A Son Gives His Hero His Flowers While He Still Can
Most of us mean to have the conversation someday. King Cyz didn’t wait. In the most personal episode of WhatItIzWhatItBeezLike?! yet, he pulls up a chair across from his own hero — his 82-year-old father, Sylvester E. Alexander, the man he affectionately calls Papa Cyz — and gives him his flowers while he can still hand them over in person.
This isn’t an interview so much as a love letter. Papa Cyz, raised not by his biological father but by an aunt and uncle who became mom and dad, set out to be the father he didn’t start with — and across the hour he unpacks what that took.
In this episode, Papa Cyz opens up about:
- The prayer that spoke King Cyz into existence after doctors said it couldn’t happen
- What a childhood candy-store counter taught him about being a man
- Why love “doesn’t always come with a bow around it,” and the discipline behind it
- The burdens he carried silently across 33 years of providing for his family
- Going from “three score and ten” to 82 years and five living generations
- The wisdom he wants handed down to his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
It’s a master class in fatherhood, faith, and legacy — and a reminder to honor the people who made you while you still can.
Watch or listen to the full episode now.
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