Stephen A. Smith

Good Words with Kirk Franklin

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Music, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Kirk Franklin is joined by charismatic sports commentator Stephen A. Smith for a conversation about knowing your worth and staying true to yourself. Kirk asks Stephen A all about his journey from promising young basketball player, to aspiring journalist, to the highest paid talent in ESPN history. Learn about the impact Stephen’s hard-working mom had on his life. Find out whether or not he’s always had the gift of gab and if he considers himself an antagonist. And hear if he’s ever had to tone down his personality in his relationships or in the professional world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now before we start, I just received what I was doing this. I just received a
0:06.4	text that I need to read to you from God. God just send me a text and I need to read it to you.
0:14.0	All right, here we go, Stephen.
0:16.0	It says, Stephen, my beloved son,
0:20.0	do not be afraid for it is I that texteth thee I hiteth thee up with a word from heaven
0:27.4	My son leeveth thine cowboys alone
0:41.2	You do not wanteth any holy smoke with me, for I have calleth them to be America's team. So if you don't wanteth me to pull it up lay back before you geteth these hands
0:47.8	signed your father triple og God mmm Triple O.G. God. M.
0:53.0	I hate to challenge anything that anybody says,
1:00.0	but I consider God to be the greatest source of inspiration for all of us.
1:06.0	He created all of us after all.
1:08.0	I would say this to you.
1:10.0	God is perfect.
1:12.0	God is perfect,
1:15.3	God is unstained, God is unblemished,
1:27.0	God is a winner, and I and I sincerely doubt that God would take time out of his enormous schedule to come to the defense and to try to elevate and ascend such mediocrity known as the Dallas Cowboys.
1:36.4	I just refuse to believe that.
1:38.4	So I'm going to challenge the authenticity of that text and I would say to you I don't believe that came from God
1:45.6	himself because I am quite sure there are an abundance of things there are an
1:51.2	abundance of entities and then as it pertains to the world of sports there are an abundance of teams
1:56.8	That God could come to the defense of and speak very very glowingly about that would have absolutely
2:02.0	positively nothing to do with the
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