1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:13,146 --> 00:00:14,541 - I received a call 4 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:19,711 about one of my friends passing away over the weekend 5 00:00:19,746 --> 00:00:22,747 from not being, like being in a pool 6 00:00:24,355 --> 00:00:27,158 and not knowing how to swim and drowning. 7 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,094 That's literally the story behind it. 8 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:31,723 Mysterex - So I mean did you know 9 00:00:31,758 --> 00:00:35,232 any more details regarding how he drowned? 10 00:00:37,797 --> 00:00:39,500 - I just got the bare minimum, 11 00:00:39,535 --> 00:00:41,238 but it's just deep, 12 00:00:46,608 --> 00:00:49,345 it's a deep thing to think about. 13 00:00:53,549 --> 00:00:55,813 - Oh Layla. 14 00:00:57,652 --> 00:01:00,092 It's your friend Mr, Society. 15 00:01:02,723 --> 00:01:06,560 What will all that swimming do to your hair? 16 00:01:06,595 --> 00:01:09,200 What will it do to your skin? 17 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,335 Yeah, what the rumours say? 18 00:01:13,272 --> 00:01:14,766 Blacks can't swim. 19 00:01:22,446 --> 00:01:24,116 ♪ Thought about it, thought about it ♪ 20 00:01:24,151 --> 00:01:26,151 ♪ I thought about it, thought about it ♪ 21 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:30,188 ♪ Thought about it, thought about it ♪ 22 00:01:30,223 --> 00:01:31,122 ♪ Thought about it, thought about it ♪ 23 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:35,523 ♪ I thought about it, thought about it ♪ 24 00:01:35,558 --> 00:01:38,856 ♪ No, no, no, no ♪ 25 00:01:38,891 --> 00:01:41,529 ♪ Thought about it, thought about it ♪ 26 00:01:41,564 --> 00:01:42,662 - So how was your holiday? 27 00:01:42,697 --> 00:01:43,498 - Oh my God. 28 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:44,466 It was amazing. 29 00:01:44,501 --> 00:01:45,731 We had our own private waiter. 30 00:01:45,766 --> 00:01:46,875 We had our own swimming pool. 31 00:01:46,899 --> 00:01:48,338 It was amazing. 32 00:01:48,373 --> 00:01:49,834 - Private waiter and swimming pool? 33 00:01:49,869 --> 00:01:51,781 - Yeah I just rang the bell and he came running. 34 00:01:51,805 --> 00:01:53,574 - Is that all you guys talk about, holiday? 35 00:01:53,609 --> 00:01:56,445 There's something in life to talk about you know. 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:57,677 - Like what? 37 00:01:57,712 --> 00:02:00,152 - Like music, car shows, fashion. 38 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:03,254 Is that Gucci? 39 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:04,486 - Yeah, that's a Gucci. 40 00:02:04,521 --> 00:02:06,653 - I should have worn my Gucci life jacket, 41 00:02:06,688 --> 00:02:07,688 we could have matched. 42 00:02:08,921 --> 00:02:10,426 - Talking about life jacket, 43 00:02:10,461 --> 00:02:12,197 so how'd you get on with swimming? 44 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:12,923 - Yeah. 45 00:02:12,958 --> 00:02:13,924 So it's going quite well. 46 00:02:13,959 --> 00:02:15,025 It's going pretty well. 47 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:17,169 I was having problems with the breathing part of it 48 00:02:17,204 --> 00:02:18,315 but other than that, It's going really, really well. 49 00:02:18,339 --> 00:02:20,865 And I just can't believe that it's taking me this long 50 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,637 to actually even consider learning how to swim. 51 00:02:23,672 --> 00:02:27,245 So yeah, I was standing behind them, behind the stereotype, 52 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,939 the stigmas and the myths. 53 00:02:28,974 --> 00:02:31,513 And you guys are pretty instrumental. 54 00:02:31,548 --> 00:02:33,185 And you're one of the triggers actually 55 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:36,848 in getting me into actually learn how to swim. 56 00:03:10,950 --> 00:03:13,291 Do you remember the last time we had the conversation 57 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:14,589 and I had a life jacket on 58 00:03:14,624 --> 00:03:16,756 and you say that, if my daughter can swim, 59 00:03:16,791 --> 00:03:17,857 everyone can swim. 60 00:03:17,892 --> 00:03:19,932 And that's one of the things that pushed me to yeah. 61 00:03:21,026 --> 00:03:22,960 Can I just, I'll take this call. 62 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:24,830 Sorry about this. 63 00:03:24,865 --> 00:03:27,305 - Wow, he's learnt to swim. 64 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:28,473 - Yeah. 65 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:32,970 Especially how we know how difficult it was for him, right. 66 00:03:33,709 --> 00:03:35,478 - Oh, sorry about that. 67 00:03:35,513 --> 00:03:37,843 I had to find a quieter place. 68 00:03:37,878 --> 00:03:38,910 So yeah. 69 00:03:38,945 --> 00:03:39,746 So this is Frank 70 00:03:39,781 --> 00:03:40,978 So who's speaking. 71 00:03:41,013 --> 00:03:43,387 - My name is Ettiene from Azutan Empowerment. 72 00:03:43,422 --> 00:03:44,355 - How can I help you? 73 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:45,587 - I have two young people 74 00:03:45,622 --> 00:03:47,358 who have been working with for some time. 75 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:49,855 They both have issues that remind me of your story. 76 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:51,626 They're both bright, intelligent, 77 00:03:51,661 --> 00:03:53,925 and have the potential to move forward in life. 78 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,400 I have recently received funding for a project 79 00:03:56,435 --> 00:03:57,929 which includes swimming. 80 00:03:57,964 --> 00:04:00,030 But no matter what I try to do, 81 00:04:00,065 --> 00:04:02,538 something is holding them back from taking part. 82 00:04:02,573 --> 00:04:05,475 I was wondering if you can come and have a conversation 83 00:04:05,510 --> 00:04:06,872 and chat with them. 84 00:04:06,907 --> 00:04:09,413 - Okay, yeah, I would love to. 85 00:04:10,812 --> 00:04:12,559 Well you obviously, you've obviously had about my journey 86 00:04:12,583 --> 00:04:13,813 and all that kind of thing. 87 00:04:13,848 --> 00:04:16,013 So yes, anything, any assistance I can help, 88 00:04:16,048 --> 00:04:18,884 I can lend to anybody else learning how to swim 89 00:04:18,919 --> 00:04:20,490 and there'll be, yeah, I'd love to. 90 00:04:20,525 --> 00:04:22,690 - Well actually that is not the problem. 91 00:04:22,725 --> 00:04:24,428 They both know how to swim. 92 00:04:24,463 --> 00:04:26,430 - So how can I help then? 93 00:04:26,465 --> 00:04:27,805 - Well, I think it's best if you come down 94 00:04:27,829 --> 00:04:29,367 and you can chat with them further 95 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:31,897 and then you understand the situation more. 96 00:04:31,932 --> 00:04:35,032 - Well, you've got my number anyway, so text me the address 97 00:04:35,067 --> 00:04:38,310 and let's schedule a time and I'll after work, 98 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:41,346 I'll pop around then see if I can have a conversation 99 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:45,713 with them and get to the bottom of what this issue is. 100 00:04:45,748 --> 00:04:46,879 - Okay, thank you. 101 00:04:46,914 --> 00:04:48,386 It was nice to speak to you, Frank. 102 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:49,684 - Nice speaking to you. 103 00:04:49,719 --> 00:04:50,828 All right, speak to you in a bit, cheers. 104 00:04:50,852 --> 00:04:52,390 Bye. 105 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:54,623 - So I hear you got a new car. 106 00:04:54,658 --> 00:04:56,955 - Yeah, it might need new tyres. 107 00:04:56,990 --> 00:04:58,429 - How many miles have you done it? 108 00:04:58,464 --> 00:04:59,089 - About 15,000. 109 00:04:59,124 --> 00:05:00,332 - 15? 110 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:01,058 - Yeah. 111 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:02,059 - You've only had like what? 112 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:03,434 - October. 113 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:04,469 - Wow. 114 00:05:05,405 --> 00:05:06,800 - Sorry about that guys. 115 00:05:06,835 --> 00:05:08,439 That was a really, really strange call. 116 00:05:08,474 --> 00:05:11,376 So this guy Ettiene, said he heard my journey, 117 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:12,674 my swimming journey. 118 00:05:12,709 --> 00:05:13,840 And which is strange 119 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:15,490 because we're just talking about swimming. 120 00:05:15,514 --> 00:05:17,349 And he says, yeah, he runs a programme 121 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:18,977 for disadvantaged children. 122 00:05:19,012 --> 00:05:20,682 And one of the programmes that, 123 00:05:20,717 --> 00:05:23,454 one of the things that you have to do is swim. 124 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:24,928 And he's got these two young adults 125 00:05:24,952 --> 00:05:27,590 that just don't wanna get in the water. 126 00:05:27,625 --> 00:05:29,889 The strange thing is that he says they can swim 127 00:05:29,924 --> 00:05:31,792 but they just don't want to. 128 00:05:31,827 --> 00:05:33,629 So I'm gonna go see them next week. 129 00:05:33,664 --> 00:05:35,444 I'm gonna see if I can, he wants me to mentor them. 130 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,632 So it's 131 00:05:38,064 --> 00:05:40,024 So I'm gonna see them and see what it's all about. 132 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:55,079 - My mom is a very, very strongly African-Nigerian woman. 133 00:05:55,114 --> 00:05:57,818 But we live in a predominantly white area. 134 00:05:57,853 --> 00:06:00,887 So I went to a predominantly white school as well. 135 00:06:00,922 --> 00:06:02,086 In primary school, 136 00:06:02,121 --> 00:06:03,835 I was like the only Black person in my year. 137 00:06:03,859 --> 00:06:06,596 And I didn't start off swimming. 138 00:06:06,631 --> 00:06:09,533 I didn't know how to swim at first, 139 00:06:09,568 --> 00:06:11,139 but then I think it was around year two. 140 00:06:11,163 --> 00:06:13,702 So that's like around seven-ish. 141 00:06:13,737 --> 00:06:15,440 We started having swimming lessons 142 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:16,969 as part of the national curriculum. 143 00:06:17,004 --> 00:06:19,477 And yeah, I wasn't able to swim. 144 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:20,578 I was a lot behind. 145 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:23,877 I was a lot more behind than the rest of the group 146 00:06:23,912 --> 00:06:26,616 - When I was younger, on my birthday as well, 147 00:06:26,651 --> 00:06:28,651 I went to a swimming pool 148 00:06:28,686 --> 00:06:30,488 and like they had the blow up slides 149 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:31,687 and all of that in there. 150 00:06:31,722 --> 00:06:33,854 And I nearly drowned in the deep end. 151 00:06:33,889 --> 00:06:36,021 And since that day I've just been traumatised. 152 00:06:36,056 --> 00:06:38,155 So like, I go back in the water and stuff like, 153 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:39,089 I'm not traumatised to a point 154 00:06:39,125 --> 00:06:41,895 where I don't wanna even think about water, 155 00:06:41,930 --> 00:06:43,094 but when I'm in there, 156 00:06:43,129 --> 00:06:45,437 it's like my heart is just, I'm anxious. 157 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:46,801 I'm so anxious. 158 00:06:46,836 --> 00:06:49,166 - So last time I went swimming was in Florida, 159 00:06:49,201 --> 00:06:51,443 literally a year ago. 160 00:06:51,478 --> 00:06:55,007 And they went to the beach and I didn't want to swim 161 00:06:55,042 --> 00:06:56,173 because of my hair, but 162 00:06:57,616 --> 00:07:00,210 - So my dad, every year we go on holiday 163 00:07:00,245 --> 00:07:04,181 and he goes snorkeling under water in the sea. 164 00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:06,491 And sometimes he goes out quite far, 165 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:10,462 but I'd only go out to where the little fishes. 166 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,123 I normally would go to where they are 167 00:07:12,158 --> 00:07:15,566 but I wouldn't go as far as he goes. 168 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:17,469 - No way, I can't swim. 169 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:20,604 Mainly because I just, I don't know how to 170 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:23,541 and I'm never really tried in a way. 171 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,037 Because I'll be honest, 172 00:07:25,072 --> 00:07:28,546 I wouldn't say I'm scared but, I just don't like swimming. 173 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:29,613 It's not my thing. 174 00:07:32,013 --> 00:07:34,046 - Well, we've had a lot of experience 175 00:07:34,081 --> 00:07:35,225 and that's how we kind of we know we can't swim. 176 00:07:35,249 --> 00:07:38,787 And this is experience from we're talking primary school 177 00:07:38,822 --> 00:07:41,856 to all the way to even now, shame to say, 178 00:07:41,891 --> 00:07:45,497 but even now I still can't get it. 179 00:07:45,532 --> 00:07:48,060 I guess it's the fear in water that I have, 180 00:07:48,095 --> 00:07:49,028 I don't know about you. 181 00:07:49,063 --> 00:07:50,260 - Yeah, that's what's weird. 182 00:07:50,295 --> 00:07:51,306 It's not like we've never had lessons. 183 00:07:51,330 --> 00:07:54,572 'Cause like it was compulsory in primary school, 184 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:57,135 but even then we just, 185 00:07:57,170 --> 00:08:00,237 I don't know if we just don't pick it up or whatever it is. 186 00:08:00,272 --> 00:08:02,041 And it's not that I don't want to. 187 00:08:02,076 --> 00:08:03,273 - Yeah. 188 00:08:03,308 --> 00:08:04,419 - I'd love to be able to go on these holidays 189 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:07,750 and just be kicking the ball in water doing whatever. 190 00:08:07,785 --> 00:08:09,213 - I think I was quite determined, 191 00:08:09,248 --> 00:08:11,292 'cause I quite liked the idea of being able to swim. 192 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:13,723 Being able to like play in the water when you go on holiday. 193 00:08:13,758 --> 00:08:16,187 So before I could swim, you'd go on holiday, it's like, 194 00:08:16,222 --> 00:08:17,573 oh, I can't go without my arm bands. 195 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:18,640 You see with these other girls 196 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:20,862 like going in, swimming freely. 197 00:08:20,897 --> 00:08:23,128 It's like, I can't do that because I can't swim yet. 198 00:08:23,163 --> 00:08:25,262 So I think it was that that sort of like drive me 199 00:08:25,297 --> 00:08:27,539 to like go and learn to swim 200 00:08:27,574 --> 00:08:29,277 - From the beginning, it was primary school. 201 00:08:29,301 --> 00:08:30,707 We used to have swimming lessons, 202 00:08:30,742 --> 00:08:33,776 that's where it first started off. 203 00:08:33,811 --> 00:08:36,515 When we're doing the lessons, 204 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:39,254 I was the one that couldn't swim in it, 205 00:08:39,278 --> 00:08:40,110 but it was like a few of us. 206 00:08:40,146 --> 00:08:43,588 But like, you know, we were all Black. 207 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:45,689 - 'Cause I wanna learn how to swim myself. 208 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:48,560 Like I would love to learn how to swim anyway. 209 00:08:48,595 --> 00:08:50,727 I've went to like in a few dates with different girls 210 00:08:50,762 --> 00:08:51,926 and I was like, you know, 211 00:08:51,961 --> 00:08:53,664 like most of them they know how to swim 212 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,941 and I've asked them you know, can you teach me how to swim? 213 00:08:55,965 --> 00:08:58,097 And that's the thing that shit is like sounds funny 214 00:08:58,132 --> 00:08:59,571 but I'm serious about it. 215 00:08:59,606 --> 00:09:00,935 I wanna learn how to swim. 216 00:09:00,970 --> 00:09:02,332 Same as all like in the summer, 217 00:09:02,367 --> 00:09:05,203 you gonna learn how to like ride a bike, 218 00:09:05,238 --> 00:09:08,338 I wanna swim as well, but I just don't know how to. 219 00:09:08,373 --> 00:09:10,846 - In my head for some reason I just thought I could swim. 220 00:09:10,881 --> 00:09:12,650 So I just jumped in the water, 221 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:16,654 not caring like about anything else. 222 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:17,521 I jumped in 223 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:19,063 I just went all the way to the bottom. 224 00:09:19,087 --> 00:09:21,923 Just like, like an unveil, like boom. 225 00:09:21,958 --> 00:09:25,630 And I'm just like, the water just started going in. 226 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:26,798 And I'm like taking it in. 227 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:28,974 And then, I think someone could see the bubbles coming up 228 00:09:28,998 --> 00:09:30,976 or whatever, somebody jumped in and grabbed me out bro, 229 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,364 like start pushing my chest down like all the water 230 00:09:34,399 --> 00:09:35,198 is coming out. 231 00:09:35,233 --> 00:09:36,278 I'm like what the hell just happened? 232 00:09:36,302 --> 00:09:37,302 I just drowned. 233 00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:44,143 - Yes, I've had an experience where I thought like, 234 00:09:44,178 --> 00:09:47,047 yes, swimming needs to be learned. 235 00:09:47,082 --> 00:09:50,952 I remember it was, I was a lot younger in a camp. 236 00:09:50,987 --> 00:09:53,152 I went to a camp with a few of my friends 237 00:09:53,187 --> 00:09:57,057 and they had this like total wipe out kind of course. 238 00:09:57,092 --> 00:09:59,059 So I remember climbing up these ladders 239 00:09:59,094 --> 00:10:02,766 and I had to slide down a slide and then swim to the canoes 240 00:10:02,801 --> 00:10:04,240 and I'd remember just sliding down. 241 00:10:04,264 --> 00:10:07,166 It was all fun and games until I hit that water. 242 00:10:07,201 --> 00:10:10,400 And I just went in and I remember gulping so much 243 00:10:10,435 --> 00:10:12,743 cause I've never been in water like that. 244 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:16,274 So I just remember gulping and gulping and it was freezing. 245 00:10:16,309 --> 00:10:17,209 And you know that whole thing 246 00:10:17,244 --> 00:10:18,254 about when your body hits water 247 00:10:18,278 --> 00:10:19,387 and you're just gasping for air. 248 00:10:19,411 --> 00:10:21,048 So it was something, it was like, 249 00:10:21,083 --> 00:10:23,655 I remember just gasping and struggling 250 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:25,052 to swim back to this canoe. 251 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,364 ♪ Smokey boy baby ♪ 252 00:10:40,399 --> 00:10:42,707 ♪ Chop, chop my money ♪ 253 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:45,435 ♪ I go make you Koko Belo, Koko Belo ♪ 254 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:47,272 ♪ I can buy you motor ♪ 255 00:10:47,307 --> 00:10:50,748 ♪ My people in the street, that's just how we de go ♪ 256 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:52,079 ♪ We don't tire ♪ 257 00:10:52,114 --> 00:10:53,278 ♪ Tire, tire ♪ 258 00:10:53,313 --> 00:10:54,818 ♪ But we go higher ♪ 259 00:10:54,853 --> 00:10:55,687 ♪ Higher, higher ♪ 260 00:10:55,722 --> 00:10:57,216 ♪ We don't tire ♪ 261 00:10:57,251 --> 00:10:58,052 ♪ Tire, tire ♪ 262 00:10:58,087 --> 00:10:59,955 ♪ But we go higher ♪ 263 00:10:59,990 --> 00:11:02,694 ♪ Every other day we can celebrate ♪ 264 00:11:02,729 --> 00:11:05,796 ♪ Roll up to the scene, don't hesitate ♪ 265 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:06,423 - All right. 266 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,095 This tune is fire fam. 267 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:10,196 When this shit touches the road it's gone fam. 268 00:11:10,231 --> 00:11:12,000 We back on top again fam. 269 00:11:12,035 --> 00:11:14,365 Come on, I just need the hook for it and it's gone. 270 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:15,577 What else are we waiting for fam? 271 00:11:15,601 --> 00:11:18,270 - I know, but I got to go meet Ettiene in an hour though. 272 00:11:18,305 --> 00:11:20,943 - What, why are you wasting time going there for bro? 273 00:11:20,978 --> 00:11:22,175 Finish the beat fam. 274 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:25,310 I need finished tunes to send to the radio fam. 275 00:11:25,345 --> 00:11:26,784 - Trust me, bro. 276 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:27,918 Ettiene is a kind person. 277 00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:29,996 He promised to help me with a couple of things though. 278 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:30,821 - What? 279 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:31,448 Help you with what fam? 280 00:11:31,483 --> 00:11:32,922 That swimming thing fam? 281 00:11:32,957 --> 00:11:34,187 Allow it bro. 282 00:11:34,222 --> 00:11:35,496 - Bro, I don't even want to swim myself, 283 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,828 but it's part of the whole project. 284 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:40,127 - Bro, just concentrate on the music fam 285 00:11:40,162 --> 00:11:43,328 and we'll be back fam for that swimming thing fam, 286 00:11:43,363 --> 00:11:44,802 just don't go near water bro. 287 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:46,067 You'll be good fam. 288 00:11:46,102 --> 00:11:48,839 That's a white man's thing anyway fam. 289 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:51,842 - My man said it's a white mans, 290 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:54,746 - Wait, what can you even swim fam? 291 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:56,440 - A bit fam. 292 00:11:56,475 --> 00:11:57,881 - Why are you lying for bro? 293 00:11:57,916 --> 00:11:59,850 - I'm not lying, bro. 294 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:03,920 - Fam, have you ever swam in a pool or the sea fam? 295 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:07,891 - A bit. 296 00:12:09,191 --> 00:12:10,300 - Why are you lying for bro? 297 00:12:10,324 --> 00:12:11,763 - Why are you always on me bro? 298 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,523 - Bro, Mo just allow him in it. 299 00:12:13,558 --> 00:12:18,330 Yow Frost, go do your thing and I will shout you later. 300 00:12:19,498 --> 00:12:22,741 - Hit me up, swimming man, swimming thing. 