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The "Distant Lover" singer continues to deny his children from his first marriage

>> it wasnt the first christmas but -- >> the first christmas. the first time we really spent christmas together. >> yeah. >> i feel like i -- i aint never talked about i was a kid, i was probably about 12, that was the first time i ever thought you really loved me. other than that i aint never had -- i dont know what the hell love is. i rather not have shoes, clothes, all that materialistic [ bleep ] and just have my mom and my dad. thats just how i feel. i wish i would have had my mom and my d...

On any given day more than 2,000 men and women are incarcerated at the louisville metro department of corrections jail. most are working on their cases, hoping to clear their names and go free. today, however, two inmates, brian edmonds jr., and his father, brian sr., will attempt to clear long-lingering emotional wounds. edmonds jr., who could be sentenced to death if hes found guilty, asked jail officials to allow him a final visit with his father, who will soon transfer to state prison to sta...

Put keep-aways on us. so i just want him to know that im sorry that i aint ever been there, because i know that is the reason why he is going through what he is going through. so im basically apologizing for not being there. >> the two men may not have much time to reconcile. edmonds jr. is about to leave the jail to serve a 30-year sentence. edmonds jr. could get the death penalty if found guilty. when told of his fathers apology, he was surprised. >> it is just something hard for me to believe...

In jail for his current charges. but his father in jail ends up an open wound, one made more painful where his father resides. >> my daddy is upstairs on the fourth floor. he just got thirty years. he been in the penitentiary all my life. >> so then youre following in your fathers footsteps? >> i dont even know him to follow in his footsteps, i get offended when people say that. i got to know him, meet him. i was already out running in the projects. i dont deal with him. it is too late to turn b...

Sometimes it is all right. it is stressful, not being out there, you know what i mean. what i really learned is i need to get out there to my son. that is the only thing that is really stressing me out. because i want to seriously be a father figure. because i know what it feels like not 206 -- to have a father, i dont want to send him through the same thing. >> you didnt have a father? >> i had one, but in and out. right now im following in his foot steps. >> when is the last time you actually ...

Dont try to make it seem like i told a little girl i love her and -- >> thats the thing. you told her, period. >> im saying what do a child got to do with it? >> that aint your child. >> it dont matter. >> you werent there for me when i was 6 and 7. >> i was there. you were out when you were 7. you called another man daddy. so im saying whos supposed to be getting mad? >> who was with my mama when you went to penitentiary? who was with my mama when you went to penitentiary? >> look, i only did t...

Everything else. i figured i would just give you some peace and quiet, and figured that is what you needed. and ill come back and talk to you, okay? thank you. >> with most of the inmates that dont cause any problems, i will go out of my way to spend more time talking to them. he was all excited about writing things down and showing it to me. that kind of boosted my attitude. he was a little happier. i dont think well have any problem with him kicking the door. >> you act like i never tried, eve...

Who is incarcerated a floor below him. >> when he first got locked up, we used to come out and visit together. but we had an argument, and they put keep-aways on us. so i just want him to know that im sorry that i aint ever been there, because i know that is the reason why he is going through what he is going through. so im basically apologizing for not being there. >> the two men may not have much time to reconcile. edmonds jr. is about to leave the jail to serve a 30-year sentence. edmonds jr....

He is on day fourteen of his stay. >> how has it been going in here? >> it is all right, man, all right sometimes. sometimes it is all right. it is stressful, not being out there, you know what i mean. what i really learned is i need to get out there to my son. that is the only thing that is really stressing me out. because i want to seriously be a father figure. because i know what it feels like not to have a father. i dont want to see him go through the same thing. >> you didnt have a father? ...