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Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club Morning.

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Speaker 2: Everybody is DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy.

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Speaker 1: We are the Breakfast Club. It is Mental Health.

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Speaker 2: Awareness Month, as it is what we do each and

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Speaker 2: every May May fifth, to be exact, Silence the Shame Day,

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Speaker 2: and we have a very special guest, Shanty D. How

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Speaker 2: are you are you feeling?

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling good.

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Speaker 4: Actually, so ten years ago I almost took my own life. Well,

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Speaker 4: it'll be ten years in September, so this is like

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Speaker 4: my year of rebirth, That's what I'm calling it. And

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Speaker 4: I'm in such a good place in space, and I

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Speaker 4: have really accepted being like this mental health advocate and

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Speaker 4: doing this work and not being stressed about going back

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Speaker 4: in the music industry, even though I'm still proud of

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Speaker 4: my boys, Like okayst I just got it going to

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Speaker 4: be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and so it's.

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Speaker 3: Just it's good. I'm feeling really good. Thanks for asking.

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Speaker 5: Before we get into Silence the Shame Day and Mental

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Speaker 5: Health Awareness Month, I do want to ask you what

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Speaker 5: does Outcast being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall

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Speaker 5: of Fame mean to you?

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Speaker 1: You was there, from day one.

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Speaker 3: It means everything. They zero. Actually, yeah, plays Ball.

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Speaker 4: Was the first record I ever worked, and so shout

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Speaker 4: out to Andre Big, the late Rico A organized noise.

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Speaker 4: It's like the holy grail right of music. And so

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Speaker 4: they finally achieved that, and I couldn't be more proud

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Speaker 4: and just to have been there passing out like cassettes

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Speaker 4: doing freak neck and you know the Southern playlist that

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Speaker 4: could be.

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Speaker 1: Documentary with documentary. Yeah, they were talking about you giving

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Speaker 1: out you have to go get back today.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy, Like whenever I see too Short, he was like, yo,

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Speaker 4: you gave me that cassette and was like, y'all check

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Speaker 4: out my new group Outcast.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna be dope. And we laugh about it all

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Speaker 3: the time.

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Speaker 5: Did you know that Outcasts would become the global iconic

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Speaker 5: superstars that they became.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you never know, right, but I had the

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Speaker 4: oh on my chest, right, the hell on my chest

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Speaker 4: LA face Outcasts, and I just was really committed and

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Speaker 4: dedicated because I knew that the A was gonna support them.

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Speaker 3: It was a different.

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Speaker 4: Sound and like you know, in Atlanta, we grew up

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Speaker 4: supporting East Coast rap what's cosp but we didn't really

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Speaker 4: have our own even though we had people like Shaddy,

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Speaker 4: they hadn't really received national attention, right, and we will

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Speaker 4: always wear like Dodger's hats or Yankees hats. But finally

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Speaker 4: we could wear like the Falcons, you know, logo in

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Speaker 4: the year and the Braves gear because Big Boy and

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Speaker 4: Drey made that cool.

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Speaker 3: And they really brought like.

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Speaker 4: Atlanta to the world like Ush's doing now on his tour, right,

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Speaker 4: he bringing the aid to the world. But Outcasts set

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Speaker 4: that up initially and really transform hip hop absolutely. Now,

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Speaker 4: I know they transformed Southern hip hop, but look at

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Speaker 4: like a lot of the artists that are still influential,

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Speaker 4: they're still from the South. And so to have been

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Speaker 4: at the forefront of that and been right there with them,

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Speaker 4: like I can't explain it, like it kind of solidified

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Speaker 4: even just me in my journey and what I've been

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Speaker 4: able to contribute to the music cultures.

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Speaker 5: Is arguably the greatest hip hop group of all time

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Speaker 5: and one of the greatest group's period in music of

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Speaker 5: all time.

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Speaker 2: You know, So when you started the show, you were

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Speaker 2: talking about your rebirth right. You thought about committing suicide

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Speaker 2: ten years ago. Now with this day and age, What

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Speaker 2: do you tell somebody that's possibly thinking the same thing.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's stressful.

