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Speaker 1: Coming up at the top of the hour, right about

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Speaker 1: four minutes after. It's my strawberry letter for today, the

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Speaker 1: subject my best friends are my exes.

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Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but right now the nephew is here with today's

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Speaker 1: prank phone call. What you got for his neph.

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Speaker 3: Your baby going back to pre k?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Your baby? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it didn't do too well.

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Speaker 3: You baby going back to pre k. We gotta do

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Speaker 3: we gotta start over. We just got to start all well,

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Speaker 3: baby going back to pre k. Let's go cat though.

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Speaker 2: Hello, Yes, I'm trying to reach missus Thomas. Please.

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Speaker 3: My name is mister Stapleton. I'm actually the principal over

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Speaker 3: at elementary school. You're I'm looking at my records indicating

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Speaker 3: that your son, Thomas is going to be starting.

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Speaker 2: His first grade. My baby's ready right listen, miss Thomas.

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Speaker 3: I've been going through actually all of the children's records

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Speaker 3: that will be starting school, and I'm looking at your

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Speaker 3: son's grades from his kindergarten and he did good well, No,

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Speaker 3: not exactly. I mean there's been a few I actually

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Speaker 3: spoke with the teacher and who he was under in

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Speaker 3: kindergarten and it seems like he just really wasn't up

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Speaker 3: to par as.

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Speaker 2: The rest of the children.

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Speaker 4: Now his conduct now, he talks, but he gets his work.

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Speaker 4: So what else is she saying on that that ain't right?

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Speaker 3: Well, what's what it seems to be, ma'am, is that

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Speaker 3: his grades weren't up to par as the rest of

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Speaker 3: the other children. She did tell me he was a

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Speaker 3: disobedient child.

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Speaker 4: No, disobedient and talking two different things.

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Speaker 3: Come on, Okay, well, man, listen, what we've decided here

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Speaker 3: is we're gonna let little actually do another year of kindergarten.

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Speaker 4: Oh no, y'all ain't gonna let him do another year

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Speaker 4: of kindergarten.

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Speaker 2: No sign man, That's that's the only choice I have. No.

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Speaker 4: We got our letter in the mail with our report

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Speaker 4: called the week after school's started, and it said on

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Speaker 4: the back promoted. And if I got to get about

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Speaker 4: because I'm telling you right now we will be in

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Speaker 4: the first grade kindergarten. Won't that hard. I'm not sure

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Speaker 4: what they told you about him, but it must be

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Speaker 4: the wrong.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't understand, He doesn't color as well as the

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Speaker 3: rest of kids. He's all out of he's out of

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Speaker 3: the lines when he colored. He doesn't know his numbers completely.

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Speaker 3: And that's kind of what we need when you first

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Speaker 3: come into into the first grade.

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Speaker 4: When I can show you on this paper he did

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Speaker 4: satisfactory all the way through. Now you about the man,

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Speaker 4: and I'm already sick calling me with some by my

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Speaker 4: son blunking kindergarden.

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Speaker 3: He ain't that kind of thing, does not color well?

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Speaker 4: Man, I say, color ain't got nothing do with that, dad, God, kindergarten.

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Speaker 4: He is going to the first grade, and I'll be

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Speaker 4: down there on August twenty four.

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Speaker 2: No, I will not be able to allow you to

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Speaker 4: God, mister, I'm sorry, and let me get Let me

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Speaker 4: tell you what. Let me go in and get my

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Speaker 4: there because I'm not telling my baby when he come

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Speaker 3: I hate to say it, but I'm gonna have to

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Speaker 4: You know what, I just went back and put him

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Speaker 4: in public school. I know that was a stake in

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Speaker 4: the first place. Food which all talking about some coloring?

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Speaker 4: Give me your name against sir Stapleton, man, And what's

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Speaker 4: that number down there?

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Speaker 2: The number here is actually area code.

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Speaker 4: Waitman, I got the number of Now mind, I pulled

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Speaker 4: up this report card. I got the numbering your name

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Speaker 3: It's not on the color. Here's arithmeticts back. All right, No,

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Speaker 3: are you working with him at home?

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Speaker 4: When you're doing anything at home every day? What you're

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Speaker 2: I'm just asking, as a parent, are you working with

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Speaker 4: I'm working with my child every day. He can read

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Speaker 2: Probably, No, he can't read, princess.

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Speaker 4: I can't read better than you, because honestly, you read

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Speaker 4: that wrong on that paper that he's supposed to be

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Speaker 4: going back to kindergarten. When I know the paper saying

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Speaker 4: from his going to the first grade. And I'm not

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Speaker 4: listening to no more this about him going backwards. Now,

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Speaker 4: in there that wrote my baby name down with.

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Speaker 2: Your son's name Thomas.

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Speaker 4: Ma'am, no, it ain't him, baby, I know it ain't him.

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Speaker 4: You're not gonna sit up and tell me my son

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Speaker 4: is flocking in kindergarten. He is not going back to

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Speaker 4: that kindergarten.

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Speaker 2: Don't bring your son down here, as.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you what be ready to want me and

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Speaker 4: that pant shoes you to farm everything you hear me,

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Speaker 4: I will not.

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Speaker 2: Be able to allow him in education that right now.

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Speaker 4: I will come down there right now and make that

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Speaker 4: correction on that paper for you. Is not going back

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Speaker 4: to no kindergarten for no coloring.

