WEBVTT - Be In A "Flow State"

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<v Speaker 1>Get inviting indy, you write with me and get excited

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<v Speaker 1>about your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess what I did a thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I did a thing that I had dreamed of doing

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<v Speaker 3>for nearly damn there forty years.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you're following me.

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<v Speaker 3>On social media at doing Dai speaks, but I recently

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<v Speaker 3>performed at an open mic. And it wasn't just any

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<v Speaker 3>open mic. It was a hip hop cipher freestyle where

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<v Speaker 3>they played the beats and we spit the lyrics.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>The reason why this is so important one because this

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<v Speaker 3>has always been a dream of mine, But then also two.

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<v Speaker 3>I was planning my birthday, or I'm planning it now,

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<v Speaker 3>and I was talking to a friend and she said, Dawn,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't you do an open mic, invite some friends out.

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<v Speaker 3>They'll show you some support and you could live.

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<v Speaker 2>Out your dream. And I said, that sounds really good.

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<v Speaker 2>Let alone.

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<v Speaker 3>A few days later, I had another friend reach out

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<v Speaker 3>to me, who I've taken a few in prop workshops with.

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<v Speaker 3>They were driving home, Dawn, I saw an open mike.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to go?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, yeah, this is an alignment. I was just

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<v Speaker 3>talking to one friend. Then this comes presented, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>at a theater that I've been to before for various

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<v Speaker 3>poetry slams. Well, that same friend that invited me out

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<v Speaker 3>built on me the day before. But I said, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>still going, one because I purchased a festival pass already,

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<v Speaker 3>and two, well, I'm stepping in what I want to

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<v Speaker 3>do and I can't allow any distractions or anybody else's

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<v Speaker 3>decisions to hinder me from being and evolving into my

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<v Speaker 3>best self. So as I'm driving on my way to theater,

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, all right, I'm coming up as Dawn Hill. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Down Hill is my legal name in case you may

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<v Speaker 3>not know, and Dawn Day is part of my name too,

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<v Speaker 3>but that's part of my middle name. But I said,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to get back to the core. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to get back to the heart of the matter. This

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<v Speaker 3>is something that I have always wanted to do, So

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<v Speaker 3>let's start with the Lord. These are my thoughts as

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<v Speaker 3>I'm driving up there.

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<v Speaker 2>So I get there.

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<v Speaker 3>I get to the box office, all right, they checked

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<v Speaker 3>me in. Then I had an individual say, oh, are

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<v Speaker 3>you going to perform tonight? I said, what, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>have anything performed. They were like, it's okay, I just

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<v Speaker 3>go off the dome. Well, challenge accepted. Listen, we here

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<v Speaker 3>for a good time, not a long time, and tomorrow

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<v Speaker 3>it ain't promised.

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<v Speaker 2>So I put my name in that hat. So now

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking to myself, I said, doing what we gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm talking to another brother that wanted to sign up

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<v Speaker 3>but that didn't and they were like, oh, what if

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<v Speaker 3>I embarrassed myself? I said, listen, the worst thing that

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<v Speaker 3>can happen is that you die. Everything else is not

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<v Speaker 3>on the void. They decided not to do it. I

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<v Speaker 3>still did it. We get in there. I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 3>that stage, I'm like, don you got to do this?

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<v Speaker 3>I say, yeah, don't even know what's about to come out,

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<v Speaker 3>don't even know what to expect, all right. Wasn't even

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<v Speaker 3>sure if I was going to get called up because

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<v Speaker 3>they were only selecting five names. Well, I ended up

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<v Speaker 3>being one of the names selected. Come to find out

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<v Speaker 3>they had a prize. Didn't even know that they were

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<v Speaker 3>giving away a prize. First place five hundred dollars, second

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<v Speaker 3>place to fifty. We go through the rounds. One person

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<v Speaker 3>gets a beat, they flow. The next person gets a beat,

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<v Speaker 3>they flow. The audience chooses who they want to go

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<v Speaker 3>on to the next round. Well, first round succeed, second

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<v Speaker 3>round succeed, third round. This is the round that dictates

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<v Speaker 3>the five hundred dollars winner and the second place two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty dollars winner.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the brother that I battled.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, just so you know, I got second place two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty dollars and the brother that I did battle.

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<v Speaker 3>Not that it means anything, but that it means something.

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<v Speaker 2>How does all? Mike Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Was beat boxing machine and has done poetry for over

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>Here I am.

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<v Speaker 3>I spent a line here and there, you know, go

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<v Speaker 3>with the flow, letting it go, but never doing the

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<v Speaker 3>real thing. So it was actually an honor to lose,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess in a way to him. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>essentially I still won. And how I want is because

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<v Speaker 3>it so happened that this brother was holding a cipher

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<v Speaker 3>or is holding a cipher on the day of my birthday, Saturday,

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<v Speaker 3>April nineteenth. Don't play with me, play with yourself. Me.

