• 3 years ago
"It don't matter how much fame you have."

This is how people reacted to the heartbreaking passing of dancer, DJ, and producer Stephen "tWitch" Boss.
Transcript
00:00Today we lost one of the greatest
00:04Dancers of all time. I want to encourage anybody out there right now. You are thinking about giving up
00:11It will get better
00:30If you have ever danced before if you love dancing if you dance in the past you've heard of twitch
00:41But you want to know my favorite thing that we've added everything it's you
00:44Oh
00:59Which is passing
01:01Illuminates once more just the reality that this life thing is hard
01:06And it don't matter how much money you have it no matter how much fame you have and even sometimes matter how much support you have
01:12There are things that are happening within that sometimes nothing anything outside of you can handle but check on your friends and
01:21check on yourself and
01:23Understand that this ride is rocky for so many of us today. We lost one of the greatest
01:30Dancers of all time and I just want to
01:34remind everyone that
01:37Reach out to
01:39the ones that you love
01:41Don't take anyone for granted
01:43the death of twitch is heartbreaking people saying on the internet that there was a
01:48Conspiracy and that he was killed by the Hollywood elite. Give me a break. I've been on antidepressants since
01:541999 right after Columbine and
01:58I will never go off them
02:00Because I know how dark it gets and I know how bad it could be and it can make you forget
02:05That you have children who need you that you have
02:08Friends who would mourn you forever that you have siblings
02:12Who wouldn't survive, you know, you forget those things
02:15So while you're here love the best you can and the most you can and for those who can't do it like twitch
02:21Forgive them in peace
02:23No way out, you know that black male suicide rates are rising faster than any other racial demographic
02:30I'm shook because it's like damn a lot of us black men really normalize carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders
02:35So much that we know how to smile and laugh and really on the inside would be dealing and battling with demons you for
02:43Anybody out there who may be struggling?
02:46Right now because you feel that life is too hard for you and I've been there where I thought
02:53That it wasn't gonna get better
02:56But it did
02:58So I want to encourage anybody out there right now. You are thinking about giving up
03:04It will get better everybody
03:07I like the rest of the world. I'm shocked by the death of Steven boss
03:12Twitch I've only met him a couple times. He was always full of life and seemed like such a light
03:18But with that said I just want to take you back to a time in my life where I tried to commit suicide a couple
03:24of times
03:25Because it was so dark. I didn't think it would get any better
03:29I had endured so much pain so much abuse his sexual abuse
03:34It was all so hard to just move through that. I thought the only way to
03:39Make this better this pain go away stay in my life
03:43Had any of those attempts happened? I would have missed the best part of my life
03:48I know you may be going through some things. I know you may seem like there is no hope but please
03:55Reach out to someone
03:59You

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