Hi, and welcome to this episode of Qivit Pazis, sweetie. I'm Kristen A. Hazelid, and today

we are talking Father's Day with one of my favorite people, the Kirk Franklin.

Yep, no, no, some of your favorite, one of your favorite people because you would have

had something established for me to sit comfortably. We know there's a a height challenge that

I exist in and these these little fancy new modern couches, you know, they take away

your masculinity. So I don't know how I feel about being here, but I'm going to help you

get this done so I can go sit on a regular couch. Do I regular people sit? First question,

let's go. Let's go, wrap this up, let's go. Right, right, right. It's dry, it's over. I've

got things to do. Let's go. Hello, me too. I got a study. Thank you, Lord. What's up,

Queen? How are you doing, sir? Good. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. I like

to start every episode with a song or a quote, and the song that comes in mind with you sitting

on my couch is a song that has guided me through so much and that is holding down. Wow.

And we're going to talk about that in this episode. I need you to know what you have done,

what just your voice, your lyrics, your music. But not my voice literally, ladies and gentlemen.

I like your when you do the talking singing thing. Yeah, well, yeah, okay. I just want to.

It works. Only you can do that. My favorite. I'm finding that out. I'm finding that out.

But for those of you who don't know Kirk is a songwriter-produced, acquired director

of gospel singer, best known for leading urban contemporary gospel and Christian R&B on

saw more such as the family, God's property, one nation, crew, among others. You have one.

Continue. 19 Grammy Awards. Well, I only want about two or three. What happens is the

other ones. I go to the Grammys and where people go to the bathrooms. I like, I grab

the Grammys and I got a homeboy that's still locked down in jail and he can take like a name

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