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Speaker 1: Now, I'm sure some people go, you know, Melan needed

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Speaker 1: were still doing things together, but still not the things

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Speaker 1: that you could do. So right now in your life,

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Speaker 1: Correct Absolutely absolutely. And it's funny that you get those

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Speaker 1: And you know, many of us have many talents. You know,

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Speaker 1: even sometimes when you know, I've gone on social media

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Speaker 1: how to play, you know, Um, we all have talents,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like in due time and in due season,

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Speaker 1: you know, using that, you know to help other people,

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Speaker 1: for me, that's exactly where I'm supposed to be now

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Speaker 1: now when you talk about your music, because the beauty

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Speaker 1: That's important. And I really I want to use this

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Speaker 1: your Instagram account. Why was there that? I think that

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