I read an interview with Isaac Hayes a long time ago, and he was talking about what it's like getting older. This was probably the 80's when I read it, so all those 70's artists were just getting to where they were having kids and stuff. Isaac had a teenaged daughter, and the interviewer was asking what that was like. This is Isaac Hayes we're talking about. Tall, bald, black as night, deep voice, gold chains. He said that he remembered what it was like being a teenaged boy, and he had no problem scaring the shit out of any guy who wanted to date his daughter. He said "I know you want to get between her legs," (first and only time I've ever heard it phrased that way; it's always "get into her pants") "but let me tell you. I have a brother, and he's in prison, for a long time. Because he's stupid. They found the body. I'm smarter than he is. They will not find your body."
I never forgot that. So people say I look badass. My son's friends say I look like someone who could kill you. I use that. Hey, you play the cards you're dealt, right? I could try to reason with the young men who want to get... into my daughter's pants. Or I could just scare the shit out of them. Easier, and probably more effective.
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