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locked in man we've been talking about doing this uh for months now yeah you're on johnny mitchell show

you're on mac cox. I actually, I came across

you because I do the clips for Johnny and I did all your clips and posted them and clip them up

and you have, it goes without saying an incredible story. Yeah, thank you. But, you know,

shout out to Spotify for letting us use the studio right now.

We're in Los Angeles, California. So it worked out good. So you didn't have to come all the way to the East Coast. Yeah. You live in California, right? Yeah, I live 30 minutes from here. Awesome. And you're the author of Orange County, the Dark Side, which we have here. so if you want to tell the people, like a, you know,

a little elevator pitch of what this book is about and why it's important to you. Okay. So I grew up in a pretty dysfunctional family. My dad started when I was 13 and eventually what happened was,

you know, I ended up running the streets

and ended up with a life sentence in prison.

In that book right there, I first started writing it kind of to my daughter because I was

never getting out of prison.

At one point, I never thought I was getting out, and I wanted my daughter to kind of know

everything that I went through.

You know, I really kept in contact with her a lot, but I wanted her to know kind of know everything that I went through. You know, I really

kept in contact with her a lot, but I wanted her to know from me, like my side of the story.

And then I got out. You know, they changed some laws. And by the grace of God, I was let out

of prison and I showed it to a few people. They're like, hey, you should, you should get this published. This is a great story. This is a great comeback story. And I did just that, you know, and I rewrote the ending, you know, because now I'm an electrician and, you know, how I changed my life and how I'm, you know, doing good and, you know, grateful to be out. The book is a biography.

It's all true.

A portion of the money goes to at-risk youth.

You know, that's my biggest thing.

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