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0:01All right, man. It’s nice to meet you. I’m Massiah and this is for We Them Media. What’s your name? How old are you and where are you from? Um my name is Shah, from Germantown, 35. Hell yeah. Um so I’ve been asking people this week my question. The last couple weeks we’ve been giving away like $100 to people who go out and ask questions on video just like this. For our favorite submissions, we’ve had people submit from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and um as well as India. And I’m just trying to get people in the USA asking questions, thinking more about our government and our community.
0:29Just like, you know, what how we see things. Um and so yeah, this week’s question is what do you think about the USA? What’s your take, man? What you mean particularly? Like they don’t really run the government, so like kind of I mean standards to it, so Mhm. That’s how I pretty much look at it. A lot of commission ruling the charge, so The higher it gets, it will go further, but Mhm. But other areas, they don’t really govern it. I mean they run the government, so there’s different standards and different rules.
0:59Can you speak up a little bit? In other in other countries, they run the government, so there’s different standards and rules to what goes on out there and how they where they at. You know what I’m saying? Mhm. Over here in the United States, there’s stipulations, guidelines and standards to the way they run our government. Makes it to where like we got to bow down, so Bow down? Not bow down, but you know rules and standards, rules and regulations to it. It’d be better It makes it to where it made it to where though you going going It changes to where though In our city, anywhere in the state.
1:36It’s just the borderline crisis It’s borderline crisis? War zone crisis. It ain’t it ain’t like the other governments, so Okay, so talk about the war zone crisis. No, I ain’t going to pretty much I ain’t I ain’t saying that. I’m just I’m just saying say more about that, right? Let people know what you’re really talking about. It get a long war. Mhm. They try to make it go over something. own car. Oh, he should get a lawyer. What do you feel like are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen in Philadelphia since being in high school? I don’t know. The reform Meek Mill Okay, yeah. Talk about that. Talk about
2:15Meek’s reform. I haven’t heard people really talk about how they see that. I just seen him on Twitter. though, we can get off. We can get our record cleared. Mhm. That’s about it. Okay, but like what is that? That’s not a small thing, right? No, it’s big. Yeah, you said that’s about it. Like you said like it’s not a big deal. So, talk about it. It’s something good part of it is that he did. To real though, when you go look for a job all this stuff not popped up on your record. Your record is even They got to set it up to real though
2:44even if you didn’t get found guilty, it’s still the job is still sitting on your record that you got. That right there put it to real though. You clear it then it clears it. Mhm. Right. You feel like that made a big impact on a lot of people? Hell for sure. Okay. You have a message for Meek Mill? No, he did good. That was a good positive move for the city. Okay. You getting your kudos, Meek Mill. I like that. Yeah, I thought it was good. Okay, that’s sick. He he more on the social and legal side of things. You know what I mean? I respect that.
3:18Not really into the streets how [bleeped] did me here. Mhm. What high school did you go to? George Washington. Okay. What was it like when I went to George Washington High School? Where where you say you from again? I’m from Germantown right here. But I went to like elementary school in Center City. And then I went to middle school in Center City. And then I went to boarding school outside the city. And then I went to college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. So, I don’t I’m going to meet more people from Germantown doing this than I probably ever met in my whole life. Yeah. Yeah, but that’s cool, right? It’s good
3:52to know the people I I you know I live around. What are you thinking? I’m thinking about some uh [bleeped] man. What’s what? I’m asking you what was it like going to your high school? Oh, it was good. It was a good high school. It was a good high school. That’s where Kevin Hart went. That’s where Kevin Hart went? Mhm. Okay, that’s cool. And if you could ask people I got one more question for you. If you could ask people around the world one question, what would you ask them? What in life makes them happy? Going through all that we go through. You know life is hard.
4:44There’s a lot to it, but it’s all about what really makes you happy, so. Pretty much, yeah. In any area, like what makes you And this is how I thought of the people, you know. Different states makes them happy. Everybody got something that motivates them, makes them happy to still want to go on in life. You got some people that take a different route out. Say no. Well, I appreciate it. You have any uh message for people under the age of seven? Uh school, read, write. Highly important. Reading and writing. You got to read what you read. Listen, shine and learn something. All right. Appreciate it, man.