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<v Speaker 3>Showing up allowed Dawn to give a gift that was

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<v Speaker 3>ungifted for years, and understanding that I was the only

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<v Speaker 3>person or only thing being that could give it to myself, took.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, damn near forty years.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what you're waiting on, and I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know what's holding you back, but I'm telling you got

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<v Speaker 3>to go after and get it. They say the richest

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<v Speaker 3>place in the world is the cemetery because so many

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<v Speaker 3>people die with their dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let that be you.

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<v Speaker 3>You got greatness inside of you, and you can't allow

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<v Speaker 3>this fear of regret, this fear of not having enough money,

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<v Speaker 3>not looking right, not having the right size, the right complexion,

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<v Speaker 3>the right skin tone hold you back. Living is for

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<v Speaker 3>the living, and if you hear my voice, that means

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<v Speaker 3>you're alive. It makes me think of this track by

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<v Speaker 3>Landrelle entitled flow State, and in it he says, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just going with the flow state. And in it he says,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be in a flow state Floa state. Everything is okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what you're tripping about, but you just

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<v Speaker 3>gotta go with the flow. In fact, he says, I'm just.

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<v Speaker 2>Going with the flow, catching all the waves, Catching.

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<v Speaker 3>All the waves. I mean what we say about the

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<v Speaker 3>way a wave goes up and it goes down. It's

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<v Speaker 3>this body of water that causes moving. But oftentimes when

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<v Speaker 3>we catch ourself facing a wave. Many of us are

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<v Speaker 3>gonna duck, We're gonna shield, We're gonna hold our breath.

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<v Speaker 3>But then you have those others that are gonna pull

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<v Speaker 3>out the surfboard, stand up tall, and ride it, knowing

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<v Speaker 3>that they're going up only to go back down. And

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<v Speaker 3>chances are they have a possibility to go back up.

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<v Speaker 2>So what say you?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ribbing yourself of the possibilities in your life

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<v Speaker 3>for you to tap into your greatest potential, tone you

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<v Speaker 3>to rise to the occasion, for you to feel the

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<v Speaker 3>endorphins that can last you a lifetime, but only take

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<v Speaker 3>a moment a second to create. He continues on to say,

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<v Speaker 3>I be in a flow stack. I never force it.

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<v Speaker 3>Faith and persistence are so important, avoiding resistance with make

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<v Speaker 3>none choices. I say a prayer, Let the universe endorse it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't play with me. They say life and death are

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<v Speaker 2>in the power of the tongue. What are you speaking?

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta speak life over yourself, okay, because that life

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<v Speaker 3>is a vibration. That vibration is that energy, That energy

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<v Speaker 3>is what produces life. Why do you think they say

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<v Speaker 3>life and the death are in the power of the tongue.

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<v Speaker 3>Perhaps we don't seek the life and death and the

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<v Speaker 3>power of the tone because we're afraid to grow, We're

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<v Speaker 3>afraid to change. Landrell continues on all in my orbit,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm changing, I'm morphine, rise through misfortune, allowing. My source

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<v Speaker 3>and my origin are so divine, I'm so aligned. I

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<v Speaker 3>know it's mine, and so it's mine. You gotta speak it,

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<v Speaker 3>you gotta claim it. What the clarksist to say, name it,

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<v Speaker 3>claim it? Hm.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you ready to get into your flow? Stay?

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<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be uncomfortable because it's gonna require movement, and

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<v Speaker 3>oftentimes movement is growth, and growth requires change, moving out

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<v Speaker 3>of one position into the next. Lndrelle closes out saying,

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<v Speaker 3>love where you are in the flow. Trust where you

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<v Speaker 3>are in the flow. Go with the flow, Grow with

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<v Speaker 3>the flow, don't resist the way, go.

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<v Speaker 2>With the way. Better, stop playing with me, and most certainly,

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<v Speaker 2>stop playing with yourself. We here for a good.

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<v Speaker 3>Time, not a long time, and God willing we here

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<v Speaker 3>for a good time and a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's make it count. Step into your flow state.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. That's it for your dose of Vitamin D.

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<v Speaker 3>Be sure to follow on all social media at Vitamin

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<v Speaker 3>D Dawn Day and if you would like your own.

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<v Speaker 2>Dose of personal Vitamin D, that be me baby.

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<v Speaker 3>You can follow me on all social media at Dawn DA.

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<v Speaker 2>I speaks all right. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm in the business and making dreams come true and

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<v Speaker 3>I damn show make gon forget about mind. So until

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<v Speaker 3>next time, always remember you are your greatest as at get.

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<v Speaker 2>Your Vitamin D.

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<v Speaker 1>You right here with me and get excited about your life.