Brain reboot
My comedy got sharper after the accident.
I see more clearly now.
I see the jokes, and I see the wisdom.
Comedy is tragedy turned inside out like a sock.
Same thing that makes you laugh makes you cry.
It all depends on how you look at it.
A higher power
Recovery is an inspiration.
I thought God got me here to spread comedy.
Naw, it was really to spread love.
Thats what I feel in my heart, and thats what I didnt know before.
Just better not forget who they are and who they arent.
Forgive and forget
Not forgiving the guy who hit us would make me bitter.
Were all guilty of it: Maybe I can make this yellow light?
Poor judgment can get you vehicular homicide.
Who wants to live with that?
When its your time, its your time.
Im just trying to run my race.
But if youre afraid of death, youve never lived.
Always an original
My character inThe Last O.G.is like me because he got a second chance at life.
He was in jail for 15 years for selling crack.
Pet projects
I have an octopus, and I have a 3,000-gallon shark tank.
I got a stonefish, I got a lionfish.
I like to hoard things that could kill me.
Im sort of like them.
Im sitting, waiting for prey.
When I met my wife, I didnt look for love.
I let it gravitate right to me.
I was making people laugh that got nothing to laugh about.
My oldest brother was born with cerebral palsy, so kids could be mean in the schoolyards.
Inviting them for hot dogs was a survival mechanism.
But it came from my dad.
He came back from Vietnam and did stand-up.
He was Richard Pryor funny.
Cereal comedy
I still eat Lucky Charms, though my whole thing now is Capn Crunch.
You do the two-step.
Im not trying to pull no hamstring.
Im 49 years old, brother.
Like my man Danny Glover inLethal Weaponsaid, Im getting too old for this s–t!
As told to Tim Appelo
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