301 00:12:27,374 --> 00:12:29,814 ♪ Sitting by the pool, feeling so cool ♪ 302 00:12:29,849 --> 00:12:30,889 ♪ Splash, splash, splash ♪ 303 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:34,852 ♪ They say blacks can't swim ♪ 304 00:12:37,989 --> 00:12:39,824 - Hello Simon. 305 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:44,059 It's your friend, Mr Society. 306 00:12:48,098 --> 00:12:49,559 Swimming? 307 00:12:49,594 --> 00:12:50,868 You'll drown. 308 00:12:52,069 --> 00:12:54,201 We don't want that, do we? 309 00:12:56,942 --> 00:13:00,878 Listen to your friend Mo, he knows the score. 310 00:13:02,409 --> 00:13:03,914 Blacks can't swim. 311 00:13:13,552 --> 00:13:17,994 - I was born with a condition called tibial hemimelia, 312 00:13:18,029 --> 00:13:20,898 which basically around my fibula bone, all my tibia. 313 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:22,867 So one leg is shorter than the other 314 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,165 and I have a prosthetic leg 315 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,905 but I don't really pay attention to none of that. 316 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,500 I just live my life normal. 317 00:13:29,535 --> 00:13:32,811 Just doing what next man does really. 318 00:13:33,572 --> 00:13:34,846 And pretty much, 319 00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:36,914 yeah there's some things that I can do 320 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:38,520 and there's somethings that, because of this I can't, 321 00:13:38,544 --> 00:13:41,545 even when I try and push it, I can't do. 322 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:45,483 So swimming, I'm still gonna try eventually, 323 00:13:45,518 --> 00:13:48,189 but it's one of them ones where, 324 00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:51,962 it's gonna be hard 'cause I have to use both legs. 325 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:52,863 I'm only using one. 326 00:13:52,898 --> 00:13:55,262 - I definitely remember trying to conform 327 00:13:55,297 --> 00:13:58,430 and trying to do my best to catch up as fast as I could 328 00:13:58,465 --> 00:14:00,905 so that I could jump in the deep end. 329 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:05,173 But I had also a deep, almost innate fear of water. 330 00:14:06,572 --> 00:14:10,508 So when I would have to jump in and stuff into the deep end, 331 00:14:10,543 --> 00:14:11,642 I would be the longest one. 332 00:14:11,678 --> 00:14:15,920 I'd be last because it would take me about 20 minutes 333 00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:18,989 to rack up the nerve to actually jump in 334 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:22,894 - Because I have sickle cell anaemia myself. 335 00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:26,931 I used to be so apprehensive about getting in pools 336 00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:29,901 and like, yeah the way it affects my body, 337 00:14:29,936 --> 00:14:33,498 sometimes just the temperature of the water 338 00:14:34,633 --> 00:14:36,974 can put me completely off 339 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:40,043 or send me into what we call a sickle cell crisis. 340 00:14:40,078 --> 00:14:43,211 That's where my body just basically shuts down. 341 00:14:43,246 --> 00:14:45,345 And it's in pain stations, pain stations. 342 00:14:45,380 --> 00:14:47,017 Red alert, red alert. 343 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:51,087 So, but the majority of the time I swim, it soothes. 344 00:14:53,421 --> 00:14:57,258 Let's say, unless I feel like it's too cold. 345 00:14:57,293 --> 00:14:58,996 And then I just start shivering up 346 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:00,998 and I just like start stiffening, 347 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,626 like it soothes. 348 00:15:02,661 --> 00:15:05,266 There's a soothing feeling that comes with swimming. 349 00:15:05,301 --> 00:15:08,335 - Swimming is back at the priority list for black people 350 00:15:08,370 --> 00:15:10,700 because I think it's just been advertised so much 351 00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:12,570 that black people can't swim. 352 00:15:12,605 --> 00:15:16,178 So like, it's like misleading the mind thinking 353 00:15:16,213 --> 00:15:17,410 that we can't swim. 354 00:15:17,445 --> 00:15:19,709 So I think that's what it is like. 355 00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:22,118 And then with like all the experiences 356 00:15:22,153 --> 00:15:24,714 that they've had as well like for example, myself, 357 00:15:24,749 --> 00:15:26,056 it just leads me think, 358 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:26,957 yeah like we can't really, 359 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:28,993 it's not built, we're not built for that 360 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,225 or something like that. 361 00:15:30,260 --> 00:15:31,435 You look at, look at the Olympics, 362 00:15:31,459 --> 00:15:32,603 like it's only, it's maybe only one black guy 363 00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:34,669 I've ever seen swimming and I was laughing when I saw it. 364 00:15:34,693 --> 00:15:36,594 I was like, dude why are you swimming? 365 00:15:38,136 --> 00:15:39,729 That's not your thing bro. 366 00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:43,271 - I feel like the attention span of people 367 00:15:44,538 --> 00:15:49,145 as the generations pass it kind of diminishes. 368 00:15:49,180 --> 00:15:53,578 So the way for older generational could easily 369 00:15:53,613 --> 00:15:57,054 have been attracted to and got into swimming, 370 00:15:57,089 --> 00:16:01,091 isn't the same way the younger generation will be attracted 371 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:03,489 and get into it because there's so many other things 372 00:16:03,524 --> 00:16:05,359 for them now to focus on 373 00:16:05,394 --> 00:16:09,099 where they'll start now thinking, feeling, 374 00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:14,071 that there's a tier list of the essential skills. 375 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:19,637 And then regarding what they might personally do 376 00:16:19,672 --> 00:16:22,112 within their own lives, 377 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:25,709 they might not have it on such a high necessity. 378 00:16:25,744 --> 00:16:27,128 - Yes, and not seeing it as a priority, 379 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:28,196 I think that's a massive thing. 380 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:33,090 I think that unless you live either live near water 381 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,686 or live on a boat that there's no real reason 382 00:16:35,721 --> 00:16:39,063 to learn how to swim and if you're never introduced to it 383 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:41,065 it's just not something you think about. 384 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,430 And I think it's not something people miss out on. 385 00:16:43,465 --> 00:16:44,365 And a lot of the times 386 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:45,640 I don't think it affects people 387 00:16:45,665 --> 00:16:48,666 unless they do or exposed to water, 388 00:16:48,701 --> 00:16:50,305 which I think that's a choice. 389 00:16:50,340 --> 00:16:52,087 I don't think you have to be exposed to water 390 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:53,143 if you don't want to. 391 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,442 - The last time I swam, 392 00:16:55,477 --> 00:16:59,149 was probably about three four months ago, 393 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:01,448 Tell a lie, it was actually about six months ago. 394 00:17:01,483 --> 00:17:04,583 And it was only because me and my partner went to like a spa 395 00:17:04,618 --> 00:17:06,618 or something and it was a swimming pool. 396 00:17:06,653 --> 00:17:08,389 And I didn't ever wanna go in the water 397 00:17:08,424 --> 00:17:10,303 but she she's like, ain't you gonna go in the water? 398 00:17:10,327 --> 00:17:11,788 Ain't you gonna go in the water. 399 00:17:11,823 --> 00:17:12,689 So I went in there for a little bit 400 00:17:12,724 --> 00:17:14,395 and I just felt like I was gonna drown. 401 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:16,232 So I wasn't even in there for too long. 402 00:17:16,267 --> 00:17:17,805 Like my swimming skills are not really too strong, 403 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:19,499 as I said so. 404 00:17:19,534 --> 00:17:22,403 I was in there trying to swim but the water is in my mouth 405 00:17:22,438 --> 00:17:24,537 and in my nose and all sorts 406 00:17:24,572 --> 00:17:26,550 - And I remember I went to Greece one time with like 407 00:17:26,574 --> 00:17:29,773 with the team and like one of the guys aunties was there 408 00:17:29,808 --> 00:17:32,215 and she was, I'm gonna teach her how to swim. 409 00:17:32,250 --> 00:17:33,689 And like, it was just in the little part, 410 00:17:33,713 --> 00:17:37,187 and I learned how to just do little basic things 411 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:38,386 and it was all fun and then, 412 00:17:38,421 --> 00:17:40,487 but then like another future instance, 413 00:17:40,522 --> 00:17:41,587 we did like kayaking. 414 00:17:41,622 --> 00:17:42,788 - Yeah. 415 00:17:42,823 --> 00:17:44,865 - And then our boat turned over and we were in the water. 416 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:45,721 And then in that moment, 417 00:17:45,757 --> 00:17:47,241 it's not like you just think, oh yeah, 418 00:17:47,265 --> 00:17:49,166 this is what I did then, 419 00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:50,401 it just, everything goes away. 420 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:51,828 And the only thing I think of is, 421 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:53,368 I don't want to be here right now. 422 00:17:53,403 --> 00:17:54,567 - Kinda of panic. 423 00:17:54,602 --> 00:17:56,470 - I do want to learn 'cause I want to travel. 424 00:17:56,505 --> 00:17:58,142 I wanna, again it's something I want 425 00:17:58,177 --> 00:18:01,574 but then I don't know how to naturalise it like. 426 00:18:01,609 --> 00:18:02,609 - Yeah. 427 00:18:03,842 --> 00:18:07,118 - It was interesting because from the changing room, 428 00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:08,779 I think things are different. 429 00:18:08,814 --> 00:18:11,254 When you're Black and you're in a situation 430 00:18:11,289 --> 00:18:13,223 with mostly White people 431 00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:15,489 you already know all the ways that you're different. 432 00:18:15,524 --> 00:18:17,359 You already know the ways that, 433 00:18:17,394 --> 00:18:19,526 the things don't, aren't the same. 434 00:18:19,561 --> 00:18:22,892 And it's like even being in the changing rooms 435 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:25,895 and not having lotion, coming out with your skin dry 436 00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:28,139 or getting your hair wet 437 00:18:28,174 --> 00:18:29,251 and not wanting your hair to get wet. 438 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:34,145 And we'd always have fun after the swimming lesson. 439 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:36,510 And you know, we were allowed to play however we wanted 440 00:18:36,545 --> 00:18:37,885 and my friends were trying to splash 441 00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:39,909 and I'd be like, don't get water on my head 442 00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:44,122 when they could never really understand that. 443 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:49,226 - So when are you gonna get ready? 444 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:51,162 - I'm literally just gonna do my hair. 445 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,197 Maybe put a little bit of makeup on. 446 00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:54,031 Sometimes I wish I was a boy 447 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:57,564 I could just like roll out of bed. 448 00:18:57,599 --> 00:18:59,236 - Hell no. 449 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,677 Speaking of boys, you still got that buff thing 450 00:19:00,701 --> 00:19:01,832 coming around later? 451 00:19:01,867 --> 00:19:03,306 - Who, Clayton? 452 00:19:06,707 --> 00:19:08,007 Sorry girl, go on. 453 00:19:08,042 --> 00:19:13,151 - Literally gonna chill, probably make himself that nice to eat. 454 00:19:14,352 --> 00:19:16,627 - Girl, you better make sure that chicken seasoned good boy. 455 00:19:16,651 --> 00:19:18,189 - You're a joker. 456 00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:21,357 - So what, has he seen like your bits yet? 457 00:19:21,392 --> 00:19:23,557 - What do you mean? 458 00:19:23,592 --> 00:19:24,393 - Come on. 459 00:19:24,428 --> 00:19:25,328 Don't play innocent. 460 00:19:25,363 --> 00:19:26,560 It's been a few months still, 461 00:19:26,595 --> 00:19:29,761 you must've shown him something at least. 462 00:19:29,796 --> 00:19:32,665 - Well, usually we have the lights down low 463 00:19:32,700 --> 00:19:35,569 - Still, so you gonna go to that swimming thing then. 464 00:19:35,604 --> 00:19:38,341 Were you gonna tell that, what's that guys name again? 465 00:19:38,376 --> 00:19:39,573 Who, Ettiene? 466 00:19:39,608 --> 00:19:42,543 - Yeah, what are you gonna say to him? 467 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:45,513 - Would you go? 468 00:19:45,548 --> 00:19:46,679 - What? 469 00:19:46,714 --> 00:19:49,319 Go for the swimming event? 470 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:51,222 - Yeah, would you go? 471 00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:52,257 - Do you know what? 472 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:52,883 I don't care. 473 00:19:52,918 --> 00:19:53,818 I'll go if you go. 474 00:19:53,853 --> 00:19:55,853 So what, you're gonna go? 475 00:19:56,988 --> 00:19:58,790 - It is what it is. 476 00:19:59,991 --> 00:20:01,958 I'll probably just gas him up like last time. 477 00:20:01,993 --> 00:20:05,434 - Ettiene is not gonna be happy. 478 00:20:05,469 --> 00:20:09,438 - Boy, I can't lie, I'm gonna shout you later. 479 00:20:09,473 --> 00:20:11,902 - All right girl then laters. 480 00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:16,973 - I do remember being a young kid 481 00:20:17,008 --> 00:20:19,008 and I got an uncle Mike is like a military uncle. 482 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,449 He always takes you out, 483 00:20:20,484 --> 00:20:22,319 little days out your cousins and stuff. 484 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:23,595 And like, when I wasn't good at swimming, 485 00:20:23,619 --> 00:20:25,355 he's just like chuck him in the deep end. 486 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:26,664 And that's how he taught you how to swim. 487 00:20:26,688 --> 00:20:27,896 He will just chuck you in the deep end, 488 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,887 you panic about but you'd catch it. 489 00:20:29,922 --> 00:20:31,636 And then once you caught it, you were like, yeah 490 00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:33,407 I kind of learned how to keep myself afloat. 491 00:20:33,431 --> 00:20:34,991 Doggy paddling, doing your thing. 492 00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:36,333 And then that's how I basically, 493 00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:37,994 I learned I remember being like 494 00:20:38,029 --> 00:20:39,710 that was a good way to teach me, it was just like 495 00:20:39,734 --> 00:20:43,274 - I can recall back to probably when I was like six, five. 496 00:20:43,309 --> 00:20:44,208 My daddy used to take me 497 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:46,376 and my older brother swimming in Brixton. 498 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:48,543 And that kind of built my confidence. 499 00:20:48,578 --> 00:20:50,039 And then when we went with school, 500 00:20:50,074 --> 00:20:52,041 I was always kind of ahead of everyone 501 00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:54,285 'cause I kind of had that experience. 502 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,913 And then I lost touch. 503 00:20:57,653 --> 00:21:00,357 I don't know what happened, but I just couldn't swim. 504 00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:01,633 And I went South Norwood Leisure Centre, 505 00:21:01,657 --> 00:21:05,758 I remember with my cousins and I drowned. 506 00:21:05,793 --> 00:21:07,958 And they saved me and after that it kinda hold on, 507 00:21:07,993 --> 00:21:10,301 how did I lose the drive to swim? 508 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:13,436 And I went back and it came back after some time. 509 00:21:13,471 --> 00:21:14,932 - I did swimming lessons. 510 00:21:14,967 --> 00:21:17,440 So obviously I was in a public pool, 511 00:21:17,475 --> 00:21:19,442 like loads of other children. 512 00:21:19,477 --> 00:21:21,411 So I just, I don't know. 513 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:22,446 It was fun. 514 00:21:23,580 --> 00:21:25,415 I mean, obviously like in the first lesson 515 00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:26,845 I was a bit scared, 516 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,825 but I guess everyone's scared on they're first try 517 00:21:28,849 --> 00:21:31,817 but like gradually I just found it like really fun. 518 00:21:31,852 --> 00:21:33,049 Like wanted to go 519 00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:34,798 - So the first time I went to a swimming pool, 520 00:21:34,822 --> 00:21:37,757 this was back in 2006, maybe seven. 521 00:21:39,365 --> 00:21:41,662 So this was year three in my primary school, 522 00:21:41,697 --> 00:21:44,093 we went to a leisure centre, 523 00:21:44,128 --> 00:21:45,798 which had a swimming pool. 524 00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:49,373 And pretty much the first time I went in, 525 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:51,067 well I run into, 526 00:21:51,102 --> 00:21:52,838 I actually jumped into the deep end 527 00:21:52,873 --> 00:21:54,411 without knowing it was a deep end. 528 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:56,842 And this is the first time I've ever swam in my life. 529 00:21:56,877 --> 00:21:59,548 And obviously that's a big jump. 530 00:22:00,881 --> 00:22:04,553 So then I started drowning but it was like, 531 00:22:04,588 --> 00:22:06,654 it was weird because people were looking 532 00:22:06,689 --> 00:22:09,591 but I was at a place where they could obviously reach out 533 00:22:09,626 --> 00:22:11,758 and grab me before I went down too low. 534 00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:13,529 And I came back up, I was confused. 535 00:22:13,564 --> 00:22:16,499 I was like, nah, it's not like what I saw on TV. 536 00:22:16,534 --> 00:22:17,709 - When I went to secondary school, 537 00:22:17,733 --> 00:22:19,436 I went to swimming lessons as well again. 538 00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:22,098 And then that's when I learned to like start swimming 539 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:23,539 but I still couldn't float, 540 00:22:23,574 --> 00:22:24,914 I still needed those puddles on everything. 541 00:22:24,938 --> 00:22:26,377 So I just thought like, 542 00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:28,445 I see Black people actually swimming 543 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,875 like in those classes in it. 544 00:22:29,910 --> 00:22:31,756 And I was still like the only one that couldn't swim 545 00:22:31,780 --> 00:22:33,120 so I felt it was just me in it so. 546 00:22:33,144 --> 00:22:34,880 - I was always that kid in the school 547 00:22:34,915 --> 00:22:38,554 that was always at the kinda end of the swimming class 548 00:22:38,589 --> 00:22:39,390 - 'Cause you had levels. 549 00:22:39,425 --> 00:22:40,622 - You have levels. 550 00:22:40,657 --> 00:22:41,557 - So it's like the tad pods, the dolphins, 551 00:22:41,592 --> 00:22:42,459 the sharks and the mermaids. 552 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:44,087 - Yeah, exactly. 553 00:22:44,122 --> 00:22:46,562 I was, I never progressed into the dolphins. 554 00:22:46,597 --> 00:22:47,772 You have to have like the floating thing. 555 00:22:47,796 --> 00:22:48,729 - Yeah. 556 00:22:48,764 --> 00:22:49,565 - Like that little puddle. 557 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:50,533 - Yeah, I was always 558 00:22:50,568 --> 00:22:51,648 maybe from five to like 10, 559 00:22:52,636 --> 00:22:54,735 I was always in the same position. 560 00:22:54,770 --> 00:22:55,934 And going into high school, 561 00:22:55,969 --> 00:22:57,474 when you go on these school trips, 562 00:22:57,509 --> 00:23:01,170 we have to swim even with a life jacket on. 563 00:23:01,205 --> 00:23:02,071 I still have that kind of fear 564 00:23:02,106 --> 00:23:05,174 like my feet aren't touching the ground. 565 00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:06,912 My feet aren't touching the ground. 566 00:23:06,947 --> 00:23:07,847 I'm gonna die. 567 00:23:07,882 --> 00:23:09,079 You know what I'm saying? 568 00:23:09,114 --> 00:23:11,147 I have to, it takes me a good 15-20 minutes 569 00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:12,555 then I'm like, okay, I'm cool. 570 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:13,590 I'm settled. 571 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:15,954 ♪ You just waste my time ♪ 572 00:23:15,989 --> 00:23:20,090 ♪ I don't pay no mind no ♪ 573 00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:21,960 ♪ Ed Accura in the house ♪ 574 00:23:21,995 --> 00:23:23,599 ♪ Time is now ♪ 575 00:23:23,634 --> 00:23:26,162 ♪ Let's change the narrative ♪ 576 00:23:27,638 --> 00:23:28,802 - Hello. 577 00:23:28,837 --> 00:23:30,837 - Hello, it's Frank, to see Ettiene. 578 00:23:30,872 --> 00:23:32,740 - Hello Frank, come on in. 579 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:38,141 ♪ You just waste my time ♪ 580 00:23:38,176 --> 00:23:41,980 ♪ I don't pay no mind no. ♪ 581 00:23:42,015 --> 00:23:43,817 ♪ Won't swim it's too cold ♪ 582 00:23:43,852 --> 00:23:45,621 ♪ Won't swim it's too deep ♪ 583 00:23:45,656 --> 00:23:46,985 ♪ Won't swim it's too wet ♪ 584 00:23:47,020 --> 00:23:50,791 ♪ I'm so Black, I'm so Black ♪ 585 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,634 - Really like what you're doing here with these kids. 586 00:23:58,669 --> 00:24:00,196 How's it all funded? 587 00:24:00,231 --> 00:24:01,901 - Thank you, we can only try. 588 00:24:01,936 --> 00:24:05,036 With such little resources, it's difficult to get funding. 589 00:24:05,071 --> 00:24:09,139 We're relying a lot on donations and favours but we manage. 