[ laughter ] like okay. that s pretty nice. this is a black president, grew up without a father. some of the guys grew up without a father. it s relatable. it s not just, oh, he had it made from jump and he s the president. i can relate to him. mr. obama has been candid about the struggles of his youth. he hopes sharing his story will inspire other kids to believe they, too, can accomplish great things. i made bad choices. i got high without always thinking about the harm that it could do. you say you were a lackadasical student, passionate basketball player of limited talent, and incesant, dedicated partier. no student government for me, no eagle scouts. no, look. i was i have to be careful not to over state. i was not, you know, going
see for most of my teenage years was not a budding leader, but rather a lackadaisical student, a passionate basketball player of limited talent and an incessant, dedicated partier. no student government for me, no eagle scouts or interning at the local congressman s office. through high school, my friends and i didn t discuss much beyond sports, girls, music and plans for getting loaded. president obama, i want to know what did getting loaded look like? and what moved to you be a little more forthcoming? misspent youth? i actually go in detail in first book about you weren t president then the. but it s the truth. and part of the reason is i talked about this in conversations i had with jerron and christian and others as part of my brother s keeper, and one of the goals of my book in
thinking about the harm that it could do. you say you were a lackadaisical student, a passionate basketball player of limited talent, and an incessant, dedicated partier. nostudent government for me, no eagle scouts or interning a at the local congressman s office. i have to be careful not to overstate. i was not going around beating kids up. i get it. and, you know, setting things on fire. but i understood what it meant to not have a father in the house. i understood what it meant to be in an environment in which you were an outsider. in a way, one difference between me and these young men was there weren t a lot of black people generally at the time. and you also were growing up, before that, in indonesia as an outsider.
president, grew up without a father, some of the guys grew up without a father. it s relatable. it s not just, oh, he had it made from jump and he s the president. i can relate to him. mr. obama has been candid about the struggles of his youth. he hopes sharing his story will inspire other kids to believe they too can accomplish great things. i made bad choices. i got high without always thinking about the harm that concluded do. you say you were a lackadaisical student, a passionate basketball player of limited talent, and an incessant, dedicated partier. no eagle scouts or interning in the local congressman s office. i was to be careful not to overstate. i was not going around beating kids up. i get it. and, you know, setting things on fire.