that?

[Lex P]

Yeah. You know, I just think sometimes people be a little selfish. They do be selfish.

[Dre]

Cause what about us?

[Lex P]

What about us?

[Dre]

That's Michael Jackson, right?

[Lex P]

Do you wanna see the movie that's coming out? Yeah, duh.

[Dre]

Who don't wanna see?

[Lex P]

Well, you know, they were making a hoopla online and they were saying that, oh, he doesn't look like him enough, and blah, blah, blah. So you know what it made me do.

[Dre]

He do, though.

[Lex P]

He does. Cause that's his real nephew, Flex.

[Dre]

Didn't look like him.

[Lex P]

Now why you do that? You didn't have to bring that up. You did not have to bring that up.

[Dre]

So we all gonna sit here and lie? Like that wasn't one of the worst biopics ever created. Between that and a lifetime version of Aaliyah.

[Lex P]

Ooh, that was bad.

[Dre]

I don't know what was worse. So I don't know which one was.

[Lex P]

Worse that they couldn't even sing Aaliyah's music.

[Dre]

Now that other Michael Jackson biop.

[Lex P]

Which one? The original. The other one.

[Dre]

It's like five parts.

[Lex P]

Yeah, that was a good one. That was a good one. Turn it off.

[Dre]

That was a good one. But that Flex one.

[Lex P]

But I will say this too. So when I saw that the preview was so good. And I think we need that, right? So it made me go back. I watched so many biopics this weekend. Y' all know I'm a booby bug.

[Dre]

What did you watch?

[Lex P]

I watched New Edition again. I watched TLC again. I watched Toni Braxton. I watched two from Whitney Houston. I watched Bobby Brown's who else did I watch? It was one more Bob Dylan.

[Dre]

How did you fit all of that in A weekend?

[Lex P]

Well, not a weekend. Did you sleep? It was Monday and Tuesday. It was Monday and yesterday. When did you rest? I did rest. That's what I was doing. That's resting to me. Movie time. I had movie time and I just laid on the couch and I meant.

[Dre]

When did you sleep? Them movies is long as fuck.

[Lex P]

Yeah. I mean, it's 12 hours. I mean, I don't know, but I watched all of them. And I watched Frankenstein, which is technically a biopic of a monster that's misunderstood. But I will say, no shade, no tea. Toni Braxton needs a proper biopic. We gotta do another one for my girl. We gotta do another one for my girl. It was good, but we gotta do another one for her. We need the.

[Dre]

That was on Lifetime too, right?

[Lex P]

Yeah, but TLC was too. I think. No, it was bet.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

And that was phenomenal.

[Dre]

That one was good.

[Lex P]

So good. New Edition. Nobody tops that. That one was good. The casting was great. Top tier. Mm.

[Dre]

What about Whitney? She had two different bios.

[Lex P]

She had two different ones. Now, I will say the one with Yaya Dacosta, that was more focused on her and Bobby, it was not her. It was more so the guy who played Bobby, it didn't give Bob. It didn't give old Bob.

[Dre]

But Woody. But Woody, they gave Bobby.

[Lex P]

And it's not like he even looks like Bobby. He gives his aura.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Like that cockiness that I'm that nigga. Cause Bobby Brown still gives that off. If you watch him in interviews, he's still like, bitch, I'm Bobby Brown, ho. I had the baddest bitch in the game. Yeah, I'm Bobby Brown. Like, he still. I love that about him. Woody did that. So I would say out of those two Whitneys, the newer Whitney was better to me personally, but the best one out of all of them, like I said, I watched the one with Timothy Chalamet. It was Bob Dylan. And it was good. It was good. But New Edition, is Destin Dam in? No, Kylie. That's Kylie's man. One of them, Zendaya, is Spider Man.

[Dre]

I knew it was one of them.

[Lex P]

They're close enough.

[Dre]

Cause they men kind of look alike.

[Lex P]

Nay. Y' all think they look alike? A little bit. That's all right. No Timothy Chalamet. And what's the Spider man name? Tom Collins. Tom Collins. No, that's a drink, Holland.

[Dre]

I mean, honestly, I could see the similarity.

[Lex P]

Yeah. They do not look alike. They got skinny little faces. They do not look alike. Hold on, I'm gonna.

[Dre]

Okay.

[Lex P]

You think so?

[Dre]

I think that they look alike enough. If you don't know exactly what either one of them look like for real and you seen them walk into a room, you would be like, is that.

[Lex P]

Timothy or is that Spidey?

[Dre]

And you keep calling that man Spidey. You ain't even calling him his name. You ain't even giving him the respect he is to call him by his real name. Yeah, they look very similar. They do, right? I know.

[Lex P]

I'm not tripping. I don't know. I get. I don't know.

[Dre]

That's why I couldn't remember which one of them men it was. I know they both date a man that looks similar to the other one. I'm serious.

[Lex P]

But yeah, he did a good job. He's a good actor. But honestly, like I said, Frankenstein was good. You need to watch Frankenstein.

[Dre]

I'm gonna watch it when I get home.

[Lex P]

Yeah, it's good. This is a real Frankenstein story.

[Dre]

I like that.

[Lex P]

Yeah. It ain't the bullshit with the bolts in his neck and the green.

[Dre]

I'mma watch it because everybody has been telling me it's good. Five people have told me it's a good movie. So I'm like, it's giving movie night.

[Lex P]

Yeah. I think you enjoy movies that have a good storyline, a good plot and meaningful.

[Sophie Cunningham]

The.

[Lex P]

Monologues in there. The monologues really did it for me.

[Dre]

I do enjoy that. I just like good movies. Like, I just don't like wasting my time. Like where's the plight? Stuff that start off slow and it take a long time to build up. It's gonna lose my interest every time. I'm so sorry. I need you to be whooping ass and kicking ass within the first 10.

[Lex P]

You need to Jason stay the movie.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

You gotta watch all his.

[Dre]

You know. One of my favorite movies is of all time Taken.

[Lex P]

Not Liam.

[Dre]

Cause it was so good from jump.

[Lex P]

If you like taking it. You would love Jason Statham movies then.

[Dre]

No, I believe you. But that's what I'm saying. Like I like movies that get straight to it. We getting in there. I'm talking about any in the first 10 minutes. We need to be any.

[Lex P]

OK.

[Dre]

I don't like when shit gotta build up. I be bored. I'm not a biopic cool. That could build up. Cause I understand like people life ain't always interesting. Especially the first. If you are Michael Jackson the first ten years probably wouldn't it.

[Lex P]

Michael Jackson, Yeah. The first ten years was crucial.

[Dre]

But what I'm saying is it wasn't that exciting to You. It wasn't. It wasn't. He was a child, and he hadn't blew up yet. So, like, to the average person, it wasn't that exciting.

[Lex P]

Jackson 5 was a Tom.

[Dre]

How old was he, though, when he.

[Lex P]

Five?

[Dre]

For real?

[Lex P]

Yes. Oh.

[Dre]

Well, the first five years was.

[Lex P]

Oh, shit. But you know what?

[Dre]

But, like, for example, what was that biopic that had came out and. Oh, Tina Turner. I feel like the beginning of the Tina Turner ball peak is not that interesting. But it gets good.

[Lex P]

It gets juicy.

[Dre]

It gets real juicy.

[Lex P]

That's why they had to start, like, in her teenage years when she met Ike and stuff like that.

[Dre]

Yeah, yeah. It started off.

[Lex P]

She had a crazy life. It's like, once she turned 16, shit didn't stop.

[Dre]

Cause she was 16 at war.

[Lex P]

Ooh, now you want to talk about 16 at war? Rest in peace to my girl. Cause God damn. Talk about beating the odds. You know what I didn't realize?

[Dre]

You know what, y'.

[Pharmaceutical Ad Voice]

All.

[Lex P]

She too young. She too young.

[Dre]

No, I don't think that's why they laughing.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Dre]

Cause when you said that, I was.

[Lex P]

No, I didn't mean it like that. But what I'm saying is I didn't realize how big of a gap it was from her and Ike splitting up to. What was the. Not. What was the song that her breakout. What's Love Got to Do with what? I didn't realize how big of a gap that was and how bad she was struggling and how she was, and she didn't stop. I would have quit. I'm a quitter. No, you not.

[Dre]

Right?

[Lex P]

No, I'm not. That sound good for the story. Shut up, girl.

[Dre]

You didn't quit.

[Lex P]

Shut up, girl.

[Dre]

You're not a quitter. Yeah, I know, but remember when you did that? Remember when you did. Remember we used to be on the red and black background, and you did that Tina Turner song, and you put that fucking wig on. And that was before she died. Why would you disrespect her like that?

[Lex P]

I would never disrespect her.

[Dre]

That wig.

[Lex P]

Let's go.

[Dre]

We gonna insert the clip. We gonna get Dee to insert the.

[Lex P]

Club, and we can. But let's talk about it. You know, that was the best wig that I had to represent her at the moment. Oprah Winfrey talked about how she had a Tina wig and they had to force her to take it off because she wanted that hairstyle. I didn't have a wig that matched.

[Dre]

You really love to lie. This is crazy. You've been lying the whole episode.

[Lex P]

No, Oprah. Had a wig.

[Dre]

I'm talking about your wig.

[Lex P]

I didn't have nothing to match it.

[Dre]

That wig was a good wig.

[Lex P]

No, it wasn't.

[Dre]

It was when you was wearing it. It was that blonde wig.

[Lex P]

I know, but it was.

[Dre]

It was a good wig, but it.

[Lex P]

Was worn out by then.

[Dre]

You let it get like that, and then you wore it on the episode to be funny.

[Lex P]

It wasn't funny.

[Dre]

Then why did you put it on?

[Lex P]

Because I was channeling her. I wasn't trying to be funny. I've actually never tried to be funny. I just do things and y' all be laughing at me, not with me. So when you put on scarves, it was a bra.

[Dre]

So when you put that bra your head. And so, Mary J. Blige, you wasn't trying to be funny.

[Lex P]

What I had. It was what I.

[Dre]

You didn't have a scarf? Not one.

[Lex P]

Didn't have one. I was struggling. Finances were not where I like for them to be, and I had to do what I had to do to make it.

[Dre]

That was a good time, though. Cuz people always say how the red and black episodes was, like, way more unhinged than these. I think that these are still funny.

[Lex P]

I mean, they're still funny, but we're different women. I think if you're growing with us, you're growing with us. I'm not.

[Dre]

I think you should bring the bra bag.

[Lex P]

No, I don't wear that size bra anymore.

[Dre]

I mean, you still got some T Gold.

[Lex P]

I do got some. What they used to say back in the day, T Gold bitty bitty chips. Yes, I do. But they were not. They're not like those now. Those were breasts. Breasts.

[Dre]

Them need a different name. That ain't even. Breasts don't suffice.

[Lex P]

You know?

[Sophie Cunningham]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

The red and black background top. I know. We ain't got to you yet. We coming. You want another one? That shit's good. You know what? Let's pause.

[Dre]

Yep.

[Lex P]

Cause this ain't no regular espresso. This ain't no. I'm espresso.

[Dre]

This is good, though.

[Lex P]

Connoisseur. Something different about this.

[Dre]

It got glitter in it. I did a little twist. So this is more like a pistachio Espresso Martini. Now, in mine, I use. We have. Y' all know I work for Crown Royal. We have a new Crown Royal Chocolate that just came out. It's so good inside of Espresso Martini. Even better. So I use Crown Chocolate in mine. Lex has vodka. Dre has some reposado tequila. We have some.

[Lex P]

Did I say the name.