590 00:24:09,174 --> 00:24:11,548 What we're doing now is giving kids the opportunity 591 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:13,583 to get involved in different activities 592 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:15,915 over the course of three months, which includes swimming. 593 00:24:15,950 --> 00:24:19,017 - So how do you want me to get involved in this? 594 00:24:19,052 --> 00:24:20,260 - Well, we used to have a swimming event 595 00:24:20,284 --> 00:24:22,757 before Called Swim Ting, which was good, 596 00:24:22,792 --> 00:24:24,858 but two members have not been taking part. 597 00:24:24,893 --> 00:24:26,838 - So these are the two that are meeting here today. 598 00:24:26,862 --> 00:24:28,532 - Yes. 599 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:29,643 These are two teenagers who are part of the programme. 600 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,799 Layla and Simon aka K Frost, 601 00:24:31,834 --> 00:24:33,768 who likes to be referred by it's artist name. 602 00:24:33,803 --> 00:24:34,934 - A musician. 603 00:24:34,969 --> 00:24:36,102 - Yes. 604 00:24:36,137 --> 00:24:38,212 He loves his music and Layla loves recreation activities 605 00:24:38,236 --> 00:24:39,543 like camping and traveling. 606 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:42,007 - So you said they both can swim. 607 00:24:42,042 --> 00:24:43,206 - Correct. 608 00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:45,549 - So in that case, what am I doing here? 609 00:24:52,756 --> 00:24:55,119 - Layla, I thought I asked you to come alone. 610 00:24:55,154 --> 00:24:56,989 You know we're going to be having a meeting. 611 00:24:57,024 --> 00:25:01,565 - We going somewhere after, can't she just sit here? 612 00:25:06,033 --> 00:25:07,868 You gonna have to go. 613 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:15,876 - I'd like to introduce you to Layla, Frank. 614 00:25:15,911 --> 00:25:16,911 - Hi, Layla. 615 00:25:19,783 --> 00:25:22,883 - Can you put your phone away please? 616 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:25,314 Sorry Frank. 617 00:25:25,349 --> 00:25:27,118 It's okay, it's cool. 618 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,965 - Oh, just in time, we're about to start the meeting. 619 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,132 Frank, this is Simon, I mean K Frost. 620 00:25:41,167 --> 00:25:44,608 Frost this is Frank who I told you about. 621 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:47,578 - Hey, what time is this finishing? 622 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:51,648 - Please show some respect. 623 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:53,276 You've only just got here. 624 00:25:53,311 --> 00:25:55,685 Shouldn't take longer than half an hour. 625 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,314 So Frank has come here to tell us about his experiences 626 00:25:58,349 --> 00:26:00,690 and how he overcame his fears in water. 627 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:01,791 And hopefully through this 628 00:26:01,826 --> 00:26:05,695 we can maybe shed some light on both of your issues. 629 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:06,773 - Do we need to talk about it? 630 00:26:06,797 --> 00:26:07,763 - Yes, we do. 631 00:26:07,798 --> 00:26:09,028 That's what we agreed. 632 00:26:09,063 --> 00:26:10,711 I would help you with your goals and dreams 633 00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:12,603 and you will take part in the programme. 634 00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:14,605 - But we're doing, the programme. 635 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,145 - And that means all of the programme 636 00:26:16,169 --> 00:26:17,707 and that includes swimming. 637 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,709 So Frank is going to talk about his experiences 638 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:21,348 and then we're going to have a conversation. 639 00:26:21,372 --> 00:26:22,613 Okay? 640 00:26:34,957 --> 00:26:36,352 - Man this heat though. 641 00:26:36,387 --> 00:26:37,586 - Mad hot today. 642 00:26:37,622 --> 00:26:39,641 I know I'm telling you, these bugs are getting on my nerves. 643 00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:41,258 - Kinda like Jamaica 644 00:26:41,293 --> 00:26:43,260 - It's really, really hot can be dealing. 645 00:26:43,295 --> 00:26:46,901 Really hard at the same time, I need to get my hair done. 646 00:26:46,936 --> 00:26:47,836 - Word. 647 00:26:47,871 --> 00:26:48,804 What are you trynna do with it? 648 00:26:48,839 --> 00:26:50,740 - I have no clue. 649 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:52,368 I need help. 650 00:26:52,403 --> 00:26:54,139 No clue whatsoever. 651 00:26:54,174 --> 00:26:57,109 - You trynna do, front or leave out. 652 00:26:58,717 --> 00:27:00,948 - I was thinking like a box braids. 653 00:27:00,983 --> 00:27:01,784 - Box braids. 654 00:27:01,819 --> 00:27:03,148 - Box braids. 655 00:27:03,183 --> 00:27:04,765 I'm telling you it's probably be box braids. 656 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,316 Having it up in one. 657 00:27:06,351 --> 00:27:09,253 Feel the wind going through if we get any wind. 658 00:27:09,288 --> 00:27:11,662 Like have you decided what you're gonna do with your hair? 659 00:27:11,697 --> 00:27:13,697 - I think, I'm thinking of getting it twisted 660 00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:16,062 or I'm not sure if I should just do straight locs. 661 00:27:16,097 --> 00:27:18,669 - Why, you on on some thing with 'em locs boy? 662 00:27:18,704 --> 00:27:19,868 - No. 663 00:27:19,903 --> 00:27:21,078 You know what it is that I really wanna do it 664 00:27:21,102 --> 00:27:23,333 but it's just a process, it's just long. 665 00:27:23,368 --> 00:27:25,049 - Why, is it hard to maintain or something? 666 00:27:25,073 --> 00:27:25,973 - Yeah, definitely. 667 00:27:26,008 --> 00:27:27,238 You have to always get it done 668 00:27:27,273 --> 00:27:29,405 or make sure that it don't get wet. 669 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,682 - No that's just long. 670 00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:34,146 So what was the meeting about then? 671 00:27:34,181 --> 00:27:36,819 - Just some Frank guy talking about how he overcome 672 00:27:36,854 --> 00:27:38,315 his fear of swimming. 673 00:27:38,350 --> 00:27:40,196 - So what, is he trying to teach you how to swim? 674 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:41,692 That's long. 675 00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:42,693 - I know, right? 676 00:27:42,728 --> 00:27:44,695 - I don't see what's so special about swimming. 677 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,026 He needs allow it. 678 00:27:46,061 --> 00:27:48,424 And I just told you about my hair and ting. 679 00:27:48,459 --> 00:27:51,262 - Damn, did you tell him about the ting? 680 00:27:51,297 --> 00:27:52,197 - No. 681 00:27:52,232 --> 00:27:53,803 That's none of his business. 682 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,079 - So I don't think Etienne is gonna be happy 683 00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:56,839 if you miss the swimming workshop again. 684 00:27:56,874 --> 00:27:58,467 - I know, but we come to an agreement 685 00:27:58,502 --> 00:28:00,942 that I'll speak to Frank over the phone, 686 00:28:00,977 --> 00:28:03,813 but I got my own plans. 687 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:04,848 - I hear you. 688 00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:10,413 - Issues regarding, hair, and what not for swimming 689 00:28:13,451 --> 00:28:15,891 is rife amongst our community. 690 00:28:15,926 --> 00:28:17,200 - Because I asked my friend if we'd go swimming 691 00:28:17,224 --> 00:28:18,454 a couple weeks ago. 692 00:28:18,489 --> 00:28:19,499 And she was like, hell no, my hair. 693 00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:20,962 I don't want it to get wet. 694 00:28:20,997 --> 00:28:23,096 It's long to maintain. 695 00:28:23,131 --> 00:28:25,164 - Well, I used to wear swimming cap in school. 696 00:28:25,199 --> 00:28:27,496 Like the school swimming lessons that was compulsory. 697 00:28:27,531 --> 00:28:28,664 That's why a swimming cap. 698 00:28:28,699 --> 00:28:31,874 Then after a while it was like your hair still gets wet, 699 00:28:31,909 --> 00:28:33,337 it doesn't really do much. 700 00:28:33,372 --> 00:28:35,977 But then the private swimming lessons, 701 00:28:36,012 --> 00:28:37,473 I wasn't wearing swimming cap. 702 00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:40,278 You just had to wash your hair like straight afterwards. 703 00:28:40,313 --> 00:28:42,346 Make sure you bring your products with you. 704 00:28:42,381 --> 00:28:43,820 And yeah 705 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:45,382 - I used to have like short hair. 706 00:28:45,417 --> 00:28:47,252 So it would've been just combing it. 707 00:28:47,287 --> 00:28:48,386 Like you just wash it. 708 00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:50,761 Like, it just it's like just coming out of the shower. 709 00:28:50,796 --> 00:28:51,907 It's just normal for us in it. 710 00:28:51,931 --> 00:28:54,765 But yeah, it's a whole lot different for Black women. 711 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,163 But like say if I had hair like this now, 712 00:28:57,198 --> 00:29:00,397 like and I went to go swim, I wouldn't be able to do it. 713 00:29:00,432 --> 00:29:01,838 Cause they would mess up my hair. 714 00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:02,839 Like spent time just doing it. 715 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,204 Like the Mumsy, did it for me and everything. 716 00:29:05,239 --> 00:29:08,207 So I can't let it like, just like after all that, 717 00:29:08,242 --> 00:29:10,242 keep on redoing it all the time. 718 00:29:10,277 --> 00:29:12,310 - Black girls with braids, you can't get them wet. 719 00:29:12,345 --> 00:29:15,214 So they wouldn't go in the water. 720 00:29:15,249 --> 00:29:16,996 Their hair wouldn't fit in the swimming hat. 721 00:29:17,020 --> 00:29:18,822 So they weren't allowed to go in the water 722 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:20,087 without swimming hat. 723 00:29:20,122 --> 00:29:21,561 But I've never really seen an issue, 724 00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:22,518 I've never had a personal issue, 725 00:29:22,553 --> 00:29:25,224 but I do know a few Black girls 726 00:29:25,259 --> 00:29:27,193 that couldn't have their hair in braids 727 00:29:27,228 --> 00:29:29,866 because they had to go, they had to do swimming lessons, 728 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:32,396 which I don't know if that's a bad thing or not 729 00:29:32,431 --> 00:29:35,267 because you know, if it's part of the school curriculum, 730 00:29:35,302 --> 00:29:37,841 it's something you've got to do. 731 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,107 But I do understand why it'd be annoying 732 00:29:40,142 --> 00:29:42,186 to not have your hair, like be able to have your hair 733 00:29:42,210 --> 00:29:43,913 how you want to have it. 734 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,377 - I would say with swimming and my hair probably my mom, 735 00:29:46,412 --> 00:29:48,247 she'd always tell me, don't get your hair wet 736 00:29:48,282 --> 00:29:49,512 when you go swimming. 737 00:29:49,547 --> 00:29:51,162 But I feel like it was inevitable actually. 738 00:29:51,186 --> 00:29:52,350 I would try everything. 739 00:29:52,385 --> 00:29:54,891 Every single cap, my hair will still get wet. 740 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:56,299 I feel like it was the effects of the chlorine 741 00:29:56,323 --> 00:29:58,092 in like natural hair. 742 00:29:58,127 --> 00:30:01,161 Well I just liked swimming so much, I will still swim. 743 00:30:01,196 --> 00:30:02,470 - The whole process of drying it, yeah. 744 00:30:02,494 --> 00:30:03,900 - Yeah. 745 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:05,209 - But I feel like that can also be used to, 746 00:30:05,233 --> 00:30:07,871 I use that as an excuse a lot. 747 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:08,597 That was gonna go like, 748 00:30:08,632 --> 00:30:10,005 ah, guys I'll sit this one out, 749 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,436 my hair I don't want it to get too wet. 750 00:30:12,471 --> 00:30:14,471 And then yeah, the whole process but. 751 00:30:14,506 --> 00:30:15,615 - To moisturise it has to come up. 752 00:30:15,639 --> 00:30:17,045 - Yeah I have to moisturise 753 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,288 - And white people don't get that. 754 00:30:18,312 --> 00:30:19,894 They think you just dip in and then you leave. 755 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:22,248 They don't know we have a whole half an hour there. 756 00:30:22,283 --> 00:30:24,558 Itching inside, getting the sand out of you and all of that. 757 00:30:24,582 --> 00:30:25,648 - Definitely. 758 00:30:25,683 --> 00:30:28,551 - I guess for me an advantage is I come from Eritrea, 759 00:30:28,586 --> 00:30:31,422 my hair texture is a bit different, although I am African. 760 00:30:31,457 --> 00:30:32,962 It's a lot more easy to maintain. 761 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:34,172 So for me, it's that it's not a big deal. 762 00:30:34,196 --> 00:30:35,129 I'll go ahead and wash it. 763 00:30:35,164 --> 00:30:36,900 But for some other people, 764 00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:39,265 their hair texture might be very hard for them to control. 765 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:40,882 So it's like is me swimming in the pool 766 00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:44,534 for an hour worth of stress I have to go through? 767 00:30:44,569 --> 00:30:46,910 - You really have to want to go to swim 768 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:48,879 if you're willing to go through all of that. 769 00:30:48,914 --> 00:30:52,883 And I don't think most people are into the idea. 770 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:09,394 - Yow Sayso, mans on the way back to the studio bro. 771 00:31:09,429 --> 00:31:11,044 This swimming thing is just so long bro. 772 00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:12,639 Just to let you know I'm really serious 773 00:31:12,663 --> 00:31:13,629 about this music thing. 774 00:31:13,664 --> 00:31:15,433 Forget that swimming thing bro. 775 00:31:15,468 --> 00:31:18,942 - Fam, why'd you keep complaining, just do the thing, bro. 776 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:20,504 - Why do I need swimming bro? 777 00:31:20,539 --> 00:31:22,440 For real, why do I need swimming? 778 00:31:22,475 --> 00:31:24,915 - You got to look at it in that positive way fam. 779 00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:26,609 Stop looking in the other way fam. 780 00:31:26,644 --> 00:31:27,951 Can you swim? 781 00:31:30,417 --> 00:31:32,615 - I'm not gonna lie to you fam but 782 00:31:32,650 --> 00:31:33,783 A bit. - A bit. 783 00:31:33,818 --> 00:31:36,003 - I don't believe you, but anyway, it's a life skill in it. 784 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,488 So make sure you get that done 785 00:31:37,523 --> 00:31:39,688 before you worry about the music. 786 00:31:39,723 --> 00:31:40,524 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 787 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:41,965 I hear you, I hear you. 788 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:42,592 I'll link you back in the studio though, 789 00:31:42,627 --> 00:31:44,000 my bus is about to come 790 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:44,968 I'll leave you back in the studio. 791 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:46,003 - Cool. 792 00:31:59,347 --> 00:32:00,643 - Last year or two years ago, 793 00:32:00,678 --> 00:32:04,284 I was having a conversation with my aunt 794 00:32:04,319 --> 00:32:07,551 and she was saying how there are areas in Nigeria in Lagos 795 00:32:07,586 --> 00:32:11,555 where kids swim, it's water-based country 796 00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:15,460 and well not country but certain parts of the land. 797 00:32:15,495 --> 00:32:17,429 You've got a lot of water and the kids will swim 798 00:32:17,464 --> 00:32:19,068 from a young age. 799 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:22,599 And I think part of the problem is we never see that. 800 00:32:22,634 --> 00:32:25,503 We don't really know that Black kids can grow up 801 00:32:25,538 --> 00:32:27,076 and water rule their life. 802 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:28,583 It's almost this thing that we're introduced 803 00:32:28,607 --> 00:32:32,510 to a certain age and its like, trust issues. 804 00:32:32,545 --> 00:32:34,710 - I don't know any like role models that swim 805 00:32:34,745 --> 00:32:36,382 and that's the thing as well. 806 00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:39,319 If there was role models for black people, it will be there. 807 00:32:39,354 --> 00:32:40,991 Once again, like basketball, 808 00:32:41,026 --> 00:32:42,729 we've got the likes of the Jordan, Kobe, Lebron. 809 00:32:42,753 --> 00:32:45,589 Football, Pele, players like Pogba 810 00:32:45,624 --> 00:32:48,262 and swimming there's no one, so. 811 00:32:50,431 --> 00:32:52,101 - I feel like there's a lot of things 812 00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:55,401 that could make swimming more relatable to Black people, 813 00:32:55,436 --> 00:32:57,106 especially in the market. 814 00:32:57,141 --> 00:33:01,011 You're talking about, see like for us basketball, football. 815 00:33:01,046 --> 00:33:03,772 These are things that we can do literally in our gardens, 816 00:33:03,807 --> 00:33:05,521 out on the street you know what I'm saying? 817 00:33:05,545 --> 00:33:08,183 So I feel like, especially in the UK, 818 00:33:08,218 --> 00:33:10,614 you've got so many things like forgetting sport, 819 00:33:10,649 --> 00:33:14,321 you've got music and stuff that a lot of black youth go to. 820 00:33:14,356 --> 00:33:17,093 After school we're doing this, not many say swimming. 821 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:20,459 I feel like, even just an adverts and stuff 822 00:33:20,494 --> 00:33:23,165 like I feel like they could be using more kind of 823 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,662 like Black models to. 824 00:33:25,697 --> 00:33:27,499 Yeah, yeah so like, when you're a kid, 825 00:33:27,534 --> 00:33:28,808 you look up to that person and go, 826 00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:30,370 oh, there's a Black person swimming. 827 00:33:30,405 --> 00:33:31,734 I wanna do that too. 828 00:33:31,769 --> 00:33:32,669 - It's crazy. 829 00:33:32,704 --> 00:33:34,110 It's all about influence. 830 00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:35,156 Like you'll actually be surprised. 831 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:37,311 If one of the biggest rappers in the UK right now 832 00:33:37,346 --> 00:33:38,774 said this, sorry. 833 00:33:38,809 --> 00:33:42,811 But you know, I wanna do a big swimming, 834 00:33:42,846 --> 00:33:45,418 he's gonna have the audience follow him, do you get it? 835 00:33:45,453 --> 00:33:47,156 - Just like more, 836 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:49,719 like a better representation of Black swimmers. 837 00:33:49,754 --> 00:33:52,458 Like I've never heard of the lady in the Olympics 838 00:33:52,493 --> 00:33:54,097 that's gonna compete next year. 839 00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:54,964 I've never heard of her. 840 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,266 But knowing that she is a Black person 841 00:33:58,301 --> 00:34:00,532 that's going to be competing in the Olympics, 842 00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:03,139 I can just imagine kids will be seeing that. 843 00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:05,801 And they will see themselves in her. 844 00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:09,145 So that will inspire them to get into the whole, 845 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:10,740 the sports of it all. 846 00:34:19,223 --> 00:34:21,520 - I can't believe Frank, you got that stupid life jacket 847 00:34:21,555 --> 00:34:23,192 and learned how to swim. 848 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,821 - But we were walking down the streets, look like a prat. 849 00:34:25,856 --> 00:34:29,099 It got to a point whereby I couldn't do it. 850 00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:31,134 I just had to, I just had to give it up 851 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:34,104 and actually learn how to swim. 852 00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:35,336 Yeah. 853 00:34:35,371 --> 00:34:36,777 It's a shame it took me so long though. 854 00:34:36,801 --> 00:34:38,702 - And even though he suffered from aquaphobia, 855 00:34:38,737 --> 00:34:41,177 he still buy a house by the river. 856 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:42,310 - That's how we roll. 857 00:34:42,345 --> 00:34:44,114 This is how we roll. 858 00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:45,149 Yeah. 859 00:34:45,810 --> 00:34:48,217 I saw the house, liked it. 860 00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:52,749 Even think about the whole issue of the river and yeah. 861 00:34:52,784 --> 00:34:53,860 But it's never been a problem. 862 00:34:53,884 --> 00:34:54,784 So that's cool. 863 00:34:54,819 --> 00:34:56,192 But you can swim, can you? 864 00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:58,128 - No, I just didn't bother to learn. 865 00:34:58,163 --> 00:35:00,361 I had a bad experience when I was younger. 866 00:35:00,396 --> 00:35:03,331 Went to the pool with the boys and like it is here now, 867 00:35:03,366 --> 00:35:04,827 everyone jumped in. 868 00:35:04,862 --> 00:35:08,171 I jumped in as well, went straight to the bottom. 869 00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:09,502 Managed to climb myself back up 870 00:35:09,537 --> 00:35:10,547 and I thought, you know what? 871 00:35:10,571 --> 00:35:12,142 This is not for me. 872 00:35:12,177 --> 00:35:13,506 Changed my clothes and I went. 873 00:35:13,541 --> 00:35:15,178 - Would you learn? 874 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,586 - Yeah, now that I see what you're doing, 875 00:35:16,610 --> 00:35:18,181 you might entice me to learn. 876 00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:19,216 - Cool, cool. 877 00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:24,649 So I've actually created a word called the "Bl-aquaphobia". 878 00:35:24,684 --> 00:35:25,584 - Wow. 879 00:35:25,619 --> 00:35:26,915 Is that even a word Frank? 880 00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:28,653 - I thought that word originally existed 881 00:35:28,688 --> 00:35:30,292 but I checked on Google to everywhere. 