I am he's really passionate about what
he does so he's he's got a thousand
ideas you know so he's taking things
bits and every now and then I'll try to
put something in his ear but he's taking
this thing uh uh by the horns and and is
uh writing it out that that first
episode of that uh show aired I think
that's when you saw the full formation
come into to home this guy's changed
what's going on here the dean show
combined with his passion for jiit
has made Eddie achieve goals he never
thought
possible Eddie's Purpose with the dean
show was to Enlighten people who might
be in a similar condition as he was in
the past it is good for him to make up
for all those uh times that he missed
doing what is right so you know and he
probably realizes that that's why he's
working extra hard you
know Eddie continues his struggle to
help people find a way that has been
lost them for he himself is an example
of
redemption he is living proof that if
one puts his or her mind to it they can
achieve anything being part of the
biggest family of martial arts with over
a few hundred students in the dean show
man man it's it's a lot of work he's
he's a machine if someone who knew Edie
uh in his youth they would maybe predict
that he'd be dead or he'd be in jail or
he'd be in the negative side of life you
know but to see someone change to see
that their their whole um their
character changes to see their this
these you know countless change positive
changes in their life it's a sign uh of
God got randomly selected
twice you'll see the 5 minutes 3 minutes
on the
prompter how do you choose your guests
a chooses to guess I just pick him up
[Laughter]
[Applause]
brother growing up in America Eddie
lived the American dream he achieved it
all before the age of 30 money cars
women but beneath the surface something
didn't feel
right after achieving everything he ever
desired Ed he turned his back and walked
away from it all and took his life in a
whole new Direction let us take you on
his journey
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Eddie was born in Buffalo New York to
parents who had immigrated from
Yugoslavia in the early
1970s soon after Eddie's birth Eddie's
Father decided to move to Chicago in
search of a better job my wife she was
working I was
working I was working also nighttime
during that day you know uh on the
weekend usually his father comes
from that kind of a work a kid was many
times left on his own was a sun vacuum
uh there and uh he just filled it up
with uh undesirable friends and uh with
um undesirable things I used to also
took him took him to nightclub where I
sing you know or you know playing pool
or during the daytime when I free that
time I I don't know really that how to
raise you know a child we were more
consumed with what normal kids are
consumed with just having a good time
really just playing video
games getting out there on the streets
and trying to find something exciting an
adrenaline rush growing up as a youth I
had a lot of um say we had a lot of
maybe confusion from his early years
Eddie always found himself in trouble I
wasn't the oldest one of the bunch
but I was willing always to go a step
further I would sometimes go and defend
those who I thought to be really my
brothers and those who are close to me I
was the one to step up and make sure
that nobody was going to mess with my
brothers my friends I remember one time
and they catch him and and some other
his friend you know and he was a kind of
leader growing up he
was I would say in his early years was
you know not too far from trouble um but
he was always at the same time uh like a
concerning brother even though he was
involved in a lot of trouble he still
would make sure that you know me being
younger would not you know make those
same mistakes he made usually uh uh uh
children form by their 15th year you
know and once it's a little bit harder
to form them later uh so during those 15
years uh defin there was uh some lack of
uh proper uh upbringing you know you
know children are like a garden you know
you water the garden you weed the garden
you know uh regularly and you miss it
one week and the garden is overtaken by
the weeds in a society that demanded
both parents to work children would be
the ones most
affected uh kids sometimes uh need more
attention if if they don't get it uh at
home because the parent parents are busy
working and I know his parents were
working a lot and then uh
he seems to me he needed more time to be
spent with him by his parents Society
taught Eddie to hone a tough idea of
manhood in elementary school you would
get in fights and you have one group of
kid kids fighting the other group of
kids so now you pick up on this and
that's that like Street mentality
that was not uh knowing the truth you
know that was just believing whatever he
he sees on TV or reads in the papers uh
uh it was my impression that's that's
how he saw the world you know in
Chicago going to high school here and
you kind of feel like to to prove your
strength and to be a ladies man to chase
woman that's what most youth are talking
about and that's what your level of
status is he started having his problems
you know this obedience towards parents