[Dre]

Nope, I didn't. The name is going to be the Golden Grind. All right. Lex got her golds in. I garnished it with some gold espresso beans. So that's where we getting the gold from. So crown Royal chocolate coffee liqueur. And we have some espresso, and then we have some pistachio syrup. So that's where it's getting kind of that nuttiness to it. And that's kind of the twist on it. And then, yeah, we garnish it with those golden. Like, I put some edible glitter and the espresso beans, dipped it in that boom taste, got the golden grind.

[Lex P]

This is really good.

[Dre]

Yeah, it is good. You know, I had seen. That's what I was gonna say earlier. I seen a meme that said, be like, I love espresso martinis. Your breast stainless.

[Lex P]

Oh, yeah, do. That's the risk I'm willing to take from the coffee.

[Dre]

And when I was thinking about it, I said, when you drink an espresso martini, you gotta be. You could tasty. You be like, yeah, you got some gum. Yeah, I keep mints.

[Lex P]

You got a little meat on you. It's like my drink at the end of the night when I'm like, either if I'm with my friends, whatever, but if I'm with my man, I'm like, let me stay up so I can get it popping. But yeah, it's definitely a.

[Dre]

Why do coffee make everything stink?

[Lex P]

Everything stink. But it smells good in the air.

[Dre]

Oh, in the air. Just not in your air.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Cause that. I don't want to talk about funky breath. I've been tripping this whole episode, bro.

[Dre]

Did you smell it again recently?

[Lex P]

Remember the person that was sitting next to me at that place? It was a man that time. What place? You know.

[Dre]

Yes. Horrible again.

[Lex P]

Yes. Like, yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Dre]

Why don't I do. I would like to know. Why do you always smell people's breath?

[Lex P]

And I feel like I just never smell. You have a stronger nose than I do.

[Dre]

I do.

[Lex P]

I don't know. Because the fact that you didn't smell it that time was nuts. Cause that time was worse than the first time. Really? I said, you really don't give a fuck about nothing. But the other person.

[Dre]

Oh, God.

[Lex P]

I didn't smell that one. The other person. I didn't smell that one.

[Dre]

Cause they was both.

[Lex P]

You know how wrong people are gonna take this? Cause they gonna think we talking about something totally different, but it's cool. Oh, they are. And I'm So tired of that. Me too.

[Dre]

Cause we never said that.

[Lex P]

Never said that. Because it's not him. And I know they're gonna be like, oh, can we. You want to say it or no?

[Dre]

You should just clear the air.

[Lex P]

I am gonna clear the air. I have on my mother. I have never smelt ice's breath. And that's honest to God truth.

[Big Lone]

What's up, y'?

[Lex P]

All?

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[Lex P]

All.

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

I swear to God I have never smelled either. Every time I hug I love ice. Ice. I've been cool. I was actually cool with ice before I was with anybody over there and the person that I'm talking about, the only reason I didn't say who it was whenever me and Rory Ahmaud were talking about it, is because he's not in this world, and he's done something totally different. And I know. And he's moved on with his life. And I don't wanna, you know, bring him. Let that man be. I have never smelled. Every time actually, I've given Ice a hug, I'm like, damn, his cologne smell good. He fresh as hell. And I smell funky breath. It's a lot of people with funky breath. I have never. On my mother, on my soul. I've never smelled that man's breath.

[Dre]

Yeah. And, like, ever. I agree. I've never smelled his breath either. And the person that we was talking about, I really wish people knew who it was, because his breath did used to be real funky, like, and it's not used to.

[Lex P]

I know right now if we pulled up on that nigga. I know it's funky right now, but.

[Dre]

What if he got it removed?

[Lex P]

I ain't get. Unless he got a new jaw replacement.

[Dre]

No, I feel like it was a tooth like that. You said this before. You said whenever people got funky breath, you could tell whether it's liquor.

[Lex P]

Don't bring me. You did say this. Cause you made a good point.

[Dre]

It's one of the rare times I didn't side iu.

[Lex P]

You ain't have to add that in there, bitch. Sometimes you got to just get to the point. And don't add that in there.

[Dre]

You said it's either when people. You could tell the difference between when people been drinking, when they ate something funky, or when your breath just stank or if it's a medical issue. I feel like that was a medical issue.

[Lex P]

It was beyond that.

[Dre]

I think it was a medical issue. I think he had a tooth that.

[Lex P]

Yes. Cancer legs that n. Had a tumor, y'. All. Oh, oh, me nigga. The fuck is y' all talking about some awful. It was a tumor under that gum.

[Dre]

No, don't say that. I feel like he had, like, a.

[Lex P]

Oh, so I'm the bad guy.

[Dre]

Yes. He had, like, an abscess or he had, like, a rotten tooth, something that needed to be removed, and maybe he got it removed.

[Lex P]

I'm just glad he's removed from our lives.

[Dre]

Yeah. Facts. But some people breath just stank.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Dre]

They don't brush they tongue. They don't scrape their tongue.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Nah.

[Dre]

And then you could tell the difference between that or like, oh, bitch, you had too much vodka.

[Lex P]

You had too much to. Nah, you. You. You got personal there.

[Dre]

I did it.

[Lex P]

You know who drink vodka, bitch? I'm gonna let you throw one. You didn't let me fit it, and I'm not y'.

[Dre]

All. Was I not about to say tequila right afterwards?

[Lex P]

No, no. But who cut this off? Well, what, the other person? Beer? No, I was gonna say this now again. I have never even dread before you got your teeth done. Until now, I have never smelt your breath. Never. Now, has she had a little tequila breath? Sometimes. Yeah, we all do.

[Dre]

Cause I be drinking. Matter of fact, I. Give me another one.

[Lex P]

You ready? But I finally know what people talk about with veneer breath. I smelt veneer breath. Draya got the real veneers. You hoes trying to take a shortcut.

[Dre]

What's he against?

[Lex P]

And y' all need to take the long route.

[Dre]

Bitch, your daddy spit the bag.

[Lex P]

Yeah, these porcelain.

[Dre]

And these go way back to the back.

[Lex P]

That's what it is. Open that mouth, girl.

[Dre]

No, show me.

[Lex P]

Go to the back.

[Dre]

It do.

[Lex P]

Okay, it do. I'm sorry, girl, but it goes. But I.

[Sophie Cunningham]

What?

[Lex P]

Blue Ivy did it go to the back? Something ain't right in the back of their throat, bro.

[Dre]

Well, because a lot of people get veneers, and they get teeth put on top of rotten teeth. Like, if you go to a good orthodontist, they're going to do a whole assessment. They're gonna do a cleaning, they're gonna do a dental exam, they're gonna do X rays, and they're gonna let you know this is the dental work that you need to get done before you get veneers. Because, I mean, you still have teeth underneath the veneers.

[Lex P]

So remember those.

[Dre]

So if you need to get feelings, if you need to get a tooth extracted, if you need to do anything like that, they're gonna let you know if you're going to a good orthodontist. But a lot of the time, people don't want to do those things because that will cost even more money on top of what you have to pay for the veneers. So people just. And a lot of the reason that a lot of people go to Colombia, into other countries to get the veneers, is because it's cheaper to get porcelain veneers in other countries than it is here. Here, it's like 40,000, $50,000 if you go into a reputable.

[Lex P]

Yeah, they're getting them done here, and they stink.

[Dre]

They getting them done there and they stink. Because who you talking about got them done There.

[Lex P]

I didn't say that.

[Dre]

There's a lot of people that have got them done there. But the point that I'm making is people don't be getting the dental work done that they need to get done before they get to veneers. Because people don't be taking care of their teeth prior to them getting veneers. I feel like that's why I don't have veneer braids. Because I had good teeth.

[Lex P]

Beautiful teeth. Thank you. And now they. Beautiful herbs. Beautiful. Her beautifullies. The beautifulest.

[Dre]

But, yes, that's why people be having rotten teeth. And then if you have something, think about having something rotten in your mouth and then putting something on top of it.

[Lex P]

That's like when you put. Yeah, that's like when you put spray on funk. Yeah.

[Dre]

That's when you musty. And you just spray perfume. We can still smell that foam.

[Lex P]

We still smell that.

[Dre]

It's still hitting the fan.

[Lex P]

Yep. Yeah, that's all right. We can smell it now. We done did too much and it.

[Dre]

Ain'T making us on the gym.

[Lex P]

We gotta skip. We gonna save these two, tops. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. Yes. We didn't even do the two toppings. And that's fine, though.

[Dre]

You don't want to do one?

[Lex P]

No, we can save them because we got 16 more ep. 16. 16,000 more episodes to go.

[Dre]

This is a good topic.

[Lex P]

We can save it so we can be on time. For what? With our scheduling.

[Dre]

So now you as strict as fuck today. You the one that want us to talk about breaths for 10 minutes.

[Lex P]

Cause it needs to be talked about. Cause I had to clear my friend's.

[Dre]

Air, but I had to clear my.

[Lex P]

Friend'S air because they started doing it.

[Dre]

Again and I. Oh, they was definitely gonna assume that's who we was talking about, but the two people we was talking about is two different people.

[Lex P]

Yeah, well, it's three of them.

[Dre]

Three?

[Lex P]

Yes. Who? The third. I just told you.

[Dre]

I know. Two. But I'm saying the people we was talking about today is two different people. Not.

[Lex P]

Oh, yeah.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Okay. Yeah.

[Dre]

Not that person.

[Lex P]

Yeah, you right. We can't. You.

[Dre]

You is crazy.

[Lex P]

I'll take another espresso.

[Dre]

I'll personally think we should do topic number two, because that goes along with what we was.

[Lex P]

Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.

[Dre]

Go. Go ahead. Wait.

[Lex P]

Go ahead. Why are you looking like that's all right?

[Dre]

You looking like that? Cause of me or.

[Lex P]

Go ahead.

[Dre]

I feel like reinvention is a really good topic because it goes along with what I just said earlier, as far as people saying how we were different on the red and black background, like, I think that goes with the same conversation. So I think that's a good topic to talk about because people are always saying how people are different are always not the same. And then, you know, we just did Joe's podcast and then that aired recently, and people were in the comments underneath that clip where we were talking about us wanting to get a deal and we were talking about, like, our relationships and all of these, or the fact that we don't talk about our relationships. And people were like, well, the sad thing is, if y' all do end up getting a crazy deal, a multi million dollar deal, they're gonna want to water y' all down and y' all not going to still be able to be authentic and raw and be your.

[Lex P]

So I think, like, reinvention is a good topic. Somebody also said in the comments, I don't care if they offer y' all a billion dollars, don't sell. Hey, babe, y' all gonna be watching Lex B. And Dreanny Nicole for real. I'm not gonna be here. Shit. Finna get sold, bitch. Hey, but this is the thing, okay? But I do think a reinvention is a part of life, right? Y' all look at it as reinvention. I look at it as growing. I say this all the time. I use her as an example because I witnessed it. I am a media girly, right? Pop culture girly. I specifically remember Kurt Loder. I'm getting too old and deep in my bag, he had did an interview and doing some documentary on mtv. They literally did an interview and they were talking about how Madonna and LL Cool J @ the time were the only, like, real. Like, at that time, they knew how to reinvent themselves to be relevant. This is when he dropped. Head sprung. No, I'm serious. Cartloader did a whole interview about it. Because reinvention is important. That's why It's a lot of, like, influencers that were popping in the 2012s-16s that we don't see nowadays. You have to keep up with the times, but also be authentic to yourself. Madonna did that. Do you know how hard. I mean, we know how hard it is. Madonna was relevant not only in the 80s and the 90s and the early 2000s. She spanned over some decades. Bitch. Thank you, Tara. So when I look at people like that, I'm like, okay, I have to stay with the times, but I also have to update my sound. If it's 2025, you can't make music that was cool in 2010. Yeah. So I get it. But you're also growing as a person too. So you have to stay true to yourself, but also update it and make it tailored to you so you're being so. I think that we have done an amazing job. Yes. I'm not as we. If you watch this show and say we still not. We are definitely unhinged. Thanks. Unhinged. Is it giving the same? No. Mm. But I'm not supposed to be the same. You know what I'm saying? But I think I've grown. I've.

