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By me wanting to be true to who I am.

I feel as though it just makes everything get smoother. My thing is gonna be difficult. But as long as I stick to my guns and what I believe or what I know or what I stand on, everything becomes easy to maneuver when it comes to life.

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Our theme for what is now season 4, is intrinsic values. What your character is doing when you look yourself in the mirror.

If you're new to the podcast, welcome. And if you're a continuing listener, welcome back. Today, we're talking our January core values of determination, accountability, and self respect.

With nerd core hip hop artist, Geekster, the Super Nerd, So without further ado, folks on boarder. I'm your host, and this is transacting value.

Alright, Geeks. What's up man? How you doing? Man, I'm doing pretty good. I had, like, a frustrating dip fun morning. I played it. First ever street fight again, biggest headache ever, but I did.

So I'm I'm happy about it. Alright. Congratulations. Now for all of our listeners, Ginkster was actually on the podcast last year. I think it was season 2. Like Way Bag, May, April, something like that. Right? Yeah.

I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Something like that. And so of the stuff that we talked about then was sort of getting you more relatable. You know, who you are, what you do, you came up with writing some of your songs and some of your music.

This particular interview is a little bit different. However, we do have some new listeners. And we will have some new listeners in the future. So let's roll back to some relateability first.

Giggler, where are you from? What do you do? What are some of your hobbies? Who is Geeks to the super nerd? Well, with me, I live in Arizona, Mississippi. I would say, of course, you know, 1 of my hobbies is recorded and writing music.

And besides that, other hobbies writing poetry, reading comment book, watching anime, and of course, trying to video again. Oh, and clicking too. I love Yeah.

Yeah. Sure. Sure. What what kind of things do you like to cook? A picked up scratch sweet potato pie. Mhmm. Let's see. LaZania And I know how to make coleslaw from scratch. I just learned how to do that. I'm excited about this.

Nice, man. Congratulations. Having said all those things and you being in Mississippi, I assume catfish. I didn't hear that in your recipe book. Oh, yes. Because that's I would say that's definitely something that a lot of us do.

And I wanted to say it by, like, no. No. Because people then they are familiar with this area. They already know that's gonna be the first thing that he'll probably come to mind if I want to be unexpectedly.

Yeah. I can I can I could price, make it, you know, hold that yard? Yeah. Okay. Alright. Alright. Alright. I was just seeing how far the the anomaly of Gexter extends But okay. So we have found that you are normal a little bit.

Right. Right. Alright. Alright. Well, that's good, man. Because all the rest of the talent that you're able to showcase and that you possess is exactly where I wanna go anyway. So let's roll into that a little bit.

Now as far as your perspective is concerned, right, as you write your music, as you perform, as you put your albums together, What are some influences or who are some influences that have helped shaped your perspective?

I would definitely have to say I would say the biggest not the first, but the biggest influence on my music was is that common.

And the reason why is because when I first started writing my music, it was to the point where it was difficult to come across all artists.

They had lyricism, but the profanity was reduced to a minimum when I came across common, and this was, you know, through cognitive width. They had an album, maybe it called deep.

And that's the first time I heard it. I'm like, this man hardly ever texted his music. And I wanted to be like this. So in order to make that happen, I wrote 16 bars every day for a whole year with no cuts.

There you go. I did it every day. I'll probably say about 11 months, it was second nature to me. So even now as I write music, I still hold on to a line from him, and that's a big part of every phone I write.

Interesting. Interesting. So you don't have I guess it shouldn't be that strange, but I think it is more common especially in a hip hop industry.

So you don't actually have any cursing in your lyrics at all. Not whatsoever. Nope. Okay. Well, that's kinda refreshing too.

You know, I've heard to whatever factor fiction that the more that you have to curse or feel that you have to use curse words is usually because you lack the vocabulary to convey your emotions effectively.

There any truth to that? I live by that philosophy. I promise you I do because the dictionary is so huge and there's so many words and our disposal began.

Your vocabulary is that limited, you know, it's like you see it. Either it's a lack of discipline, or lack of knowledge when it comes to the words to be able to express how you feel.