gang activity fights uh he was uh he was
you know kind of disturbed uh things
were going out of the control you know
one fight here another fight there
trying to get this person's attention
school really was secondary it was
getting in class just to wait for the
Bell to ring looking up at the time oh
man this is dragging on I hope this will
end soon so I can go and try to hook up
with this person or this crowd cut class
uh they are being bombarded by all uh
from all sides by uh things uh which are
immoral which are not good which are not
right on the TV on the internet uh on
the street uh newspapers there is so
much uh bad things and negativity that
children is soaking up all those bad
influences from outside if the parent
doesn't take time to neutralize those
that the children don't uh have a way uh
of learning what is good what is bad
they just take the easy way and pick up
whatever is thrown at them as we learn
birds of the feather flock together so I
was going around along with the bad
company I end up getting what they call
violated in they put you up basically
beat you up for about you know a couple
minutes and now afterwards you're you're
in you've taken the beating and now
you're part of that click that
organization that gang street gang the
false sense of Independence
brainwashed Eddie into living a rough
and tough gang life because the whole
gang thing the whole perception here is
that this is now my family and now I
felt like I belong to something I belong
to this group I belong to what I thought
now was my family which I had my my
family at home who really cared about me
and they wanted what's what's best for
me not what these people they didn't
care about me misery loves company so
I'm going through life running away from
home and my mother she was going out of
her mind trying to find me and she drove
up one time into the school where we
would hang out and we're in this little
Courtyard and she drives up this is the
only place where like the police would
drive up but she she drove up in here
and I we thought it was the police so
now I'm running from the police I'm
running from my parents I'm running here
running there I'm running everywhere but
mainly I'm running the wrong way gang
life took hold of Eddie and forced him
to travel negative and destructive
path going from one high school to the
next I had to leave that Lincoln Park
because it was an opposing gang so now
if they find out that I'm in this gang I
mean that's the whole school is
associated with that gang so I got to
get out of that school now I end up
getting transferred to another school
and I remember one time when I was in
the cafeteria and this gang manger of
the opposite gang he came and he threw
down my gang sign so that was the wrong
thing to do and then this is something
silly that you're ready to kill the
person over some stupid hang gesture so
he does that and I throw his down he
ends up pulling a knife I end up pulling
some mace I spray him and from there all
the different security guards came at
the school we get taken in to
the disciplinary
office and I'm expelled finally I
started figuring out that these people
didn't care about me these gang bangers
when you're sitting in a jail cell and
they catch you for some kind of stupid
crime some of these people the police
show you who the head guys are and
they've been arrested for murder and all
sorts of drug trafficking these are the
higher ones that are basically pimping
the young guys I said I'm sitting in a
jail cell and where are they at nobody's
coming to get me they don't care about
me and am I going end up with a mug shot
like this and I'm going to end up
tomorrow killing somebody cuz that's
what it's heading to I'm mean you're
going to get killed or I'm going to kill
somebody I'm going to end up in jail
destroying my life I have a good family
it's not worth it I ended up going to
Germany I thought this would be a good
break he disappeared you know he took
off we we went uh to different places in
Chicago uh where we thought he could be
to find him you know and we couldn't
find him that day my uh brother-in-law
from Germany I have a sister in German
he call us he says are you okay you you
let let Eddie come over here says no
after spending time in Germany Eddie
realized his life was not leading
anywhere he finally return to Chicago
only this time it was not to The
Gangs big cash money was on Eddie's mind
how to make money so the direction I'm
getting from is from movies from Act
from the gangsters on the big screen and
I can relate to them you know everyone
needs a role model and I thought that
these the rappers the musicians the
actors I'm starting to see other people
imitate them so I feel you know what I
can portray this role quite well he
gradually worked his way up in the club
industry but money or not it still
brought trouble one night policeman
called me from the station say you ready
father yes come on get him from the
station he's locked up I went over there
one also individual walking from from
the station all of blood everything you
know I just went straight to the to the
desk you know I was worried for my what
happened with
ddy and this officer he said this