[Dre]

Grown. Why are you rubbing yourself like. Like, this is the sheets that I be talking.

[Lex P]

About. I was positioning myself so you.

[Dre]

Could feel my grownness, but I already could tell you've grown. My thing is, I think that in each area of life, like, in each era. I didn't say mean to say area. I meant to say era. In each era of your life, like, you're supposed to grow and evolve. Like, that's what makes us human. You supposed to be constantly changing and growing. When people think that you're supposed to stay the same, that's crazy to me. You okay with being stagnant like you expect yourself? Especially people who are younger than us, you know, who have been watching us. Do you want to be the same person right now? You're 26. You want to be the same person at 34 that you are at 26? I will hope you've grown and changed and evolved. I will hope your mindset, your ideologies, the things that you believe have grown and evolved with your age. If you still the same person seven years later, eight years later, that's a.

[Lex P]

Problem. Well, and.

[Dre]

I. But some people are. They are the same. So that's the other side of.

[Lex P]

It. Well, I do think, too, I like to think that maybe this is people that are catching up on the show. Right. I like to think. Because you gotta realize it's so many people out there that still don't know us. So sometimes I think the people that are making these comments are people that are catching up the OGs. It be people in my comments that I've recognized and I see they've been commenting for years. It ain't them that's making those comments.

[Dre]

Though. Well, that's what I was gonna say. That's why I'm not so much talking about the show. I think the show is a good example. Yeah, but I just mean in general.

[Lex P]

People.

[Dre]

Yeah. Like, you don't want to grow and Evolve and change. What about you as a person? You okay with being the same your whole life? Like, and if you switch up, then you feel like. Do you feel like you're a hypocrite? I always wonder, if people were in the same shoes as other people that they comment on or people that they look up to, would you feel the same way about.

[Lex P]

Yourself?

[Dre]

No. Like, would you feel like, oh, you switching up. You changing. Even when people get offered a certain amount of money? And then, like, they were saying in the comments, like, oh, well, y' all might have to switch up the subject matter. It'll be more watered down. Would you not accept the money and, like, switch it up a little bit? Or would you be super strict about saying, not.

[Lex P]

You. I'm saying no. Yeah, No, I get what you're saying. But I'm saying I think that's why this works. Cause we gonna do what the fuck we gonna do. And it's gonna grow at the pace it's supposed to. Y' all be trying to rush it. If I have to get a deal where I can't just do this. Cause this is what I wanna.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Do.

[Lex P]

Yeah. One thing I learned about myself, I don't like doing things. That feels like a chore and a job to.

[Dre]

Me.

[Lex P]

Yeah. And I'm so blessed that my job is fun. I love coming to record. Me and Dre had a conversation, and I said, this is probably the best part of the job. Sitting down on the couch and doing this. This is the best part about it. Love, Lex P. I love it. Cause I get to just bake jokes, and there's no judgment we can do. So this is the best part about it. So if I have to change anything about the show, that's just. Y' all missing out. Y' all network's gonna miss out. We getting a million views a month. Y' all missing out. Hey. A million views a month. And that's on video only. Come on, now. Y' all missing.

[Dre]

Out. And what do Atlanta people be saying? And that ain't no.

[Lex P]

Cap. You better hop on. You better hop on this train. Pop it. You better. Cause the price only every day goes past. The price is going up. Yeah. So I say all that to say I'm not doing nothing for nobody. I'm just sitting here chatting with my best friend. But y' all don't know how to do that. Cause y' all get on social media and try to. Oh, this is what people like to see this. Yeah. Of course I'm gonna tailor things and be like, okay, they wanna hear about this. They don't wanna hear about us talking about relationship topics. Cool. We don't gotta talk about that. It's 30 other things to talk.

[Dre]

About and we can talk about all of.

[Lex P]

Them. All of.

[Dre]

Them. That's what makes us very versatile.

[Lex P]

Though.

[Dre]

Yeah. And what makes us a little different. Cause we can talk about everything. It don't just gotta be about relationship.

[Lex P]

Topics. That's why they was like, oh, you gotta switch up. No, I don't. I done seen the girls that are talking about the same stuff. Stuff. I'm not going too much shit today, but it's coming. I'm. I'm very patient. I'm not trying to be.

[Dre]

Funny. I ain't that.

[Lex P]

Patient. But no, I say this because I say poor minds is what we're on. Year what, 6, 7, 8, 9.

[Dre]

10? 7.

[Lex P]

7. Love Lex P. In eight weeks is going to be a year. A year I've been doing. Love Lex P. No week.

[Dre]

Skips.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Yeah. You think I'm not going to get 50 million for this and another 10, 20 mil for that? I know I am. And I'm a wage. I got all the time in the world. I ain't going nowhere. I walks my miles every day. Heart healthy. Healthy as an ox, bitch. I got.

[Dre]

Time. An ox is.

[Lex P]

Crazy. I'm just.

[Dre]

Saying. Okay, so what do you think is the biggest difference between you now and.

[Lex P]

Then? I think the biggest difference between me now and then is just. It sounds cliche and it sounds corny, but it is.

[Dre]

Time. And you learn or who you were, shall I.

[Lex P]

Say? I learned. I learned to do what makes me happy, what keeps me level. Not being a people pleaser. A lot of times I feel like. I used to feel like I had to do this for this person. I had to do that. And it's still an ongoing thing for me that I'm still learning. But I think also it's just kind of like accepting people to where they are. I used to be like, oh, my gosh, this person wants me to be this way. I gotta do that. Or, oh, my gosh, he's not doing this. He's not doing that. You know what? Hey, you cool, but you not the type of person I wanna be around. Cause you don't make me feel good. And that's okay. You're not a bad person. I just don't feel good around you. So let me go and be around things that make me feel good and let me just slow down and enjoy life. I enjoy life. And I used to feel Like, I was spreading myself thin. You know what I'm saying? Like, just doing too much, trying to make this person happy, make this person happy, make this person laugh. I don't know how to do nothing but be me. Know how many times I see comments? Oh, Alexa, so loud. Oh, Lexus so this, Lexus so that. And I try to change myself for a lot of people just so I could fit in. And then I was like, look how unhappy you are. So I look back on the red and black background, and they like, oh, my God, she was this and she was that. That's cool that y' all like that. But that was an unhappy girl. Yeah, that was an extremely unhappy person. Now, this is what you get. And that's why I've been able to get more comfortable on this couch and have these moments and. Cause I'm really me. I'm not turning my volume down. I'm not not posting this. I'm not not. This is me. If you fuck with it, let's ride. And if you don't, you.

[Dre]

Don'T.

[Lex P]

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I think so. That's the biggest difference. I'm comfortable in my skin. Y' all are seeing Alex that's comfortable in her skin now versus the red and black. You were seeing somebody that was very performative, extremely performative. And then y' all be like, oh, the funniest people be the saddest. Yeah, that's what y' all was seeing. Yeah, that's what y' all be asking for. I'm not going back to that. I'm not tap dancing for y'. All. If I want to have a moment and talk and be serious, I'm going to do that. I used to feel like I. Every. Every fucking conversation had to be a joke. Everything had to be a ball. Everything. I got to crack a joke. I got to be silly. No, you can have a balance. And that's why poor minds is so great, because we can crack some jokes and we can have a serious conversation. I'm not performing no more. I'm being.

[Dre]

Myself.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Because I can't do nothing else. I can't. I can't. I don't know how to. Especially not now. I'm a tap dance a little bit. Billion dollars, that 50 billion. I'm a tap dance a little bit. Hey, a tap.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Dance.

[Lex P]

Go. You gonna get a little shuffle, bitch. But you know what I'm saying? What about.

[Dre]

You? I think I'm more considerate than I used to be. Especially of, like, really telling people that they can fucking kiss.

[Lex P]

It. Kiss.

[Dre]

What? And suck.

[Lex P]

It. Suck.

[Dre]

What? Everything. Just.

[Lex P]

Y'.

[Dre]

All. But I feel like I don't say that no more. Not as much as I used to, because I really used to feel that way. Because I just feel like we get so. Like, people are so judgmental towards us all the time and so critical of everything about you, everything about me, about your personality, about mine. They always trying to dissect everything about you, about me, about our relationship and trying to figure us out. And it's. It just always becomes like these think pieces and shit. And I feel like I used to be way more of a person when I was younger to be like, fuck all you.

[Lex P]

Hoes.

[Dre]

You. Y' all don't gotta like.

[Lex P]

Us. Yeah. For real, though.

[Dre]

Yeah. Now I'm just kind of more considerate. I still say it every once in a while. Cause sometimes hoes take me.

[Big Lone]

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[Lex P]

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[Big Lone]

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[Lex P]

Y'.

[Big Lone]

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[Lex P]

There.

[Big Lone]

Mmm. Yeah, that taste always hit the right note. Just like the band at halftime. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere, and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the place, no matter the moment, everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride.

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[Dre]

O.com. So you're telling me that the AI that's meant to make everyone's job easier to manage, just adds more to manage. On top of the thousands of apps the IT department already manages. Funny how that works. Any business can add AI. IBM helps you scale and manage AI to change how you do business. Let's create Smile to Business IBM. But it's very far and few in between that. I do it because I try to be more conscious of the fact that, like, people are just.

[Lex P]

Unhappy a.

[Dre]

Lot of the time and it's projection and so I just can't take everything personal. When people think that they know some tea or they think that they know what's going on between me and you, or they think they know us or think they know our relationship, like, this is your entertainment. This is probably what, like, brings you joy, brings you some type of peace. Even being messy on the Internet, like, you probably make you feel happy and make you feel like you important. Even when I'm responding to.

[Lex P]

You.

[Dre]

Yeah. Or.

[Lex P]

When. Or if they feel like there's tension between us, they'd be like, yes, I knew that they hated each other, but this. They're projecting, though. Cause y' all hate y' all friends. Y' all be around people that y' all really low key don't like. So you expect. Because your friend might do something to you and be shady if I say something to her. I'm not being shady. I'm.

[Dre]

Laughing. I have like, we are.

[Lex P]

So. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's never. If there is a real issue, I promise you it ain't finna be duked.

[Dre]

Out. And I think I just look.

[Lex P]

Shady. You be like.

[Dre]

This. I just be looking like that. I can't help it, though. Like, I just be looking like that. But it really don't mean.

[Lex P]

Me. I know.

[Dre]

You. No, I know you do. That's why I'm not like. But again, I just feel like you would have to know me to understand in real life, I'm such a nice, kind person. Like, I really don't be meaning nothing by the way I be looking. It's just how I be like my face and you be saying some crazy, crazy. Sometimes I just be looking like, lex, what the is you talking about? But again, I feel like I have more consideration for people because I don't feel like I think you could change consciously, like you could want to change or I think sometimes, like life pushes you into changing. And I think that for me, I didn't consciously change as a person. I think life just kind of pushed me into.

[Lex P]

It. For.

[Dre]

Sure. Yeah. I think it Was never like a thing where I'm like, oh, I' ma change this about myself. Because when I was younger, to be honest, you just could not tell me about myself. Like, I just used to feel like wasn't nothing wrong with how I was. This is.

[Lex P]

Me. You so.