882 00:35:30,327 --> 00:35:33,262 There's nothing such as, so I created the word, 883 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:36,199 bla-aquaphobia, as in B L as in black, 884 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:37,662 then aquaphobia add to it. 885 00:35:37,697 --> 00:35:39,796 - Well, Wikipedia here I come. 886 00:35:41,932 --> 00:35:44,207 I would patent that if I were you? 887 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:45,505 - I have, I have. 888 00:35:45,540 --> 00:35:47,837 - Do you actually get in the river? 889 00:35:47,872 --> 00:35:48,805 - I've been there a couple of times. 890 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,906 When I first moved in here, 891 00:35:50,941 --> 00:35:54,283 the neighbours came around and said we're cleaning the river. 892 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:56,549 So do you wanna join us all? 893 00:35:56,584 --> 00:35:57,484 Yeah. 894 00:35:57,519 --> 00:35:58,719 But it's not that deep anyway. 895 00:35:58,751 --> 00:35:59,828 Still only just up to about here. 896 00:35:59,852 --> 00:36:03,358 - Looks great actually guys, should we dive in now? 897 00:36:03,393 --> 00:36:04,753 - Hell no, you've got to be joking. 898 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:08,197 - Frank what's the trigger for you 899 00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:09,738 to learn how to swim at the first place? 900 00:36:09,762 --> 00:36:11,498 - My daughter. 901 00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:13,213 It got to a point whereby I said to myself 902 00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:15,601 that if she ever was in difficulty in water, 903 00:36:15,636 --> 00:36:18,604 here, on holiday or anyway, and I couldn't help her, 904 00:36:18,639 --> 00:36:20,353 I don't think I would ever forgive myself. 905 00:36:20,377 --> 00:36:21,937 So as a responsible parent, 906 00:36:21,972 --> 00:36:22,982 I thought the best thing to do 907 00:36:23,006 --> 00:36:24,709 is actually learn how to swim. 908 00:36:24,744 --> 00:36:26,810 - Yes, that's probably wise actually Frank. 909 00:36:26,845 --> 00:36:30,220 - It's the least I can do that as a parent. 910 00:36:30,255 --> 00:36:33,619 I've been even asked to mentor these two kids, 911 00:36:33,654 --> 00:36:35,357 well young adults, 912 00:36:36,756 --> 00:36:38,327 But I probably difficulty with them 913 00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:41,264 because it's really strange 914 00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:42,474 because they don't wanna swim, 915 00:36:42,498 --> 00:36:43,607 they don't wanna get into the water. 916 00:36:43,631 --> 00:36:46,302 And part of the programme that they are, 917 00:36:46,337 --> 00:36:47,403 this is under, 918 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:49,349 means that they have to actually learn how to swim 919 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,834 or actually swim. 920 00:36:50,869 --> 00:36:52,385 But they can swim but they just don't wanna 921 00:36:52,409 --> 00:36:53,936 get into the water. 922 00:36:53,971 --> 00:36:55,082 And I find that very strange. 923 00:36:55,106 --> 00:36:57,742 Every time I asked them, the young lady in particular 924 00:36:57,777 --> 00:36:59,612 she says it's private. 925 00:36:59,647 --> 00:37:01,680 So I don't understand why 926 00:37:01,715 --> 00:37:04,650 but I'm sure at some point I'll find out. 927 00:37:04,685 --> 00:37:06,322 - Amazing Frank. 928 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:08,291 I'm quite actually amazed. 929 00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:09,158 You've gone from a aquaphobic 930 00:37:09,194 --> 00:37:12,328 to mentoring teenagers on how to swim. 931 00:37:13,562 --> 00:37:15,375 - Well, I'm the perfect person to do such a thing 932 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:16,543 because obviously I couldn't swim. 933 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:20,336 So they, I was hoping that they could relate to me more 934 00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:22,833 because I was in their situation a few years back. 935 00:37:22,868 --> 00:37:24,538 - I am also sure Frank, 936 00:37:24,573 --> 00:37:27,805 with teenagers nowadays they aren't that easy. 937 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,004 - I know, I know. 938 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:30,183 It's a bit of a challenge, but hey. 939 00:37:30,207 --> 00:37:33,943 - So they can't swim or they don't wanna go to the pool? 940 00:37:33,978 --> 00:37:35,351 - And that's the thing. 941 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:37,452 They say, the guy who's mentoring them, 942 00:37:37,487 --> 00:37:39,322 whose running the programme says, 943 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:42,325 they can swim but they just don't want to. 944 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,953 And that's the thing I just don't get. 945 00:37:43,988 --> 00:37:45,394 I just don't get it. 946 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:46,495 Yeah. 947 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:51,268 I just, I really don't understand, I just don't get. 948 00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:52,830 - The reason, the biggest reason 949 00:37:52,865 --> 00:37:53,974 why I haven't continued to swim 950 00:37:53,998 --> 00:37:55,932 is because it's just not 951 00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:57,681 is like no one around me wants to go swim. 952 00:37:57,705 --> 00:38:00,310 So it's just not, it's just not an interest to be honest. 953 00:38:00,345 --> 00:38:01,553 It's just really not an interest. 954 00:38:01,577 --> 00:38:03,973 And not a lot of family members go swimming. 955 00:38:04,008 --> 00:38:05,755 Like it's never been a feeling when my mom's like, 956 00:38:05,779 --> 00:38:07,383 look we're going swimming today. 957 00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:08,549 Or my dad's like, 958 00:38:08,584 --> 00:38:09,352 look you going swimming with your cousins 959 00:38:09,387 --> 00:38:10,551 or something like that. 960 00:38:10,586 --> 00:38:13,719 So it's just never been an interest really. 961 00:38:13,754 --> 00:38:15,391 - It's like nine to five, 962 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:18,988 like road man don't find nine to five appealing at all. 963 00:38:19,023 --> 00:38:20,924 But yeah, you would do what you do. 964 00:38:20,959 --> 00:38:22,439 And one day you might not make money 965 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:23,663 and the next day you might, 966 00:38:23,698 --> 00:38:24,906 but it's like, would you want to take that risk 967 00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,029 or would you rather not work every single day, 968 00:38:27,064 --> 00:38:28,349 when you're gonna get a pay slip, 969 00:38:28,373 --> 00:38:29,834 but then but it's the mindset 970 00:38:29,869 --> 00:38:31,715 is I don't wanna be looked as someone that's in a uniform 971 00:38:31,739 --> 00:38:33,068 in a Sainsbury's uniform or. 972 00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:34,443 Do you know what I mean, 973 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:35,686 that's not the person that I keep. 974 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:36,676 And I think that's where it goes wrong. 975 00:38:36,711 --> 00:38:37,611 There's a lot of black people 976 00:38:37,646 --> 00:38:39,448 that might actually want to swim 977 00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:40,383 but because there's no one else 978 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:42,451 that actually does it with them, 979 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:43,386 what's the point? 980 00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:44,554 We don't wanna swim alone, 981 00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:45,597 that's not something you wanna do, you know what I mean. 982 00:38:45,621 --> 00:38:46,521 - I don't know if it's 983 00:38:46,556 --> 00:38:47,796 but maybe it's even historical. 984 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:49,392 When you read the things that, 985 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:52,593 you know the Black people in the slave boats 986 00:38:52,628 --> 00:38:54,067 and they jumped off the sides and all that, 987 00:38:54,091 --> 00:38:55,157 and they all drowned. 988 00:38:55,192 --> 00:38:57,895 I mean, just Black people being an enemy of water 989 00:38:57,930 --> 00:39:00,700 because it was over the waters we were transferred. 990 00:39:00,735 --> 00:39:04,638 It's was like, minorities and like immigration crisis, 991 00:39:04,673 --> 00:39:06,871 going on these boats and you hear the terrible things 992 00:39:06,906 --> 00:39:08,972 that happen where, on the water. 993 00:39:09,007 --> 00:39:10,380 - It's all water. 994 00:39:10,415 --> 00:39:11,247 - And so maybe it's little things like this 995 00:39:11,283 --> 00:39:13,548 that you see in the media and that like 996 00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:15,495 that just get passed around on the internet and stuff 997 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:18,421 that it's just building up this thing of, yeah. 998 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,148 That's not where we belong. 999 00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:23,624 - I think people, we always make jokes and we make remarks. 1000 00:39:23,659 --> 00:39:27,991 And to some extent, I'm definitely not one of those people 1001 00:39:28,026 --> 00:39:31,500 but I have seen Black people make fun of other Black people 1002 00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:32,699 for not being able to swim 1003 00:39:32,734 --> 00:39:34,129 and making it seem like something 1004 00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:35,768 they should be ashamed about 1005 00:39:35,803 --> 00:39:40,410 but that doesn't create an environment where we can learn. 1006 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:44,139 Simon, Simon, Simon. 1007 00:39:44,174 --> 00:39:46,614 What are we to do with you? 1008 00:39:50,686 --> 00:39:52,488 Black swimming? 1009 00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:54,688 What a load of codswallop. 1010 00:39:56,219 --> 00:39:58,758 Don't waste your time. 1011 00:39:58,793 --> 00:40:01,123 Don't waste your time Simon. 1012 00:40:17,977 --> 00:40:21,946 - Every time I'm coming to see you right, 1013 00:40:21,981 --> 00:40:23,552 It's a process. 1014 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:27,083 I have to go into my wardrobe and find something 1015 00:40:27,118 --> 00:40:29,921 'cause I know that you're one of the best dressed people 1016 00:40:29,956 --> 00:40:32,924 in West London and you always out shine me. 1017 00:40:32,959 --> 00:40:34,827 So I'll always have to go to my wardrobe 1018 00:40:34,862 --> 00:40:36,191 and try and find something 1019 00:40:36,226 --> 00:40:39,535 that will not make me look not too good. 1020 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:46,542 I put this jacket on and you don't even have your jacket on. 1021 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:49,017 - I was almost tempted to put on a fancy one 1022 00:40:49,041 --> 00:40:50,546 then I thought no, no, no. 1023 00:40:50,581 --> 00:40:51,778 I'll ease you up this time. 1024 00:40:54,849 --> 00:40:55,980 - So how's things anyway? 1025 00:40:56,015 --> 00:40:57,114 - Just steady, just steady, 1026 00:40:57,150 --> 00:41:00,721 trying to cope with this little, the little knockdown. 1027 00:41:00,756 --> 00:41:03,218 Getting myself prepared for when it opens up a little bit, 1028 00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:05,957 things are going fine. 1029 00:41:05,992 --> 00:41:06,892 - The book. 1030 00:41:06,927 --> 00:41:08,564 What's happening in the book? 1031 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:09,398 - Well its going well. 1032 00:41:09,433 --> 00:41:12,799 The adventures of Professor Splash 1033 00:41:12,834 --> 00:41:14,933 or "The Swimming Lesson" which is. 1034 00:41:14,968 --> 00:41:15,868 It's going well. 1035 00:41:15,903 --> 00:41:17,034 I'm working on a character, 1036 00:41:17,069 --> 00:41:19,201 which is Rose Marolda, swimming teacher 1037 00:41:19,236 --> 00:41:20,102 that shouts and screams 1038 00:41:20,137 --> 00:41:23,777 and Professors Splash, sings and dance. 1039 00:41:24,681 --> 00:41:26,879 - This is gonna be big you know, 1040 00:41:26,914 --> 00:41:28,210 because people have waited 1041 00:41:28,245 --> 00:41:29,915 for something since "Rasta Mouse". 1042 00:41:29,950 --> 00:41:31,521 - I've revisited it. 1043 00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:34,623 And my plan and my thoughts are to get it out 1044 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:38,055 at some point by let's just say March 2021. 1045 00:41:40,323 --> 00:41:41,564 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1046 00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:43,225 Talking about swimming. 1047 00:41:43,260 --> 00:41:45,535 I've been mentoring these two kids. 1048 00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:47,834 I wouldn't say kids, but young adults. 1049 00:41:47,869 --> 00:41:48,802 And part of the programme that they're on 1050 00:41:48,837 --> 00:41:49,957 says that they have to swim. 1051 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,150 And they just don't to get in the water. 1052 00:41:56,174 --> 00:41:58,108 They just try any excuse. 1053 00:41:58,143 --> 00:42:01,309 I thought I was a master of excuses 1054 00:42:01,344 --> 00:42:03,278 before I started learning how to swim 1055 00:42:03,313 --> 00:42:05,885 but that's how, they top me. 1056 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:07,293 They did just not wanna get into the water 1057 00:42:07,317 --> 00:42:10,318 and I just don't know what to do. 1058 00:42:10,353 --> 00:42:13,024 But you been doing this for years. 1059 00:42:13,059 --> 00:42:14,597 You've been teaching for years. 1060 00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:15,829 Do you have any tips? 1061 00:42:15,864 --> 00:42:17,930 - The way I would look at it is that, 1062 00:42:17,965 --> 00:42:19,701 motivation it's like anything else. 1063 00:42:19,736 --> 00:42:22,264 You have to find a way to motivate. 1064 00:42:22,299 --> 00:42:23,398 If they say that could swim 1065 00:42:23,434 --> 00:42:26,906 well, then you'd say, well, let me see what you can do. 1066 00:42:26,941 --> 00:42:29,678 Let me see exactly what you can do in the water. 1067 00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:32,747 So you just go and because in actual fact, 1068 00:42:32,782 --> 00:42:34,617 I dunno what interest they've got 1069 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:38,555 but you could transfer any interest into water. 1070 00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:40,689 - Yeah. 1071 00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:41,965 - Always, always have we need to deal with things 1072 00:42:41,989 --> 00:42:43,186 and do with swimming. 1073 00:42:43,221 --> 00:42:46,926 Always have it is a motivational incentive 1074 00:42:46,961 --> 00:42:49,665 because in actual fact, no matter what they do 1075 00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:52,668 they do think don't always benefit. 1076 00:42:52,703 --> 00:42:54,637 There's no payback or such. 1077 00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:56,001 There's only benefit. 1078 00:42:56,036 --> 00:42:58,300 So it's a world where you can be in that water 1079 00:42:58,335 --> 00:43:01,974 you can be free, is really, really liberating. 1080 00:43:02,009 --> 00:43:05,241 And especially with a young imagination, 1081 00:43:05,276 --> 00:43:08,376 it's amazing what you can get out of them really. 1082 00:43:08,411 --> 00:43:10,048 - Oh yeah. 1083 00:43:10,083 --> 00:43:13,150 - So I think if you could encourage them into the water, 1084 00:43:13,185 --> 00:43:14,318 they'll benefit. 1085 00:43:14,353 --> 00:43:16,395 - I'll definitely try and I'll speak to them about that. 1086 00:43:16,419 --> 00:43:19,321 So trying to use some kind of incentive, 1087 00:43:19,356 --> 00:43:20,422 I don't wanna say bribery. 1088 00:43:20,457 --> 00:43:22,896 I guess incentivize them into, get into the water. 1089 00:43:22,931 --> 00:43:24,293 - And when you do get them in. 1090 00:43:24,328 --> 00:43:26,702 Then you give them something that's gonna excite 1091 00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:29,870 and that's gonna stimulate them, motivate them. 1092 00:43:29,905 --> 00:43:31,872 But say, look, anyone could say they could swim 1093 00:43:31,907 --> 00:43:34,743 but the proof of the pudding, get in the river. 1094 00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:35,909 - Yeah. 1095 00:43:35,944 --> 00:43:38,681 Children are, they're challenging. 1096 00:43:45,723 --> 00:43:49,791 - It's difficult because as earlier mentioned 1097 00:43:49,826 --> 00:43:53,696 we've got things like football, basketball, 1098 00:43:53,731 --> 00:43:55,291 American football, all these sports 1099 00:43:55,326 --> 00:43:57,964 where it's more endurance spaced. 1100 00:43:57,999 --> 00:43:59,405 Well, swimming is an endurance sport 1101 00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:01,363 but Black people, 1102 00:44:01,398 --> 00:44:05,334 we don't tend to swim like competitive as well. 1103 00:44:05,369 --> 00:44:08,777 And if people want to pursue stuff like that 1104 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:11,109 if a Black person wants to pursue a swimming career 1105 00:44:11,144 --> 00:44:14,409 they can, it's just how many of them are there 1106 00:44:14,444 --> 00:44:16,818 to actually say they're willing to do that, 1107 00:44:16,853 --> 00:44:19,381 to learn and to actually go out there 1108 00:44:19,416 --> 00:44:21,757 and do it and chase a career in it. 1109 00:44:21,792 --> 00:44:22,903 - Yes, I definitely feel like 1110 00:44:22,927 --> 00:44:25,926 if there was like more advertisement towards swimming 1111 00:44:25,961 --> 00:44:27,004 and like Black people swimming 1112 00:44:27,028 --> 00:44:28,203 and that people would do it more 1113 00:44:28,227 --> 00:44:30,227 and it would be like an enforcement. 1114 00:44:30,262 --> 00:44:31,339 So yeah, for like a really important. 1115 00:44:31,363 --> 00:44:34,737 I feel like they should be advertising on swimming 1116 00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:37,069 so that we see and watching inclined to want to do it. 1117 00:44:37,104 --> 00:44:38,367 Because you don't see it, 1118 00:44:38,402 --> 00:44:39,819 it's not something you worry about. 1119 00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:40,987 We worry about or feel like at some point. 1120 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:42,888 - Yeah, I think it is like the same thing like football, 1121 00:44:42,912 --> 00:44:44,373 but like football, 1122 00:44:44,408 --> 00:44:47,112 everyone like wants to do it from like straight up 1123 00:44:47,147 --> 00:44:49,422 when you're in school, like when you're going to activities, 1124 00:44:49,446 --> 00:44:51,886 you always wanna play football, kickball and all of that. 1125 00:44:51,921 --> 00:44:55,153 It's like, that's what England is like. 1126 00:44:55,188 --> 00:44:56,495 Us British people are like, known for. 1127 00:44:56,519 --> 00:44:59,487 So like, it's a bit different for like, 1128 00:44:59,522 --> 00:45:00,588 when it comes to swimming, 1129 00:45:00,623 --> 00:45:03,128 'cause like not everyone wants to just go and swim. 1130 00:45:03,163 --> 00:45:05,460 Like it's like, it's a good activity. 1131 00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:07,132 Like it's good for like burning fat, 1132 00:45:07,167 --> 00:45:08,969 like losing weight and all of that. 1133 00:45:09,004 --> 00:45:12,170 But like I just don't see people like wanting 1134 00:45:12,205 --> 00:45:13,171 to take part in it. 1135 00:45:13,206 --> 00:45:15,404 - And the way to maybe do it 1136 00:45:15,439 --> 00:45:17,010 is just to make it look more cool 1137 00:45:17,045 --> 00:45:18,946 and more advertising to young people. 1138 00:45:18,981 --> 00:45:21,817 And even not just promoting it but installing it 1139 00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:23,786 into like our curriculum. 1140 00:45:23,821 --> 00:45:25,392 So I was lucky enough to go to a school 1141 00:45:25,416 --> 00:45:26,888 that a primary school, 1142 00:45:26,923 --> 00:45:28,329 that brought us to a swimming pool. 1143 00:45:28,353 --> 00:45:29,759 But even secondary schools now, 1144 00:45:29,794 --> 00:45:31,860 are they bringing people to learn how to swim? 1145 00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:33,829 'Cause as I just said, it's a life skill. 1146 00:45:33,864 --> 00:45:36,832 - You see like, I don't know, Michael Phelps, 1147 00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:38,097 like, I don't know that, 1148 00:45:38,132 --> 00:45:41,166 I don't know any Black freaking swimmer. 1149 00:45:41,201 --> 00:45:42,398 You see what I mean? 1150 00:45:42,433 --> 00:45:44,070 So you need one of them 1151 00:45:44,105 --> 00:45:47,073 like to be like a high level and then adverts and stuff 1152 00:45:47,108 --> 00:45:48,272 so kids can see it. 1153 00:45:48,307 --> 00:45:49,878 - Maybe it's one of them ones 1154 00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:51,090 where we just leave one superstar on the sport as well. 1155 00:45:51,114 --> 00:45:55,246 Maybe we need like the Usain Bolt of the track, in the pool. 1156 00:45:55,281 --> 00:45:56,478 You know what I mean? 1157 00:45:56,513 --> 00:45:57,864 We need one guy just to pop up out of nowhere 1158 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:59,822 and just start slapping gold medals 1159 00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:00,922 and just doing his thing. 1160 00:46:00,957 --> 00:46:02,154 Do you know what I mean? 1161 00:46:02,189 --> 00:46:03,837 And kids be like, oh, I wanna be like him. 1162 00:46:03,861 --> 00:46:05,366 - I don't even know if it needs to be marketed 1163 00:46:05,390 --> 00:46:07,929 but more so just normalised. 1164 00:46:09,427 --> 00:46:13,462 It's kind of like, how you have that problem. 1165 00:46:13,497 --> 00:46:14,848 You bring a white person to the cookout 1166 00:46:14,872 --> 00:46:16,872 and you make such a fun fair about it. 1167 00:46:16,907 --> 00:46:19,908 Now it becomes a thing when really embracing our culture 1168 00:46:19,943 --> 00:46:22,405 shouldn't really be a thing in the first place. 1169 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,110 It's just equality for all. 1170 00:46:24,145 --> 00:46:26,981 - I feel like swimming and sports overall 1171 00:46:27,016 --> 00:46:30,820 but swimming as well, it frees your mind. 1172 00:46:30,855 --> 00:46:32,888 Start you're in water, just you know what I mean? 1173 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,923 You're, intact to the earth to a certain extent 1174 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:35,824 but on a deeper level. 