Kevin Gates' Prayer and Childhood Reflections on Club Shay Shay

Kevin Gates' Prayer

• 🤲 Almighty God is thanked for blessings in this life and the hereafter, with a plea for forgiveness of sins and forgiveness for those who sin against them.
• 🙏 Refuge is sought in God, acknowledging that there is no refuge but in Him, and gratitude is expressed for being clothed and fed without personal effort.
• ✨ The prayer asks that any uplifting words spoken come from God alone, and any offensive remarks be attributed to the speaker and "the Shaitan."

Childhood and Family Relationships

• 👶 Kevin Gates was raised by his grandparents in Baton Rouge, as his mother had him at a young age.
• 📞 His mother visited him in California for the first time the previous year, marking a significant moment in their estranged relationship.
• 💬 Gates shared that his mother's healing journey was inspired by his own, and he reassured her that she made no mistake in having him, calling himself a "living legend."

Grandparents' Influence and Lessons

• 🗣️ The most significant lessons from his grandparents were respect and hard work.
• 👂 The voice that motivates him internally often sounds like his grandfather's, offering guidance on work ethic and perseverance.
• 💔 The only woman who truly loved him, he states, was his grandmother, contrasting this with his mother.

Relationship with Mother

• 😔 Gates admits to having hated his mother growing up, feeling like the "black sheep" due to perceived favoritism towards her other children.
• 🏆 This feeling of not belonging fueled his drive to be an overachiever, aiming to prove his greatness.
• ✅ He now acknowledges that his mother, despite their difficult past, did the best she could, and her best action was allowing him to stay with his grandmother.

Dealing with Grief

• 💔 Gates describes dealing with the loss of his grandmother as getting "better at dealing with it" rather than getting over it.
• 🎤 He recounts performing a concert in Baton Rouge on the same night his grandmother passed away.
• 📸 A final memory of his grandmother was a picture he took, covering her mouth to respect her appearance without dentures, which led to online ridicule.