officer he says you his father is did
you see
the person just walk
out that's what you son done to
him fearing that Eddie would get into
deeper trouble or Worse his father
convinced Eddie to enlist with him in
the US Army as a civil interpreter in
war torn
Bosnia after I had been in Bosnia
working with the military for some time
I hooked up with individual ual that I
inspired to be like when you watch some
of the other Good Fellas and you hear
about alone this individual was the
closest resemblance to those people and
I wanted to be the top of that lifestyle
and he took great care of me he took me
into his home his many homes he showed
me around and said pick one and I saw
the lifestyle he had that country
basically it was his and he was someone
who was who you didn't want to cross and
and he was
respected and I took to him and we were
very
close Eddie returned to Chicago from
Bosnia with a new understanding of the
world and the same way he demanded
respect and loyalty this is something
that I demanded and if I didn't get then
I took and I put fear in people the same
way he was doing
influenced by his father's work in the
club industry Eddie naturally began to
seek out that path we worked for uh for
one of the largest promoters in Chicago
Eddie worked for him and I worked for
him as well Eddie was one of the guys
one of the enforcers he used to run
around basically just beat up people
that that was really Eddie's nature and
his Essence uh Eddie was also a ladies
man Eddie brought in a lot of the ladies
at any given moment he could have seven
to eight women that are running around
the club looking for him while all of
this was was happening Eddie who loved
to fight found a new form of release in
Brazilian jiu-jitsu I had boxed did some
boxing as a teen and from there I had
tried different martial arts what I
really got fascinated with was the the
rationale and logic that hit me when I
saw Gracie Brazilian Jutsu that really
when a 120 lb 130 lb guy around that he
put it was called the submission arm
lock and I was so Gass and I was just
about back then working out because it
was the mentality you know the more you
can bench press the more you know you
were stronger and physically able to
push people around and along with the
boxing and that that was a good
combination but once jiujitsu that took
hold this was something that was really
captivating and I just took it to a
whole another level you know there's 24
hours in the day but it seemed like uh
for 25 hours he was training you know he
was researching training sparring just
you know was in love with it jiujitsu
you know change him you know and I saw
that it wasn't always about brof
strength that there was a different way
to approach it and and that was a
totally different experience the
jiujitsu I really start to get involved
in this because it fascinated me it was
practical it it worked I started to
train in the jiujitsu I became the
person who was out here the instructor I
became his top student but jiu-jitsu
wasn't enough to keep Eddie away from
the cooler
lifestyle worldly side someone looking
in you've got it made but there's
something missing inside one minute
happy because there's some pleasure that
happens in my life maybe I make some
money maybe I hook up with a certain
young lady really just again marking
time marking time I know Eddie's
presence was very significant in the
club everybody knew Eddie from the
outside people looking in said hey this
is the man when he was dating one of the
hottest girls in the city he decided to
get a u get a Harley Chopper 430 a nice
new Mercedes oh he's got the nice car
he's got the people who are flocking to
be around him they want to be on that
guest list you're living a dream but at
the end when you go through this cycle
again you just it's more corruption
you're around people who are just
Cutthroat dirty business people liars
and I had learned better values from my
family as the cool became common Eddie
began to have a new sense of life we're
about 6 months into uh owning this night
club together we were probably drinking
six nights a week cuz we're at the bar
all the time so his training went down
the amount of women went up and Eddie I
think to this day may look at it God's
way of kind of saying yeah you're having
fun but this isn't the way you're
supposed to be having fun all the power
he possessed still made him feel
helpless and Eddie once beat up his best
friend who tried to steal Eddie's
girlfriend I don't think he felt any
better about himself his ego may have
felt better but his inner soul didn't
feel better his inner soul was broken at
that moment he started to realize that
as strong as he is and as intimidating
as he is as an individual it really
didn't matter there was no peace the
overall entertainment around me it had
me hypnotized until situations got
heated like a big big fight we had one
of the guys a few of them really got
hurt one guy almost died and next thing
you know at 3:00 in the morning the
following night I'm getting knocked on
the door the detectives are there and
I'm in the bullpen and in the county
jail and I'm praying earnestly oh God
help me oh God help me get me out of