So I agree with it. Yeah. Alright. Well, let's see what else we maybe have in common then. Let's play this first segment of the show.

It's called developing character. Developing character. Ready? Yep. Alright, man. Here's how it works. There's 3 questions and they're all from your perspective as vulnerable or in-depth as you are willing to be.

Now, question number 1. What were some of your values growing up as a teenager? I'm gonna be honest with you. I of my values were very misguided and misplaced due to the the stuff that's seen.

I value accepted. And the reason why I value it is because in my school, not just in my school, but in my community as a whole, they're not too many people like me to wear.

They like video games. They have similar hobbies and things like that. To use lane. A lot of my classmates dropped off the porch that are early inks, and they looked at me so funny because I didn't do any of the stuff they did.

So I wanted to be accepted by them, and it got to the point to where that became such a focus that I slowly saw myself losing sight of who I was as a person. Mhmm. So that's 1 thing.

I would also say 1 of my values during that time If also, I have to say morals, I would definitely have to say that was 1 1 thing I value because I want to be the kind of individual to where if I said something, and I knew I had the reputation of doing it.

Then you would be guaranteed that that's exactly what I would do. Mhmm. You know, being able to just have something to stand on, no 1 was right and and preferable.

Those were also the things I also value even though I'm like, 12 or 13 years old, seeing how important stuff like that to you. Right. Right. So I think a lot of that too is difficult to convey.

You said 12:13 years old. Right? So unless you, generally, as a person, have some sort of difficulty or some sort of issue trauma maybe that you've gotta work through internally or externally that you've gotta work through.

It's really easy to skip over that stuff and not really see the importance of it or the value in it.

You know, it's like I read yesterday, I think it was. There's a guy Maybe you're familiar or any of our listeners. Maybe you're familiar. His name's Andrew Tate.

Now he had a quote, I think it was. Or maybe it was a story up on his website I came across and he was talking about how even though 1 tree can be so big and so strong that all of the other saplings wanna be like that tree.

The only way he became the tree that big and that strong was through hardship and trial and tribulation and becoming more catalyst and resilient.

And so as a point of reference there. I think everything you just described, right, to say that you valued acceptance as a teenager.

I don't think you're alone. I did. But to say that you realized the worth of what there was in principle and what was right at 12:13, I certainly did not.

So I I don't know that you'd be standing alone at that age in that regard, but you definitely set yourself apart already.

So let's roll a question too, though, and see how that carries over. Question 2 being a present tense. What are some of your values now?

Okay. I would definitely stay accepted, but I'm in the process of accepting myself because what I've learned is that as we get older, we realize that there are things about us that we have to work on. Good and bad.

But in meeting there, we're not perfectly in the men that we have these particular flaws. That's the first step of accepting ourselves. We accept the bad it automatically enables us to be able to really just see the goodness as well.

So that's 1 thing that I value you. I also value I have to say honesty. And the reason why I say that is because I strongly believe in giving people the respect and the loyalty that we ourselves ask for but it all still starts with us.

So, I mean, I have a limited circle of people I deal with, but those individuals, they they take honesty as seriously as I do.

So I could talk to them, get feedback, and it's undisputed. So honestly, they forgive me. So that's another value. I would also have say integrity is also a big value to me, you know.

And I think what a lot of people don't know is that integrity is also defined as being true to yourself in I would say if I had more integrity in the past when I was going up, I really think I wanted to to come to the desire to be accepted by my peers the way I was thankful.

So by me wanting to be true to who I am.

I feel as though it just makes everything get smoother. My thing is gonna be difficult. But as long as I stick to my guns and what I believe or what I know or what I stand on, everything becomes easy to maneuver when it comes to life.

Yeah. Yeah. Hundred percent. Hundred percent. And it's difficult though to be true to yourself when it's not popular. It may be the right thing to do, right, for you as a human, but it can be difficult.

You know, there's a lot of examples throughout history where people have been faced with a challenge or a sort of moral dilemma. Of I can do what's popular, which may not be wrong. There may not be anything wrong with it.