[Dre]

Stupid. I mean, it's. But you're laughing because you know it's true. And I really did used to feel that way. And that's such, like a bad way to think because you need to always constantly grow and evolve and be able to see the error in your ways and feel like you. It's always something that you can change. It's always something that you could do better. But when I was younger, I never used to think that. Like, I just used to feel like I'm fine the way I am, like, I don't need to change this. But I think certain things happening to me in my life from, like losing my dad, going through loss, going through grief, you know, having financial issues, just all type of things made me change as a person. And now I just kind of have more empathy for people and more consideration. And I think that's something that I didn't have when I was.

[Lex P]

Younger. Do you think that money has changed you now that you're like, in what way? Like, now that you are successful? Like, not only do you have two successful businesses. Yeah. Do you feel like it's changed you a little bit, like, to where you're like.

[Dre]

Unrelatable? I think people thought I was unrelatable back then. Yeah, people have always thought I was unrelatable on the show. Like, if we're talking about being relatable, I think you've always been the more person that's deemed relatable. Like, people never thought I was relatable even back then, just because of my experiences. Because if I'm being honest, prior to me becoming successful, I've always had unrelatable experience, life experiences that I think have made me have a different perception of or outlook on what life is supposed to look like and the things that's supposed to happen. Even when it comes to, like, dating standards and stuff like that. I don't know. But even growing up just with my parents and stuff, I don't think that I've necessarily had, like, a lot of relatable experiences. Like for my first, when I turned 16, I got my dream car. What was.

[Lex P]

He? I talked about it on the.

[Dre]

Show. Oh, well, it was this 05 Nissan Altima that I wanted so.

[Lex P]

Bad. And that's when the Ultimas was Yeah, baby. I. My sister got an ultima. Yeah, I know the same one you talking about. I used to whip that.

[Dre]

Like. Yeah. And this was like in 08, this is like in 07 or 08. And it was like my dream car. And it was exactly what I asked my parents for. They went and got it for me. It had like a bold sound system, it had leather seats, heated seats, heated. It was a fire ass car, especially for like a 16 year old. But I think I've always had like these kind of grandeur experiences even since I was a kid. And that's. It transferred over into adulthood. And I think that's why I had like a mentality of life's supposed to go my way and I get anything that I want because my parents kind of always when.

[Lex P]

I. But I also think that the good thing about you though, and not a lot of people have this because a lot of people, they tend to be like, oh yeah. Cause we're over here and y' all are over.

[Dre]

There.

[Lex P]

Yeah. And you've never been that way because there's a lot of funky ass people in this industry too that really act like that. Like they be feeling like, oh, because I've been over here for so long. But it's like we're all human. If I cut you, you gonna bleed red just like me. And I cannot stand that feeling. Like you over here, I'm over here, I'm better than you. And I can say that for you. You've never had that kind of attitude because people be funky, people be.

[Dre]

Nasty and people be rude. But I feel like it doesn't matter sometimes. At least sometimes I feel like it don't matter because even though I do agree with you, I don't think that's how people perceive.

[Lex P]

Me. No, people don't perceive you like.

[Sophie Cunningham]

That. They.

[Dre]

Don'T. Well, I'm saying they don't perceive me in the way that you just said though, like that I'm not like.

[Lex P]

Oh, you think people perceive you? Like you be like.

[Dre]

Yeah. Cause I just think people be feeling some type of way about people who be knowing. And one thing about me, I have a lot of confidence and I'm very self assured. Like I don't need assurance from people. I know who I am, I know what I want, I'm confident in the things that I want. And a lot of the time I end up having my way. And I just think people don't like people who know that and say that. And so they convince themselves that you think you better when in reality, no. I just know what I want. I'm confident in what I want. I know what my standards are. I'm not willing to bend. And that's just me that don't have nothing to do with.

[Lex P]

You. Right. And that's. And that's what I know about.

[Dre]

You. Yeah, that's what I'm.

[Lex P]

Saying. That's what I know about you. But it's a lot of people that actually are what people assume that you are. Yeah, I guess a lot of people that actually are nasty and they do think they better and they do try to look down on people and they do want to make people feel so little. But there's a lot of people that stand 10 toes down. You can never make them feel.

[Dre]

Little. But you know what I've realized and I talk to my best friend about this all the time because she grew up in a two parent household too, and her dad like always took care of her and her mom and made sure that they were straight, similar to me. And it's just like people want to believe that you think that you're better when in reality it's not that you're just used to a certain standard. Like even with the standards I have for men, I feel like I have these standards because I grew up seeing how my dad treated my mom. And so I don't really want to accept nothing. And my dad treated me that way in turn because he loved my mom so much. He treated me just like he treated my mom. And I feel like I have the standards that I have for myself because of what I've seen and what I've experienced. So I know it's possible because I've seen other women be treated that way. It's not like a fantasy. Men will try to make you feel like you have this fairy tale ideology of what you want out of a relationship. But what if I seen exactly how I want a man to treat me? What if I seen it in my.

[Lex P]

Dad? She said your fantasy, my man reality. Yeah, she said.

[Dre]

That. I mean, she not.

[Lex P]

Wrong. I mean, it's.

[Dre]

True. But men will try to make you feel that way. And sometimes women too will try to make you feel like, oh, you delusional, you think you gonna get this? And this. Somebody called me spoiled in our comments the other day because we were talking about relationships and like how women be settling. Remember that clip where we were talking about women settling and how like a lot of the time women are afraid to say what they want so they'll just settle for something and then you Were talking about how women will say to other women, like, they'll be married, but they'll be like, oh, you shouldn't marry this person. And I was like, I don't really be giving a fuck about what they be talking about. Because if you feel that way, why not divorce the nigga? And so it was like a few people that was like, dre is just spoiled. She's speaking from pretty privilege. Am I speaking from pretty.

[Lex P]

Privilege? Yeah, you are, but that's also okay.

[Dre]

Too. But I don't be feeling that way. Cause if I wasn't pretty, then would it just be me having.

[Lex P]

Confidence? Yeah, that's what they do.

[Dre]

Too. Cause I hate when people try to throw that in there and make things about how you look. It's plenty of women out there who think the same way that I do. And society wouldn't deem them gorgeous or.

[Lex P]

Pretty. Right. But they be like, oh, you're so confident and things worked out for you. But like I said, two things can be.

[Dre]

True. Yeah, that's what I'm.

[Lex P]

Saying. Cause you weren't 100%. You were 100% right in everything you said. But it be two sides of the coin. People either want to listen to you cause you're beautiful, or people want.

[Dre]

To feel like they want to dismiss.

[Lex P]

It. They want to dismiss it because you're beautiful. It ain't no way around it. You know what I'm.

[Dre]

Saying? So do you be feeling that way, though? Do you feel like money have changed.

[Lex P]

You? You know, my experiences were a little different. Cause I grew up extremely spoiled. Bad though. Like, I grew up so spoiled. I was a little bit disconnected, right? So I'm that dumb ass kid that was like, started from the bottom. Now we're here knowing I had everything. So when I. I'm not gonna lie. When I was broke as fuck, it was a choice. Cause my mom was like, bitch, bring your stupid ass home. And I was like, no, I gotta make it. I got to make it on my own.

[Dre]

Mom. But that's good.

[Lex P]

Though. I mean, but it shaped me. So I don't think money changed me. Cause, I mean, like, it's never something that I. I grew up. My mom had the Louis Vuitton luggage. I had the pool in my backyard. My birthdays were extravagant events. I had the house, we used to host Thanksgiving. I don't think money has changed me, because money don't faze me. That's why I know money comes and goes, though. And that's what it taught me. Because I had so much Even when I was, like, broke, before I moved to Atlanta, I didn't have a great job, but I was living with my sister in this beautiful home, and she didn't make me pay no rent. I literally paid my sister like, $200 a month. She was like, whatever, girl. Half the time, I just didn't pay it to her because I didn't care. And I was working at a strip club, making all these. I didn't. I never had responsibility until I moved to Atlanta. So I say all that to say is the best thing it taught me. It didn't change me. It just taught me that money comes and goes. I know you can get it in abundance, and I know you can lose it in abundance. And I know it don't make nothing because I'm the same person I've always been. It's just a little more people know me now, and I can pay my bills on time. Yeah, I'm still the same person. That's why everybody from dreams, they still fuck with me because I ain't changed nothing. You know what I'm saying? And that's why I be like. Y' all be acting like money. I love money, and I want it. I want that deal. I'm not saying that, but what I'm saying is it don't change who I am. Because just as quickly as you can get it. I done seen it. I worked in the strip club. I see all these athletes coming in, sitting.

[Dre]

Spending.

[Lex P]

Yeah. And then 10, not even 10 years later, five years later, that same come in. Ain't got. Can't even get a waitress to look at him. I'll walk up to him, you want some wings, cuz? Damn, they hoeing you in here. But I'mma help you out however, you know what I'm.

[Dre]

Saying? I mean, I've always said the way I look at it, money just amplifies who you.

[Lex P]

Are. Yep.

[Dre]

Yep. That's really it. So I think if you are a shitty person at your core, because some people be terrible people just in general, from their upbringing to their beliefs, to how they look at life, to how they treat people, they be terrible people. And then when they get money, it just amplifies.

[Lex P]

It. You turn into.

[Dre]

Diarrhea. Yeah. Or some people be a product of their environment, too. Like you. Not necessarily a bad person at your core, but because of the things that you've been through, life has hardened you, and it's made you handle situations in a not so favorable way. And then you got people that are great people. So the more Money that they get, they be giving it away. They be donating it. They be doing a lot of philanthropy. They just are helping people around them. They buying houses for all of their family members. They doing X, Y, and Z because they don't look at it like the money is just for me. They look at it like. Like it's something to help everybody that's in proximity to them. I just think money amplifies the person that you are. And so that's when I think that money doesn't really change people. Yeah, it depends on who you.

[Lex P]

Are. I got money. I got.

[Dre]

This. And we went to the discount mall to get.

[Lex P]

That. They said y' all was in the flea.

[Dre]

Market. I said. And we was, hell, yeah. And I'm mad. I lost. I lost.

[Lex P]

Mine. You know, I knew you was going to lose.

[Dre]

Yours. How did you.

[Lex P]

Know? Remember we talked about it? I said, you gonna put your shit in a napkin or something? I said.

[Dre]

That. And I.

[Lex P]

Did. I said that when we first went, oh, who you want to talk.

[Dre]

To? Yeah, but I don't have the top.

[Lex P]

Two. Don't hit as hard as that bottom.

[Dre]

One. It don't. And I just be kind of afraid I'm gonna go get another bottom one. But I just be kind of scared. Cause since I have veneers, like, I be scared it's gonna scratch.

[Lex P]

It. These teeth probably need to be scratched a little.

[Dre]

Bit. But I do have one more.

[Lex P]

Question. All right.

[Dre]

What do you feel like rebranding yourself is like a power move or a defense.

[Lex P]

Mechanism?

[Dre]

Both. How.

[Lex P]

So? It depends on what you doing it.

[Dre]

For. That's what I'm saying. How.

[Lex P]

So? So I feel like rebranding is a power move in the sense that this is who I am now, and I need y' all to follow suit.

[Dre]

Bitches. And I'm asking because I feel like people don't like our.

[Lex P]

Rebrand. They don't. But they do. They.

[Dre]

Don'T. But they.

[Lex P]

Do. They don't like it, but they fucking like it because we.

[Dre]

Different. And it was a silent.

[Lex P]

Rebrand. Cause guess.

[Dre]

What? You put my drink down.

[Lex P]

Short. You hoes and you bitches and you niggas and you. Y' all be doing a rebrand, and that shit stinks. Yeah, Y' all be making a whole announcement to rebrand, and you still doing the.

[Dre]

Same. What you say? A whole announcement.

[Lex P]

Campaign. You know what I. Y' all.

