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Speaker 1: just look at their surroundings, and that is what he does.

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Speaker 1: It made me think, It stirred my spirit. It caused

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Speaker 1: me to stop fooling around with some guys like I

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Speaker 1: broke it with some bass because he was right, it

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Speaker 1: takes a certain king to be with me. I'm getting crafted, guys,

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Speaker 1: and it may not be just in what I'm doing

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Speaker 1: for a live being right, podcasting, hosting shows, being a

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Speaker 1: sports reporter, being a journalist, because I do believe I

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Speaker 1: put in my hours, but I'm getting crafted and being myself.

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Speaker 1: That takes work. Takes work to be vulnerable, takes work

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Speaker 1: to purposely not choose violence and instead of reveal yourself

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Speaker 1: as to who you are very very grateful for or

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Speaker 1: Marie Hardwick being on this podcast, and as many of

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Speaker 1: you know, I mentioned this, he is a poet, so

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Speaker 1: we're gonna leave you with one of his poems that

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Speaker 1: most recently went viral. I hope you enjoyed this edition

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Speaker 1: of Naked We carry Champion, every champion and carry Champion

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Speaker 1: has to be a Champiana Champion and carry Champion, and

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Speaker 1: carry Chapiana Champion, and carry Chappion and carry Chappion Afraid

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Speaker 1: the sports and then the tay making naked word. Dear

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Speaker 1: score has still raised the dear God with a hood

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Speaker 1: as still blast. Not in the same cause I'm all

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Speaker 1: good black, just slipping in and out and got a

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Speaker 1: nigger asking for a redo on this old horse, still

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Speaker 1: grinning somehow and maybe even winning about still pinning this

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Speaker 1: ship down, devil think he got a brother about the fall.

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Speaker 1: Dear God, make me a new star x man dog

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Speaker 1: illuminated by these stars. Text back guy who I'm waiting

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Speaker 1: to do his part. Respect to all of y'all who

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Speaker 1: knew I made it from my dog. One more road

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Speaker 1: across them, resurrection from my flaws, then all the whites connected,

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Speaker 1: and yet still I got the section of flaws, winning

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Speaker 1: from yankers. I drove from Barker's doll. The monsters I've

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Speaker 1: been battling since I was small ship. I'm still the

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Speaker 1: boss microphone to the sky, and I'm still wrapping like

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Speaker 1: a nigger on call. All them poems I killed got

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Speaker 1: me a lie like I'm bigger than Biggie Smalls. Lord,

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Speaker 1: give me a sigh because I feel him happened like

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Speaker 1: I'm the applause. I've been here before this time. No

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Speaker 1: matter what happens, I'm always be here for all of y'all.

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Speaker 1: Maybe got a brother break it bad, so you better

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Speaker 1: call Saul. Maybe I'm dreaming, awaking and sleeping giant. I

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Speaker 1: used to have let him do the fighting for the

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Speaker 1: last round. I ain't had, But I ain't scared, Maybe scared,

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Speaker 1: just a bit worn from the fears I don't want,

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Speaker 1: and all the pears I don't want. Dear God, all

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Speaker 1: them years got me torn their scars. I ain't ready

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Speaker 1: for my kids. The morning I'm keeping steady toward these outlives.

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Speaker 1: Be heavy in the morning, Dear God, let me be

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Speaker 1: reborn like a broken man upon his knees. But he

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Speaker 1: hoped with a soul about a thousand degree to all

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Speaker 1: my strolls across prodigal Leads got the crowd shouting while

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Speaker 1: I try to get to my goal of following the

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Speaker 1: new me, because sometimes who we be when I'm nothing,

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Speaker 1: feel like Damien three? But did God make me something?

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Speaker 1: Please let the world know. Let my boys and girls

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Speaker 1: have some more time with the man who helped them

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Speaker 1: to grow. Did God give me a sigh? In me?

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Speaker 1: A sigh? Tell me the rain gotta go and that

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Speaker 1: I'm the same untouchable me as I was before. Dear

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Speaker 1: God and their scars, I'm thankful you made me so,

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Speaker 1: gave me so