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Speaker 2: Sprinkle sprinkle, sprinkle sprinkle it this that lady on TikTok

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Speaker 2: that sounds like sprinkle sprinkle. Let's answer some moulah baby questions.

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Speaker 3: So I got some good ones today, Yeah, we do,

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Speaker 2: The lawyer bad You can go ahead. You could do

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Speaker 3: Oh well, thank you? All right? Before we do, we

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Speaker 2: Okay, So hey, we love your questions. If you have

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Speaker 3: All right, thank you for that disclaimer, Tiffany. Let's get

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Speaker 3: into lawyer Bay's question. This is juicy, okay. Lawyer Bay says,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and honestly, the pressure that you're feeling, release a

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Speaker 2: don't do that. Big cousins even better, Okay, all right,

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Speaker 2: Hopefully we will see you next week. Ask your questions

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Speaker 2: about credit, credit, career, business, personal finances, and in between

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