[Dre]

Know what I thought, Tasha. I thought she said, po ass niggas. That, too. That, too.

[Lex P]

Though. That too. Because why. I don't gotta tell You. I'm.

[Dre]

Changing. Yeah, just do.

[Lex P]

It. I'm not finna tell you. I'm finna.

[Dre]

Lose.

[Lex P]

Yeah. I'm not gonna tell you. I'm getting a bbl. I'm not gonna tell you. I'm getting these chair that's.

[Dre]

Done. I'm just doing and pop out on y' all.

[Lex P]

Ass. Everybody wanna say they pop out. Y' all don't pop out. We pop.

[Dre]

Out. Y' all pop out now. We do pop.

[Lex P]

Out. We done fuck pop.

[Dre]

Out. We done pop out.

[Lex P]

Pop. That's what we.

[Big Lone]

Did.

[Lex P]

Top. We showed up in a new.

[Dre]

Studio. Popped.

[Lex P]

Out. We showed up, we had a bartender, we got a photographer. You know, we got. The sound was bad. We got the audio. Right. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it and move into it. It's a defense mechanism because you not being your true self in front of these cameras. And now the people that used to love you, they all hate you now. We done lost some people along the way.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Facts. But we done gained a lot on the way too. Because I'm being my authentic self at the end of the day. Y' all can't ever say me and Drea sat on this couch and was.

[Dre]

Fake. Yeah, you can't do it or lied about.

[Lex P]

Anything.

[Dre]

Well. Well, not.

[Lex P]

Me. I' ma lie a little bit sometimes. I didn't eat a.

[Dre]

Salad. This be.

[Lex P]

Lying. Sometimes I'm a. I ain't gonna tell the truth. Sometimes me and my nigga not talking. And I'll be.

[Dre]

Like. Not a lot of times too.

[Lex P]

Though. I mean, because sometimes it be stuff that's not they business.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Me and my nigga broke up. I'm not telling y' all.

[Dre]

That. I be lying about omission for.

[Lex P]

Sure. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And sometimes it's soft out they business. But what I'm saying is, when it comes to us and when we have an opinion about something, we telling the truth. Personality never change. We not sitting here.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Like, so.

[Lex P]

Yeah, y' all be rebranding. Cause you think it's finna change something, but you not changing yourself. You just trying to do something. Y' all just be trying to do shit. Y' all just be doing shit just to do it. Just to make an announcement. It's a they. Y' all just be doing.

[Dre]

Shit. I don't be even thinking that it'd be to make an announcement. I do think that it'd be like a defense mechanism because people don't like them. Why are you laughing? Because I'M not laughing because people, you gotta think about it. If people don't like who you are, it's like, okay, let me try to change these, Let me switch this up. Because maybe if I switch it to this, to what they're saying that I need to switch it to, then maybe it'll get more people to come in and more.

[Lex P]

People. That's so.

[Dre]

Stupid. But I think that's why people do it. I do think it's a different.

[Lex P]

Defense thing, you know, if I start.

[Dre]

I think it's more of a defense.

[Lex P]

Thing. I, I, I definitely agree with you though. But it's so stupid because you cannot be nothing but.

[Dre]

Yourself. I.

[Lex P]

Disagree. Why don't you want to be just.

[Dre]

Yourself? I'm not disagreeing that. Why shouldn't you want to be? But I disagree that you can't be. It's people who build whole lives and whole identities off of being someone else. Being who they think the public is going to like more, being who they think is going to be more digestible. People do that all the time and it works for them too. Because the, the, the disadvantage that we have and that a lot of media personalities have, in my opinion, is that it's media. So if you're not being yourself at some point, it's gonna come.

[Lex P]

Out. Yeah, for.

[Dre]

Sure. It's hard to try to put up a facade when you have to sit on camera and talk all the time.

[Lex P]

Right? Yeah, but when you.

[Dre]

Drink. But in other, but in other categories of media and entertainment, I feel like it's easy to like create a Persona that's not you when it comes to like being a.

[Lex P]

Artist. Oh, for.

[Dre]

Sure. Yeah. Because you don't really have to talk that much. You can choose to talk if you want to. You can if you don't want to suit. You want another.

[Lex P]

One? Well, since you.

[Dre]

Asked, but no, for real. Like I feel like in, in being a artist is just a little different. Like you don't, if you are that talented of an artist, you don't never got to speak at all. And that's why we always talk about how back in the day, 20 years ago, you had to write in fan letters, like you had to see your favorite artist in a once of a one, once a year interview. In order to get some insight on a personality, you had to read a word up article. We had them word up posters on our walls because that's as close as you was gonna get to knowing anything about these people. Now they be online and I think that's why a lot of People.

[Big Lone]

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[Lex P]

Y'.

[Big Lone]

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[Dre]

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[Lex P]

Late. You.

[Dre]

Corny. Yeah, if you just kept putting the music out, we wouldn't know none of.

[Lex P]

That. Damn. Sometimes you gotta stop fucking talking. Podcasting ain't for everybody. Talking ain't for everybody. You gotta know how to.

[Dre]

Talk. But even with us, I feel like. And that's why sometimes people think we switched up. Cause we've learned not when to.

[Lex P]

Talk, but we still.

[Dre]

Talk. We do still talk, but we also know not when to talk. Me and you done had a few conversations about this off camera. Yeah, I'm not gonna get into it on camera. But just saying, like, we. We've talked about it. Like, we know, like, it's certain things we just don't need to speak on. And if we. We are gonna speak on it, we gonna keep it cute. People don't be understanding.

[Lex P]

It. Yeah, they don't understand that. But. But I think that's just who we are too, though. Cause in real life, there be certain shit where we keep it cute. And that's. In real life, though. It be certain times where we be keeping it fucking cute even before we made it. It be certain times we see people that maybe necessarily we don't like, and we just be like.

[Dre]

Girl. Cause we don't like a lot of.

[Lex P]

People. That's what I'm saying. And we pay them in duds. We've always been that way. Hey, Boo. Yeah, that's what that man told us on TikTok. Hey, boo. And then he read us the.

[Dre]

Fifth. Me and lace love to hear somebody with a hey.

[Lex P]

Boo. Hey, Boo. If I hit you with that hable, that's how he hit.

[Dre]

Us. That can't be our move no more.

[Lex P]

Now. He's the president. What was.

[Dre]

His. He's the president of the poor.

[Lex P]

Crew. He is the president of the poor crew. Let me shout him out. Because he read us to filth. He said, hey, Boo. He said, y' all specifically. Lex, stop saying we wanted these people on this.

[Dre]

Show. Cause it be Lex every.

[Lex P]

Time. Oh, my.

[Dre]

God. The poor.

[Lex P]

Crew. They. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they.

[Dre]

Do. I just give people an.

[Lex P]

Intro. There you go. Trey Jerome TV. That's his YouTube shout out to. He's on TikTok at. I am Trey Jerome. I need y' all to hear this. Hey, Boo. Though. Cause it's so. It's a nasty. Hey, Boo. Hey, Boo. This video is for the poor M cast and the poor M cast only. Okay? On behalf of Poor Crew, as we enter 2026, we are officially issuing.

[Dre]

The set of rules, request, request and.

[Big Lone]

Level regulations for our favorite duo, Dre.

[Dre]

And Legs of Poor.

[Big Lone]

Minds. Okay, we're going to start with guest limit. You guys are only allowed 20.

[Lex P]

Guests for the entire year. Now there are.

[Dre]

52. We gotta ration it out next week. Next.

[Lex P]

Week. No guests, no.

[Big Lone]

Interruptions. Just the raw, unfiltered, poor mind energy we live.

[Dre]

For.

[Lex P]

Okay? Secondly, we won unhinged episodes. We understand y' all rich, y'.

[Big Lone]

All famous now and all of that.

[Lex P]

But we still need y' all to have the black and brown, black and.

[Big Lone]

Red background energy for at least three.

[Lex P]

Episodes. Okay? Third. Permanently. All right. We gonna cut it off. Cut that off. Cut that off at the end. And that's why I was like, you letting this play for too long. Cuz.

[Dre]

He. About. Cuz I already knew what he was gonna say. Okay, we gonna cut that.

[Lex P]

Out. But that got 30,000 likes, cuz.

[Dre]

That'S how much people like.

[Lex P]

Us. 161,000 views, y' all is. But we gotta listen to them. One thing about us, though, we.

[Dre]

Listen to our audience because we love them. I love the people that love us. And I can accept constructive criticism. You know what? I said that I wasn't like that no more. Because I was about to say, but you hoes. You see that? I used to be talking about this. But no, anyways, I definitely. I feel like it's. It's. You need to rebrand. It's a good thing. It's. It's definitely a power move.

[Lex P]

Too. It is a power move, but do it, like.

[Dre]

Discreetly.

[Lex P]

Yeah. You know how Beyonce just. She just did. Wasn't no announcement. She just did it. Just do.

[Dre]

It. So which one? More of a power move defense.

[Lex P]

Mechanism. Both. That's what I.

[Dre]

Say. I think it's a little bit of.

[Lex P]

Both. That's why I say it's.

[Dre]

Both. Depend on the.

[Lex P]

Person. It depends on. We did it as a power move. They doing it as a. Hey. All right, now it's time to get into the bed.

[Dre]

Bow. The bed. The bed. Bow, bow, bow, bow.

[Lex P]

Bell.

[Dre]

Now. I.

[Lex P]

Just. I just got these.

[Dre]

Grills.

[Lex P]

Okay. Yes. It's a new addition. So it's two things I want to talk about. I want to talk about what you said giving with your girls in. Because Lizzo said that on the Mona Leo.

[Dre]

Song. And I said, ooh, she ate on.

[Lex P]

That. Oh, we gonna talk about Lizzo features on the bop of the week. And we gonna get into that because it's serious. But I will say, I have not gave head with my grills in. Cause I feel like head's supposed to be gummy. But I will say, n love grills. Love it. They do. I mean, when I put these grills in, you would've thought I was draining the cold. I be feeling like a man when I walk through. You are nuts. I'm telling you. They be on my.

[Dre]

Body. They be on your body.

[Lex P]

Anyway. I mean, they do. But you know what I'm saying, when I walk through with that grill, though, on my body, I'm acting bad. I'm not acting bad. I still go to bed, but I'm like, niggas like that yeah, it be. But you know what it is? It's the type of niggas that I like that like the.

[Dre]

Grill. I don't know if I'm drunk or hyper, and it's the.

[Lex P]

Problem. So how you feel? Cause I know, you know, things happen with the.

[Dre]

Grill. I lost it. You could say. What.

[Lex P]

Happened? I didn't want to say it. I said it already. Well, I didn't want to bring it up. It's.

[Dre]

Okay. Still recovering, but I lost it. And I'mma get another one. I'm a little sad because I don't want to pay for another.

[Lex P]

One. I don't.

[Dre]

Either. You don't have.

[Lex P]

To. Oh, I mean, I don't want that for.

[Dre]

You. I know. But I liked it. Cause I.

[Lex P]

Agree. And.

[Dre]

Then. Cause when we was wearing them for the first time, we was in Houston, and we was in Houston for the weekend, and, like, that's our.

[Lex P]

Thing. I got going nuts. Shout out. Shout out to.

[Dre]

Paul. But, like, everybody was like, oh, y' all look good. We was like, yeah. And I couldn't help it. The whole weekend, every video, I was.

[Lex P]

Like. I was doing that in New York. I was like, yeah. Oh.

[Dre]

Yeah. You did wear yours in New.

[Lex P]

York. Yes. I don't know what it is about the.

[Dre]

Grill. They like.

[Lex P]

It. And like I said, it's a type of.