here I don't want to be in jail
everything let me just get out and kiss
the ground nobody wants to be there the
Glamorous Life Eddie had been living
felt shallow and empty there was no
peace of mind initially when we met it
Edie seemed pretty perfect a perfect
lifestyle all the women all the cars a
tough guy he can do anything he wants to
do runs around with his head up but as I
got to know him it seemed it seemed
flawed there was things missing his
physical being was great for his ego but
it left him empty I kept it always real
I said if I do make a million I'll be
the same guy I might have a bigger house
maybe a nicer car but what then right
near the end there were there were just
a void and I started to look at some of
the celebrities lives and I would go
through talking to some of these people
and man these people are more depressed
than the average Joe feeling loss Eddie
started searching for answers I
sincerely wanted to know what was my
purpose in life it didn't take long
before Eddie was reminded of death one
time from coming after an after party we
had like maybe a half a dozen of us
stuck in an elevator and I started to
think about that moment when we were
stuck in the elevator everybody is just
cramped together and I was like wow this
is scary the incident shook Eddie up
this was the reality it was death and it
scared me cuz I knew that one day I
would be in the grave I would be in the
grave there is no ANS if buts no one can
differ about this we can all agree we
are going to die and the entertainment
around us is just having us not reflect
over this I started to read books I was
like a sponge I just kept taking in
everything I took in it just required
effort it it it required sincerity
wanting it first because if you're not
in the market if you're not in the
market then that's a different story
doesn't matter what comes to you you're
not going to be interested but I was a
in the market and I was sincere and who
bet better to tell me than the one who
created me this life is a test it's
short and we have to be in a constant
state of self-development to develop
ourselves to be the best human beings
and I couldn't do it on my own whims and
desire desires so I started to
familiarize myself I started to look
into different religions because I
wanted to see hold on what about all the
religions out there there's a lot of
them so let me see now let me have an
open mind let me be not non-biased and
look into the different ways that are
claiming that they're the truth I was in
Brazil I was maybe a week from coming
home and I was talking to my brother on
the phone and then he asked me a
question on Islam like did you read this
book he wanted to make sure himself and
ins his heart that that was the truth
the more I looked into it the more I saw
that Islam didn't promote terrorism that
Islam didn't oppress women that Islam
was free from all these lies that were
just people backbiting the same way they
backbit out there against individuals
they were basically talking out of
ignorance not knowing and then I felt
compelled to talk with people when my
brother first started uh to learn Islam
he was so enthusiastic that he has
always been stubborn um believing that
his way was the right way so I think by
him embracing that and understanding it
and by arming himself with all the
knowledge he can he became a very lethal
individual in his aspect of his religion
he did in the beginning in the weit room
talking really loud and things like that
but we shortly found out after people
get can be offended people can have the
wrong impression he started to talk a
lot more about Rel religion more
barriers came up CU I don't think I was
there where he was at that moment in
time there was so many things he was
struggling with he was struggling with
religion trying to change his ways not
drinking anymore even after I learned I
can't change people's hearts at least I
can share this message and try to clear
the negative stereotypes people actually
started talking behind his back look at
him he's starting to be a a good guy and
it was not as easy as Eddie thought it
would be I had been reading more and
just really thought that if I just share
this with the people that I knew that
they will come to the same realization
they would come to the same conclusion
you know that I came to that this is
indeed the truth and the more I shared
it with people it would be funny cuz i'
get silly arguments people just out of
ignorance some people they really
wouldn't even you know consider it it
was just thinking as they're listening
how I can refute this and giving all the
different proofs that I had found it
really you know for the people that I
was talking to it wasn't really moving
them whatsoever had an impact on me I
was depressed because these people that
they love to listen to me talk about
everything else but when I started to
talk about more serious things hey guys
look you know what's the purpose of life
people were were just stubbornly
resistant and you I started looking at
you like you're you know from outer
space and then I opened up the Quran and
in in Surah 2 Verse 6 as I rent from the
beginning this is a book where there is