But there may be an internal conflict of But this doesn't really align with who I am. Or from a business perspective, do I take this job? Do I stay with this job? They're gonna offer me a pay raise, more time off, more whatever.

All that sounds great. But it also means I'm gonna have to work longer hours, which means I can't be at home with my family more. You know, and so sometimes there's that little bit of gravity as well that you've got to fight through.

So being true to your self cons for quite a bit, man, that's a solid point too. Question 3, though, maybe a little bit more tricky. Oh. How do you see your values changing in the future?

I can say that more than anything. I think the only value that will really be of the utmost importance to me is in February because as I'm getting older, I'm seeing that that's the root word for the life hack the life itself.

And I stated because a lot of people don't know what they wanna be true to or who they'd be true to. And I feel as though when you understand the meaning of integrity, you understand what to live for and how to live forward.

So with me, I have a good concept of it, but I'm quite confident that in the future, I already know what it is. I I wanna have integrity tour, and I'll also be standing on my integrity pin tunnels years ago.

Sure. Sure. Solid point, man. Solid point. But then how do you take, let's say, honesty, integrity, the self respect that you talked about earlier?

Or the learning to accept yourself, and marry that as a lyricist with your hobbies, your interests, anime, into your music. That's a that's a question.

I'm I'm glad you exit. The way I do that is because when I first started writing music, I had a difficult time doing it because I tried to write music about everything that my peers and 1 of the other artists that was famous were doing.

But I had difficulty doing it because I just couldn't relate to with Already folks sit tight and we'll be right back on transacting value.

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When I first started writing music, I had a difficult time doing it because I tried to write music about everything that my peers as 1 of other artists that were famous were doing.

But I had difficulty doing it because I just can relate to it.

So when I just started realizing that I could make music from the video games, the comedy books, and stuff like that that I want. And I realized that it was second nature to me.

I realized that not only was it my mix, but it was my only. And I realized I don't need to just write the same music that everybody is making because I don't live the same like it, my peers.

I'm Dexter. They they're who they are. I have to allow myself to be who I am, not just in the heartbeat. But in my music, it has to be a reflection of the person I am. So that's where that integrity came in.

I'm standing truthful, what I love, or what I do on my music. Honestly as far as me writing music about, what I've experienced, what I know, and what I feel, So it was pretty easy to break my boards into my music.

And even still, because it sounds like that was initially sort of at a transition point in your career. But now you think that's still relevant as a driver for you as a trigger? Oh, yes.

And, honestly, it's more relevant than I anticipated because when I started recording the music and explaining the video games that they came from, I had so many people that followed me just to be able to just say, working on finding these new music or if they go to the link, there are people that say, I never would have thought to make a video game to a mix table.

Mhmm. So by me doing that, I've strategically created a way that very few people can ride on.

So it's being true to yourself is still relative. Even though people say it's overrated, if you stick to what you know, more people will follow those soup and be chewing of them to you.

It's tough being the trendsetter, you know, blazing the new trail because then you get hit with all the branches. So I assume that there's a fair amount of you know, scratches and scars that come with choosing that pathway.

Right? But what do you think have been some of your biggest lessons that you've learned in staying true to yourself, in becoming a lyricist that you are today.

What are some of those biggest lessons you've learned that you've carried with you? I would say the biggest lessons I've had to learn.

The biggest 1 is to turn out the noise and when I first started recording the music, like, really, really cheer the going forward. I got a lot of positive feedback. But at the same I mean, I got some negative feedback.

But what I had to learn to do was to turn all of that out because even though it's called to have fans and have a fan base that's growing, I have to remember that I'm making music that I love.

And by me recording the music I do, it gives me a sense and feeling of freedom and people actually pick up on it.

So the whole purpose is to really just express my freedom And for those that gravitate toward their freedom and respect their freedom or even encourage me to continue to be free, is really an unexpected bonus, honestly.

Yeah. I agree. And when you say tune out the noise, you mean the distraction. Not the criticism. Right? Because sometimes that can be helpful to process and internalize too. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And I agree.