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Speaker 2: Can you bring him down here and let him color

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Speaker 2: for me?

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Speaker 4: You talking about coloring arithmetic on all yourself? No, uh no,

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Speaker 4: I'm sorry. We would be down at augusta twenty four.

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Speaker 4: I would have this poor card in my hand that

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Speaker 4: says you have been promoted to the first grade. And

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Speaker 4: he's gonna have a mile on his face, and so

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Speaker 4: are you.

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Speaker 2: I got one one thing I need to tell you.

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Speaker 2: Are you listening to me?

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Speaker 4: I'm listening. You ain't saying nothing. Yeah, you better say

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Speaker 4: something that sounded like the first grade because I'm not playing.

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Speaker 4: I would go down to this day gun administrative office

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Speaker 2: Are you raising your voice? Sat? Who are you raising

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Speaker 4: You know you talking crazy to me? I'm talking crazy

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Speaker 4: to you.

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Speaker 2: What.

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Speaker 4: I'm a ground woman. I don't need the best friend

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Speaker 4: to you. Why I'm trying to.

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Speaker 2: Find did you graduate?

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Speaker 4: Honey? I am a college degree person. I have a

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Speaker 4: great job. My husband and I do well for ourselves

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Speaker 2: And that's why we know you're not You're not even

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Speaker 2: at work right now, Mansten, I'm shaped.

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Speaker 4: I told you that when you call him right on

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Speaker 4: the doctor to call me now, partner missing my phone call?

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Speaker 2: Can you color? Because your son can't come?

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Speaker 4: Color? Question is I can't ask me? Can I color?

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Speaker 4: What are you white or black? You asked me? Dressed me?

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Speaker 4: Am I color?

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Speaker 2: No? I asked you? Can you color like your son?

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Speaker 4: Here some racist lines in there can you color? No,

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Speaker 4: my colorant and me being colored ain't got nothing to

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Speaker 4: do with none of this. Is this a race thing?

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Speaker 4: You trying to make sure you send him back.

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Speaker 3: No, I'm not trying to send him back. I want

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Speaker 3: to send him back to color to get his coloring together.

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Speaker 4: You what that ain't got nothing to do with nothing.

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Speaker 4: And if you are the head person down there, now,

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Speaker 4: you aren't competent and you are an illiterate. Call me

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Speaker 4: and tell me that my son has to go back

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Speaker 4: to the first grade. I got one more thing you

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Speaker 4: want mixed up. I'll tell you what I'm through with

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say one more thing and I'm gonna be

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Speaker 4: Are you listening, I'm listening.

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Speaker 3: That's his nephew, Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

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Speaker 3: You just got pranked by your girlfriend for Latia mo

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Speaker 3: bet Felicias.

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Speaker 4: I am going to beat him. You're about to get

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Speaker 4: to out the plane. I mean, I'm right, no, I'm

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Speaker 4: in everything everything. I'm gonna beat her because you know

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Speaker 4: I don't play when it comes to my kids.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's all right, all right, but one more question?

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Speaker 3: Now, what is the baddest I'm talking about the baddest

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Speaker 3: radio show in the land.

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Speaker 4: That's Steve Harvey Morning Show. Baby.

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Speaker 2: Yes, she was not here for him. I love her, boy,

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Speaker 2: I never heard this before. Tell me, but I am

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Speaker 2: a Coege degree person. He ain't graduate no more. It's

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Speaker 2: just person. He's not coloring in the lines.

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Speaker 3: You know, that's just that's that's a requirement at PK.

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Speaker 2: You got to be able to color in the lions.

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Speaker 2: But we send you on the first question.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, are you asking me my color?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh. She was gonna

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Speaker 2: turn it into that. Yeah, she was gonna be down

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Speaker 2: there with some other issues.

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Speaker 3: I hear racism in this yeh yeah, a lawsuit for

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Speaker 3: the school boy.

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Speaker 2: I hear some racial lines. And now all right.

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Speaker 3: Richmond, Virginia, The Nephew's Coming to Town added the show

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Speaker 3: on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and sold out. The Nephew

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Speaker 3: was coming. You've been hearing about me. They've been talking

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Speaker 3: about me. Oh man, Come see what the fuss is

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Speaker 3: all about. Man, got a whole I talked about. Life

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Speaker 3: has changed from me.

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Speaker 2: Come hear it. Come see it all wrapped up into jokes.

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Speaker 2: You want to you.

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Speaker 3: Don't want to miss this Montgomery, Alabama. You should don't

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Speaker 3: want to miss it. We having black Hat Saturday. You

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Speaker 3: know what I said, black Hat Saturday, but.

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Speaker 2: Your hat on.

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Speaker 3: I'll let you know when the steamboat coming in and

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Speaker 3: we're gonna all throw them up there together.

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Speaker 2: Okay. That is Montgomery, Alabama.

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Speaker 3: That is the thirtieth US of this month, Mars thirtieth,

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Speaker 3: Saturday Night, Montgomery Performing Arts Center, me Earthquake, Celebrity into Celebrity,

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Speaker 3: the comedian and JJ Williamson. That's the show right there.

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Speaker 3: Boy bout tickets myself to go see that.

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Speaker 1: All right, nephew, thank you. Coming up next Strawberry Letters,

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Speaker 1: subject my best.

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Speaker 2: Friends are my exes. We'll get into it right after this.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Staying the Hardy Morning Show.