no doubt I realize that I'm not in
control of the hearts of the people it
was the one who is the creator he's in
control of the hearts it wasn't about
forcing people to change I did my job I
shared what I knew this new information
you know maybe God Almighty will guide
them at a different time maybe at one
point they'll realize and go through
some of the things that I went through
to get here Eddie's newly acquired
knowledge allowed him to see life in a
very different
way now the transition didn't happen
overnight it's not like now you find the
truth and all of a sudden you're just
free from all the different vices that
you've had it was a constant struggle I
gave up drinking right away I didn't I
never smoke but there was other vices
that took time for me to get rid of out
of my life when I was in these places it
was funny that I was given people D I
was talking about something and it was
it was different to be in these these
places and you see everybody's drunk
everybody's out of their mind so he
started less and less going to the club
he will go to his parties but leave like
be there for an hour and leave uh
sometimes he would even show up and just
have uh me and U someone else run it he
kind of like wanted to talk to people
about Islam but then he was kind of
being a hypocrite cuz he was in the
scene and I think it forced him more to
get out of it I didn't give up the
prayer I would hide somewhere to make it
if I couldn't make it in the club I
would walk out of the club and I would
go and make it in the car I did not give
up that prayer that was something that I
feel it saved me Eddie had stopped
drinking at this point me and Eddie used
to drink a lot Eddie used to drink maybe
more than me at that point Eddie had
quit drinking this over a 2 three month
time period he was praying five times a
day he was uh doing a lot of reading a
lot of studying on Islam giving up the
old lifestyle proved to be a real
struggle for Eddie but determined as he
was he quickly adapted to the situation
Eddie was able to initially separate the
two it was like a switch he was able to
come into Butterfield 8 the nightclub we
promoted every Saturday and be a
different person maybe he would slip he
would have a drink but then he would
leave and it was like he would he would
shut the switch off so now he would go
and he would start he would listen to a
lot of documentaries he would go read
the Quran he would do uh he would pray
it was Dr Jackal Mr hiy and he was
struggling with that but the effort was
there there was a conscious effort to
make that switch once Eddie myself
parted ways and we stopped doing events
together that's where Eddie was able to
separate himself completely from the
night life the nightclub environment
Eddie felt imprisoned by everything that
was surrounding him I have to get out of
this totally and the more I learned and
the more I implemented the easier it
became for me to start to transition to
leave off a lot of the old friends I
almost did get away from Chicago he need
to get out um so he came down here
visited I know one night uh his last
night here in Windsor he was staying at
the casino I think it was a conscious
effort on his part to try to hit rock
bottom he did things uh things that he
uh he pushed himself to the to the
ethical extremes that he could to do
things that to this day I think played
played in in an integral role in helping
him uh evolve into the person he is I
remember seeing him the next day before
he left and there was that emptiness in
his eyes it was a bigger emptiness that
I think I've ever really seen in his
eyes jiujitsu provided a way out for
Eddie I want to thank God also for
jiujitsu because Jiu-Jitsu also helped
me
to spend more time doing something
constructive something that's fun and
and it helped me also to channel some of
my energy into something positive and
it's it's a struggle like life itself is
a struggle you to get better you have to
be more disciplined to achieve the
different belt levels you have to stay
with it you cannot give up working out
you cannot give up you see the benefits
at the end the martial arts have a a
very strong history in um etiquette and
mannerisms and things that uh that a way
a culture a way to live that's outside
of fighting you know like having respect
being humble things like that so um when
we before we were black belts and before
we were practicing Islam we were like uh
the complete opposite when you sign up
for a membership at a health club or at
jiujitsu or anywhere there needs to be
some effort you get excited now you say
okay I need this is what I need in my
life I need to lose weight now you get
in there and you sign up but after two
three class you're just lazy I mean you
just don't want to continue forward and
now you only hinder yourself now you're
not going to accomplish that great
feeling of feeling good looking good
being healthy it's going to require some
work it's the same thing here it's the
same thing with this way of life that
the creator has laid down for all of us
to live it's a way to develop yourself
to be a better human being so you're
going to have to sacrifice you're going
to have to be disciplined there's some
