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Father

Jamie Foxx On His Father Going To Prison

Fatherhood

1. Incident
   • $25 worth of illegal substance
2. Sentence
   • He was giving a 7 years sentence
   • Judge that he use to have come to talk to students at his school was the presiding judge
3. Impact
   • My father taught me everything
     • How to play football
     • How to play basketball
     • How to play tennis
       • I asked him why am I learning how to play tennis
       • My father replied because I don’t want you to be limited
4. Care
   • What do we do as family?
5. Visitation
   • I told him I could not come see you
   • Cause I see as a king
   • And, I do not like that type of perception
6. Life Mission
   • Later I wrote him a letter
   • In the letter I said
     • Things have gotten good for me
     • When you get out I will save your life
   • Now, he has been living with me for 20 years