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Speaker 2: You know they're looking at the price of everything going up,

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Speaker 2: it's hard to get a job, they're looking at politics,

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Speaker 2: and they might feel left out. They might feel like

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Speaker 2: there's no place for them. So what do you tell

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Speaker 2: that person, especially in this social media world where nobody

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Speaker 2: wants to be your friend and it's a very evil place,

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Speaker 2: what do you tell that person that individual?

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Speaker 4: First of all, it's like honor your feelings. If you're

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Speaker 4: not feeling good, you gotta acknowledge that right I coin

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Speaker 4: this new little acronym rapping through your problems. The R

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Speaker 4: is being able to recognize those unfamiliar feelings, the A

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Speaker 4: and RAP is acknowledging and accepting right that somebody, right,

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Speaker 4: I don't.

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Speaker 4: And the P is being able to process through those

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Speaker 4: that can actually help you. Even if you call your PCP,

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Speaker 4: your primary doctor, say I'm not feeling like myself. So

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Speaker 4: you gotta be able to recognize, accept and acknowledge those

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Speaker 3: At all costs.

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Speaker 4: You got to be unapologetic right now, more so than ever,

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Speaker 4: because like you said, like we're getting hit in a

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Speaker 4: lot of different directions and people be like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 4: we all in this together.

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Speaker 1: Not really, we might be in.

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Speaker 4: The same storm, but wean in the same boat, right,

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Speaker 4: and whether it's socioeconomic factors, lack of access to care, like,

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Speaker 4: it's not the same, and we can't pretend that it's

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Speaker 4: the same. And I know we have people that you

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Speaker 4: know want to help and do more, but you gotta

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Speaker 4: dig deep inside yourself because even when I was going

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Speaker 4: through my suicidal ideation, I had to dig into my

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Speaker 4: faith in my spirituality, and I had to also talk

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Speaker 4: to people and let people in.

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Speaker 3: So that's truly important.

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Speaker 4: And then I tell people, you gotta remove things that

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Speaker 4: aren't serving you anymore.

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Speaker 3: You can't just be a people pleaser, like let.

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Speaker 4: Go of the scrolling, the doom scrolling and all of

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Speaker 4: that and really focus and be present with yourself. And

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Speaker 4: sometimes therapy isn't for everyone, but doing like sound baths

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Speaker 4: or getting out walking, immersing yourself in nature, like all

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Speaker 4: of that really matters. And like for me now, if

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Speaker 4: I'm not feeling good because still go through my moments,

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Speaker 4: I'll just get up and go outside and take a walk,

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Speaker 4: or I'll tell people like, hey, I need a minute,

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Speaker 4: and it's okay. That's your time, that's your mind, that's

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Speaker 4: your body, that's your spirit. So you gotta really take

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Speaker 4: ownership of your mental health and wellness, because every day,

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Speaker 4: y'all is something different. Like I'm like, am I in

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Speaker 4: a movie? Like did that get scripted into something I

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Speaker 4: didn't sign up for? Because it's really scary. And then

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Speaker 4: even seeing yesterday, I know you can't believe everything you

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Speaker 4: see on social media, but I try to go to reputable.

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Speaker 3: Outlets, right, like the breakfast Club.

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Speaker 4: But I saw on one of the other outlets that

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Speaker 4: the federal government is considering like canceling one billion dollars

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Speaker 4: of funding for mental health for students being able to

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Speaker 4: provide additional counselors and that sort of thing in school

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Speaker 3: And that's really scary.

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Speaker 4: And we know how mental health is affecting young kids

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Speaker 4: don't just only I don't only blame social media, but

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Speaker 4: it's a lot of pressure and these kids need the support.

