This is Past the Mic.

Greetings and God Bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the Mic. Dynamic Voices for

a Diverse Church powered by the witness, a Black Christian Collective. I am your host

Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at BurnsClan. Follow at your

own risk and join me as always. I gotta get his intro right now. Is the man, the myth,

the legend, the two-time best-selling author, Mr. Blue Check verified himself. Dr. Jamar

Atizbi. What's going on, brother? Hey, man. It's really good. It's really good. I'm sitting

here in the same room with you. Look, man. The energy is tight. The energy is exciting. And

you know, I have to say, brother, I didn't even mention it in your intro, but congratulations

for being the founder of the witness because this is a special episode. This is a special

episode. We're going to reflect. Here's what I need you to do for this episode. I need

you to pull out your blanket. I need you to recline. I need your proper feet up. I need you

if you got a fireplace. You need to listen to this at night with the fireplace. Just get

you a hot cup of cocoa. We're going to do some reflecting. This is like witness fireside

checks. This is what this is. We are celebrating 10 years as an organization. I need some sort

of sound or something. Yeah, like Aaron. We should have left. We should have both of

this. He'll do it. He'll do it. And us because he likes to embarrass us. Right. Exactly.

10 years, bro. Look at us. 10 years. Oh, no. Who did that? We're bare now. I mean,

10 years, 10 years, October, 2011. I've told this story many times. Okay. Hold on. This

is a rare. No, no, no, no. I need to really tell the story. I need you to really tell the story.

Oh, listen. So first of all, before we get into that, though, we just want to say, we'll

say it at the end, but thank you for supporting us to this point. Thank you. You are the reason

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