Being “put upon” while trying to build your winter habitat/dam is not a walk in a park. Just ask Crunkland’s favorite fresh water beaver, Chris Brown.

In the above video, which is snippet from the interview with Sway airing 6pm this Friday on MTV , Brown recalls the events that led up to his current predicament. Wearing a cardigan with a button-up shirt* and sweater cap, he seems to be in a trance of sorts while discussing his new album and other bullshit. I only have one question:

*WHERE’S THE FUCKING BOWTIE?!

“My thoughts [when I look back on it now] is like, ‘Why did it happen?’ ” he told MTV News correspondent Sway during an hour-long, one-on-one interview that took place in Brown’s native Virginia. “Like, ‘What was I thinking? What is wrong with you?’ That’s what I’m thinking with myself. That’s what my thoughts are, basically, now.

“It’s like, ‘How do we get past it? How do you, Chris’ — talking to myself — ‘how do you go from point A to point B? How do you learn from your mistakes, turn it into a positive and help other people with the situation, and at the end of the day become the person that you want to be?’ “