1. Growing up in Brooklyn,
I always thought that traveling
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that only rich people did.
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out of New York,
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was about to change.
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I have an announcement.
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to Washington, D.C.
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your parents
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and sell
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to cover the cost of the trip.
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10. Chris.
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can't afford to pay cash,
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food stamps.
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Birmingham.
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under a bus.
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20. What's this?
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21. Oh, baby, you didn't
have to get me anything!
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the hard way.
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not to get you nothing!
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Rochelle!
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toDreamgirls?
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I got them from Risky.
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from Risky before,
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at Madison Square Garden.
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What happened?
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Whoo!
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have a good time, okay?
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have a good time!
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the sweetest man in the world.
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these are bites.
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the Robitussin?
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gonna help this.
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getting sick,
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stay away from Tonya.
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stay away from a serial killer.
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my permission slip?
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to Washington, D.C.
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cookies so I can go.
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a few boxes to work?
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to buy nothing else.
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for your mother,
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to get you started.
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have to handle yourself.
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living in Bed-Stuy,
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couldn't be that hard.
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Never mind.
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some cookies?
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selling cookies than crack.
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to stay away from Tonya,
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Stop scratching.
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to stop growing hair?
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Let me see.
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you got to pat.
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feel better?
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All right, go back to bed, okay?
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that's not so bad.
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get some rest.
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And stop scratching.
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110. Nobody wants to baby-sit
kids with chicken pox.
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Dreamgirls.
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You know what?
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present you ever gave me.
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my parents missed something
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for a free dinner!
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Oh, no, Julius, it's okay.
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another anniversary at home.
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130. At least we'll be together.
You know what?
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are expensive.
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of us should sit at home.
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Okay.
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she could have
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Sheila!
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That's right.
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when you want them to.
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139. Daddy, can you
scratch my booty?
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pull it together.
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field trip all year.
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see Tip O'Neill.
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of Thomas "Tip" O'Neill?
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to Shaquille.
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of Representatives ever.
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what else I can do.
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100 doors.
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on 100 more, Jermaine,
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on that bus to D.C.,
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all over your face.
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154. Counting the two boxes of
cookies I had sold to my dad,
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and had one stolen.
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to buy a box of cookies?
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on those cookies?
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a box of cookies?
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I don't buy, I sell.
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No, thanks.
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this morning.
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I'll take two.
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that sold on the street
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was stolen stuff.
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Cookies for sale!
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Do-Si-Do, chocolate mint!
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the truck this morning.
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to get back to school.
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the cookies?
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arrested was what I saw on TV.
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to remain silent.
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You get one call.
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Thanks.
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worst part of getting arrested
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like a criminal.
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use the bathroom?
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about using the bathroom
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selling stolen goods.
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stolen goods.
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the wrong guy.
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like, a phone call?
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making a phone call
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selling stolen goods.
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on the outside,
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I was doing this...
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I promise!
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one way or another,
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was thinking the same thing.
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five times already.
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the first time.
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I'm just so excited.
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this isDreamgirls.
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opportunity.
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So, uh, you better get going.
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so good to me. Mm...
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in a lineup.
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truck carrying cookies
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the other day.
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a cookie truck?
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your cookies!
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Now, go!
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for this— Go!
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where East Bergen is.
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thought of that
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selling stolen cookies.
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a bath in that.
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But I don't like oatmeal.
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you got to take a bath in it.
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Junior High.
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I'm selling them
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to Washington, D.C.
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would wanna buy them.
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black kid there?
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cookie boy.
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racial profiling worked.
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the witness said...
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medium complexion,
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a Scout uniform
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and size 14 dark shoes.
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the back of his left wrist.
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with a limp.
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the cop heard...
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black, black, and black.
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and he black, black, black,
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black, black, black, black.
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with a black.
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the last Commodores album.
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my mother to be happy.
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he was secretly hoping
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that Risky gave him
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I know!
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got the chicken pox. Oh!
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Oh, thank you, Sheila!
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Whoo!
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out selling cookies.
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Hey, Dad?
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to take Sheila to dinner too.
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with somebody else
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your mother to be happy.
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home and be with sick people
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having fun, I'd be mad.
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because she left me.
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I'd be crying and everything.
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I don't see how you hold it in.
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I'll be back.
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checks out.
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telling the truth.
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your story.
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Oh, yeah.
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you're a credit to your race.
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come get you.
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I got arrested.
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of that before you started
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you were selling stolen goods.
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Hi, Dad.
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home at 3:00. Where are you?
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at the police station.
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don't say nothing.
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don't say nothing?
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and will be used against you.
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came to being a lawyer.
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I'll be there in a minute.
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these things for, anyway?
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to Washington, D.C.
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peanut butter Do-Si-Do?
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a mean sweet tooth.
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and you're all set.
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just got chicken pox.
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didn't do anything wrong.
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outside a store
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stolen goods.
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but it ain't right, either.
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Thanks.
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you came in with.
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about getting out of jail,
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she was a Dreamgirl.
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How was the play?
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it was incredible!
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Drew's fever is down,
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that matters is that
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Chris got arrested?
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It was a misunderstanding.
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and took care of it.
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it was incredible.
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you had a good time.
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our anniversary with Sheila.
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go without me?
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It's just like when you tell me
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just saying that to be nice.
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to go to waste.
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and have a good time.
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a bit of sense, right?
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on the way home.
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Mm-hmm.
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the best seats in the house.
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What happened?
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That's right, Clyde!
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Oh...
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ain't over yet.
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Ooh, did I say that?
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the senate floor!
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for security reasons
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to or from the White House?
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tries to kill the president?
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in Bed-Stuy.
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It looks like chicken pox.
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