And and the reason why say the positive feedback is because in all the pants, there are some people that if they're really your fans, They don't love your music, but at the same time, if they hear it, they'll be like, I like the song, but I feel like you could've touch more on this topic on the first first or the second first.

Now positive feedback like I said, I I highly but people that just jump on the bandwagon and, like, everything you do, even if it's garbage.

Yeah, man. I I rock with that head to me. I've thrown that out. Because I don't wanna gas myself up to just come to the conclusion then.

It doesn't matter what I release people would like. So I try to stay focused on their ability. Yeah. Seriously, focus with a little bit of humility. It goes a long way.

Helps you stay grounded. Yeah. I agree. So if that's how you let's call it transact value, let's roll into a little bit of how do you increase it. How do you appreciate that value, I guess. Right? So what's in the works for you now?

I'm not talking about specific albums or specific songs. I mean, like you as a person, you know, what are you working through now that you think is going to better help you produce or write or perform?

You know what I mean? What are what are some challenges that you're facing that you're willing to discuss now? I would have to say the biggest challenge I'm facing right now was low self esteem.

And the reason why I state is the low self esteem because and I state this from a personal experience, it doesn't matter if you're a high school, middle school, junior high or college student, or even if you're an adult with children in a in a job, we all battle with stuff the same or billing of some kind of inadequacy.

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We all battle with stuff the same or feeling of some kind of inadequacy. Mhmm. And with me, it stems from me being bullied all the way from my first grade, all the way to my senior year in high school.

So In order for me to battle that low stuff, I've actually looked into you're talking to a counselor or actually getting a therapy because I know if I can boost my confidence, significantly, everything about my life will change.

And not just my life with the stuff that affected or the stuff that I touch, it can be affected in a positive way. So I would say that the 1 thing that I'm focusing on because well, a lot of people don't understand it.

They're no stuff to saying is actually a multiple health issue. And a lot of mental health issues stem from those other things. Depression, anxiety, all of those factors come from those self esteem.

Yeah. There's definitely no shame in asking for help, and there's definitely no shame in saying anything about you know, mental health or self esteem just as phrases as words.

I feel like, maybe not so popular, but I feel like if you bring up those terms in any sort of or with any sort of audience in a public conversation in a public setting, there's something wrong with you.

You know, there's an issue or that's how it gets perceived, not that there may actually be.

And so to talk about those things, especially from your point of view, man, like, you're the rising star of nerd core hip hop, and you've got some cloud in the community.

But more importantly, you've got a relatable audience that transcends different industries. You know, like, you can say, for example, I'm a hip hop artist. Okay? Well, you may get some country fans. You may get some hip hop fans.

You may get some rap fans, but you're not gonna get many classical fans. You're not gonna get many jazz fans. You might get a handful of R and B. You know what I mean? Like, you can get a little bit further.

And I think, especially now that you've preferred to create a niche for yourself, namely nerd core hip hop, It's really cool to see that you've been able to take it further outside of just music as an industry, not specific genres.

You know that you're able to convey mental health. You're able to convey values. You're able to convey solid character. You know, what it means to be a a good citizen.

Or a good man or, you know, as a father or whatever applies as a child and give people something to look to. You're like the bad signal of nerd core hip hop. I like the I like the I I actually like the better score.

I really do. I think because I don't know all of the especially the more retro games that you put into your songs. Final fight, for example. Well, we talked about Cody Travers last time. Perfect example.

I've never beaten the game. Right? I've only played it once. And so I don't get all the references. But it doesn't change the fact that I understand the meaning, you know, and that I'm able to interpret what you're saying.

And I think that's the mark of any great lyricist where you can convey something in a certain manner of speaking that everybody's able to interpret.

So I guess to that point, congratulations, man. I feel like you're on the right track. So However, you might be selling yourself short, maybe reconsider. It's also interesting to me I think that you bring that up now.

And what we're hearing about economically and money in the US dollar and inflation, all this stuff. For anybody listening, that also applies to your character. That also applies to how you define and how you see yourself.