[Dre]

Thing. It's our new.

[Lex P]

Thing. Maybe that's why I said what I said on the Patreon episode. Cause I'm like. I be kind of wearing my grill.

[Dre]

Though. Do you think we bringing grills back? Like Justin Timberlake was bringing sexy.

[Lex P]

Back? I don't think grills left, though. I don't either. They didn't leave, so I can't say we're bringing them back. We're.

[Dre]

Just. I love to think we bring everything.

[Lex P]

Back. Well, the. I'll say this, though. I'm finna.

[Dre]

Wear. And that's the.

[Lex P]

Problem. I'm finna wear my shit, though. I'm finna have my shit on.

[Dre]

You. Yeah, you been wearing yours a lot. I feel like you been getting your money's.

[Lex P]

Worth. I'm a cheap bitch. Yeah. And it wasn't cheap. You have a case for it. Huh? You have a case for it? Hell. Well, not like a case case, but I have the case you gave me. Okay. And I still got mine. No.

[Dre]

Shade. That was definitely.

[Lex P]

Shade. It wasn't shade. It.

[Dre]

Was. I had got, you know, when I lost mine, Ty. The night of the night, I was. When we was at the One Music Fest, the Jagged.

[Lex P]

Edge. But you had only had it for like a couple.

[Dre]

Weeks. I feel like I.

[Lex P]

Did. We just got there a.

[Dre]

Week. And then me and Lynn went out to eat after we left.

[Lex P]

There. And I called me the next morning and told me that too. He was like, I think I lost my girl last night. I said.

[Dre]

Damn. Yeah, I.

[Lex P]

Think that sucks so bad. But you know what happened? She left.

[Dre]

It. I.

[Lex P]

Did. And we got on the elevator and we was talking. She said, oh, let me go get my grill. I said, yeah, so. Cause the way the first date went. Cause we was lit. I said, she finna put.

[Dre]

That. Wait, on what.

[Lex P]

Elevator? When we was getting on the elevator in your crib, remember, you ran back to go get it. And I was like, man, she probably shouldn't go get it. Cause you used. You lost your retainer or something one time a long time ago. And I was like, she gonna put this hoe in a napkin. Cause I used to have a retainer too. I never lost my retainers. I was never a same. I'm like, I'm gonna have this hoe till the end of time. I said. I said, I'm gonna let her go get it.

[Dre]

Though. But otherwise, I'm such a responsible person. You are extremely responsible. In no.

[Lex P]

Shade. I lose my.

[Dre]

Card. You lose your debit card all the.

[Lex P]

Time. I just had to order one.

[Dre]

Yesterday.

[Lex P]

Damn. Yesterday. But this.

[Dre]

Grill. That's why it's interesting, because when I tell y', all, I don't lose.

[Lex P]

Keys. Oh, I lose keys.

[Dre]

Now. Yeah, she lose keys, too. I don't lose keys. I don't lose debit cards, credit cards, my purse, my wallet, nothing. I lose nothing ever. I can't believe I lost.

[Lex P]

That. Groovy. I guess I felt like that. Cause you had lost your retainer with me one time. We had went out to. You had a. This was a. When we first met, it was a long time ago, and you had lost your retainer. I was like, damn, I really don't want her to lose.

[Dre]

It. I lost.

[Lex P]

It.

[Dre]

Damn. This time I'm going be more.

[Lex P]

Careful. I'm.

[Dre]

Going. Get that thing that she said to get to put on your keychain. You could put it in.

[Lex P]

There. Okay, so what we.

[Dre]

On? You was talking about sucking.

[Lex P]

Dick. Oh, yeah. I don't suck dick with the grills in. Because I feel like it don't matter. I get.

[Dre]

Gummy. I feel like it's going to make it.

[Lex P]

Stank. Yeah. I mean, girls don't stank. It don't stain. It do. If you don't brush them Yeah, I brush my shit. I brush it. You supposed to. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. But I feel like sucking dick. You. What am I doing? Like that. What? Why you sucking dick with your grills on now when Lizzo said that on the track f. But that's what you supposed to do. You supposed to pop that hot on the track. Suck that dick with your grill in. Like, yeah, I'm giving H time, but in real life, I'm not sucking dick with no grill.

[Dre]

In. You saying if you really know how to suck dick, you not doing it with no.

[Lex P]

Grill? Hell.

[Dre]

No. That's making it more.

[Lex P]

Difficult. If you really sucking dick. It's supposed to feel.

[Dre]

Gummy. I.

[Lex P]

Agree. It's supposed to feel like you ain't got no teeth. But sometimes the girls are.

[Dre]

Soft. Like they. Like, not soft, but it's rounded enough that it should feel.

[Lex P]

Gummy. You shouldn't feel teeth. That's what I'm saying. With giving head, girls or not. Oh, that's true. Okay, okay. It's supposed to be like if. You know, if you sucking dick.

[Dre]

Right. Cause this part be hurting at the top. I'm inside your.

[Lex P]

Lip. Mm. That's how a nigga. I want a nigga to look at me like that. Sometimes when I be at the dinner table with a nigga, I don't want him to know I got teeth. If a nigga vibing right, I start eating my steak like this, he be like, what's wrong? I ain't got no teeth. I ain't got no pee. What's wrong? Then he be like, ooh, I gotta take her home with me now. I can stay.

[Dre]

Tonight. But he know you got teeth. Cause he could see.

[Lex P]

Them. No, he.

[Dre]

Don'T. You can't take them.

[Lex P]

Out. I'mma hide.

[Dre]

Them. Hide.

[Lex P]

Them. Peep, bitch. Then you gotta go like.

[Dre]

That. But even with you doing that, I can see them say.

[Lex P]

Something. Hi, baby. How you doing?

[Dre]

Still? Who.

[Lex P]

Feed? Oh, shit. I'm a high.

[Dre]

Level. This I'm saying, hey, baby, you can still see OC Crazy.

[Lex P]

Ass. I'mma hide them teeth, though. Oh, my God. If I got to. You are crazy. If I got to. Okay, all right, all right, all right. Let's move.

[Dre]

On. But I.

[Lex P]

Agree. Yeah, it don't matter, like, too much for.

[Dre]

These. You ain't about to get no nut in these. That's what I be.

[Lex P]

Thinking. You ain't. And what, the grills or the.

[Dre]

Veneers?

[Lex P]

Look.

[Dre]

Both. Both of.

[Lex P]

Them. Do you swallow that nut? Yeah, you do. We've you get on my.

[Dre]

Nerves. Because we've talked about these before. I don't like how you be trying to put my business out.

[Lex P]

There. No, I just asked a.

[Dre]

Question. No, I'm playing. I really don't care. But you see how.

[Lex P]

Serious. You thought I was an actress. You got me.

[Dre]

Cooking. I know you was.

[Lex P]

Nervous. I said.

[Dre]

Oh, I talk about this. Yes, I do. But if you're gonna swallow, why it gotta hit my.

[Lex P]

Teeth? Damn you. A deep throat approach. She taking that to the.

[Dre]

Head. Why would it hit my.

[Lex P]

Teeth? Sometimes you like to do.

[Dre]

It. Hit yours. You make. I don't like.

[Lex P]

These. Okay. I was about to say what I.

[Dre]

Do. I don't like how you keep doing all these mouth motions. It's making me very.

[Lex P]

Uncomfortable. I'm just playing. I was just asking. It was just a question. Do you swallow that.

[Dre]

Nut? I already know the.

[Lex P]

Answer. Don't even ask. Cause you know the answer. I put that shit on my pasta. Oh, and make me sound fucking Olive Garden ain't got shit on me. You wanna. You don't. You ain't met a freaky.

[Dre]

Bitch. I've never eaten no fucking Alfredo sauce at no house ever again. Cause I got rock with the.

[Lex P]

Alfredo with that rasta pasta. Come on top. She.

[Dre]

Like. Tastes a little.

[Lex P]

Salty. Give me a. Give me a.

[Dre]

Shot. That's crazy.

[Lex P]

Le. You want some. You want some garlic bread? I want it all. I take it any way you want to give it to.

[Dre]

Me. A little fellatio.

[Lex P]

Pasta. Hey, ain't nothing wrong with it. I put it in everything. And while your face is so clean, just tell them olive ole. Shout out to Devin. Dude, y' all too.

[Dre]

Young. You don't need no. Put it.

[Lex P]

Down. Put it.

[Dre]

Down. Put it down. Put it on my pasta is what took you over the edge for.

[Lex P]

Me. Put it on the Lex P. And the P is for pasta.

[Big Lone]

Baby.

[Dre]

Hey. Oh, the piece for something else. Porn star maybe. Because that's.

[Lex P]

Crazy. Oh, brother. I'm feeling judged. Okay, okay, okay. Now it's time to get into the Bob.

[Dre]

Hey. The.

[Lex P]

Bop. Oh, the.

[Dre]

Bow. Bow, bow, bow, bow. What you been listening.

[Lex P]

To? So I discovered. Well, I didn't discover. Somebody sent me an artist. I love when y' all send me.

[Dre]

Artist. I'm.

[Lex P]

Sorry. Get it out. Go.

[Dre]

Ahead. I'm laughing at something else. Cause it's about to be my.

[Lex P]

Bop, so I don't know how to say this person's name. So I apologize if I get it wrong. Lyasal. Is that what that says? Draya? Cause you can read Better than me. So this is his name, but he says this is how he pronounces.

[Dre]

It. La Yisa.

[Lex P]

Law. You saw. Well, anyways, that's how. So this is for my unsunt girls. Unsung girls only. If you don't like unt uns music, don't listen to.

[Dre]

It. I like.

[Lex P]

Untunz. He has a song called Believe, and he can really sing. It's giving me Ellie Goulding vibes a little bit. Like, I'm not mad at it. And he has a lot of like. It's fucking good. This is a song you listen to when you and your girls are at the house, like, taking shots. But y' all's makeup is already done right before you leave the house. Mm. Or if you're in the club, you deep in the club, and y' all done took y' all shots, y' all lit and y' all are. It is such a good song. So law you saw Believe Ooms uns girls. This is a good fucking song. It's a good song. I fuck with him, too. He's got some. He got a lot of good songs. And I feel late to the party. Y' all didn't tell me Untune girls. I know. I know. It's a few of y' all in there. Y' all be send me the unsoons music, too. Not just the R B. You know what I'm saying? What you been listening.

[Dre]

To? You remember that song, who's the man by.

[Lex P]

Abn? How it.

[Dre]

Goes? Who's the man? Who's the boss? Who's the.

[Lex P]

That. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's your.

[Dre]

Boss. Cause I ain't the witness. Going to take so.

[Lex P]

Long. Keep.

[Dre]

Going. No.

[Lex P]

Way. Go ahead. I'm listening. I'm trying not to laugh so I can hold it back. Cause I'm not getting beat up for laughing. Go.

[Dre]

Ahead.

[Lex P]

Okay. So I.

[Dre]

Was. When we was in Houston, you know, Shay came with us, and I was trying to put Shay on the Houston music before we had to go do the photo shoot that we.

[Lex P]

Did.

[Dre]

Yeah. So I was playing music for her, and she was like, that song reminded her of some leprechaun. She. She said every time she hear it, she feel like she supposed to be like, who's the man? Who's the boss? Who's the nigga? And it was, like, so fucking funny to me. Maybe I'm corny that Shay was cracking me up because she said it sound like some lepr like, but I feel like you could probably do it better than me. At.

[Lex P]

Her. Oh, no, I'm not gonna. No.

[Dre]

That'S.

[Lex P]

Y'. All. You got it. That's all you, baby girl. That is so.

[Dre]

Funny. But I thought that was such a good.