1175 00:46:35,859 --> 00:46:37,464 And it goes for people that jog as well. 1176 00:46:37,488 --> 00:46:39,532 That people like to jog and go through parks on purpose 1177 00:46:39,556 --> 00:46:40,689 'cause it's nature. 1178 00:46:40,724 --> 00:46:43,005 Do you know what I mean, it makes them feel a bit better. 1179 00:46:43,032 --> 00:46:45,230 I feel like it's a distraction 1180 00:46:45,265 --> 00:46:46,935 but it's a better destruction. 1181 00:46:46,970 --> 00:46:49,498 For example, I've actually recently been listening 1182 00:46:49,533 --> 00:46:52,369 to music only recent, but I stopped for months. 1183 00:46:52,404 --> 00:46:53,986 And the reason why I stopped was my mental health 1184 00:46:54,010 --> 00:46:55,471 was a bit up and down. 1185 00:46:55,506 --> 00:46:57,539 And everything I listened to just sounds like 1186 00:46:57,574 --> 00:46:59,981 steel pans in my ears that it's not soothing, 1187 00:47:00,016 --> 00:47:01,444 do you know what I mean. 1188 00:47:01,479 --> 00:47:02,929 Certain music, certain films we watch have an impact 1189 00:47:02,953 --> 00:47:04,359 to our emotions and what we're going through 1190 00:47:04,383 --> 00:47:05,415 and it can trigger it. 1191 00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:06,889 Swimming can't trigger it. 1192 00:47:06,924 --> 00:47:08,583 Going to the gym can't trigger it. 1193 00:47:08,618 --> 00:47:09,584 And neither is jogging gonna trigger it. 1194 00:47:09,619 --> 00:47:10,926 Do you know what I mean? 1195 00:47:10,961 --> 00:47:11,894 'Cause it's all life skills. 1196 00:47:11,929 --> 00:47:15,161 It's all free spirit, do you know what I mean? 1197 00:47:15,196 --> 00:47:17,493 That part of it plays a big impact on it. 1198 00:47:17,528 --> 00:47:21,134 - Swimming, unlike for other sports, 1199 00:47:21,169 --> 00:47:23,235 can become a life and death situation. 1200 00:47:23,270 --> 00:47:25,633 Whereas the other sports that are constantly promoted 1201 00:47:25,668 --> 00:47:28,339 are just for leisurely purposes. 1202 00:47:40,485 --> 00:47:42,584 - Oh Layla. 1203 00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:47,193 It's your friend Mr Society. 1204 00:47:51,694 --> 00:47:53,199 We don't want to let no one know 1205 00:47:53,234 --> 00:47:56,037 about our little secret, do we? 1206 00:47:57,139 --> 00:47:59,469 It's just between you and I. 1207 00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:04,144 Forget about swimming. 1208 00:48:04,179 --> 00:48:06,212 Swimming is no good. 1209 00:48:06,247 --> 00:48:07,884 It's not for you. 1210 00:48:08,711 --> 00:48:10,920 It's not for Blacks. 1211 00:48:10,955 --> 00:48:13,285 Remember, Blacks can't swim. 1212 00:48:17,687 --> 00:48:18,928 - Layla. 1213 00:48:19,590 --> 00:48:20,590 Layla. 1214 00:48:22,659 --> 00:48:23,460 Are you all right there girl? 1215 00:48:23,495 --> 00:48:24,495 What you daydreaming? 1216 00:48:24,529 --> 00:48:25,935 - Yes. 1217 00:48:25,970 --> 00:48:28,971 Sorry, a lot in my mind, don't mind me. 1218 00:48:32,977 --> 00:48:35,241 Never seen this number before. 1219 00:48:35,276 --> 00:48:37,276 Answer it for me please. 1220 00:48:39,742 --> 00:48:41,709 - Hello, who's calling? 1221 00:48:41,744 --> 00:48:43,920 - Hi, Layla this is Frank. 1222 00:48:45,352 --> 00:48:47,066 - It's that Frank guy you spoke to the other day. 1223 00:48:47,090 --> 00:48:49,321 Do you want to speak to him? 1224 00:48:49,356 --> 00:48:50,356 - Yeah. 1225 00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:54,096 Hello? 1226 00:48:55,428 --> 00:48:56,559 - Yeah this is Frank. 1227 00:48:56,594 --> 00:48:57,967 Yeah. 1228 00:48:58,002 --> 00:49:00,629 So yeah, so I wanted to speak to you 1229 00:49:00,664 --> 00:49:03,104 about the swimming programme. 1230 00:49:06,175 --> 00:49:06,976 Are you free? 1231 00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:08,011 Are you free to chat? 1232 00:49:08,045 --> 00:49:09,078 - No, not really. 1233 00:49:09,113 --> 00:49:11,673 And to be honest, I don't wanna waste your time. 1234 00:49:11,708 --> 00:49:12,708 - Okay. 1235 00:49:13,645 --> 00:49:15,094 Well basically I wanted to just talk to you about 1236 00:49:15,118 --> 00:49:16,590 the swimming programme with Ettiene, 1237 00:49:16,614 --> 00:49:21,518 but also wanted to talk about your interest in travelling. 1238 00:49:22,257 --> 00:49:23,487 - Oh really? 1239 00:49:24,622 --> 00:49:27,997 - 'Cause I know someone who will be, 1240 00:49:28,032 --> 00:49:29,042 I can introduce you to him. 1241 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:31,198 They organise these packages 1242 00:49:31,233 --> 00:49:34,300 and these travel programmes all around the world. 1243 00:49:34,335 --> 00:49:35,774 Let's meet at a more convenient time 1244 00:49:35,798 --> 00:49:38,766 so that we could have a conversation about that. 1245 00:49:38,801 --> 00:49:41,406 - Okay, then I'll speak to you tomorrow. 1246 00:49:41,441 --> 00:49:43,045 - Great, great, great. 1247 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,080 Let's do that. 1248 00:49:44,114 --> 00:49:45,311 - Okay, thanks for the call. 1249 00:49:45,346 --> 00:49:47,082 - Okay, speak to you later. 1250 00:49:47,117 --> 00:49:47,709 Bye. 1251 00:49:47,744 --> 00:49:48,744 - Okay, bye. 1252 00:49:51,154 --> 00:49:51,953 - What was that about? 1253 00:49:51,988 --> 00:49:55,288 You changed your tune pretty quick. 1254 00:49:55,323 --> 00:49:58,258 - Well, he wasn't being rude or anything. 1255 00:49:58,293 --> 00:50:01,756 And like he said, he wanted us to speak to me 1256 00:50:01,791 --> 00:50:03,131 about some other stuff. 1257 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:05,364 So I said, I'll speak to him tomorrow. 1258 00:50:05,399 --> 00:50:06,399 - Okay. 1259 00:50:11,504 --> 00:50:13,240 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1260 00:50:13,275 --> 00:50:14,439 ♪ What's my name ♪ 1261 00:50:14,474 --> 00:50:15,407 ♪ Smokey Boy baby ♪ 1262 00:50:15,442 --> 00:50:16,672 ♪ I've been on the come up ♪ 1263 00:50:16,707 --> 00:50:18,740 ♪ I'm the man ♪ 1264 00:50:18,775 --> 00:50:22,381 ♪ If you wanna know me check my ways ♪ 1265 00:50:22,416 --> 00:50:24,350 ♪ I've been running so much no delay ♪ 1266 00:50:24,385 --> 00:50:25,582 ♪ Smokey Boy baby ♪ 1267 00:50:25,617 --> 00:50:27,716 ♪ We all heading in a different way ♪ 1268 00:50:27,751 --> 00:50:28,684 ♪ So much pain ♪ 1269 00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:30,191 ♪ Pick up messes on the way ♪ 1270 00:50:30,226 --> 00:50:34,657 ♪ Sometimes stuck up in my ways ♪ 1271 00:50:34,692 --> 00:50:37,759 - Fam, this is sounding cold fam. 1272 00:50:37,794 --> 00:50:39,134 Mo, what are you telling me fam? 1273 00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:40,209 The bars is cold ain't it? 1274 00:50:40,236 --> 00:50:42,137 - That one there, that's the one fam. 1275 00:50:42,172 --> 00:50:44,139 - K, add your bits to it. 1276 00:50:44,174 --> 00:50:46,108 Do your magic and there 1277 00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:48,473 and when this thing hits the streets it's done fam. 1278 00:50:48,508 --> 00:50:50,145 That's it 1279 00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:51,751 - No, don't worry bro, I got you in it. 1280 00:50:51,775 --> 00:50:54,281 Just that I'll add that to the beat later. 1281 00:50:54,316 --> 00:50:55,249 - Whoa. 1282 00:50:55,284 --> 00:50:56,448 What'd you mean later fam? 1283 00:50:56,483 --> 00:50:58,252 Yor moving mad bro, finish the beat now fam. 1284 00:50:58,287 --> 00:51:00,122 - Fam, why you always onto me man? 1285 00:51:00,157 --> 00:51:01,090 Man needs inspiration, in it? 1286 00:51:01,125 --> 00:51:03,125 - What you mean, finish the beat now fam. 1287 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:04,753 - Man need inspiration in it, 1288 00:51:04,788 --> 00:51:05,754 it just doesn't come like that. 1289 00:51:05,789 --> 00:51:06,722 - It's not even that fam. 1290 00:51:06,757 --> 00:51:08,823 How much more inspiration do you need fam? 1291 00:51:08,858 --> 00:51:11,067 Finish the beat now fam. 1292 00:51:18,505 --> 00:51:19,505 - Fresh. 1293 00:51:41,165 --> 00:51:42,031 - Hello. 1294 00:51:42,066 --> 00:51:44,133 - Hello, is this Simon, I mean K Frost? 1295 00:51:44,168 --> 00:51:45,662 - Who's this? 1296 00:51:45,697 --> 00:51:46,498 - Yeah, yeah. 1297 00:51:46,533 --> 00:51:47,334 This is Frank. 1298 00:51:47,369 --> 00:51:48,599 Can you speak? 1299 00:51:48,634 --> 00:51:49,435 - No, right now is not a good time. 1300 00:51:49,470 --> 00:51:51,173 I'm in the studio. 1301 00:51:51,208 --> 00:51:55,375 - Okay, I wanna speak to you about this the swim programme 1302 00:51:55,410 --> 00:51:57,608 with Etienne and also about music. 1303 00:51:57,643 --> 00:51:58,840 - Is it? 1304 00:51:58,875 --> 00:52:01,810 Yeah, yeah, give me one second, yeah. 1305 00:52:04,254 --> 00:52:06,518 - Hey Sayso, where's he going fam? 1306 00:52:06,553 --> 00:52:10,225 - That man is never involved fam. 1307 00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:11,391 - Chat to your boy, fam. 1308 00:52:11,426 --> 00:52:12,524 Come on, man. 1309 00:52:16,530 --> 00:52:17,936 - Hello, sorry you were saying bro? 1310 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,663 - So like I was saying, 1311 00:52:19,698 --> 00:52:22,237 I wanna speak to you about the programme around with Etienne 1312 00:52:22,272 --> 00:52:23,612 to get you in the pool and all that. 1313 00:52:23,636 --> 00:52:25,900 And also as you're a musician, 1314 00:52:25,935 --> 00:52:28,177 have you done any music videos? 1315 00:52:28,212 --> 00:52:30,509 - No, just getting some tracks done. 1316 00:52:30,544 --> 00:52:31,708 - You certainly have to. 1317 00:52:31,743 --> 00:52:33,941 It's part and parcel of it nowadays, 1318 00:52:33,976 --> 00:52:37,681 it's very, very important, 'cause everything's visual now. 1319 00:52:37,716 --> 00:52:40,552 And I know this award-winning film director 1320 00:52:40,587 --> 00:52:41,916 and he does music videos. 1321 00:52:41,951 --> 00:52:43,786 I can introduce you to him. 1322 00:52:43,821 --> 00:52:44,919 - What, for real? 1323 00:52:44,954 --> 00:52:46,723 - Yeah, yeah, seriously yeah, I can. 1324 00:52:46,758 --> 00:52:48,197 - I'm gas. 1325 00:52:48,232 --> 00:52:49,297 - I tell you what yeah. 1326 00:52:49,332 --> 00:52:50,164 Let's link up. 1327 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,165 Let's link up somewhere we can sit down 1328 00:52:51,201 --> 00:52:54,302 and have a conversation about both the swimming 1329 00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:56,634 and the music and I can actually introduce you to him 1330 00:52:56,669 --> 00:52:59,241 so that we could all sit and have a conversation. 1331 00:52:59,276 --> 00:53:00,803 - No, but listen, 1332 00:53:00,838 --> 00:53:02,970 ring me tomorrow so that we link, in it. 1333 00:53:03,005 --> 00:53:03,806 - Yeah. Yeah. 1334 00:53:03,841 --> 00:53:04,642 Okay, all right. 1335 00:53:04,677 --> 00:53:05,478 Yeah, we'll do that. 1336 00:53:05,513 --> 00:53:06,974 Yeah, all right. 1337 00:53:07,009 --> 00:53:07,909 All right. 1338 00:53:07,944 --> 00:53:08,844 Speak to them by later, bye. 1339 00:53:08,879 --> 00:53:09,955 - All right, in a little bit. 1340 00:53:09,979 --> 00:53:11,220 Yes. 1341 00:53:13,917 --> 00:53:14,718 ♪ What's my name ♪ 1342 00:53:14,753 --> 00:53:17,490 ♪ Smokey Boy baby ♪ 1343 00:53:25,467 --> 00:53:27,368 Hey, what's going on here man, that's my beat. 1344 00:53:27,403 --> 00:53:28,303 - What? 1345 00:53:28,338 --> 00:53:29,238 Your not serious though fam. 1346 00:53:29,273 --> 00:53:30,602 I need this thing finished fam. 1347 00:53:30,637 --> 00:53:32,384 You're going on like its a call center, bro. 1348 00:53:32,408 --> 00:53:34,969 - Bro, I was on the phone for five minutes, five minutes. 1349 00:53:35,004 --> 00:53:38,610 And that time you let that waste man take my beat fam. 1350 00:53:38,645 --> 00:53:39,974 - Fam, fam take it easy fam. 1351 00:53:40,009 --> 00:53:41,745 Frost you can't be saying that fam. 1352 00:53:41,780 --> 00:53:44,385 You've been on the phone for like five, 10 minutes. 1353 00:53:44,420 --> 00:53:45,463 Mo is paying for the session fam. 1354 00:53:45,487 --> 00:53:47,454 You're taking too long fam. 1355 00:53:47,489 --> 00:53:49,368 What, are you gonna come and finish the beat or not? 1356 00:53:49,392 --> 00:53:51,392 - Nah mans, you mans have been sneaky fam. 1357 00:53:51,427 --> 00:53:52,888 You mans have been sneaky fam. 1358 00:53:52,923 --> 00:53:54,659 - Fam, no one has been sneaky fam 1359 00:53:54,694 --> 00:53:56,760 just come finish it fam. 1360 00:53:56,795 --> 00:53:58,036 - You know what, further more, keep the beat fam. 1361 00:53:58,060 --> 00:53:59,334 Mans out fam. 1362 00:54:00,029 --> 00:54:01,798 - Man's moving emotion and now fam. 1363 00:54:01,833 --> 00:54:03,030 Yow Frost. 1364 00:54:03,065 --> 00:54:04,339 Yow come man. 1365 00:54:06,508 --> 00:54:07,782 - See, that's what I'm telling you fam. 1366 00:54:07,806 --> 00:54:08,970 He's not serious fam. 1367 00:54:09,005 --> 00:54:10,477 He's on this swimming thing bro. 1368 00:54:10,512 --> 00:54:12,017 - Fam you always getting on to him fam. 1369 00:54:12,041 --> 00:54:13,612 Just make him finish the beat fam. 1370 00:54:13,647 --> 00:54:16,846 Grimz, that's his beat and he needs to finish it. 1371 00:54:16,881 --> 00:54:18,287 So we go let him finish it. 1372 00:54:18,322 --> 00:54:20,586 So I'll go chat to him anyways. 1373 00:54:20,621 --> 00:54:22,720 - Whatever, man. 1374 00:54:22,755 --> 00:54:24,689 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1375 00:54:24,724 --> 00:54:27,461 ♪ What's my name ♪ 1376 00:54:32,402 --> 00:54:34,336 - So Layla, you know this exhibition 1377 00:54:34,371 --> 00:54:36,063 I've been talking to you about. 1378 00:54:36,098 --> 00:54:38,307 If you apply it you probably actually, 1379 00:54:38,342 --> 00:54:39,682 matter of fact you actually will get in 1380 00:54:39,706 --> 00:54:41,046 and I'll put in a good word for you. 1381 00:54:41,070 --> 00:54:43,873 You fit that criteria perfectly. 1382 00:54:43,908 --> 00:54:44,974 - That sounds really good. 1383 00:54:45,009 --> 00:54:47,382 - I've always wanted to go to the Amazon or Africa 1384 00:54:47,417 --> 00:54:49,549 and experience different cultures. 1385 00:54:49,584 --> 00:54:51,045 But one thing I must let you know 1386 00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:54,620 there's a level of swimming involved so. 1387 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,404 I was wondering when this swimming part was going to happen 1388 00:54:58,428 --> 00:54:59,294 - I promised Ettiene 1389 00:54:59,329 --> 00:55:00,802 that I will have a conversation with you 1390 00:55:00,826 --> 00:55:03,926 and actually try and convince you to start swimming 1391 00:55:03,961 --> 00:55:07,864 cause you just tried to avoid swimming as much as possible. 1392 00:55:07,899 --> 00:55:09,063 Because he said you can swim, 1393 00:55:09,098 --> 00:55:11,439 but you just don't wanna get into the water. 1394 00:55:11,474 --> 00:55:12,474 Can you swim? 1395 00:55:13,476 --> 00:55:14,541 - Yes, I can. 1396 00:55:15,510 --> 00:55:18,413 - Like swim properly or are you now learning? 1397 00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:20,349 Did something happen? 1398 00:55:20,384 --> 00:55:21,416 - No, nothing happened. 1399 00:55:21,451 --> 00:55:22,076 I can actually swim. 1400 00:55:22,111 --> 00:55:23,111 I like to swim. 1401 00:55:23,145 --> 00:55:24,518 I don't mind it. 1402 00:55:24,553 --> 00:55:26,619 - So what is the problem? 1403 00:55:27,490 --> 00:55:29,556 - Is private, I told you. 1404 00:55:30,724 --> 00:55:33,791 - So you know, the swimming's event 1405 00:55:33,826 --> 00:55:35,496 that's happening in a couple of weeks. 1406 00:55:35,531 --> 00:55:37,531 What can I do to encourage you to swim? 1407 00:55:37,566 --> 00:55:39,797 You know, swimming is very, very important 1408 00:55:39,832 --> 00:55:41,601 and I'm pretty sure, you know that, 1409 00:55:41,636 --> 00:55:43,504 it's that the life safety part of it, 1410 00:55:43,539 --> 00:55:46,133 the drowning prevention part of it. 1411 00:55:46,168 --> 00:55:47,101 Just the wellbeing. 1412 00:55:47,136 --> 00:55:50,841 And you know, just the recreational part of it. 1413 00:55:50,876 --> 00:55:52,447 The mental health part of it, 1414 00:55:52,482 --> 00:55:54,779 it's a very important thing to do. 1415 00:55:54,814 --> 00:55:57,045 And I just don't get it. 1416 00:55:57,080 --> 00:56:00,389 I don't understand why you don't don't do wanna do it. 1417 00:56:00,424 --> 00:56:02,787 And the worst thing is that you're prepared 1418 00:56:02,822 --> 00:56:06,593 to sacrifice the expedition just to not swim. 1419 00:56:07,794 --> 00:56:10,399 - I just don't wanna swim, it's private. 1420 00:56:10,434 --> 00:56:12,830 - But yeah, that's the thing that confuses me. 1421 00:56:12,865 --> 00:56:16,097 You don't mind it, but you won't do it. 1422 00:56:17,507 --> 00:56:18,847 There doesn't seem to be any logic there. 1423 00:56:18,871 --> 00:56:20,519 Unless there something that you're not telling me. 1424 00:56:20,543 --> 00:56:22,411 There's something that you're hiding 1425 00:56:22,446 --> 00:56:26,074 and I'm pretty sure it's hidden under the private. 1426 00:56:26,109 --> 00:56:27,141 I just don't get it. 1427 00:56:27,176 --> 00:56:28,417 I really don't get it. 1428 00:56:28,452 --> 00:56:29,251 I'll help you. 1429 00:56:29,286 --> 00:56:31,981 - I ain't doing no stupid swimming. 1430 00:56:43,467 --> 00:56:45,797 - So literally did our parents talk to us 1431 00:56:45,832 --> 00:56:47,502 about swimming or encourage? 1432 00:56:47,537 --> 00:56:50,835 I feel like only because it was like we said, it was, 1433 00:56:50,870 --> 00:56:51,770 - In school. 1434 00:56:51,805 --> 00:56:53,035 - In school, you had to do it. 1435 00:56:53,070 --> 00:56:54,147 It was compulsory to swim in school. 1436 00:56:54,171 --> 00:56:55,983 - But at the end, it's not like they pushed us too. 1437 00:56:56,007 --> 00:56:57,622 That was just like another thing in school. 1438 00:56:57,646 --> 00:56:58,612 School was the main thing. 1439 00:56:58,647 --> 00:56:59,448 - It's like PE. 1440 00:56:59,483 --> 00:57:00,174 You have to do it. 1441 00:57:00,209 --> 00:57:02,143 - So, but it wasn't their focus. 1442 00:57:02,178 --> 00:57:03,111 - Yeah. 1443 00:57:03,146 --> 00:57:04,486 - And even outside of school, 1444 00:57:04,521 --> 00:57:07,148 like I never saw them swimming either. 1445 00:57:07,183 --> 00:57:08,149 So it's not like, 1446 00:57:08,184 --> 00:57:09,184 - That's true. 1447 00:57:09,219 --> 00:57:11,493 - We went on swimming trips together as a family. 1448 00:57:11,528 --> 00:57:13,495 - When it's family time at the beach and stuff, 1449 00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:15,497 it's like, you sit take pictures near, 1450 00:57:15,532 --> 00:57:17,532 like the kind of shallow ends. 1451 00:57:17,567 --> 00:57:19,732 That's it, that's as far as like our uncles 1452 00:57:19,767 --> 00:57:20,799 and aunties were. 1453 00:57:20,834 --> 00:57:21,800 But I've never actually seen 1454 00:57:21,835 --> 00:57:25,001 any of them swim properly before. 1455 00:57:25,036 --> 00:57:26,574 I don't know about you. 1456 00:57:26,609 --> 00:57:28,070 - I don't know. 1457 00:57:28,105 --> 00:57:31,513 I think dad can swim or I've heard him say he can. 1458 00:57:31,548 --> 00:57:32,548 - He can't swim. 1459 00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:33,174 - Yeah. 1460 00:57:33,209 --> 00:57:34,582 - He lying. 1461 00:57:34,617 --> 00:57:35,828 - It's not like something I've seen. 1462 00:57:35,852 --> 00:57:38,718 - I think that's the natural thing of parenthood, isn't it? 1463 00:57:38,753 --> 00:57:40,225 You're always pushing your kid to do things 1464 00:57:40,249 --> 00:57:42,084 that are best for them in the long run 1465 00:57:42,119 --> 00:57:43,657 that they're gonna get annoyed at 1466 00:57:43,692 --> 00:57:45,791 but they still need to do them. 1467 00:57:45,826 --> 00:57:48,596 And then hopefully in time, 1468 00:57:48,631 --> 00:57:51,027 they will look back actually 1469 00:57:51,062 --> 00:57:53,535 and appreciate the way you pushed them. 1470 00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:54,610 - I think if your parents, 1471 00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:57,099 if my parents never swam, then I wouldn't swim. 1472 00:57:57,134 --> 00:57:58,738 And I just think it's to do with that. 1473 00:57:58,773 --> 00:58:00,608 If you don't, if you never do it 1474 00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:03,237 then you'll never know what it's like. 1475 00:58:03,272 --> 00:58:05,272 And it's not something, if it's not something 1476 00:58:05,307 --> 00:58:07,516 that doesn't concern you to do 1477 00:58:07,551 --> 00:58:09,276 if you don't feel the need to do it 1478 00:58:09,311 --> 00:58:11,619 then I feel like it just gets passed down. 1479 00:58:11,654 --> 00:58:14,281 It's just like, swimming's a lot of concern. 1480 00:58:14,316 --> 00:58:15,215 - I don't have children, 1481 00:58:15,251 --> 00:58:18,153 but if I did I would say I'll be worried. 1482 00:58:18,188 --> 00:58:20,562 I feel like everyone should know how to swim. 1483 00:58:20,597 --> 00:58:23,290 Like for safety, number one. 1484 00:58:23,325 --> 00:58:24,458 And like being in water, 1485 00:58:24,493 --> 00:58:26,898 like as a child I feel like you need to know how to swim 1486 00:58:26,933 --> 00:58:29,263 for like for yourself literally, you know safety. 1487 00:58:29,298 --> 00:58:30,935 - So in the future with my kids, 1488 00:58:30,970 --> 00:58:32,838 I'm definitely gonna encourage swimming. 1489 00:58:32,873 --> 00:58:34,642 I'll get them started, 1490 00:58:34,677 --> 00:58:36,105 like how nowadays 1491 00:58:36,140 --> 00:58:37,920 people are starting their toddlers into swimming 1492 00:58:37,944 --> 00:58:39,845 just so in case they fall into the pools, 1493 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,980 they can survive and like float for a couple of minutes. 1494 00:58:43,015 --> 00:58:44,916 - I think I would try and teach them. 1495 00:58:44,951 --> 00:58:48,953 So just to have the extra skill, like coming up, 1496 00:58:50,594 --> 00:58:52,792 I don't think like my dad did the same thing with me. 1497 00:58:52,827 --> 00:58:54,926 I heard like some stories and like in Scotland 1498 00:58:54,961 --> 00:58:56,598 of how people learn how to swim. 1499 00:58:56,633 --> 00:58:58,611 They're just like, yeah we just toss the kid in the water 1500 00:58:58,635 --> 00:59:00,602 and then just like start teaching them 1501 00:59:00,637 --> 00:59:01,229 at a really young age. 1502 00:59:01,264 --> 00:59:02,571 My dad never done that. 1503 00:59:02,606 --> 00:59:04,012 - I think it's a necessary skill to have. 1504 00:59:04,036 --> 00:59:04,837 Do you know what I mean? 1505 00:59:04,872 --> 00:59:06,201 So obviously in Britain 1506 00:59:06,236 --> 00:59:08,269 we don't need to worry about as much, 1507 00:59:08,304 --> 00:59:10,678 but I just feel like one day 1508 00:59:10,713 --> 00:59:12,350 your little youth is gonna end up going to school 1509 00:59:12,374 --> 00:59:14,022 and then secondary school and not some schools 1510 00:59:14,046 --> 00:59:15,650 and not they do swimming as like 1511 00:59:15,685 --> 00:59:17,718 like part of your like PE and all that. 1512 00:59:17,753 --> 00:59:18,345 Do you know what I mean? 1513 00:59:18,380 --> 00:59:19,786 So if he's going there, 1514 00:59:19,821 --> 00:59:21,227 last thing I want my kid to get there 1515 00:59:21,251 --> 00:59:22,668 and everyone else is diving and doing their thing. 