You must operate like your back is against the wall,

the immigrant mentality,

and the way you do that is by having that no choice

to feel like you have no choice,

but to have this high level of work ethic.

Welcome to the Bedros Cooley and Show.

Man, my dad had the craziest work schedule

when we first came to the United States,

so for those of you that don't know,

we escaped the Soviet Union, Armenia,

when I was six years old,

we got here July 16, 1980,

and like we were broke, man.

We had my dad probably had 150 or 200 bucks

from what I remember for a family of five, right?

I was six years old.

My older brother was 19,

and then my older sister was 22 years old.

I'm the oops baby, hence the big gap

between me and my siblings.

And so it's me, my mom, my dad,

and my older brother and older sister,

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