You know, the more the US dollar value becomes inflated Each singular dollar is then worth less. Okay? That's what that means. The purchasing power of the dollar, 1 dollar. Can now buy you less stuff because the value is inflated.

Okay? Well, the same thing sort of goes with your character and your mental health. And for anybody listening, I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not classically or formally or professionally trained.

This is just my opinion. But the same thing applies to your character where if you start inflating the sense of yourself that you have based off of like Geeks said, followership, subscriptions, comments on social media, whatever.

But it may not frankly, it isn't true to who you are because most of those people, however many there are as irrelevant, don't know you. They just know what you put out on social media.

So if you take that to define who you are and who your character is or what you want that to be, you may be inflating your sense of self, which is ultimately gonna devalue what you really have to offer because you may not be being as true to yourself as you could be.

You got any thoughts on Nagy?

I actually agree with that. And the reason why I feel like this overcompensating you feel the need to work on stuff that you don't have to, but you're investing unnecessary energy into something that really is the resident, you know.

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You feel the need to work on stuff that you don't have to, but you're investing unnecessary energy into something that really is derrelating, you know, And I think that was my situation going up.

I had a lot of potential straight a student in situation where we had a science fair, I actually went to stage fair, more times that I can count. But I was so focused on the approval and the acceptance of my peers.

Once upon a time, I actually made it an objective to January Acceptance. But in the process, my grades started slipping, I was in the same person I was academically. And I realized that there was no equilibrium in my life.

Mhmm. So when I realized that I said I just screwed that. I decided to get to the point where I went back, started focusing on my grades, went back to make a straight agent, things like that.

But I only got the approval of my teachers, because the teachers actually care if we passed or not. And before I knew it, my life, at that balance again.

I acquired the people living. So I agree with everything you just said. I think that balance or or rather, I guess, recognizing the need for it that level of accountability for you to realize that for yourself.

You know, it's easy to see things, the armchair quarterback, the third wheel, all those other expressions.

Right? Were you just yelling stuff from the stadium? Well, that's easy to see. But, you know, when you're in the colosseum, so to speak, not to exaggerate the a metaphor here.

But when you're in the colosseum fighting, it's tough to see what's happening around you. You know, we have a saying in the Department of Defense, it's called the fog of War.

And it's not new to us. It's not exclusive to us. I think it may have even been Voltaire that came up with it. But basically, what it means, what it involves, is in any sense of combat, in this case, it's literal.

Right? But the dust smoke dirt, debris, confusion that happens when 1 thing changes. 1 rocket explodes, 1 IED goes off, the first gunshot, people start to die, and then the chaos that ensues.

And It's tough to see around you what's happening in that moment, but it's easy to see from another person's perspective outside of that.

Like playing video games, hey, turn left, there's a guy behind you. Hey, turn right, push up 50 meters. There's a good spot there. You can hunker down whatever.

And I think when it comes to your character, the fact that you were able to rely on your own instincts and your own principles to discover a lot of that for yourself and I I don't wanna make it seem like it was all you.

I'm sure you had other perspectives as well to help influence your your direction and growth, but Like you mentioned, you've got story time for Geek Surnell up on Instagram. Right? Right. Perfect example.

Just the other day, you put up 1 of these videos and you were talking about how you your sister and you were talking through the importance of self respect and the importance of identifying How much you give to somebody?

Because in giving of yourself, you may lose that part of you. If it gets mishandled, misinterpreted, or just used.

So it's definitely worth being careful, but it's also worth understanding that the silence, the space that you create, or inadvertently that you have, maybe in your case, like by being bullied or a little bit more outcast as you were growing up.

There's value in that space. It gives you time to reflect. It gives you an opportunity to process.

Stop and smell whatever roses you're not allergic too that you wanna smell, you know? And there's value in that. Let me ask you this gig before we close out the interview, what we're talking about -- Okay.

-- resources or perspectives that help sort of you gain some awareness outside of your family because you've mentioned them a few times on your own channel.

Maybe books, maybe music, maybe movies, What are some other resources or some other references that you relied on to help guide your character and grow into who you've become today?