1516 00:59:22,692 --> 00:59:23,592 And he's sitting there being like, 1517 00:59:23,627 --> 00:59:24,186 oh yeah, I dunno how to swim. 1518 00:59:24,221 --> 00:59:25,627 Do you know what I mean? 1519 00:59:25,662 --> 00:59:28,795 - So, it's a blessing if they start young 1520 00:59:28,830 --> 00:59:30,698 'cause every time like I start learning 1521 00:59:30,733 --> 00:59:33,162 a new language in it, once you start young, 1522 00:59:33,197 --> 00:59:35,736 like it's more easier to learn it while you're young. 1523 00:59:35,771 --> 00:59:36,968 And like it goes on 1524 00:59:37,003 --> 00:59:38,376 and like you can continue learning 1525 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:39,938 and learning and learning. 1526 00:59:55,318 --> 00:59:56,318 - Come in. 1527 00:59:58,057 --> 01:00:00,024 Simon, wasn't expecting you. 1528 01:00:00,059 --> 01:00:00,959 - Yeah. 1529 01:00:00,994 --> 01:00:01,894 I just came in from quick chat. 1530 01:00:01,929 --> 01:00:03,258 - Yeah, sure, take a seat. 1531 01:00:03,293 --> 01:00:04,293 What's up? 1532 01:00:06,263 --> 01:00:08,736 - You know I spoke to that Frank guy. 1533 01:00:08,771 --> 01:00:10,298 He sounds cool though. 1534 01:00:10,333 --> 01:00:12,080 - Did you get anything meaningful out of it? 1535 01:00:12,104 --> 01:00:12,905 - He seems cool. 1536 01:00:12,940 --> 01:00:14,401 He was but gassing me up 1537 01:00:14,436 --> 01:00:17,943 telling me he's got this music video director link for us. 1538 01:00:17,978 --> 01:00:19,978 What I really need to find out is 1539 01:00:20,013 --> 01:00:21,243 you still need me to do 1540 01:00:21,278 --> 01:00:23,410 that swimming thing next week, ain't it? 1541 01:00:23,445 --> 01:00:27,920 - Are you gonna actually turn up this time? 1542 01:00:27,955 --> 01:00:30,725 - Do I really need to do it? 1543 01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:33,222 - Listen Simon, I've got this whole programme funded 1544 01:00:33,257 --> 01:00:36,764 and it wasn't easy, but I need numbers to justify it. 1545 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,744 And this talk that you keep saying that Blacks don't swim, 1546 01:00:38,768 --> 01:00:40,702 I don't know where you get this from. 1547 01:00:40,737 --> 01:00:44,002 Swimming is extremely good for your health and wellbeing. 1548 01:00:44,037 --> 01:00:45,685 And they're looking for more ethnic minorities 1549 01:00:45,709 --> 01:00:47,841 to join the aquatic industry. 1550 01:00:47,876 --> 01:00:50,140 There are so many opportunities for you 1551 01:00:50,175 --> 01:00:52,813 to train as a lifeguard or swimming instructor 1552 01:00:52,848 --> 01:00:56,179 were almost a guaranteed job at the end of it. 1553 01:00:56,214 --> 01:00:56,982 - All right. 1554 01:00:57,017 --> 01:00:58,445 All right, I'll do it. 1555 01:00:58,480 --> 01:00:59,312 I'll do it. 1556 01:00:59,348 --> 01:01:01,987 - Listen, I know your confidence is low 1557 01:01:02,022 --> 01:01:04,759 but this is why I want you to link with Frank. 1558 01:01:04,794 --> 01:01:06,299 He's had to deal with a few things himself 1559 01:01:06,323 --> 01:01:08,191 and he knows what it's like. 1560 01:01:08,226 --> 01:01:10,424 So keep in contact with him, all right. 1561 01:01:10,459 --> 01:01:11,459 - All right. 1562 01:01:11,493 --> 01:01:12,294 Thank you. 1563 01:01:12,329 --> 01:01:13,329 - All right. 1564 01:02:19,869 --> 01:02:20,934 - Hello, Layla. 1565 01:02:20,969 --> 01:02:22,397 It's Frank. 1566 01:02:22,432 --> 01:02:23,398 Layla. 1567 01:02:23,433 --> 01:02:24,531 - Hello? 1568 01:02:24,566 --> 01:02:25,774 - Oh, okay. 1569 01:02:25,809 --> 01:02:26,641 Listen. 1570 01:02:26,677 --> 01:02:28,018 So I'm gonna use this as an opportunity 1571 01:02:28,042 --> 01:02:29,514 to say sorry for what happened last time. 1572 01:02:29,538 --> 01:02:30,878 And like I said, 1573 01:02:33,410 --> 01:02:36,147 I should'nt have pushed you. 1574 01:02:36,182 --> 01:02:37,885 I should have known and me of all people 1575 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:39,095 'cause I've been through the situation 1576 01:02:39,119 --> 01:02:40,789 so I should have known. 1577 01:02:40,824 --> 01:02:41,856 So yeah. 1578 01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:45,794 You there. 1579 01:02:45,829 --> 01:02:46,861 - Hello. 1580 01:02:46,896 --> 01:02:47,488 - Okay, all right. 1581 01:02:47,523 --> 01:02:49,798 So this is what it is. 1582 01:02:49,833 --> 01:02:52,097 I'll just say sorry for, yeah. 1583 01:02:53,430 --> 01:02:55,331 For what happened last time. 1584 01:02:55,366 --> 01:02:56,366 - Okay, bye. 1585 01:03:00,844 --> 01:03:01,844 - Okay, bye. 1586 01:03:03,572 --> 01:03:05,209 That was awkward. 1587 01:03:07,147 --> 01:03:08,147 Okay. 1588 01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:22,094 - What about last night? 1589 01:03:22,129 --> 01:03:23,227 - Mel, oh my gosh. 1590 01:03:23,262 --> 01:03:24,393 That's so embarrassing. 1591 01:03:24,428 --> 01:03:26,329 - I know, when she stood up at the cinema, 1592 01:03:26,364 --> 01:03:29,871 it was just, oh my gosh it was so cringy. 1593 01:03:29,906 --> 01:03:31,169 - Bet that was so awkward. 1594 01:03:31,204 --> 01:03:32,874 - She'll never ever leave that down. 1595 01:03:32,909 --> 01:03:34,843 I just remind her about it all the time. 1596 01:03:34,878 --> 01:03:37,912 She's really sheepish about it 1597 01:03:37,947 --> 01:03:38,947 So funny. 1598 01:03:39,883 --> 01:03:40,915 Yes, lots. 1599 01:03:44,987 --> 01:03:46,855 - How did that call go? 1600 01:03:46,890 --> 01:03:48,285 - Not too well, not too well. 1601 01:03:48,320 --> 01:03:49,616 It was kind of awkward actually. 1602 01:03:49,651 --> 01:03:51,024 - Oh really? 1603 01:03:51,059 --> 01:03:52,300 - I'm not so sure she was even listening 1604 01:03:52,324 --> 01:03:53,620 to half the thing I was saying. 1605 01:03:53,655 --> 01:03:55,138 - Dick said that you were meeting some kids 1606 01:03:55,162 --> 01:03:57,063 that you'd been asked to mentor. 1607 01:03:57,098 --> 01:03:58,493 - Yes. 1608 01:03:58,528 --> 01:04:00,242 So I've been asked to mentor these two young adults 1609 01:04:00,266 --> 01:04:03,300 and the part of a programme for disadvantaged children. 1610 01:04:03,335 --> 01:04:05,566 And one of the, one of the elements of the programme 1611 01:04:05,601 --> 01:04:08,976 is that they swim and the girl in particular 1612 01:04:09,011 --> 01:04:10,879 she just doesn't wanna get into the water. 1613 01:04:10,914 --> 01:04:12,111 - Can she actually swim? 1614 01:04:12,146 --> 01:04:12,947 - Yeah, yeah. 1615 01:04:12,982 --> 01:04:14,443 She said she can but, 1616 01:04:14,478 --> 01:04:15,589 - Will she not tell you why. 1617 01:04:15,613 --> 01:04:17,886 - When I, every time I tried speaking to her about it 1618 01:04:17,921 --> 01:04:19,921 it just doesn't go too well. 1619 01:04:19,956 --> 01:04:21,996 - She might not wanna tell you because you're a man 1620 01:04:22,024 --> 01:04:24,992 and it's related to being a woman. 1621 01:04:25,027 --> 01:04:26,160 - Why, like what? 1622 01:04:26,195 --> 01:04:28,897 - It could be her body or something to do with their hair, 1623 01:04:28,932 --> 01:04:31,031 or maybe it's a time of a month. 1624 01:04:31,066 --> 01:04:32,296 - It's time of the month. 1625 01:04:32,331 --> 01:04:33,231 Well, if it's the time of the month 1626 01:04:33,266 --> 01:04:34,463 I suggest she sees a doctor 1627 01:04:34,498 --> 01:04:36,531 because I didn't think they last that long. 1628 01:04:36,566 --> 01:04:37,631 - It could be something 1629 01:04:37,666 --> 01:04:39,941 that's psychologically affecting her. 1630 01:04:39,976 --> 01:04:42,141 A bit like you, before you learned to swim 1631 01:04:42,176 --> 01:04:45,045 maybe something emotionally or physically 1632 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:47,674 that's giving her low self confidence 1633 01:04:47,709 --> 01:04:49,643 when she has to swim. 1634 01:04:51,284 --> 01:04:52,987 - Why are women so complicated? 1635 01:04:53,022 --> 01:04:56,023 - They're not, you're just an idiot. 1636 01:04:57,620 --> 01:04:59,356 - Coming from an African background. 1637 01:04:59,391 --> 01:05:01,996 My mom can't swim, at all. 1638 01:05:02,031 --> 01:05:02,931 My dad's can swim, 1639 01:05:02,966 --> 01:05:04,361 but when I'm looking at properly 1640 01:05:04,396 --> 01:05:07,232 my dad's background of growing up was a bit different. 1641 01:05:07,267 --> 01:05:10,565 So he grew up in Uganda and he was quite exposed to beaches. 1642 01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:11,643 And you know what I mean, those type of things. 1643 01:05:11,667 --> 01:05:12,941 And my dad is quite active. 1644 01:05:12,976 --> 01:05:14,437 But when I look at it, 1645 01:05:14,472 --> 01:05:16,054 It's like, if the parent doesn't know how to do it 1646 01:05:16,078 --> 01:05:19,013 and they don't necessarily see it as a life skill, 1647 01:05:19,048 --> 01:05:21,477 why is it important for them to reflect on their kids, 1648 01:05:21,512 --> 01:05:22,709 to teach their kids? 1649 01:05:22,744 --> 01:05:23,855 However, if it was cooking though, 1650 01:05:23,879 --> 01:05:26,020 parents would be teaching their kids, do you get it? 1651 01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:28,352 - Early on in life, you'll see it as insignificant, 1652 01:05:28,387 --> 01:05:29,595 this, that and the third you think, 1653 01:05:29,619 --> 01:05:32,026 oh when am I gonna get into a pool anyway? 1654 01:05:32,061 --> 01:05:35,029 Or when am I gonna be around water willingly 1655 01:05:35,064 --> 01:05:36,723 to have to be in that situation? 1656 01:05:36,758 --> 01:05:41,266 But then when you're actually thrust into the midst of 1657 01:05:42,698 --> 01:05:45,105 can I swim or can I not swim? 1658 01:05:46,735 --> 01:05:49,736 Those are the moments that you would wish that somebody 1659 01:05:49,771 --> 01:05:53,509 had had the foresight prior to like get you into it. 1660 01:05:53,544 --> 01:05:54,643 - Yeah. 1661 01:05:54,679 --> 01:05:57,744 I think the climate has a big factor to do with it. 1662 01:05:57,779 --> 01:05:59,614 I know a lot of people they'd rather gone 1663 01:05:59,649 --> 01:06:02,320 in the swimming pool abroad and stuff 'cause it's warmer 1664 01:06:02,355 --> 01:06:03,453 and stuff like that. 1665 01:06:03,488 --> 01:06:04,621 But like even in summer, 1666 01:06:04,656 --> 01:06:06,764 I don't see a lot of people run into the swimming pools. 1667 01:06:06,788 --> 01:06:08,436 And I don't see a lot of my friends saying, 1668 01:06:08,460 --> 01:06:09,657 let's go swimming. 1669 01:06:09,692 --> 01:06:11,098 You know, I know there's the light 1670 01:06:11,133 --> 01:06:12,066 it's like an open kind of thing 1671 01:06:12,101 --> 01:06:14,035 like I know some people do that, 1672 01:06:14,070 --> 01:06:16,268 but I just don't see a lot of people 1673 01:06:16,303 --> 01:06:20,206 from the culture run into swimming pools, ever. 1674 01:06:29,382 --> 01:06:30,689 ♪ I ain't into the ride and stuff ♪ 1675 01:06:30,713 --> 01:06:32,284 ♪ I'm just on the writing stuff ♪ 1676 01:06:32,319 --> 01:06:33,626 ♪ Every track man touch turn gold ♪ 1677 01:06:33,650 --> 01:06:35,353 ♪ Come like I got the Midas Touch ♪ 1678 01:06:35,388 --> 01:06:36,783 ♪ Small buzz ♪ 1679 01:06:36,818 --> 01:06:38,268 ♪ Light it up I will light a man up ♪ 1680 01:06:38,292 --> 01:06:39,632 ♪ If he tries this husk get shot ♪ 1681 01:06:39,656 --> 01:06:41,040 ♪ By the pen he sent from my friend ♪ 1682 01:06:41,064 --> 01:06:42,723 ♪ Or the knife and stuff ♪ 1683 01:06:42,758 --> 01:06:43,557 ♪ I ain't into the ride and stuff ♪ 1684 01:06:43,592 --> 01:06:45,693 ♪ I'm just on the writing stuff ♪ 1685 01:06:45,728 --> 01:06:46,560 ♪ Every track man touch turn gold ♪ 1686 01:06:46,596 --> 01:06:49,037 ♪ Come like I got the Midas Touch ♪ 1687 01:06:49,072 --> 01:06:50,302 ♪ Small buzz ♪ 1688 01:06:50,337 --> 01:06:51,743 ♪ Light it up and I light a man up ♪ 1689 01:06:51,767 --> 01:06:52,700 ♪ If he tries this husk get shot ♪ 1690 01:06:52,735 --> 01:06:54,207 ♪ By the sent from a friend ♪ 1691 01:06:54,242 --> 01:06:55,505 ♪ On the night from stuff ♪ 1692 01:06:55,540 --> 01:06:56,814 ♪ I find it tough to befriend these vegas ♪ 1693 01:06:56,838 --> 01:06:58,475 ♪ That's why my circle is small ♪ 1694 01:06:58,510 --> 01:07:00,213 ♪ Focus on dough man come like bakers ♪ 1695 01:07:00,248 --> 01:07:01,676 ♪ Me and bro bro be making noise ♪ 1696 01:07:01,711 --> 01:07:03,458 ♪ But the CB is sleeping so we gonna wake us ♪ 1697 01:07:03,482 --> 01:07:04,679 ♪ Wake up, wake up. ♪ 1698 01:07:04,714 --> 01:07:06,065 ♪ Your baby loves Jay Blaze... ♪ 1699 01:07:06,089 --> 01:07:07,055 ♪ And the trainers stainless ♪ 1700 01:07:07,090 --> 01:07:08,562 ♪ So I steal that lifestyle from pay less ♪ 1701 01:07:08,586 --> 01:07:10,366 ♪ Back in the day when the kid was aimless ♪ 1702 01:07:10,390 --> 01:07:12,225 ♪ Man as in Tesco Lidl or Savers ♪ 1703 01:07:12,260 --> 01:07:13,688 ♪ Now I get papers lots ♪ 1704 01:07:13,723 --> 01:07:15,602 ♪ I don't leave songs but I'm on this trading ♪ 1705 01:07:15,626 --> 01:07:17,241 ♪ Man stay catching these pips and ting ♪ 1706 01:07:17,265 --> 01:07:19,067 ♪ No way I'm catching no cases ♪ 1707 01:07:19,102 --> 01:07:22,169 ♪ Can't do I'm dirty with Bummy cause she got high expectations ♪ 1708 01:07:22,204 --> 01:07:23,610 ♪ It's straining but I embrace it ♪ 1709 01:07:23,634 --> 01:07:25,667 ♪ I was raised well what can I expect ♪ 1710 01:07:25,702 --> 01:07:26,844 ♪ It could have gone left ___ ♪ 1711 01:07:26,868 --> 01:07:28,604 ♪ I see is mans growing up in packs ♪ 1712 01:07:28,639 --> 01:07:30,188 ♪ But I'm a me so I'm trying to do things right ♪ 1713 01:07:30,212 --> 01:07:31,805 ♪ And keep writing and I won't rest ♪ 1714 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:33,213 ♪ No, no ♪ 1715 01:07:33,248 --> 01:07:34,456 ♪ Till the day I accept I'm the best ♪ 1716 01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:35,490 ♪ They respect when I say it with chest ♪ 1717 01:07:35,514 --> 01:07:36,546 ♪ Believe ♪ 1718 01:07:36,581 --> 01:07:37,789 ♪ I ain't in the ride and stuff ♪ 1719 01:07:37,813 --> 01:07:38,645 ♪ I'm just in the writing stuff ♪ 1720 01:07:38,681 --> 01:07:40,319 ♪ Every track man touch turn gold ♪ 1721 01:07:40,354 --> 01:07:42,123 ♪ Come like I got the Midas Touch ♪ 1722 01:07:42,158 --> 01:07:43,553 ♪ Small buzz ♪ 1723 01:07:43,588 --> 01:07:45,104 ♪ Light it up, I will light a man up ♪ 1724 01:07:45,128 --> 01:07:46,336 ♪ If he tries this husk get shot ♪ 1725 01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:47,293 ♪ By the pen he sent from a friend ♪ 1726 01:07:47,328 --> 01:07:49,559 ♪ On the night and stuff ♪ 1727 01:07:49,594 --> 01:07:50,594 - Yow GG. 1728 01:07:52,168 --> 01:07:54,663 Yow my G, jump on the car fam. 1729 01:07:54,698 --> 01:07:55,797 - I'm in a rush in it. 1730 01:07:55,833 --> 01:08:00,438 - Hey come out your feelings bro, get in the car man. 1731 01:08:01,870 --> 01:08:03,441 ♪ None of that violence got life ♪ 1732 01:08:03,476 --> 01:08:05,156 ♪ It's like youth don't care about lives ♪ 1733 01:08:05,181 --> 01:08:06,752 ♪ And I when them man dem gonna just pattern ♪ 1734 01:08:06,776 --> 01:08:08,886 ♪ And stop stabbing them and putting these lives down. ♪ 1735 01:08:08,910 --> 01:08:09,809 ♪ We've all lost bros to the road ♪ 1736 01:08:09,845 --> 01:08:11,405 ♪ Is enough their mothers can't cuddle ♪ 1737 01:08:15,290 --> 01:08:17,785 - Yow G, you always got something to say you know. 1738 01:08:17,820 --> 01:08:19,292 And we go way back fam. 1739 01:08:19,327 --> 01:08:20,194 - Exactly fam man. 1740 01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:21,690 Relax fam. 1741 01:08:21,725 --> 01:08:25,199 This tune here, this tune here will make us blow fam. 1742 01:08:25,234 --> 01:08:26,311 - That's what I'm saying fam. 1743 01:08:26,335 --> 01:08:28,466 And listen, the beat is still there for you in there 1744 01:08:28,501 --> 01:08:29,665 if you want it. 1745 01:08:29,700 --> 01:08:30,864 Now stop acting up fam. 1746 01:08:30,899 --> 01:08:33,570 Come on let's do this thing fam. 1747 01:08:34,738 --> 01:08:36,837 - Yeah safe, safe, safe. 1748 01:08:36,872 --> 01:08:37,882 But I'm actually in a rush though. 1749 01:08:37,906 --> 01:08:38,972 We're meant to meet Frank. 1750 01:08:39,007 --> 01:08:41,545 He's saying he's got a music video director for us. 1751 01:08:41,580 --> 01:08:42,480 - For real? 1752 01:08:42,515 --> 01:08:43,745 - Yeah, I'm not even joking. 1753 01:08:43,780 --> 01:08:44,746 You might as much as a ride with me. 1754 01:08:44,781 --> 01:08:46,528 Fam if I'm having anything to do with music, 1755 01:08:46,552 --> 01:08:47,485 I'm down fam. 1756 01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:49,223 Come on lets roll out for me. 1757 01:08:49,258 --> 01:08:50,024 You down? 1758 01:08:50,059 --> 01:08:52,193 - I don't even know, you know fam. 1759 01:08:52,228 --> 01:08:53,601 - Fam what are you telling me fam. 1760 01:08:53,625 --> 01:08:55,559 Come on man it's music related, ain't it? 1761 01:08:55,594 --> 01:08:57,792 So let's try and get this thing pattern. 1762 01:08:57,827 --> 01:09:01,730 - Yeah, I hear that, still say no more man, roll still. 1763 01:09:01,765 --> 01:09:05,206 - Fam, Frost we're rolling with you still. 1764 01:09:05,241 --> 01:09:06,647 ♪ I'm a me so I'm trying doing things right ♪ 1765 01:09:06,671 --> 01:09:08,473 ♪ And keep writing and I won't rest ♪ 1766 01:09:08,508 --> 01:09:09,672 ♪ Nope, Nope. ♪ 1767 01:09:09,707 --> 01:09:10,948 ♪ Till the day I accept I'm the best ♪ 1768 01:09:10,972 --> 01:09:11,773 ♪ They respect when I say with chest. ♪ 1769 01:09:11,808 --> 01:09:12,840 ♪ Believe ♪ 1770 01:09:12,875 --> 01:09:14,281 ♪ I ain't in the ride and stuff ♪ 1771 01:09:14,316 --> 01:09:15,491 ♪ I'm just in the writing stuff ♪ 1772 01:09:15,515 --> 01:09:16,756 ♪ Every track man turn to gold ♪ 1773 01:09:16,780 --> 01:09:18,516 ♪ Come like I got the Milas touch ♪ 1774 01:09:18,551 --> 01:09:20,254 ♪ Small buzz ♪ 1775 01:09:20,289 --> 01:09:21,530 ♪ Light it up I will light a man up ♪ 1776 01:09:21,554 --> 01:09:22,954 ♪ If he tries this husk get shot ♪ 1777 01:09:22,984 --> 01:09:25,754 ♪ By sent from a friend or the knife and stuff ♪ 1778 01:09:25,789 --> 01:09:27,206 ♪ I ain't into the ride and stuff ♪ 1779 01:09:27,230 --> 01:09:28,823 ♪ I'm just on the writing stuff ♪ 1780 01:09:28,858 --> 01:09:30,363 ♪ Every track man touch turn gold ♪ 1781 01:09:30,398 --> 01:09:31,925 ♪ Come like I got the Midas touch ♪ 1782 01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:33,366 ♪ Small buzz ♪ 1783 01:09:33,401 --> 01:09:34,928 ♪ Light it up I will light a man up ♪ 1784 01:09:34,963 --> 01:09:36,567 ♪ If he tries this husk get shot ♪ 1785 01:09:36,602 --> 01:09:37,535 ♪ By the sent from a friend ♪ 1786 01:09:37,570 --> 01:09:38,767 ♪ On the knife and staff ♪ 1787 01:09:38,802 --> 01:09:40,219 ♪ None of that violence that life ♪ 1788 01:09:40,243 --> 01:09:41,682 ♪ It's like youths don't care about lives ♪ 1789 01:09:41,706 --> 01:09:43,310 ♪ When the man dem gonna just pattern ♪ 1790 01:09:43,345 --> 01:09:45,477 ♪ And stop stabbing and putting these lives down ♪ 1791 01:09:45,512 --> 01:09:47,215 ♪ We've all lost bros to the road ♪ 1792 01:09:47,250 --> 01:09:48,656 ♪ It's enough their mothers can't cuddle their child now ♪ 1793 01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:50,284 ♪ Everyone is fixed in revenging ends ♪ 1794 01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:51,912 ♪ And I'm worried about my town ♪ 1795 01:09:51,947 --> 01:09:53,727 ♪ No way my child being raised in the London ♪ 1796 01:09:53,751 --> 01:09:56,851 ♪ Breaking down boxes like AJ ♪ 1797 01:09:56,886 --> 01:09:58,468 ♪ Pattern a wage and wait till pay day ♪ 1798 01:09:58,492 --> 01:09:59,920 ♪ Get it ♪ 1799 01:09:59,955 --> 01:10:01,801 ♪ If you need P or you want them G's make it work ♪ 1800 01:10:01,825 --> 01:10:03,462 ♪ Culture is harmful set an example ♪ 1801 01:10:03,497 --> 01:10:06,630 ♪ To the youth that made them learn ♪ 1802 01:10:06,665 --> 01:10:07,961 - Hi, hello. 1803 01:10:07,996 --> 01:10:10,502 What can I offer you to drink? 1804 01:10:12,308 --> 01:10:13,308 - Just water please. 1805 01:10:13,342 --> 01:10:13,934 Three waters please. 1806 01:10:13,969 --> 01:10:14,770 - No problem. 1807 01:10:14,805 --> 01:10:15,904 - Thank you. 1808 01:10:15,940 --> 01:10:17,619 Well thank you for coming, thank you for coming down. 1809 01:10:17,643 --> 01:10:19,841 That's my boy Sayso and Mo. 1810 01:10:19,876 --> 01:10:21,249 - Don't I see you somewhere. 1811 01:10:21,284 --> 01:10:22,116 I think I've seen you somewhere before. 1812 01:10:22,152 --> 01:10:24,351 - I swear your the same brother fam. 1813 01:10:24,386 --> 01:10:26,353 - Yeah, I remember you a while back wearing 1814 01:10:26,388 --> 01:10:27,388 that life jacket. 1815 01:10:28,885 --> 01:10:30,918 I remember yeah. 1816 01:10:30,953 --> 01:10:32,865 Those days, I've tried to put those days behind me. 1817 01:10:32,889 --> 01:10:34,691 Those are the days whereby I used to wear 1818 01:10:34,726 --> 01:10:37,331 the life jacket everywhere I go. 1819 01:10:37,366 --> 01:10:38,926 - So you all know each other, yeah. 1820 01:10:38,961 --> 01:10:40,862 - Yeah, yeah we've met. 1821 01:10:40,897 --> 01:10:43,370 We've had a chat, we've had a chat yeah. 1822 01:10:43,405 --> 01:10:44,635 I used to go everywhere, 1823 01:10:44,670 --> 01:10:45,911 I used to wear a life jacket everywhere I go. 1824 01:10:45,935 --> 01:10:47,044 - Hold on, are you the same brother 1825 01:10:47,068 --> 01:10:48,936 that's gonna teach my man how to swim? 1826 01:10:48,971 --> 01:10:50,388 - I'm not teaching him how to swim, 1827 01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:51,719 I'm just trying to encourage him to swim. 1828 01:10:51,743 --> 01:10:53,006 - Well like a mentor thing. 1829 01:10:53,041 --> 01:10:53,907 - That's right, yeah. 1830 01:10:53,942 --> 01:10:56,042 And that's, what's makes me a great mentor 1831 01:10:56,077 --> 01:10:58,847 because I am only now after all these years 1832 01:10:58,882 --> 01:11:00,684 I have now learning how to swim. 1833 01:11:00,719 --> 01:11:01,916 - So what's this all about? 1834 01:11:01,951 --> 01:11:03,357 Is it just the swimming? 1835 01:11:03,392 --> 01:11:04,919 - But basically I promise Ettiene 1836 01:11:04,954 --> 01:11:08,923 that I'll speak with you about the gala, 1837 01:11:08,958 --> 01:11:10,859 getting into the water but there's an issue. 1838 01:11:10,894 --> 01:11:12,696 There seem to be a bigger issue about you, 1839 01:11:12,731 --> 01:11:15,699 - All right, before you go further, 1840 01:11:15,734 --> 01:11:19,032 yow Frost can you tell my man what your situation is though? 