. ♪ >> ♪ yeah, luda keep a flock of p-y-t's wotith him ♪ tavis: you are so cool.e that banks there fedora. >> look like a gangster. tavis: how are you doing? >> i am doing well. you are looking good. tavis: i cannot keep up with you. this short, the fabric, this is so nice. >> this is mandarin. i am studying mandarin and arabic. 18 languages. it is fun. i can't even speak english. tavis: how did you become such a citizen of the world? >> you know, the truth? it is probably because i never had a mother. i made a deal very early, my mother was taken away in a straitjacket. it 12 languages, boston university. strait jacket, seven years old. my second mother of was it like precious. i made a deal with myself that if i did not have one, i would use music as my mother. who knows if i had a proper upbringing if i would've been a musician. tavis: what is amazing about this story, they take away your biological mother, literally in a straitjacket. your second mother was like the precious character, the character that monique plays in precious. the body who knows you know i