I would definitely have to say, is 2 books that definitely help me, walk my friend, actually introduce this to me, like, years ago, I would say, for 48 months of time, I love that book.

I still reading. And it's 1 of those books to where you have to constantly read it because it could be a situation to where you're going through something.

And can we want those principles want those laws? And they really didn't make things easier because 1 thing I've learned is that in this universal law, no matter how small, no matter how big we all have, some kind of power.

But the issue was not how much power we have, but it used to be being able to use it strategically.

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A foolish man learns from his own. No matter how small, no matter how big we all have some kind of power. But the issue was not how much power we have but it used to be being able to use it strategically, you know.

If I read it in that book, it actually allowed me to realize that I have a lot not only do I have a lot of resources, but I have different needs to be able to use them to my advantage.

So that's another 1. I've also read from the art of war. And I think, why lie about the book? And 1 thing I got from it is that spiders have to be strong enough to win battles. They have to know how to win battles.

They have to know how to be able to conquer opponents, but a true warrior not only knows how to win battles, but they're strong enough to walk away from battles that disarm worth getting involved in.

So it speaks discipline, it speaks self control, and all of those factors are things that have become a part of who I am.

So I reckon, may I read both of those books can't come up with any well, I have so many in my Google Drive that I actually opened up and read. But those are the 2 books that are of they're very relevant to this day and age.

Sunzu's been around for hundreds of years and for it to still have relevance and crossover, let's call it, multiple different industries where it's not just war, but it's also metaphorically applicable.

Says quite a bit, or anybody that wants to look them up? There will be links to 48 laws of power and also the art of war, you find them in the show notes, so you can look those up and you can read through all of them.

Something else that you just brought up, I think that's important to make a note of real quick before we head out of here.

Just because we have digitized the majority of our knowledge base as a human species now, shouldn't be an indicator that reading has lost value because there's so many things that get written down.

There's so many different authors now. Especially in the United States. It's almost like every politician has a book and every athlete's trying to ghostwrite 1.

Doesn't change the fact that there's a lot of consistent trends over the course of multiple different authors, where there's still an element of truth that can benefit your character, your decision making, your ability to succeed, or feel filled in life.

So don't underestimate the importance of reading. I guess, is the the plug I'll throw in there real quick.

But, Gixter, I appreciate your time, man, and you coming out giving us an opportunity to listen back to you, and I looked it up. 01/31/2022, actually, is when you did your interview.

So almost a year to the day, this interview is airing, which is pretty interesting and pretty crazy that so much has only happened in 1 year. Times where I really hit the ground running issue.

I promise I have. Yeah. Man, busy. But I'm glad we had the opportunity to catch up with you, man. And and we can do it again next year for season 6. But saying that, I appreciate the opportunity, man.

So thank you. Gig, before we get out of here. If anybody wants to get in touch with you though, If anybody wants to reach out, follow along with your albums, maybe even merchandise, where do they go, and how do they do it?

How would they follow me on Instagram is geared to the super nerd.

In case people don't wanna do streaming, all of my music is also on YouTube. The entire thing is geared to the super nerd. I'll always have an update on what I'll be doing, what I've accomplished.

It's my decision merchandise because I'm actually going to be I have it in the works to have a Shopify account where I can have merchandise, nerve user merchandise, and things like that.

But that's definitely on the lookout for those areas. Alright. Perfect, man.

And so for anybody that wants to reach out and send Geeks a message, but for whatever reason can't find the profile or something comes up, feel free to reach out to us on social media, send a direct message or an email to survival dead y t at gmail dot com, and we'll reach out to Gexter and get you guys in touch as well.

Oh, anytime. Anytime. Thank you, sir. Awesome, man. And to everybody listening. Thank you for listening into the show for our core values for January of determination, accountability and self respect.

Also, thank you to common Robert Green, SunSu, nercore hip hop as an industry for giving Gexter all of his skill sets inside and abilities because without them and that inspiration, this conversation wouldn't have been anywhere near as beneficial as it was.

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