1841 01:11:19,067 --> 01:11:20,308 - Tell him fam, come on. 1842 01:11:20,343 --> 01:11:21,639 - Come on. 1843 01:11:21,674 --> 01:11:22,937 - I can't say. 1844 01:11:22,972 --> 01:11:24,378 - Tell him fam. 1845 01:11:24,413 --> 01:11:25,907 - No man, don't be acting up man, 1846 01:11:25,942 --> 01:11:27,810 just show him, it's nothing man, 1847 01:11:27,845 --> 01:11:31,044 you're worried over nothing fam, come on. 1848 01:11:31,079 --> 01:11:32,749 - I'm clearly missing something. 1849 01:11:32,784 --> 01:11:33,684 - Show it bro. 1850 01:11:33,719 --> 01:11:34,949 - It's my feet, ain't it. 1851 01:11:36,524 --> 01:11:38,051 Why are you guys laughing for man? 1852 01:11:38,086 --> 01:11:39,086 - No, no, no. 1853 01:11:39,120 --> 01:11:40,219 I'm not laughing at you. 1854 01:11:40,255 --> 01:11:41,769 Now when you say feet, 'cause I have a similar problem. 1855 01:11:41,793 --> 01:11:43,562 Look at my feet. 1856 01:11:44,433 --> 01:11:45,729 It's like a boat. 1857 01:11:47,832 --> 01:11:50,536 - Frank, why do Black people need swimming? 1858 01:11:50,571 --> 01:11:51,933 - It's such an important thing. 1859 01:11:51,968 --> 01:11:53,770 You know, swimming is such an important thing 1860 01:11:53,805 --> 01:11:56,344 from a life safety perspective, 1861 01:11:56,379 --> 01:11:59,809 from a recreational perspective and the mental health. 1862 01:11:59,844 --> 01:12:02,977 It's such, it's one of the best formal exercise out there. 1863 01:12:03,012 --> 01:12:04,550 You have to do it. 1864 01:12:04,585 --> 01:12:07,454 And every excuse you could possibly give 1865 01:12:07,489 --> 01:12:08,895 for not wanting to learn how not to swim 1866 01:12:08,919 --> 01:12:12,052 or wanted to swim, I've done it. 1867 01:12:12,087 --> 01:12:13,164 And we've got this gala thing, 1868 01:12:13,188 --> 01:12:15,660 this thing happening and in a couple of weeks time 1869 01:12:15,695 --> 01:12:18,399 and Ettiene is expecting you to be there. 1870 01:12:18,434 --> 01:12:21,028 And are you guys coming, any of you coming? 1871 01:12:21,063 --> 01:12:23,635 - I'm just about the music right now though. 1872 01:12:23,670 --> 01:12:25,098 - I think we spoke about music. 1873 01:12:25,133 --> 01:12:27,100 And then I'll tell you about this music director, 1874 01:12:27,135 --> 01:12:28,673 this award winning music director. 1875 01:12:28,708 --> 01:12:32,842 - I'm sold fam I'm coming, Frost, you down? 1876 01:12:32,877 --> 01:12:34,041 - Yeah, mans on it. 1877 01:12:34,076 --> 01:12:35,647 - Mo, down? 1878 01:12:35,682 --> 01:12:36,516 - Don't know man. 1879 01:12:36,551 --> 01:12:37,847 - Mo, come on. 1880 01:12:37,882 --> 01:12:38,683 - For the music. 1881 01:12:38,718 --> 01:12:40,619 - For the music. 1882 01:12:40,654 --> 01:12:41,796 - Now let's talk about the music. 1883 01:12:41,820 --> 01:12:42,820 Let's talk about this 1884 01:12:43,723 --> 01:12:45,624 ♪ Represent just like ♪ 1885 01:12:45,659 --> 01:12:47,494 ♪ Disproportionately Black ♪ 1886 01:12:47,529 --> 01:12:49,056 ♪ Run me off the track ♪ 1887 01:12:49,091 --> 01:12:50,992 ♪ My Black friends don't swim ♪ 1888 01:12:51,027 --> 01:12:52,664 ♪ My White friends too keen ♪ 1889 01:12:52,699 --> 01:12:54,732 - You know what, it does the number surprises me, 1890 01:12:54,767 --> 01:12:57,933 but like I'm not surprised that Black people 1891 01:12:57,968 --> 01:13:01,442 like that much Black people don't swim. 1892 01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:02,410 But the number is like a lot. 1893 01:13:02,445 --> 01:13:04,412 Like that's high. 1894 01:13:04,447 --> 01:13:06,007 I can't believe that. 1895 01:13:08,913 --> 01:13:10,022 - I didn't know first of all. 1896 01:13:10,046 --> 01:13:11,551 - I didn't know. 1897 01:13:11,586 --> 01:13:13,652 Like I've always heard the thing you know, 1898 01:13:13,687 --> 01:13:16,523 blacks can't swim, Black people aren't good at swimming 1899 01:13:16,558 --> 01:13:17,689 or don't want to swim. 1900 01:13:17,724 --> 01:13:19,493 But when you're talking about the percent, 1901 01:13:19,528 --> 01:13:21,825 the actual stats, I never knew that. 1902 01:13:21,860 --> 01:13:24,432 - So yeah, after hearing those figures, 1903 01:13:24,467 --> 01:13:25,675 it's always, you know the running joke 1904 01:13:25,699 --> 01:13:27,534 of Black people who can't swim. 1905 01:13:27,569 --> 01:13:29,162 I was always aware of that 1906 01:13:29,197 --> 01:13:31,505 but it's really shocking and surprising 1907 01:13:31,540 --> 01:13:33,540 to know that it's that many Black people 1908 01:13:33,575 --> 01:13:35,839 who do not swim at all. 1909 01:13:35,874 --> 01:13:37,038 - It's such a high figure. 1910 01:13:37,073 --> 01:13:40,074 And I, you know what, I'm not surprised. 1911 01:13:40,109 --> 01:13:41,119 I'm not honestly surprised. 1912 01:13:41,143 --> 01:13:43,209 I am surprised it is so high 1913 01:13:43,244 --> 01:13:44,284 but I'm just not surprised 1914 01:13:44,312 --> 01:13:46,454 because like there's something where black people 1915 01:13:46,489 --> 01:13:48,984 and water and like swimming, it just doesn't go together, 1916 01:13:49,019 --> 01:13:50,051 do you know what I mean? 1917 01:13:50,086 --> 01:13:51,252 - I'm not gonna lie to you. 1918 01:13:51,287 --> 01:13:54,462 It doesn't, it doesn't, none of us really liked swimming. 1919 01:13:54,497 --> 01:13:56,959 But they're strong swimmers like Black swimmers out there. 1920 01:13:56,994 --> 01:14:00,501 But like, like not all of them. 1921 01:14:00,536 --> 01:14:01,744 Like if you're looking at majority, 1922 01:14:01,768 --> 01:14:03,042 if you're looking at those numbers, 1923 01:14:03,066 --> 01:14:05,033 it's like different to how you would see 1924 01:14:05,068 --> 01:14:09,037 like white, Caucasians, I mean, Latinos, Asians, 1925 01:14:09,072 --> 01:14:11,072 like we just don't. 1926 01:14:11,107 --> 01:14:13,514 We ain't got the numbers on our side on our side. 1927 01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:15,945 - Thinking about it now like the friends 1928 01:14:15,980 --> 01:14:19,685 that we've went swimming with I'd say are similar to us. 1929 01:14:19,720 --> 01:14:23,117 We've got friends that have fun in water. 1930 01:14:24,692 --> 01:14:26,637 You know, there's kind of difference of having fun in water 1931 01:14:26,661 --> 01:14:28,760 than actually swimming, you know. 1932 01:14:28,795 --> 01:14:31,224 Like if we were in a situation where we had to swim, 1933 01:14:31,259 --> 01:14:32,874 I'd be like we wouldn't be able to do that. 1934 01:14:32,898 --> 01:14:33,798 - A small number. 1935 01:14:33,833 --> 01:14:35,063 - Yeah, yeah a small number. 1936 01:14:35,098 --> 01:14:36,164 - Or a confident team. 1937 01:14:36,199 --> 01:14:38,737 And that kind of matches up with this statistic then. 1938 01:14:38,772 --> 01:14:40,684 'Cause when you think of all how big our group is 1939 01:14:40,708 --> 01:14:42,906 and then maybe it's just two man 1940 01:14:44,613 --> 01:14:45,975 - Yeah, It's actually weird water. 1941 01:14:46,010 --> 01:14:47,581 - It's about 80% of a group. 1942 01:14:47,616 --> 01:14:48,616 - Yeah. 1943 01:14:49,177 --> 01:14:52,883 - That's weird how that actually works out. 1944 01:15:16,007 --> 01:15:16,940 - Hey Layla. 1945 01:15:16,975 --> 01:15:17,941 I was just passing. 1946 01:15:17,976 --> 01:15:19,580 - Hey come in. 1947 01:15:19,615 --> 01:15:21,241 - Thank you. 1948 01:15:21,276 --> 01:15:23,316 - I was just passing, you know, normally I'd phone. 1949 01:15:23,344 --> 01:15:25,718 I don't like anybody passing when they don't phone. 1950 01:15:25,753 --> 01:15:26,818 But I was just in the area 1951 01:15:26,853 --> 01:15:28,248 so I thought I come and say hey. 1952 01:15:28,283 --> 01:15:29,183 - Sure, nice to see you. 1953 01:15:29,218 --> 01:15:30,316 I haven't seen you in ages. 1954 01:15:30,351 --> 01:15:31,559 - I know. 1955 01:15:31,594 --> 01:15:33,660 Ooh, let's see the nails. 1956 01:15:34,322 --> 01:15:35,288 Very nice. 1957 01:15:35,323 --> 01:15:36,323 What's that? 1958 01:15:36,357 --> 01:15:37,158 Is that? 1959 01:15:37,193 --> 01:15:37,994 What colour is that? 1960 01:15:38,029 --> 01:15:38,929 - Sherlock. 1961 01:15:38,964 --> 01:15:41,129 - Oh shelloc, it's expensive. 1962 01:15:41,164 --> 01:15:42,570 - Its worth it. 1963 01:15:43,606 --> 01:15:45,067 - Don't even look at my nails. 1964 01:15:45,102 --> 01:15:48,235 I've been trying to do some gardening but is all good. 1965 01:15:48,270 --> 01:15:49,973 Oh, I saw Fiona the other day. 1966 01:15:50,008 --> 01:15:51,073 Did you? 1967 01:15:51,108 --> 01:15:53,339 - We spoke about hair for ages. 1968 01:15:53,374 --> 01:15:55,187 She was just like, what products should I use? 1969 01:15:55,211 --> 01:15:56,617 My hair is getting dry. 1970 01:15:56,652 --> 01:15:58,223 You know, the kind of stuff we talk about. 1971 01:15:58,247 --> 01:15:59,180 In fact talking about hair, 1972 01:15:59,215 --> 01:16:03,690 like I need to talk to you about mine as well. 1973 01:16:03,725 --> 01:16:04,350 It's getting long. 1974 01:16:04,385 --> 01:16:05,593 - It is. 1975 01:16:05,628 --> 01:16:07,595 Let me see, turn around. 1976 01:16:07,630 --> 01:16:08,805 It is, it's looking healthy as well, 1977 01:16:08,829 --> 01:16:09,829 you're looking after it. 1978 01:16:09,863 --> 01:16:10,763 - I'm trying. 1979 01:16:10,798 --> 01:16:13,128 I'm thinking of getting locs. 1980 01:16:14,637 --> 01:16:15,637 - But? 1981 01:16:16,672 --> 01:16:18,672 - It's just the maintaining part of it like, 1982 01:16:18,707 --> 01:16:22,104 I feel like I should do it in due time. 1983 01:16:22,139 --> 01:16:24,645 - So how's swimming. 1984 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,614 You've been for awhile. 1985 01:16:28,717 --> 01:16:31,377 - I haven't been in awhile. 1986 01:16:31,412 --> 01:16:33,214 - I thought you like swimming. 1987 01:16:33,249 --> 01:16:34,249 I do but, 1988 01:16:36,384 --> 01:16:37,790 - But 1989 01:16:37,825 --> 01:16:40,892 - Hmm, it's just I have stretch marks. 1990 01:16:43,028 --> 01:16:44,698 - Oh, stretch marks. 1991 01:16:46,229 --> 01:16:49,395 Yeah, it's nothing bad to worry about in front of that. 1992 01:16:49,430 --> 01:16:51,705 - None of my friends have it though. 1993 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:53,806 - You think none of your friends has got them, 1994 01:16:53,841 --> 01:16:56,303 trust me, every girl in some point 1995 01:16:56,338 --> 01:16:58,052 that you ask her she's gonna get stretch marks. 1996 01:16:58,076 --> 01:16:59,779 So she's got stretch marks. 1997 01:16:59,814 --> 01:17:01,209 Maybe you just can't see them. 1998 01:17:01,244 --> 01:17:03,409 Sometimes it's on your chest, it's on your bum, 1999 01:17:03,444 --> 01:17:05,653 wherever you start filing out. 2000 01:17:05,688 --> 01:17:08,689 So many of things that us women have to go through sometimes 2001 01:17:08,724 --> 01:17:10,691 but it's nothing bad. 2002 01:17:10,726 --> 01:17:14,662 There's nothing to really worry about. 2003 01:17:14,697 --> 01:17:15,729 - I don't know. 2004 01:17:16,765 --> 01:17:18,325 Do you have them? 2005 01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:19,161 - Layla? 2006 01:17:19,196 --> 01:17:19,997 My gosh. 2007 01:17:20,032 --> 01:17:21,196 Yes I do. 2008 01:17:21,231 --> 01:17:22,032 Trust me. 2009 01:17:22,067 --> 01:17:23,671 I'm just laughing 2010 01:17:23,706 --> 01:17:25,717 because it just totally reminds me of when I was younger. 2011 01:17:25,741 --> 01:17:26,905 I was just like you. 2012 01:17:26,940 --> 01:17:29,369 I used to go swimming all the time 2013 01:17:29,404 --> 01:17:30,603 and then just out of no where 2014 01:17:30,639 --> 01:17:33,681 I just started getting stretch marks on my bum and my thighs 2015 01:17:33,716 --> 01:17:35,342 and I was like ahh. 2016 01:17:35,377 --> 01:17:37,080 And there was like no Black girls around. 2017 01:17:37,115 --> 01:17:39,720 So can you even, you know, go and confide in them 2018 01:17:39,755 --> 01:17:41,722 or ask their advice. 2019 01:17:41,757 --> 01:17:44,351 But eventually I got over it. 2020 01:17:44,386 --> 01:17:46,958 And one of the major things was 2021 01:17:48,390 --> 01:17:52,161 I went out and I found this swimsuit. 2022 01:17:52,196 --> 01:17:53,745 I still remember it had stripes on it. 2023 01:17:53,769 --> 01:17:56,770 It was navy blue, but it had shorts on it. 2024 01:17:56,805 --> 01:17:58,332 And I covered all the stretch marks, 2025 01:17:58,367 --> 01:17:59,333 I was that was me. 2026 01:17:59,368 --> 01:18:00,873 I was back in the pool. 2027 01:18:00,908 --> 01:18:02,105 I was just like, yeah. 2028 01:18:02,140 --> 01:18:03,876 So once I took care of that, that was it. 2029 01:18:03,911 --> 01:18:05,042 Nothing was holding me back. 2030 01:18:05,077 --> 01:18:06,477 I was just straight back in there. 2031 01:18:06,507 --> 01:18:07,781 - Oh my days. 2032 01:18:08,410 --> 01:18:10,113 A bodysuit. 2033 01:18:10,148 --> 01:18:11,785 - You can get anything these days. 2034 01:18:11,820 --> 01:18:14,447 Trust me, there's so many options out there now 2035 01:18:14,482 --> 01:18:16,449 and there's like two pieces. 2036 01:18:16,484 --> 01:18:19,419 You can get shorts, so you can get three quarter length. 2037 01:18:19,454 --> 01:18:22,158 You can even get full body suits. 2038 01:18:22,193 --> 01:18:23,401 Cause there's people who go swimming 2039 01:18:23,425 --> 01:18:24,776 and they don't want to show any of their body. 2040 01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:26,459 So you can actually get a full covering. 2041 01:18:26,494 --> 01:18:29,066 - Oh my days, I've got to get one. 2042 01:18:29,101 --> 01:18:30,298 - You need to. 2043 01:18:30,333 --> 01:18:32,069 I mean, they're a bit more expensive, 2044 01:18:32,104 --> 01:18:33,466 but yeah it's totally worth it. 2045 01:18:33,501 --> 01:18:34,907 - Yeah. 2046 01:18:34,942 --> 01:18:36,942 In fact, I've got something coming up. 2047 01:18:36,977 --> 01:18:38,878 I'm glad we had this conversation. 2048 01:18:38,913 --> 01:18:40,374 - I'm glad to hear it. 2049 01:18:40,409 --> 01:18:44,510 But you know, like on a more serious note though, 2050 01:18:44,545 --> 01:18:47,821 just never let society dictate to you 2051 01:18:47,856 --> 01:18:49,350 where it is that you wanna do. 2052 01:18:49,385 --> 01:18:52,122 Don't let society dictate what's right and what's wrong. 2053 01:18:52,157 --> 01:18:54,333 Everybody's got to do what it is, you know what I mean? 2054 01:18:54,357 --> 01:18:56,423 But you're a really good swimmer 2055 01:18:56,458 --> 01:18:58,832 so you should never let things hold you back. 2056 01:18:58,867 --> 01:19:00,339 You know, you've got things that you wanna do. 2057 01:19:00,363 --> 01:19:01,474 There's things that you wanna achieve 2058 01:19:01,498 --> 01:19:05,036 so make sure that nothing holds you back from that. 2059 01:19:05,071 --> 01:19:07,038 And you'll be good. 2060 01:19:07,073 --> 01:19:08,270 - Thanks Julia. 2061 01:19:08,305 --> 01:19:10,206 You always say the right things to me. 2062 01:19:10,241 --> 01:19:12,879 - You know I've been through so much stuff, 2063 01:19:12,914 --> 01:19:14,047 but you know what? 2064 01:19:14,082 --> 01:19:16,542 I can not stop for long, but I'm glad we had this chat. 2065 01:19:16,577 --> 01:19:18,016 I'm gonna get to get going. 2066 01:19:18,051 --> 01:19:19,479 Give me a hug. 2067 01:19:19,514 --> 01:19:21,514 Right, make sure you call me if there's anything 2068 01:19:21,549 --> 01:19:22,922 you wanna speak about, okay? 2069 01:19:22,957 --> 01:19:23,549 - Okay. 2070 01:19:23,584 --> 01:19:24,792 Thank you. 2071 01:19:24,827 --> 01:19:25,859 - No problem. 2072 01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:00,289 - Hey Julia, how you doing? 2073 01:20:00,324 --> 01:20:02,830 - Yeah, so I've just spoken to Layla. 2074 01:20:02,865 --> 01:20:04,403 We sat down, we had a really good chat actually. 2075 01:20:04,427 --> 01:20:05,899 - Oh, whoa, awesome. 2076 01:20:05,934 --> 01:20:06,600 That is awesome. 2077 01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:08,396 - She told me about her issue. 2078 01:20:08,431 --> 01:20:09,562 I gave her some advice, 2079 01:20:09,597 --> 01:20:10,463 so she's feeling much better about it. 2080 01:20:10,498 --> 01:20:13,104 So I think everything will be all right. 2081 01:20:13,139 --> 01:20:14,611 - I just can't wait to speak to her. 2082 01:20:14,635 --> 01:20:17,878 - But listen, Frank, don't say anything to her yet. 2083 01:20:17,913 --> 01:20:19,440 Just let her come to you. 2084 01:20:19,475 --> 01:20:20,375 - Yeah I get it. 2085 01:20:20,410 --> 01:20:22,212 I understand, I understand. 2086 01:20:22,247 --> 01:20:23,444 - Okay, cool. 2087 01:20:23,479 --> 01:20:25,182 All right, yeah say hi to Jigs for me 2088 01:20:25,217 --> 01:20:27,283 and I'll catch you guys soon, all right? 2089 01:20:27,318 --> 01:20:29,054 - Yeah, I'll send my love. 2090 01:20:29,089 --> 01:20:29,890 Cheers, bye. 2091 01:20:29,925 --> 01:20:30,925 All right. 2092 01:20:30,959 --> 01:20:31,551 Okay. 2093 01:20:31,586 --> 01:20:32,387 Speak to you later. 2094 01:20:32,422 --> 01:20:33,422 Bye-bye 2095 01:20:46,403 --> 01:20:47,875 - See, it's actually quite proven 2096 01:20:47,910 --> 01:20:50,009 that periods just kind of, 2097 01:20:50,044 --> 01:20:52,638 your body kind of stops when you're in water. 2098 01:20:52,673 --> 01:20:53,539 Like it doesn't flow as heavy. 2099 01:20:53,574 --> 01:20:56,114 Yeah, I didn't know that until recently. 2100 01:20:56,149 --> 01:20:57,390 But your body doesn't flow as heavily, 2101 01:20:57,414 --> 01:20:58,578 people don't know that. 2102 01:20:58,613 --> 01:21:00,096 And people think, oh no, my periods come out. 2103 01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:01,548 I don't wanna go swimming. 2104 01:21:01,583 --> 01:21:03,297 But then it's like, if it's not your period, it's your hair. 2105 01:21:03,321 --> 01:21:04,661 If it's not your hair, it's your gut. 2106 01:21:04,685 --> 01:21:05,762 If it's not your gut, it's your stretch marks. 2107 01:21:05,786 --> 01:21:08,126 If it's not your stretch marks it's something else. 2108 01:21:08,161 --> 01:21:11,195 And I feel like there's always a but. 2109 01:21:11,230 --> 01:21:14,198 - Yes, I definitely feel like, 2110 01:21:14,233 --> 01:21:15,914 what is stopping Black girls from swimming 2111 01:21:15,938 --> 01:21:18,070 is things like body appreciation 2112 01:21:18,105 --> 01:21:20,534 things like stretch marks 2113 01:21:20,569 --> 01:21:24,241 and how they view themselves and maybe how society makes them feel about themselves. 2114 01:21:24,276 --> 01:21:27,981 And like from a young age you're like what's going on around you 2115 01:21:28,016 --> 01:21:28,915 and on your body. 2116 01:21:28,951 --> 01:21:30,984 So I feel like all black girls like avoid it 2117 01:21:31,019 --> 01:21:32,997 or even if they do go swimming or like go to the beach 2118 01:21:33,021 --> 01:21:34,251 or like covered up maybe, 2119 01:21:34,286 --> 01:21:36,924 and like didn't want to like show too much and. 2120 01:21:36,959 --> 01:21:38,662 - I don't wanna go in the water and got my hair wet. 2121 01:21:38,686 --> 01:21:40,521 And I suffered from eczema myself. 2122 01:21:40,556 --> 01:21:42,292 So when I go in the water and I come out, 2123 01:21:42,327 --> 01:21:43,975 all my cream that I've put on in the morning, 2124 01:21:43,999 --> 01:21:45,493 all comes up in the pool. 2125 01:21:45,528 --> 01:21:47,396 Sometimes that can be a bit embarrassing. 2126 01:21:47,431 --> 01:21:48,947 Cause you're just seeing like a cloud. 2127 01:21:48,971 --> 01:21:50,014 It looks like I'm dirty, but it's not. 2128 01:21:50,038 --> 01:21:50,938 It's just my cream coming off. 2129 01:21:50,973 --> 01:21:51,697 Cause quite thick in it. 2130 01:21:51,732 --> 01:21:52,698 Cause I go eczema. 2131 01:21:52,733 --> 01:21:54,139 So my cream will come off 2132 01:21:54,174 --> 01:21:56,977 and I've come out now my skin is great. 2133 01:21:57,012 --> 01:21:58,682 It looks like I've never creamed in a month. 2134 01:21:58,706 --> 01:21:59,805 Do you know what I mean? 2135 01:21:59,841 --> 01:22:01,520 So if I ain't got the right cream with me at the time, 2136 01:22:01,544 --> 01:22:04,380 it's just, it's a lot of work just for us 2137 01:22:04,415 --> 01:22:06,019 to go in that water sometimes. 2138 01:22:06,054 --> 01:22:07,394 So especially that when I'm on holiday, 2139 01:22:07,418 --> 01:22:09,319 if it's not for my partner, I'm not bothering. 2140 01:22:09,354 --> 01:22:10,221 I'm looking nice. 2141 01:22:10,256 --> 01:22:11,057 I feel good. 2142 01:22:11,092 --> 01:22:11,717 I'm happy. 2143 01:22:11,752 --> 01:22:13,158 I get in the water. 2144 01:22:13,193 --> 01:22:14,698 And now I've got to be thinking about my hair. 2145 01:22:14,722 --> 01:22:17,327 I've got to be thinking about coming out, creaming my skin. 2146 01:22:17,362 --> 01:22:18,702 Sometimes you can't even just creamy skin. 2147 01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:20,495 You need to have actual shower. 2148 01:22:20,530 --> 01:22:21,496 Do you know what I mean, 2149 01:22:21,531 --> 01:22:23,333 to wash off the chlorine, all the chemicals. 2150 01:22:23,368 --> 01:22:25,335 All the other dirty stuff that's in the water. 2151 01:22:25,370 --> 01:22:28,041 So sometimes it can really be a lot of hustle 2152 01:22:28,076 --> 01:22:29,209 more than what people think. 2153 01:22:29,244 --> 01:22:31,385 - Yeah, 'cause you feel like mainly like the White girls 2154 01:22:31,409 --> 01:22:33,343 they're very like slim, the really skinny. 2155 01:22:33,378 --> 01:22:37,380 So you look and you think, okay, I don't look like that. 2156 01:22:37,415 --> 01:22:39,712 So I guess it's kind of different. 2157 01:22:39,747 --> 01:22:42,055 But still I don't personally think 2158 01:22:42,090 --> 01:22:43,265 that should stop you from swimming 2159 01:22:43,289 --> 01:22:45,586 because everyone's different obviously. 2160 01:22:45,621 --> 01:22:47,720 Not everyone's gonna be like really skinny. 2161 01:22:47,755 --> 01:22:49,304 - Doesn't matter what other people look like. 2162 01:22:49,328 --> 01:22:50,767 It doesn't matter what other people say. 2163 01:22:50,791 --> 01:22:53,099 You are beautiful. 2164 01:22:53,134 --> 01:22:56,036 These beauty standards, it doesn't matter 2165 01:22:56,071 --> 01:22:59,270 because whoever made them is ridiculous anyway. 2166 01:22:59,305 --> 01:23:01,635 And no one said that that was the body to have. 2167 01:23:01,670 --> 01:23:02,636 And you just need to love yourself 2168 01:23:02,671 --> 01:23:05,045 and you need to be confident in your own body, 2169 01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:05,771 in your own skin. 2170 01:23:05,806 --> 01:23:07,212 And then you start to realise 2171 01:23:07,247 --> 01:23:08,521 that what people say doesn't matter 2172 01:23:08,545 --> 01:23:10,413 because you know you love yourself 2173 01:23:10,448 --> 01:23:13,251 and you know that your opinion is the one that matters. 2174 01:23:13,286 --> 01:23:15,990 No one else's opinion matters. 2175 01:23:25,595 --> 01:23:29,069 - You guys saying, anyone want pizza fam? 2176 01:23:29,104 --> 01:23:30,136 - No G. 2177 01:23:32,305 --> 01:23:34,107 - What, no one fam? 2178 01:23:34,142 --> 01:23:35,570 - What's in it though? 