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Speaker 2: I have to I have to represent for them.

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Speaker 1: So I don't get. I don't get. I don't get

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Speaker 2: So that's why.

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Speaker 1: So it's intentional. Yes, that's why I want to smile.

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Speaker 1: I want a person to see me and.

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Speaker 2: Say, manuse and.

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Speaker 1: You know what, all the bad things about me, Google

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Speaker 1: ain't even got it because you know why I superseded that.

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Speaker 2: I can't.

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Speaker 1: You can't show much, you can't move back. I got

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Speaker 1: to keep going forward. I gotta keep going forward. If

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Speaker 1: the minute I stop and I say, yo, man, this

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Speaker 1: is not right, and I can plain to you, not

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Speaker 2: That person has it.

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Speaker 1: Negative energy is contagious. So if negative energy is contagious,

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Speaker 1: He looks at me in my face and he says,

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Speaker 2: You got the bar?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And he produced this record for me named

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Speaker 1: super Dog. I'm gonna make it make sense. And as

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Speaker 2: Like, what what what what? What?

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Speaker 1: You were making me for yourself. You know another person

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Speaker 1: I've been through so much this, I've lost so many

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Speaker 1: I wanted to swing. I wanted to throw my cup.

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Speaker 1: I was offended because I was like, I don't get that, right, peace,

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Speaker 2: There you go, and I had a great night.

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Speaker 1: Well god damn, I killed killed the interview he killed

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Speaker 1: I killed you.

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Speaker 2: That's not least. Listen, listen, you want to go back

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Speaker 2: Music artisanal period that's said, okay, Bernard right, Kenny Anderson

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Speaker 2: said honest?

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Speaker 1: Oh fuck you said? You said fifty two?

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Speaker 1: I said nature, I said come mega yeah, Cormega.

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Speaker 2: I didn't say car mega Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I said nature, not cor Mega Yeah, DJ clue dj

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Speaker 1: envy tribal quest.

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Speaker 2: I think we tribals man.

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Speaker 1: You get tri tribal quest, tribal question, ship cargo hater,

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Speaker 1: you got h what's that?

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Speaker 2: What's the speedy guy? The wrapper up? No twister all right,

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Speaker 2: he got twisted over it? Dad? Okay, who was your

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Speaker 2: last one?

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Speaker 1: I said, tribe and r E are.

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Speaker 2: You already said? Come on in? No, what's the name

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Speaker 2: who just passed away from the fat Boys? Uh? The

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Speaker 2: Light skin do Prince Moggy they got him?

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Speaker 4: Uh? Drink Camps still a different entity.

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Speaker 2: There you go. This is at that moment with John

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Speaker 2: really with Drink Camp whatever, Thank you man. That Moment

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