Stand-up Is What I Am; Stand-up Is

As I Got Older, I Got Into All Kinds Of Things In The Streets - But For Some Reason, I Never Got Caught Up With The Gangs Growing Up. Everybody Dug Me, Man. I Never Had Problems.

It Took Me A Long Time To Get To Where I'm At, In My Career And As A Man. I Was Going Through My Trials And Tribulations In Life, And It Gave Me The Strength To Tackle Things That Have Come My Way.

The One Thing About Comedy, Making It Become A Part Of You, The Audience Loves It, Because You Become Part Of Them.

I Want People To Say At The End Of My Day, You Know, Like I Used To Say About Sidney Poitier And James Cagney And Joan Crawford And Red Skelton And Those Guys And Bill Cosby. They Did Quality And Substance. You Always Remember Them.

When I Hit My 20s, I Struggled To Make It. I Got Married At 19, And My Daughter, Je'niece, Was Born A Year Later. I Worked Blue Collar Jobs During The Day And Comedy Clubs At Night, And I Was Earning About $25 A Year Doing Stand-up.