AND THAT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE SECOND BOOK THE REAL LIVES OF STRONG BLACK MEN WAS TO BE RELEASED BUT IT GAVE ME TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF STRENGTH AND OVER THE YEARS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW ABOUT THE BOOK AND KNEW ABOUT SOME OF THE HAD SEEN SOME OF THE EXCERPTS KEPT SAYING YOU KNOW TOBY YOU REALLY NEED TO GET THIS OUT MAN THIS IS THE YOU KNOW CONVERSATION BLACK MAN AND BLACK MALE MOVEMENT AND BLACK LIVES MATTERS AND YOU KNOW WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE IN THIS AND I JUST NEVER WANTED TO TO UM DO THAT