2179 01:23:35,605 --> 01:23:39,145 - This is chicken, beef, sweet corn fam. 2180 01:23:40,115 --> 01:23:42,082 - I don't eat beef, I don't eat beef. 2181 01:23:42,117 --> 01:23:42,983 - Since when? 2182 01:23:43,018 --> 01:23:44,623 - The other day still, I don't eat beef. 2183 01:23:44,647 --> 01:23:46,152 Told you fam. 2184 01:23:46,187 --> 01:23:46,919 Mans been watching the news 2185 01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:48,550 and watching what's going on fam, 2186 01:23:48,585 --> 01:23:49,815 do your research fam. 2187 01:23:49,850 --> 01:23:52,125 - Yeah, what's that got to do with my pizza fam? 2188 01:23:52,160 --> 01:23:53,060 - Fam, what'd you think? 2189 01:23:53,095 --> 01:23:55,293 Whatever they eat, you eat. 2190 01:23:58,331 --> 01:23:59,132 - Meat is meat. 2191 01:23:59,167 --> 01:24:00,167 Food is food. 2192 01:24:00,201 --> 01:24:01,530 - Yeah but, I hear you. 2193 01:24:01,565 --> 01:24:03,697 You can offer my man then. 2194 01:24:03,732 --> 01:24:06,238 Say no more, you're looking hungry you still. 2195 01:24:11,608 --> 01:24:13,806 - I won't say no. 2196 01:24:13,841 --> 01:24:15,346 - Man then hungry. 2197 01:24:17,185 --> 01:24:19,548 That looks nice though. 2198 01:24:19,583 --> 01:24:22,419 - That's what your missing out on. 2199 01:24:24,456 --> 01:24:26,291 - Man is gassed you now. 2200 01:24:26,326 --> 01:24:30,790 Fam, when this tape drops, it's gonna be fire. 2201 01:24:30,825 --> 01:24:32,693 Frost is on his job today. 2202 01:24:32,728 --> 01:24:33,760 Fam is been on it. 2203 01:24:33,795 --> 01:24:36,103 - Fam, trust I got to say bro 2204 01:24:36,138 --> 01:24:38,204 hard fam, hard fam. 2205 01:24:38,239 --> 01:24:41,207 - This shit is gonna be done fam. 2206 01:24:42,375 --> 01:24:45,244 Once you link up with the producer with the film director. 2207 01:24:45,279 --> 01:24:45,871 - Wait, wait. 2208 01:24:45,906 --> 01:24:47,675 What film director? 2209 01:24:49,316 --> 01:24:51,679 - Frank is linking us up for this film director. 2210 01:24:51,714 --> 01:24:53,780 He said, if we do this swimming thing, 2211 01:24:53,815 --> 01:24:55,815 he's gonna hook us up with the nice film director. 2212 01:24:55,850 --> 01:24:57,124 - Boy hold on, hold on. 2213 01:24:57,159 --> 01:24:58,785 What are you talking about? 2214 01:24:58,820 --> 01:25:00,391 What film director is this? 2215 01:25:00,426 --> 01:25:01,854 And since then, could you swim? 2216 01:25:01,889 --> 01:25:04,692 - Don't watch that, it's only for the swimmers 2217 01:25:04,727 --> 01:25:06,826 One, two, three, the swimmers fam 2218 01:25:06,861 --> 01:25:07,794 Are you down to swim? 2219 01:25:07,829 --> 01:25:09,598 - Yeah, swimming is long man. 2220 01:25:09,633 --> 01:25:12,139 I'm not trying to swim. 2221 01:25:12,174 --> 01:25:13,811 You might as well just bring me into the music thing. 2222 01:25:13,835 --> 01:25:15,769 - We can't bring you in fam. 2223 01:25:15,804 --> 01:25:18,871 Everyone go into the swim thing only bro. 2224 01:25:18,906 --> 01:25:20,576 - That's what I'm telling you fam. 2225 01:25:20,611 --> 01:25:22,545 - But I can't swim though. 2226 01:25:22,580 --> 01:25:25,845 - You can still get involved fam for non-swimmers as well. 2227 01:25:25,880 --> 01:25:27,319 Are you down? 2228 01:25:27,354 --> 01:25:30,751 Fam you should be down man, come on G. 2229 01:25:30,786 --> 01:25:31,928 - We can do the swimming thing. 2230 01:25:31,952 --> 01:25:32,751 - That's what I'm saying. 2231 01:25:32,786 --> 01:25:34,590 Fam your always honest, all the time. 2232 01:25:34,625 --> 01:25:36,295 - ain't nothing man. 2233 01:25:40,862 --> 01:25:43,830 - I just say, you know, get in the pool, see how you feel. 2234 01:25:43,865 --> 01:25:46,470 But the one thing I say, when we're someone 2235 01:25:46,505 --> 01:25:47,746 who doesn't know how to do something, 2236 01:25:47,770 --> 01:25:50,771 I say get comfortable with what you're doing 2237 01:25:50,806 --> 01:25:52,311 and then I'll give them tips. 2238 01:25:52,346 --> 01:25:54,742 Like maybe you got to do this when you're swimming 2239 01:25:54,777 --> 01:25:55,908 and they do it. 2240 01:25:55,943 --> 01:25:56,742 And I'm like, okay, this is cool. 2241 01:25:56,777 --> 01:25:58,257 If you can't do it, you can't do it. 2242 01:25:58,286 --> 01:25:59,430 If you could do it, that you try 2243 01:25:59,454 --> 01:26:02,255 and push yourself a little bit harder every single time. 2244 01:26:02,290 --> 01:26:04,851 - One thing like feeling free in the water is like, 2245 01:26:04,886 --> 01:26:07,238 every day you wake up I feel like you have something to do. 2246 01:26:07,262 --> 01:26:08,657 You have something to prove, 2247 01:26:08,692 --> 01:26:10,340 but when in water there's no one to tell you, 2248 01:26:10,364 --> 01:26:11,264 you have to do this. 2249 01:26:11,299 --> 01:26:13,959 You literally just explore. 2250 01:26:13,994 --> 01:26:14,927 - It's once you get to a certain age 2251 01:26:14,962 --> 01:26:16,368 once someone tells you something 2252 01:26:16,403 --> 01:26:17,941 like it gives you an option to do something 2253 01:26:17,965 --> 01:26:19,965 you don't wanna do, you're just not gonna do it. 2254 01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:25,212 Like it's like trying teach someone to eat vegetables at 16. 2255 01:26:25,874 --> 01:26:27,040 It's just not gonna happen. 2256 01:26:27,075 --> 01:26:29,447 But if they've eaten it from the age of six or even just 10, 2257 01:26:29,482 --> 01:26:31,581 like they're gonna just naturally, yeah like that, 2258 01:26:31,616 --> 01:26:33,286 that's fine, it's not an issue. 2259 01:26:33,321 --> 01:26:36,289 But you try and teach a 16 year old to eat vegetables, 2260 01:26:36,324 --> 01:26:37,488 it's just not gonna work. 2261 01:26:37,523 --> 01:26:38,962 So you just got promoted from young 2262 01:26:38,986 --> 01:26:40,953 and try and bring them to the fun places 2263 01:26:40,988 --> 01:26:42,240 where they can learn how to swim 2264 01:26:42,264 --> 01:26:43,692 or you need to learn how to swim 2265 01:26:43,727 --> 01:26:45,727 so you can go to these fun places. 2266 01:26:45,762 --> 01:26:46,662 - You know, we're in a generation 2267 01:26:46,697 --> 01:26:48,433 for we have so much opportunity 2268 01:26:48,468 --> 01:26:50,699 and so much access to so many resources. 2269 01:26:50,734 --> 01:26:53,636 And if that's something you're interested in and it's there, 2270 01:26:53,671 --> 01:26:55,341 take it while you have it. 2271 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:59,004 And you know, kind of feel your way through that water. 2272 01:26:59,039 --> 01:27:00,005 And in future, 2273 01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,348 you might be giving yourself more opportunities 2274 01:27:02,383 --> 01:27:05,285 just in life in general having learned something. 2275 01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:06,825 I didn't know, another way by doing something 2276 01:27:06,849 --> 01:27:09,619 that people said you could never, you never could do. 2277 01:27:09,654 --> 01:27:12,457 It encourages you in other places and other aspects of life 2278 01:27:12,492 --> 01:27:16,263 that as Black people, places we were never meant to be 2279 01:27:16,298 --> 01:27:17,759 - Most people like, 2280 01:27:17,794 --> 01:27:18,971 especially now like there's hardly any jobs out there 2281 01:27:18,995 --> 01:27:24,304 like being a lifeguard, like even like, what's it called? 2282 01:27:25,571 --> 01:27:26,812 Like, if you want to like work on planes and stuff like that 2283 01:27:26,836 --> 01:27:27,913 like air hostess or anything like that. 2284 01:27:27,937 --> 01:27:31,707 Like you need swimming as part of your like skills 2285 01:27:31,742 --> 01:27:33,379 like to have those jobs. 2286 01:27:33,414 --> 01:27:34,622 So it would, it's always a blessing. 2287 01:27:34,646 --> 01:27:35,942 You never know. 2288 01:27:35,977 --> 01:27:38,384 - I've have actually tried to look 2289 01:27:38,419 --> 01:27:41,013 into being a lifeguard in the past when I was a bit younger. 2290 01:27:41,048 --> 01:27:42,718 And then I saw in the description, 2291 01:27:42,753 --> 01:27:44,533 you have to know how to dive and hold your breath 2292 01:27:44,557 --> 01:27:45,721 and all of that. 2293 01:27:45,756 --> 01:27:47,690 And I just said, no, no, no, no, no. 2294 01:27:47,725 --> 01:27:50,055 It's not that I would never take a career in it. 2295 01:27:50,090 --> 01:27:52,530 But the feeling that I get in the water, 2296 01:27:52,565 --> 01:27:54,037 it's just I know it's never gonna change. 2297 01:27:54,061 --> 01:27:56,303 'Cause it's never changed from when I was younger. 2298 01:27:56,338 --> 01:27:58,646 - If I'm speaking to someone that doesn't know how to swim 2299 01:27:58,670 --> 01:28:00,604 or it's not like a thing in their life 2300 01:28:00,639 --> 01:28:02,804 I would like pass on a lot of like the facts 2301 01:28:02,839 --> 01:28:06,071 you just told me that this could save your life one day. 2302 01:28:06,106 --> 01:28:09,844 So like, you need to like try and look into at least 2303 01:28:09,879 --> 01:28:14,552 because like 85% of us don't swim and you can like, 2304 01:28:15,885 --> 01:28:18,457 you can just, you can die from it not knowing, 2305 01:28:18,492 --> 01:28:21,053 like it's a big deal man, like. 2306 01:28:21,088 --> 01:28:23,858 - I be like, bro, if you got a learner you got to do it 2307 01:28:23,893 --> 01:28:26,333 because the end of the day, like your gonna travel 2308 01:28:26,368 --> 01:28:27,400 and like do these things. 2309 01:28:27,435 --> 01:28:28,643 I think in the UK, we get lucky 2310 01:28:28,667 --> 01:28:30,403 because obviously like if you're Caribbean 2311 01:28:30,438 --> 01:28:32,438 or something like that or even African and that. 2312 01:28:32,473 --> 01:28:34,418 Like that's what surprising with these stats as well. 2313 01:28:34,442 --> 01:28:36,035 And even abroad is probably the same, 2314 01:28:36,070 --> 01:28:38,675 where it's like you're gonna be going into the sea. 2315 01:28:38,710 --> 01:28:39,511 You gonna be swimming in the sea. 2316 01:28:39,546 --> 01:28:40,644 You gonna be on boats. 2317 01:28:40,679 --> 01:28:41,447 It's gonna be crossing to other bits. 2318 01:28:41,482 --> 01:28:42,646 You know what I mean? 2319 01:28:42,681 --> 01:28:44,648 Like the last thing I'll be bricking myself 2320 01:28:44,683 --> 01:28:45,583 if I was on that boat crossing these bits 2321 01:28:45,618 --> 01:28:46,727 and I didn't know how to swim. 2322 01:28:46,751 --> 01:28:48,421 - It's never too late. 2323 01:28:48,456 --> 01:28:49,884 It's never too late. 2324 01:28:49,919 --> 01:28:50,819 You know what? 2325 01:28:50,854 --> 01:28:51,754 You might wanna swim now. 2326 01:28:51,789 --> 01:28:53,789 And you might not be able to. 2327 01:28:53,824 --> 01:28:56,924 Kids are very much at the mercy of their circumstances 2328 01:28:56,959 --> 01:28:58,365 and their environment. 2329 01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:00,961 And even though I'm not a parent yet, 2330 01:29:00,996 --> 01:29:05,438 I feel so much for your kid wanting to do things 2331 01:29:05,473 --> 01:29:07,550 then having dreams and not being able to give that to them. 2332 01:29:07,574 --> 01:29:10,476 I can only imagine how heartbreaking that must be. 2333 01:29:10,511 --> 01:29:12,379 So I'm not gonna say now that 2334 01:29:12,414 --> 01:29:13,180 you know the best thing you would do is to go 2335 01:29:13,215 --> 01:29:14,777 and nag your parents and say yeah, 2336 01:29:14,812 --> 01:29:17,384 I wanna swim, I wanna swim, make it happen for me. 2337 01:29:17,419 --> 01:29:20,145 If I'm sure if they could make it happen they would. 2338 01:29:20,180 --> 01:29:22,818 - But if anyone asked me like, is it worth doing 2339 01:29:22,853 --> 01:29:25,425 or is it worth trying to be an Olympic swimmer 2340 01:29:25,460 --> 01:29:26,151 and stuff like that? 2341 01:29:26,186 --> 01:29:26,987 I would push them to do it. 2342 01:29:27,022 --> 01:29:27,955 ♪ Blacks Can't swim ♪ 2343 01:29:27,990 --> 01:29:30,463 ♪ Straight to the deep end ♪ 2344 01:29:30,498 --> 01:29:32,861 ♪ I've given my details ♪ 2345 01:29:32,896 --> 01:29:35,435 ♪ Everyone needs help ♪ 2346 01:29:35,470 --> 01:29:36,931 ♪ Everyone needs friends ♪ 2347 01:29:36,966 --> 01:29:39,802 ♪ But be careful who you play around ♪ 2348 01:29:39,837 --> 01:29:43,069 ♪ Get you lost, then get you found ♪ 2349 01:29:43,104 --> 01:29:44,576 ♪ I'm the King ♪ 2350 01:29:44,611 --> 01:29:46,413 - Honestly Frank, I don't know what to say. 2351 01:29:46,448 --> 01:29:47,876 But thank you so much. 2352 01:29:47,911 --> 01:29:49,845 I mean there all there waiting to get in. 2353 01:29:49,880 --> 01:29:52,980 I mean, I don't know how you did it but somehow, 2354 01:29:53,015 --> 01:29:55,488 - I was determined to make it happen. 2355 01:29:55,523 --> 01:29:57,655 And then although it was a journey 2356 01:29:57,690 --> 01:30:00,955 and shall I say it's been a challenge, 2357 01:30:00,990 --> 01:30:02,539 but I was determined to make it happen. 2358 01:30:02,563 --> 01:30:04,497 And I was prepared to pull out every stops 2359 01:30:04,532 --> 01:30:06,059 to get them in there. 2360 01:30:06,094 --> 01:30:07,962 But yeah, I knew it was gonna happen anyway. 2361 01:30:07,997 --> 01:30:09,601 So 'cause I've been through it. 2362 01:30:09,636 --> 01:30:10,536 So I've been through it. 2363 01:30:10,571 --> 01:30:11,779 So I knew what they were feeling 2364 01:30:11,803 --> 01:30:13,176 and knew what they were going to throw. 2365 01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:14,244 And, but yeah, I'm so happy 2366 01:30:14,268 --> 01:30:18,203 that they're actually decided to get into the water 2367 01:30:18,238 --> 01:30:19,039 and yeah. 2368 01:30:19,074 --> 01:30:20,546 But, hold on. 2369 01:30:20,581 --> 01:30:22,548 Something I need to speak to you about. 2370 01:30:22,583 --> 01:30:25,749 There's a huge career potential 2371 01:30:25,784 --> 01:30:27,718 within their particular path. 2372 01:30:27,753 --> 01:30:28,653 - You really think so. 2373 01:30:28,688 --> 01:30:30,490 - Yeah, there's huge, you know, 2374 01:30:30,525 --> 01:30:31,536 but we'll talk about that one, 2375 01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:32,459 we'll have a proper conversation about that one. 2376 01:30:32,494 --> 01:30:33,494 - Yes sure. 2377 01:30:33,528 --> 01:30:34,627 - Okay. 2378 01:30:34,663 --> 01:30:36,573 Right now, I need to get in there and sort things out. 2379 01:30:36,597 --> 01:30:37,926 But yeah, but we'll chat. 2380 01:30:37,961 --> 01:30:38,961 - All right. 2381 01:30:56,045 --> 01:30:58,111 ♪ Straight into the deep end ♪ 2382 01:30:58,146 --> 01:31:00,586 ♪ I've give my details ♪ 2383 01:31:00,621 --> 01:31:03,083 ♪ Everyone needs help ♪ 2384 01:31:03,118 --> 01:31:04,722 ♪ Everyone needs friends ♪ 2385 01:31:04,757 --> 01:31:07,659 ♪ But be careful who you play around ♪ 2386 01:31:07,694 --> 01:31:12,224 ♪ Get you lost then get you found ♪ 2387 01:31:12,259 --> 01:31:13,566 - I'm so glad you came. 2388 01:31:13,601 --> 01:31:14,193 Really, really glad. 2389 01:31:14,228 --> 01:31:15,029 - Thank you. 2390 01:31:15,064 --> 01:31:15,865 - I'm very proud you. 2391 01:31:15,900 --> 01:31:17,097 - Thank you. 2392 01:31:17,132 --> 01:31:18,571 I'm sorry about last time as well. 2393 01:31:18,606 --> 01:31:19,649 - No, no, don't worry about it, don't worry. 2394 01:31:19,673 --> 01:31:21,266 It's all part of the journey. 2395 01:31:21,301 --> 01:31:22,102 I'll see you soon. 2396 01:31:22,137 --> 01:31:24,511 See you in a minute. 2397 01:31:24,546 --> 01:31:26,579 ♪ Straight to the deep end ♪ 2398 01:31:26,614 --> 01:31:29,241 ♪ I'll give my details ♪ 2399 01:31:29,276 --> 01:31:31,650 ♪ Everyone needs help ♪ 2400 01:31:31,685 --> 01:31:33,179 ♪ Everyone needs friends ♪ 2401 01:31:33,214 --> 01:31:38,217 ♪ But be careful who you play around ♪ 2402 01:31:43,059 --> 01:31:46,830 ♪ Straight to the deep end ♪ 2403 01:31:46,865 --> 01:31:48,700 So thank you very, very, very much for coming 2404 01:31:48,735 --> 01:31:51,868 to the second edition of the Swim Ting Workshop. 2405 01:31:51,903 --> 01:31:55,003 I'm really pleased to see all your faces. 2406 01:31:55,038 --> 01:31:57,104 See some new faces as well. 2407 01:31:57,139 --> 01:31:58,105 Yeah, really, really, thank you. 2408 01:31:58,140 --> 01:31:59,810 It's been a journey. 2409 01:32:01,011 --> 01:32:04,078 A bit of a challenging journey in some cases 2410 01:32:04,113 --> 01:32:06,212 but it's something I wanted to do 2411 01:32:06,247 --> 01:32:09,248 and Ettiene is gonna be very, very, proud of you guys 2412 01:32:09,283 --> 01:32:10,623 for making this. 2413 01:32:12,022 --> 01:32:15,188 So for those that don't know my story, 2414 01:32:16,356 --> 01:32:18,323 I only now just learn how to swim. 2415 01:32:18,358 --> 01:32:21,194 I only started learning how to swim a couple of years ago. 2416 01:32:21,229 --> 01:32:23,295 So I was brought up in an environment 2417 01:32:23,330 --> 01:32:27,706 whereby water safety meant stay away from the water 2418 01:32:27,741 --> 01:32:29,642 and you will not drown. 2419 01:32:29,677 --> 01:32:31,116 But we all know that that's not possible 2420 01:32:31,140 --> 01:32:32,612 in this current day and age 2421 01:32:32,647 --> 01:32:34,680 but we all go on holidays and stuff. 2422 01:32:34,715 --> 01:32:38,079 And yeah so it's water safety is very, very, important. 2423 01:32:38,114 --> 01:32:41,313 It got to a point whereby I couldn't do it anymore. 2424 01:32:41,348 --> 01:32:44,019 So I decided to confront my fears, 2425 01:32:44,054 --> 01:32:47,726 address the stereotypes and dispel the myths 2426 01:32:48,663 --> 01:32:51,191 and hence learn how to swim. 2427 01:32:51,226 --> 01:32:56,196 And it's glad because I could use my journey and my story 2428 01:32:57,639 --> 01:33:00,904 to encourage other people to learn how to swim as well. 2429 01:33:02,270 --> 01:33:04,776 There's also the recreational part of it, 2430 01:33:04,811 --> 01:33:09,242 the enjoyment part of it, the pleasurable part of it. 2431 01:33:11,180 --> 01:33:15,688 And also there's so much career potential in aquatics. 2432 01:33:17,890 --> 01:33:20,385 And this is something they should really, really consider. 2433 01:33:20,420 --> 01:33:24,356 More importantly, the enjoyment part of it. 2434 01:33:24,391 --> 01:33:26,666 So we're here to enjoy ourselves. 2435 01:33:26,701 --> 01:33:30,131 So let's get in the pool and splash around 2436 01:33:30,166 --> 01:33:31,166 and have some fun. 2437 01:33:35,677 --> 01:33:36,269 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2438 01:33:36,304 --> 01:33:37,105 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2439 01:33:37,140 --> 01:33:38,337 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2440 01:33:38,372 --> 01:33:39,173 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2441 01:33:39,208 --> 01:33:40,009 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2442 01:33:40,044 --> 01:33:41,681 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2443 01:33:41,716 --> 01:33:43,144 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2444 01:33:43,179 --> 01:33:45,014 ♪ The sequel ♪ 2445 01:33:45,049 --> 01:33:46,686 ♪ Ed Accura in the house ♪ 2446 01:33:46,721 --> 01:33:49,051 ♪ So I made a film called "Black Can't Swim" ♪ 2447 01:33:49,086 --> 01:33:51,284 ♪ Highlighting the generation-long issue ♪ 2448 01:33:51,319 --> 01:33:53,297 ♪ Due to a disproportionate amount of black people ♪ 2449 01:33:53,321 --> 01:33:55,387 ♪ That do not swim ♪ 2450 01:33:55,422 --> 01:33:56,740 ♪ Made it possible for the whole world ♪ 2451 01:33:56,764 --> 01:33:58,665 ♪ To talk about the issue ♪ 2452 01:33:58,700 --> 01:34:03,670 ♪ Which previously was uncomfortable to talk about ♪ 2453 01:34:03,705 --> 01:34:04,671 ♪ A generation that has continuously ♪ 2454 01:34:04,706 --> 01:34:08,301 ♪ been precluded from aquatics ♪ 2455 01:34:08,336 --> 01:34:10,039 ♪ 95% of black adults ♪ 2456 01:34:10,074 --> 01:34:14,340 ♪ And 80% of black children in England do not swim ♪ 2457 01:34:14,375 --> 01:34:17,717 ♪ And I'm guessing the figures are not much better globally ♪ 2458 01:34:17,752 --> 01:34:19,352 ♪ We've heard the reasons and excuses ♪ 2459 01:34:19,380 --> 01:34:22,183 ♪ As to why we do not swim ♪ 2460 01:34:22,218 --> 01:34:24,691 ♪ I used most of them myself ♪ 2461 01:34:24,726 --> 01:34:27,419 ♪ And also created a few additions in the process. ♪ 2462 01:34:27,454 --> 01:34:30,224 ♪ How many people living all their life without swimming ♪ 2463 01:34:30,259 --> 01:34:33,700 ♪ Would actually learn how to swim later in life ♪ 2464 01:34:33,735 --> 01:34:35,966 ♪ So how do we break the cycle ♪ 2465 01:34:36,001 --> 01:34:37,935 ♪ Create role models ♪ 2466 01:34:37,970 --> 01:34:40,465 ♪ Highlight their aquatic career pathway ♪ 2467 01:34:40,500 --> 01:34:43,072 ♪ Make swimming more relatable ♪ 2468 01:34:43,107 --> 01:34:48,110 ♪ The sequence to Black Can't Swim ♪ 2469 01:34:52,149 --> 01:34:56,723 ♪ Baby I'll splash, splash for you ♪ 2470 01:34:56,758 --> 01:35:01,728 ♪ Baby I'll splash splash for you ♪ 2471 01:35:02,863 --> 01:35:05,193 ♪ Sitting by the pool feeling so cool ♪ 2472 01:35:05,228 --> 01:35:06,161 ♪ Splash splash splash ♪ 2473 01:35:06,196 --> 01:35:07,373 ♪ They say blacks can't swim ♪ 2474 01:35:07,397 --> 01:35:11,034 ♪ That's okay take my time when I splash, splash, splash ♪ 2475 01:35:11,069 --> 01:35:12,838 ♪ They say Blacks can't swim ♪ 2476 01:35:12,873 --> 01:35:13,839 ♪ Siting by the pool ♪ 2477 01:35:13,874 --> 01:35:15,071 ♪ Feeling so cool ♪ 2478 01:35:15,106 --> 01:35:16,039 ♪ Splash, splash, splash ♪ 2479 01:35:16,074 --> 01:35:17,777 ♪ They say Blacks can't swim ♪ 2480 01:35:17,812 --> 01:35:20,912 ♪ That's okay take my time when I splash splash splash ♪ 2481 01:35:20,947 --> 01:35:22,749 ♪ They say Blacks can't swim ♪ 2482 01:35:22,784 --> 01:35:25,015 ♪ Straight to the deep end ♪ 2483 01:35:25,050 --> 01:35:27,512 ♪ I'll give my details ♪ 2484 01:35:27,547 --> 01:35:29,954 ♪ Everyone needs help ♪ 2485 01:35:29,989 --> 01:35:31,824 ♪ Everyone needs friends ♪ 2486 01:35:31,859 --> 01:35:34,519 ♪ But be careful who you play around ♪ 2487 01:35:34,554 --> 01:35:37,764 ♪ Get you lost and get you find ♪ 2488 01:35:37,799 --> 01:35:39,425 ♪ I'm the king ♪ 2489 01:35:39,460 --> 01:35:41,394 ♪ You know I'm holding the crown ♪ 2490 01:35:41,429 --> 01:35:44,265 ♪ Baby I'll splash splash for you ♪ 2491 01:35:44,300 --> 01:35:46,234 ♪ In the pool, feeling cool ♪ 2492 01:35:46,269 --> 01:35:48,874 ♪ Be strong, be you, play safe ♪ 2493 01:35:48,909 --> 01:35:51,173 ♪ Be yourself, be calm, be true ♪ 2494 01:35:51,208 --> 01:35:53,813 ♪ Straight to the deep end ♪ 2495 01:35:53,848 --> 01:35:55,980 ♪ I'll give my details ♪ 2496 01:35:56,015 --> 01:35:58,411 ♪ Everyone need help ♪ 2497 01:35:58,446 --> 01:36:00,050 ♪ Everyone needs friends ♪ 2498 01:36:00,085 --> 01:36:01,887 ♪ But be careful of who ♪ 2499 01:36:01,922 --> 01:36:03,922 - So you said you won't swim because of your hair. 2500 01:36:03,957 --> 01:36:06,518 Would you at least think about? 2501 01:36:08,027 --> 01:36:12,931 ♪ Thought about it, thought about it, thought about it ♪ 2502 01:36:15,595 --> 01:36:19,872 ♪ I thought about it, thought about it, thought about it ♪ 2503 01:36:19,907 --> 01:36:23,843 ♪ No, no, no, no ♪ 2504 01:36:23,878 --> 01:36:28,881 ♪ I thought about it, thought about it, thought about it ♪ 2505 01:36:30,577 --> 01:36:34,546 ♪ I thought about it, thought about it, thought about it ♪ 2506 01:36:34,581 --> 01:36:39,122 ♪ No, no, no, no ♪