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Speaker 4: So y'all, we gotta fight back and fight back in

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Speaker 4: terms of protecting your peace, get the help you need,

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Speaker 4: reaching out to organizations like Silence to Shame. There's a

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Speaker 4: super dope lady I met last week at they accelerate

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Speaker 4: her conference in Miami. Her name is Ashante, and she

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Speaker 4: does a lot of healing, and so she just talked

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Speaker 4: about the importance of like really immersing yourself in these

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Speaker 4: healing practices with everything that's going on right and so

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Speaker 4: I'm recommitting myself right to whatever I'm doing is giving

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Speaker 4: time for Shanti. If I got to set an appointment

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Speaker 4: at three o'clock during the day for Shanty to like

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Speaker 3: Do it, y'all.

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Speaker 1: What do you advise for people to find their happy place? Right?

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Speaker 2: So I realized, like, my biggest happy place is my family, right,

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Speaker 2: I can cut off. I enjoy watching my daughter's dance.

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Speaker 2: I enjoy watching my son play soccer, I enjoy talking

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Speaker 2: to the kids cooking.

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Speaker 1: So I found my.

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Speaker 2: Happy place, right. How do you tell somebody to find

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Speaker 2: their happy place where? You know, how do you do that?

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Speaker 2: Because it has to be a place where they just

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Speaker 2: let go and release.

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Speaker 4: One hundred percent. But think about some of the most

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Speaker 4: joyful times. And I know every body's life wasn't the same.

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Speaker 4: To let me start with that. Some people did not

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Speaker 4: have a happy upbringing, and I'm sorry for that, right,

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Speaker 4: and if that was your truth and your journey, But

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Speaker 4: if you did have fun when you were growing up,

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Speaker 4: go back to when you were like eight years old,

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Speaker 6: Whatever that mean?

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Speaker 3: I mean, what do you and what did you used

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Speaker 5: Playing outside? That's why I love grounding so much. I

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Speaker 5: tell the dots that all the time. Take your shoes

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Speaker 5: just run around the yard, your there, ride your bike, Like,

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Speaker 4: I was over at my cousin's house the other day

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Speaker 1: Get your Bobbie Doll, Jess Herriet.

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Speaker 6: Oh, I'm already happy and over, Joey, you gotta find

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Speaker 6: that inner child that is so important. Yeah, I'm glad

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Speaker 6: documenting like he's planning to take his own life, you know,

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Speaker 6: social media. And one of my people who fixed their

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Speaker 6: So he's going around like spending time, spending his last

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Speaker 1: And then nobody stepped in enough.

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Speaker 6: He's not telling them, he's not telling everybody what he's doing.

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Speaker 6: But I'm like, how is how nobody's seeing Like because

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Speaker 6: he's online, he document says, he doesn't delete it, his

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Speaker 6: going to dinner with his people just talking about life,

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Speaker 6: going around the world, talking to strangers about life and

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Speaker 6: things like that. And then just last week, like he

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Speaker 6: went on his date, you know, with a guy or whatever,

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Speaker 6: great it was. So he's just doing things that like

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Speaker 6: he thinks it would bring him to that list right

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Speaker 6: right before he go and then like he was on

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Speaker 6: Live Happy just like a couple of days ago, and

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Speaker 6: I'm like, so, are you doing this for you know,

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Speaker 6: the clout and some dick or you just you know

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Speaker 6: what I'm saying.

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Speaker 3: Nothing to be ashamed.

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Speaker 4: First of all, visit our website silences Shame dot com again.

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Speaker 4: We just want people to get five dollars, you know,

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Speaker 3: So please support us. Y'all talk about it.

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Speaker 4: Don't just you know, if you're a young person and

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Speaker 5: the piece more than Andre three thousand. Do you think

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Speaker 5: he's even.

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Speaker 1: Gonna come to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

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Speaker 1: What's the under old pheamony, I say he gonna be there.

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Speaker 3: I think he's coming. I will say.

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Speaker 4: I call both Big Andre after you know, the announcement

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Speaker 4: came out and Andrea, both of them were so excited.

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Speaker 3: Drey was really excited.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so we're gonna we're gonna keep home alive.

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Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, today is silenced, the shame day mental

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Speaker 2: health away in this month.

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Speaker 1: Of course, we appreciate you for joining us.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: It's the Breakfast Club, Good Morning, wake that ass up

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Speaker 1: in the morning. The Breakfast Club

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