[Lex P]

Song. It wasn't a good song, though. It was.

[Dre]

Like. But she didn't like it. And I'm like, maybe it's because she not from.

[Lex P]

Houston. No, it's that. I don't think it's just a Houston or.

[Dre]

Texas. You gotta be a deep Southern.

[Lex P]

Rap. If you like Southern rap. Cause I like that song, south side.

[Dre]

Groovy.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Body move. But that's a Southern. You gotta like Southern rap to like those.

[Dre]

Songs. But that don't sound like Irish. I get what she was saying. Cause I feel like if you put. If you put that.

[Lex P]

Song.

[Dre]

Don't. If you put that to some bagpipes and think of some n in some kilts dancing it. Go with the flow. And that's why I thought it was.

[Lex P]

Funny. I'm gonna have to. I gotta listen to it again on my speakers to see if I hear the.

[Dre]

Irish. I'll play it when we.

[Lex P]

Finish. It's all right, I.

[Dre]

Believe. But I thought it was really funny. But also, that's a good song. Like, I feel like we don't never really be shouting.

[Lex P]

Out. I know. Did not. When what's his name was on the song. Did I say wreck Shot.

[Dre]

Family?

[Lex P]

Yeah. That's such a good song. I had to talk about it. I want three new. I'm feeling light Tonight's tonight. That was a good.

[Dre]

Song. Wait, what song was.

[Lex P]

That? How you feeling, my friend? Oh, yeah I wanna make a.

[Dre]

Porno flip let's get naked I ain't gonna lie Take a pull stunts and.

[Lex P]

I hit it from the back and I hit it from the front oh.

[Dre]

You right I be with you so you always go overboard Now I gotta.

[Lex P]

Have my love for her I'm not greedy I'm not sleazy Twice as sleazy Come on, baby power up with me I just pop me an ecstasy yeah Come on, baby power up with me yeah I'm shocking in a rocket that's melody. 1, 2, ready or not Everybody's about to grow and do.

[Dre]

What? About to drive, about to drive.

[Lex P]

They don't know about that. They too.

[Big Lone]

Young. What's up, y'? All? This is Big Lone from It's Up There podcast. In this powerful episode, we're breaking down the danger of silence and how way too many of us are taught to protect the vibe instead of protecting ourselves. We spend more time researching calls, microphones, sneakers. Then we will researching on how to protect our bodies and our partners. If you have an honest conversation, one uncomfortable minute can save you a lifetime of regret. The CDC says nearly one in five people carry an STI and most don't even know it. Real intimate isn't built in the dark, it's built in the disclosure. Condoms testing transparency. Those aren't passion killers, they're peace builders. It's too much risk in our silence. Speak up. You can listen to this special episode of It's Up There podcast with Lone brought to you by Healthy Sexual from Gilead sciences on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. What a matchup we got.

[Lex P]

Y'.

[Big Lone]

All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit chant. Echo drum beat everybody showing that school pride game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right.

[Dre]

There.

[Big Lone]

Mmm. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passion and fans, school colors everywhere and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo no matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Going. This is Sophie Cunningham from Show Me Something. Do you know the symptoms of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, in adults with obesity? They may be happening to you without you knowing. If anyone has ever said you snored loudly, or if you spend your days fighting off excessive tiredness, irritability and concentration issues, it may be due to osa. OSA is a serious condition where your airway partially or completely collapses during sleep, which may cause breathing interruptions and oxygen deprivation. Learn more at don'tsleep on OSA.com this information is provided by Lilly, A Medicine.

[Big Lone]

Company. You know what I always say? Pressure makes diamonds. Whether it's on the court or in life, when things get tough, you've got to step up. That's right. And if you or someone you love is dealing with metastatic prostate cancer, stepping up means knowing your options. There's a treatment called Plovicto, Lutetium Lu177, Vapipatide, Tetraxitan. And it's worth talking about. Plovicto isn't chemo. It's a different kind of treatment that targets PSMA positive cells, including prostate cancer cells. Pluvicto can be used before chemotherapy for some people. Pluvicto is a prescription treatment used to treat adults with prostate specific membrane antigen positive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer or psma positive MCRPC who have already been treated with hormone therapy and are considered appropriate to delay chemotherapy. Plavicto involves contact with radioactivity, which may increase the risk for cancer and cause fetal harm. You've got to drink plenty of fluids, urinate often, use contraception, and talk to your doctor about how to reduce the risk of exposing others to radiation during and after treatment. It can also cause low blood cell counts, kidney problems and infertility. So if you're feeling weak, short of breath, bleeding or bruising easily, or notice changes in urination, tell your doctor. Side effects include decreased blood cell counts, tiredness, dry mouth, nausea, appetite loss, joint or back pain, and constipation. Look, this isn't about being tough. It's about being present. It's about being there for the moments that matter, both big and small. So if you're in the fight or know someone who is, ask your doctor about Plavicto. Because when the pressure's on, you don't fold. You find a way. Visit pluvicto.com to learn more. That's P L U V I c t.

[Dre]

O.Com so you're telling me that the AI that's meant to make everyone's job easier to manage just adds more to manage? On top of the thousands of apps the IT department already manages? Funny how that works. Any business can add AI. IBM helps you scale and manage AI to change how you do business. Let's create smile to business.

[Lex P]

IBM. All right, all right, all right. Let's move on, let's move on. Now it's time for the pour your heart out.

[Dre]

Segment. We just gonna do.

[Lex P]

One. Yeah, yeah, go ahead. If you want your question answered on the.

[Dre]

Show. That's crazy. You got one at.

[Lex P]

Ask. No, I don't. I do not have.

[Dre]

It rolling.

[Lex P]

In. Office of his askpoormindsmail.com if you are a Patreon member, put it in the headline. Andrea will per usual read it for you. It's time to wrap it up. Ty. Y' all done did it now.

[Dre]

Break another round the whole.

[Lex P]

Time. No, no, no. I was getting my acting on. I know you did a good job. Shout out to Kev on stage. Go check us out on safe spaces and summer Walker available.

[Dre]

Now. Cuz we was acting in that too. And you know, so many people was like, y' all learned that skits so good. I said.

[Lex P]

Skits. We came up with.

[Dre]

That. We improv. Did. They said somebody left a comment and said improvise. Dre bitch. You know what I.

[Lex P]

Mean? You know what the. She meant. Ho ass. And don't make me step here, cuz. Can get ugly on the boulevard. Yeah. They believed it.

[Dre]

Though. You gotta add that.

[Lex P]

Part. Shit can get ugly on the boulevard. Ho ass, nigga. The fuck.

[Dre]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Facts.

[Dre]

So. But yeah, people thought that we, like, learned them.

[Lex P]

Lines. We literally. They said, these are the.

[Dre]

Features. Come up with something funny. They gave us a list of.

[Lex P]

Names. They said, these are the features. Come up with something funny. And guess what? We.

[Dre]

Did. Came up with something funny. Okay. On the spot.

[Lex P]

Screenwriters. Yeah. But it made. Cause I had a part where I was singing. And they took it.

[Dre]

Out. They did. And they took out some of my funny parts, too. Cause I said some little funny other.

[Lex P]

Shit. When I said. When you said Taddi Swims. All.

[Dre]

Right. They took it out for a.

[Big Lone]

Reason. You.

[Lex P]

Right. You right. I love Summer, though. She's so.

[Dre]

Sweet. She.

[Lex P]

Is. You know how when you meet somebody, you be like, I get it. You're so. She is so.

[Dre]

Sweet. She is. She's really.

[Lex P]

Sweet. And even though she didn't put me on the album, I'm glad you put me on the promo. There you.

[Dre]

Go. I mean, I feel.

[Lex P]

Like. But.

[Dre]

Y'. All. Time coming, cuz. Nene is on the album. Links. Yeah.

[Lex P]

Yes.

[Dre]

Okay. Well, she's, like, featured, I think, probably. Well, I mean, none of us know. We haven't.

[Lex P]

Heard. I heard.

[Dre]

It. But I feel like if Nene is on the album, you'll be having some sound.

[Lex P]

Bites. Remember when we sang in the car? What did we sing in New York? You. The Chase friend was first. Of what? The singing.

[Dre]

Contest. Oh, I won.

[Lex P]

Second. Yeah. And I was.

[Dre]

There. Can you tell them I can sing a little.

[Lex P]

Bit? They know you can.

[Dre]

Sing. No, they don't. Cause you always be trying to play.

[Lex P]

Me. How do I always try to play you? They know you can sing. You. They. They be saying it in the comments. I didn't realize it till they told.

[Dre]

Me. Whenever we say it, you be.

[Lex P]

Like. Cause sometimes it be for me. But it was always, Mm. She felt.

[Dre]

It. That's how you know when people be good finessers. And they be trying to finesse you. Cause I almost believe that shit.

[Lex P]

Too. I was over here like, no, you can't sing, though. You can. What it is is not that you can sing. You're not tone deaf, so you can get on key. Stop laughing. It's the truth. Cause that Be the thing. Do you know that? That's why they can teach people how to sing awol. Am I right? People be telling.

[Dre]

Me. But AWOL said I could sing. That's what I'm saying. When we did the contest, he.

[Lex P]

Said it be the key. It be.

[Dre]

The. No, because he.

[Lex P]

Know. Because you. You sing on key. That be the hardest part is getting on key. And people be tone deaf. Tone deaf is a real thing. You don't hear what I.

[Dre]

Hear.

[Lex P]

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So that's why Beyonce can not only really fucking blow, but she is not tone deaf. So not only does she sing on key, she actually has pipes. Now, I'm not gonna say who I wanna say, but there's women who can blow and men who can blow, but they're tone deaf. Mm. So they be blowing and it's off key until they get in that.

[Dre]

Studio. No.

[Lex P]

I'm. I'mma tell you when the cameras go off. Cause it gets ugly in the field. What's that thing called? Awol Auto tune. But it's the Maladyne. Yes. That Maladyne be tricking motherfuckers. I know about that.

[Dre]

Maladyne. Lex be so in tune. Like she be knowing what the fuck. Cause I don't even know what that is. What is.

[Lex P]

That? Maladyne is when it fixes their tone. Cause they be belting. Belting. But it's.

[Dre]

Off. And Melodyne fix.

[Lex P]

It. And Melodyne fix it. But it don't sound like auto tune. Melodyne. You not gon know it.

[Dre]

You. And that's why people don't be sounding the same in.

[Lex P]

Person. And that's why they got studio singers. And that's why the fuck. When Beyonce gets on that mic, she sound the same. She don't have her background. She probably. And maybe she does use a little Maladyne, but she can do it live. Yeah, everybody uses Maladyne. But can you do it live? Beyonce does that shit live. And this is coming from somebody who's seen her in concert 30 times. I done seen everybody in concert. I done seen your faves. Your faves cannot.

[Dre]

Sing. They can't. I seen it too. Yeah, you can sing, though. But I'm glad you said you came in fourth.

[Lex P]

Place. No, I came in third, bitch. You thought that Shay beat me. Shay can sing. Shay can.

[Dre]

Sing. You sing on some real shit. Shakings better than both of.

[Lex P]

Us. Well, then I got.

[Dre]

Sick. I. I think in the contest she lost, but she seemed better than both of.

[Lex P]

Us. Yeah. No shaking in real life. In real life, that night, I was second. You were.

[Dre]

Second. I was.

[Lex P]

Third. All right. But her.

[Dre]

Friend. Mind you, her friend is a Broadway singer. So I walked away feeling real.

[Lex P]

Comfy. She sang. No, she sank. What? She did, she did one night. No, it was. Oh, hell, no. It was. I'm not gonna. No. She sang Dream Girl. There's no way that's what.

[Dre]

She.

