This content was created by Corwin CJ Moneyway Johnson. This content was uploaded by Corwin CJ Moneyway Johnson. This is a YouTube video titled "Navigating Speech: Words Matter 🌟💬" (created 2025-01-01) containing an English solo spoken segment in which a single speaker—speaking from a religious/church perspective—reflects on personal struggles with profanity, the importance of monitoring one's speech, cites the proverb-like idea that "life and death is in the power of the tongue," and criticizes the prevalence of coarse language (especially among some women), linking speech to character and integrity.
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Yeah, I go to church and I do this and that and that and this, but I falter. I don't have a clean mouth, you know what I'm saying? I'm not, I'm not, uh, I'm not, uh, but what they used to say back in the day about holier than thou, you know, that's not me. Although there's certain things that I do try to watch what I say at certain times, but because of how I was just brought up and just, you know, just a repetition of things, man, just sometimes just things just come out of my mouth, and it is what it is. Do I try to work on it? Yeah. I mean, but do it come out? Yeah. I mean, that's, that's life. Uh, but some of the things— some of you women, man, definitely some of you women. Oh my God, man, I've never seen so many women that got potty mouths like some of you women got. A lot of you women got, I mean, just filthy mouths, man. And, and, and that speaks a lot about your character and your integrity. And I'm just being honest with you. I don't care if you get mad at me or not, but That speaks about your character and integrity, man. Don't no man— don't no man want no woman that cuss like a sailor. For real, for real. I mean, like, like this scripture— I mean, like this, uh, pastor's talking about, man. A lot of times our words and the things that we say can break somebody. And when I'm just cussing all the time and fussing all the time and complaining all the time, that ain't building up, that ain't— that ain't uplifting nobody, that ain't edifying. Like to say, man, life and death is in the power of the tongue. So we have to be careful on what we say, what we put out there in the universe and how we approach people, man, and how we speak to people. But a lot of times we can't help who we are.