things that you might have to give up
but if you are sincere and you earnestly
want it you're going to see that these
things weren't even good for me in the
first place I was talking about like
these are material things but if you
look a little further out the box you
see this universe and everything in it
that design indicates a
designer we don't like
that we can understand that but when
people they go and they direct was
supposed to be directed to the crater
they direct it to someone
else you give me $100 instead of saying
thank you yeah I say thank you to
someone
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else so it should be directed to the one
who's giv you the eyes the ears your
life will give you death one cre not to
his Messengers Saints Idols icons to him
yeah but of course if he trained me I
should say thank you came from the
street
tolam when you see your give a r with a
hug and greet me
Witham I'm a Muslim I came from the
streets to Islam they get when you see
your brother give a Embrace with a hug
and
with certain things I did on Ro I hope
i' never have to look back the C crap
the so s through a good rap the life
controlled in my hand as a hood R my
long shine come my waist yeah I would
slash my first trap had my adversary
Shook Back my first whip big rims when I
pushed that my first time locked in pen
it would never end they would release me
a ro with rashing up my pain then I end
up back again what's the point fam peace
of my life for hitting shoots with a few
GRS peace of my life for moving food to
policeman peace of my life for pulling
moves on the street plan back in the
meat van sh is deep fam and the road are
in the prison how can he stand I found a
SL like an African digging for diamonds
show in the jail while I'm
riding I'm finding back to myself play
it where my life's
been wow it's deep
brother going to a high school to talk
to some faculty there to some
students
for say
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I get very excited to talk to the
non-muslims our brothers in humanity we
have three types of Brothers you have
your blood brothers then you have those
Brothers in
humanity when you hear Islam and you
hear something blowing up you write away
attribute a lot of times people
attribute that oh this is another Muslim
and now it's another event that's
attributed to Islam Islam peace
acquired by submitting your will to the
will of the Creator so you'll be getting
God willing some of
these DVDs which I have some of the
guests that come on Scholars they come
on the show and we help tackle many of
the subjects that are on the minds of
the people thank you for
coming nice to meet you are you
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alhamdulillah Alum peace be unto you
welcome to the dean show which is a way
of life we try to put out there for
everyone to see helping you understand
Islam and Muslims uh when he started the
dean show
um it was just an idea I was on my way I
was about to do the fifth pillar of
Islam I believe he was going to Hajj at
the time with my uh good friend so they
wanted to uh make sure that they did all
the Hajj uh requirements you know that
they fulfilled their hjj and there was a
lot of different technical things that I
had to remember the ins and outs what I
couldn't do could do so they decided to
uh ask an Islamic scholar random
questions and tape it and we wanted to
make it more interactive where it wasn't
just a person giving a lecture it was
someone that we can interact with and
make it fun and we did that and from
there it turned out great and then it
spun off to another topic to another
topic it actually began with a regular
cheap camera only $4 or $500 camera and
uh it was one angle and we'll kind of
zoom in the camera the the tripod was
shake or we'll have it in our hands and
I was trying to record and to much
wiggling and 's concept was he he wanted
to start a show on Islam and spread it
to the non-muslims he just fully wanted
to
uh have other people experience what
he's going through he did kind of was
like why are we doing this no one's
going to take you serious but Eddie
wasn't going to take no for an answer I
said with Eddie Eddie once he starts
something he goes 100% so he wanted to
do it so what he did he he didn't want
to talk he took a camera didn't matter
what camera it was and started recording
because he knows if you don't start
you're never going to get nowhere if you
you know he had to start somewhere it
wasn't always that easy I had to be out
there struggling like anybody in any
field that they want to grow I had to be
out there putting the work I had to
approach people people didn't know who I
was and I had to be out there and trying
to convince people to be on the show
when he first started off when no one
didn't know who he was he was trying to
get some in contact with some of the
bigger shakes and they didn't want to he
was frustrated that some of them didn't
want to talk because they weren't sure
where to the video was going to go I had
to fly myself to different places to try
to get people I had to if I met someone
who I was going to bring on have to pay
for them to come out and it took a lot
of work you know since 2006 we started