[Lex P]

Damn. I sat back, I said, yeah, I just sang a little Mary J.

[Dre]

Blige. That's why you lost. Cause you should have sung something else with more range. Cause you got more range than Mary J. I mean, not Mary J.

[Lex P]

Herself.

[Dre]

Okay. I mean, the song you were.

[Lex P]

Singing. No, I.

[Dre]

Didn'T. You sung I was your love.

[Lex P]

And. No, I didn't. I said, I say I'm going.

[Dre]

Down. That's not your.

[Lex P]

Song. It was my song. I sound good on.

[Dre]

It. Clearly, it.

[Lex P]

Wasn'T. It was. It's a good. If it's four good singers in.

[Dre]

The car, whose song is.

[Lex P]

It? No, shut.

[Dre]

Up. Whose song is.

[Lex P]

It?

[Dre]

Mine. Whose real song is.

[Lex P]

It? You not getting this joke off. I'm not letting you get this joke.

[Dre]

Off. Whose song is.

[Lex P]

It? I'm not letting you get this joke off. I'm not doing it. Mary J. Let her sing.

[Dre]

It.

[Lex P]

Yep. You right. But what I will say is, if it's four good singers in the car and I got third, I'm not mad at.

[Dre]

It. Do you think Mary J. Would ever come on these.

[Lex P]

Shows?

[Dre]

Absolutely. And we gonna go boot for.

[Lex P]

Boot. Oh, my boots. I.

[Dre]

Wore. Cause my boot.

[Lex P]

Collection. Oh, my boot.

[Dre]

Collection. I don't play. I ain't wore these in a long time. I know I.

[Lex P]

Haven'T. What's that? The.

[Dre]

Alexander. Alexander.

[Lex P]

Vodka. Yeah. Now I got a boot for Mary. That's so nasty. She gonna throw up. I'm waiting on her, too. Mary, let's go boot. Mary.

[Dre]

Come. You gotta pull your boots.

[Lex P]

Out. Yeah, we gonna boot for a.

[Dre]

Boot. And y' all know. Y' all know Tar from Chicago. I know she got a nasty boot in the.

[Lex P]

Closet. Told me we need boots.

[Dre]

Bro. Yeah, we going boot for.

[Lex P]

Boot. Okay. Girl, we still don't stretch this shit out. Read the goddamn. This why I say.

[Dre]

Okay. Every time I see this, I be wanting to say PIO.

[Lex P]

1. I be thinking of.

[Dre]

Pho. I be thinking of.

[Lex P]

Pio. Who's that? What's fio. Sh. Can we finish this episode? I'm literally begging you. I'm begging to.

[Dre]

Please. Okay. Hey, Dre and Lex.

[Lex P]

Wait. Cause.

[Dre]

Girl. Is crazy. Oh, I be laughing at Craig Cause Craig just have got to a point where he be so over, he be ready to.

[Lex P]

Go. Oh, I'm sorry, Craig. We finna wrap it up. We finna wrap it up. Okay. Ty, can I have. No. Ty, get on it. I didn't know.

[Dre]

You. It ain't for this. This is for after. It's for the.

[Lex P]

Aftermath. That's after the show. It's the.

[Dre]

After. Oh, after the party is the.

[Lex P]

Whole. I watched that, too. I watched Straight out of Compton. That was another one I.

[Dre]

Watched. That's a good movie.

[Lex P]

Though. Yeah. Oh, my eyes are burning. Go ahead, Dre, read.

[Dre]

It. After the Velvety, it's probably Chris. After the original, it's probably.

[Lex P]

This. It was a. Y', all, my eyes are burning. Oh, God. Oh.

[Dre]

No.

[Lex P]

Okay.

[Dre]

Okay. Lex, you need some.

[Lex P]

Tissue?

[Dre]

Here. Cause your mascara is.

[Lex P]

Running. Wow. It's all right. We finna finish it up. Don't pan the camera on me now. Okay, okay. Ooh, this.

[Dre]

Smells. So is that song, like, absolutely off limits for. Is that song off limits for. You looking like BBL Fencer again?

[Lex P]

Yeah. Yo, it's y'.

[Dre]

All. Wait, hold.

[Lex P]

On. Don't BBM read the question, Craig, don't she look like BBL F y'? All? Damn.

[Dre]

Memories. Oh, my God. Okay, I'mma read it. I'm sorry. That's funny.

[Lex P]

Okay. Okay, Go.

[Dre]

Ahead. Hey, Dre and Legs. So I've been with my boyfriend since I was 17, and I'm 25 now. We've been on and off. I'm about to try to read, like, push. Okay, cuz, y' all all ready for me to finish? And I'm 25 now. We've been on and off for over the years, but recently we just got back together. I feel like on and off our period, I started to grow and mature more. So getting back with me, I felt like I wanted him to connect more deeply in our conversations and just trying to build a stronger connection. For the most part, he avoid serious talks about joking or just that. Says we should worry about the prison and leaving the moment. I'm wondering, should I keep trying to make the relationship grow, or should I just go and stop wasting my time? I would love to hear what you guys think. Keep me anonymous.

[Lex P]

Anonymous. What's your name?

[Dre]

Anonymous. Oh, that's what we should sing.

[Lex P]

Today.

[Dre]

Okay. But no. So what's your thoughts? Did you hear what I said, or do I need to read it.

[Lex P]

Slowly? I think that she should leave. I think somebody that you're with from 17, it ain't nothing wrong. You Just outgrowing him. You outgrown him, and that's okay. Ooh, that's a black king right there. Just. You've outgrown him. That's how I feel. And I think sometimes people look at it like, oh, my God, what's going on? He doesn't like me. I don't like him. I lost a lot of friends along the way, but it's not that they did nothing to me or I did anything to them. We just. Y' all are interested in different things. Yes. And sometimes that's what happened. Y' all have came to the end of the road, and what has happened is you're into X and he's into Z, and that's okay. You grow apart, because how can we accept growing apart from our friends? But we can't accept growing apart from our lover. Y' all can outgrow your homegirls all day. Oh, you're not into this. That I'm into. But when it comes to this man, you can't realize that you outgrown him. It's unnatural. And you don't belong to him. I came letting.

[Dre]

Go. You.

[Lex P]

Always.

[Dre]

Dang. You can't never let nobody sing for real without jumping.

[Lex P]

In. It's.

[Dre]

Unnatural. I had that. I had it.

[Lex P]

On. It's.

[Dre]

Unnatural. Everybody in the background was shaking their head, and you just had to. Come to the end of the episode, and that was. We've come to the end of the episode now. That was funny, and we appreciate y'. All. Make sure that y' all shop. Muse beautycollection.com it's probably the first time my lip gloss ever been gone by the end of the episode, but y' all see the lip liner still on muse beautycollection.com make sure. I was about to say shop. Love, Lexi. Make sure y' all go and subscribe to Love LexP. She Drop episodes every Monday. Make sure y' all tune in to my girl. She'll be eating all the tea and make sure that y' all shop and go shop with my girl. So.

[Lex P]

Mixy. Yep, so.

[Dre]

Mixy. The best bartender in Atlanta. Don't play with my.

[Lex P]

Girl. We'll see y' all next.

[Dre]

Week. For a minute it was looking like I'll be like one of those guys and in my whole life looking for a special lady to save me maybe I'll never be satisfied. Had a couple bad lucks and a couple times why am I looking for you now you so hard to.

[Lex P]

Find I thought I took one step.

[Dre]

I took two bags I'm not Even close this time and that's a fact All I know is that we be the perfect match for where you at, love I just gotta find you yeah, I wanna know I wanna know your name, your name, your name why you gotta be.

[Lex P]

Anonymous? No, I gotta know your name.

[Dre]

Your name, your name why you gotta be anonymous? Why you gotta be.

[Lex P]

Anonymous? I wanna know, I gotta know your name, your name why you gotta.

[Dre]

Be.

[Lex P]

Anonymous? Where you.

[Dre]

At? Anonymous? When I meet my Miss Anonymous close my eyes we on borrow time Everything I tried to tell you I fell to maybe I'll tell you another the time being so preoccupied, baby, no, never mind I thought I took one.

[Lex P]

Step, I took two back I'm not.

[Dre]

Even close this time and that's the fact that we be the perfect match.

[Lex P]

The way I just got to find you I want to know, I want to know your name, your name, your nail why you gotta be anonymous? Your nail, your nail, your nail why you gotta be anonymous? Do so much, wanna hold, wanna feel your touch in a rush why you gotta be anonymous? I wanna know your name, your name, your name why you gotta be anonymous? What's your.

[Dre]

Name?

[Lex P]

Anonymous? Where you.

[Dre]

At? Anonymous Think.

[Lex P]

About Anonymous what's your name? Where you.

[Dre]

At?

[Lex P]

Anonymous? Think about you I get a rush what's your name?

[Dre]

Marianne. Kathy, Come on, wanna hold my hand, come go with me which don't want to ride everything on me Girl, you ain't got a lot Come on, you gotta jump again Gotta know, I.

[Lex P]

Gotta know, I gotta know, I gotta know yeah, I got, I wanna know, I want to know your name, your name, your name why you gotta be anonymous? I gotta know your name, your.

[Dre]

Name, your name why you gotta be anonymous? I'm fast and I'm in a.

[Lex P]

Rush I wanna know, I gotta know your name, your name, your name why you gotta baby, what's your name? Where you at? When I got be the rush I Want to meet Ms. Anonymous what's your name? Anonymous where you at? Yeah, yeah, yeah oh.

[Dre]

Yeah, Valentino.

[Lex P]

That'S what he said, yeah, yeah why you gonna be.

[Big Lone]

Anonymous? Whoa, what a vibe we've got.

[Lex P]

Y'.

[Big Lone]

All. As always, it's classic HBCU energy. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chants echoing, drums beating everybody showing that school pride. Moments like this, yeah, they call for an ice cold Coca Cola. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right.

[Lex P]

There.

[Big Lone]

Mmm. Yeah, that taste always hit the right note. Just like the band at halftime. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo no matter the place, no matter the moment. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride.

[Dre]

Going. I'm.

[Lex P]

Carolyn. I have metastatic breast.

[Dre]

Cancer. I was concerned after my.

[Lex P]

Diagnosis. Cascali gives me more lives for.

[Dre]

Living since I've been prescribed. I've seen a daughter get married. I now have a grandchild and another one on the.

[Sophie Cunningham]

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[Dre]

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[Sophie Cunningham]

Ready. This is Sophie Cunningham from Show Me Something. Do you know the symptoms of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea or OSA in adults with obesity? They may be happening to you without you knowing if anyone has ever said you snored loudly or if you spend your days fighting off excessive tiredness, irritability and concentration issues. It may be due to osa. OSA is a serious condition where your airway partially or completely collapses during sleep, which may cause breathing interruptions and oxygen deprivation. Learn more at don'tsleep on OSA.com this information is provided by Lilly, a medicine.

[Lex P]

Company. Honestly Honestly, Honestly, no one wants.

[Big Lone]

To think about hiv, but there are things that everyone can do to help prevent it. Things like.

[Lex P]

Prep. PREP stands for Pre Exposure Prophylaxis.

[Big Lone]

And it means routinely taking prescription medicine.

[Lex P]

Before you're exposed to HIV to help.

[Big Lone]

Reduce your chances of getting it. Prep can be about 99% effective when taken as prescribed. It doesn't protect against other STIs, though, so be sure to use condoms.

[Lex P]

And other healthy sex practices. Ask a healthcare provider about all.

[Big Lone]

Your prevention options, and visit findoutaboutprep.com to learn.

[Lex P]

More. Sponsored by Gilead this is an iHeart.

[Dre]

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