and now we're on the local cable station
in Chicago we're also on another station
that reaches Canada and the US and
working to have it in UK on some
satellite stations there
you working
now okay just want to make sure you're
ready for filming
tonight yeah so God willing inshallah
we're going to pick
up the
sh and then we're going to go back to
the
studio and film some shows
insh how do you choose your
guests the LA chooses the guest I just
pick them up
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brother you have a lot of people that
are just angry they haven't figured out
why they're here in life nor are they
seeking the truth so they're just bitter
we're not trying to get involved with
all the drama we're trying to live a
nice peaceful
life
yes got randomly selected twice
we wanted to talk about music a little
bit because uh
thir one break straight through minutes
1 minute you'll see the 5 minutes 3
minutes on the prompter you'll see it's
red
started are you wrapping up
Bill did you get the chance to wash the
show brother yeah yeah did it make sense
huh did it make sense all right wrapped
up wrapped
up the website we mentioned to go see
some more of the shows that we did your
show your show very very educ
educational that's why I watch
it all right you guys all right okay and
I like your setting too oh thank you you
improve a lot you know oh yeah thank you
you a lot thank you take all all
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right am he's really passionate about
what he does so he's he's got a thousand
ideas you know so he's taking things
bits and P every now and then I'll try
to put something in his ear but he's
taking this thing uh uh by the horns and
and is uh writing it out that that first
episode of that uh show aired I think
that's when you saw the full formation
come into to hope this guy's changed
what's going on here the dean show
combined with his passion for
jiujitsu has made Eddie achieve goals he
never thought
possible Eddie's Purpose with the dean
show was to Enlighten people who might
be in a similar condition as he was in
the past it is good for him to make up
for all those uh times that he missed
doing what is right so you know and he
probably realizes that that's why he's
working extra hard you
know Eddie continues his struggle to
help people find a way that has been
lost to them for he himself is an
example of
redemption he is living proof that if
one puts his or her mind to it they can
achieve anything if you want to do it
and you have a willpower you can do it
and if you if you have uh some support
and some guidance it is possible being
part of the biggest family of martial
arts with over a few hundred students um
having a family having three kids right
now and in the D show man man it's it's
a lot of work he's he's a machine you
know if someone who knew Edie uh in his
youth they would maybe predict that he
be dead or he'd be in jail or he'd be
definitely in in um under in the
negative side of life you know but to
see someone change to see that their
their whole um their character changes
to see their uh these these you know
countless change positive changes in
their life it's a sign of
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God Allah give
us give to my mother give to father give
J to my sisters give J to my brothers
Lord take us higher Allah take us higher
Allah save us from the fire Allah save
us from the fire have mercy on us have
mercy on us have mercy on us have mercy
on us on judement day I bow down
supplicate the world to the best I need
help trying to pass this test is hard
I'm standing I'm waiting in line like
the rest until it's my turn to face
death oh love might be next this could
be my last breath that's why I take
precautions with every single step I
ain't got the time to hang around like
the rest I ain't got for no gang band on
the neck when it rains I get wet when it
s I feel the cold when it's my time to
go I a't special I'm a go I expect them
to know after what they've been told
what you're trying a chief bro from that
life on the road it's time
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we're here with sage from soill Law Firm
yes yeah all right guys so we signed
everything
here now we off to the next step we got
to get the keys now
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told now
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the amount of uh Muslims around here
it's it's pretty huge and uh like this
the place the location that you opened
in basically it's far it's further south
from the other other big mass and
everyone I know a lot of people that I I
used to I come my my cousin lives 9
minutes from here another Uncle of mine
lives about 5 to 10 minutes from here
this area the M opened up in an area
that it's much needed and this size yeah
this yeah the center this Center is much
needed for this area and the idea of
this Center is needed for the whole
state because we don't have anything
like that in the whole state dawa Center
where it's going to basically nurture
and basically educate and it's going to
basically spread the Islam
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