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- Mike Mike, you killed it tonight, man.
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- Oh yeah, absolutely.
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- Ever ready, yeah, man.
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- Put a little star right there for you.
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- Ooh wee!
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- Divine G, Divine G.
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- All right, cool. Here we go.
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- Who we got?
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All right, how about this?
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- Mm-mm.
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- I don't think he's ready.
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- Divine G.
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98. - And the rest is on him.
- Him getting in, it's up to us.
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99. - Yeah, we'll give it to you.
- Always tryna to save somebody.
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111. - Yeah? You saw that?
- It was nice, yeah.
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- Yeah, the shit I gave you. You got it?
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- Yeah. Get it.
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What the fuck is this?
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Do you know...
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- That has not come out of my pocket.
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You know what I gave you?
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- Not fucking aspirin.
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- I'm gonna be needing all of that.
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- Look, I-I-I—
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137. Don't care how you get it.
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139. Get my fucking bread to me,
you heard what I said?
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140. - I can't get you $500.
- You're going to get me $500.
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- Peace, brother. Hey.
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150. Yeah, well, shit happens, man, you know.
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155. - Yeah. Yeah.
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- Yeah.
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some pretty volunteers
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Do I really need a reason?
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- Well, we just...
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186. - Yeah.
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- What you got?
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207. But there'll be plenty of time
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211. - Yeah!
- Whoo!
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What does a zombie walk like?
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that's all that is.
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- Hot coals.
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- Oh, yeah.
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- I like it.
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a role my whole life, bro.
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427. "To be or not to be.
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428. That is the question.
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429. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind
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430. to suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune,
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431. or to take arms against
the sea of troubles
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432. and by opposing,
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433. end them.
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434. To die,
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435. to sleep,
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436. no more.
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437. And by asleep to say we end the heartache
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438. and the thousand natural shocks
that flesh is heir to,
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439. 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.
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440. To die.
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441. To sleep.
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442. To sleep.
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443. Perchance to dream.
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444. Ay...
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445. there's the rub."
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446. - Thank you.
- Divine, can you step out please?
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447. - Sure.
- Divine G.
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448. Thank you.
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449. We got someone else
reading for Hamlet.
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450. I'm sorry, somebody else
is going out for Hamlet?
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451. Divine Eye.
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452. Okay. All right, thanks.
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453. You're up.
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454. - You sounded great in there. Intense.
- Thank you, I appreciate it.
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455. Hey, yo. Can I ask you something?
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456. - Anything.
- You wanted to do a comedy, right?
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457. - Sure did.
- Now we're doing a comedy.
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458. And I'm excited.
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459. And yet you're auditioning for
the only dramatic role in the whole play.
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460. Comedy's very difficult, man.
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461. I don't wanna get up on that stage
and get ya'd off the stage, bro.
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462. Hey, there my boys right here.
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463. How about some Hamlet?
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464. Whoa, Laurence Olivier. Here we go.
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465. I'd also like to note, commissioners,
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466. that I was a candidate
to become a New York City police officer.
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467. Yes, yes, we see that in your packet.
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468. We also see some other things.
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469. Was this before you decided to become
a rampaging drug dealer?
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470. Well, sir, I only hustled that
one year after my accident.
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471. And— My God...
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472. Mike Mike, can you please
stop messing around with that paddle?
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473. - I can't...
- I'm listening.
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474. But I can't focus
when you're not giving the whole vibe.
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475. You know what, my bad. I got you.
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476. I'll do the commissioner voice
this time, everything.
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477. - Man.
- All right?
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478. All right. Come on, come on.
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479. Listen up, Whitfield.
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480. The commission is not here
to talk about what you could have been.
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481. We're here to talk about
who you really are.
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482. It says here that you were
in some sort of enterprise
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483. called Mix Machine,
some sort of criminal organization?
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484. No, sir, it is not
a criminal organization.
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485. I was a DJ.
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486. - A DJ?
- Yeah, yeah.
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487. Well, I bet you was funky as hell!
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488. Weren't you? Admit it.
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489. Admit it! You was funky.
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490. You was funky.
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491. Did you— Did you pop lock?
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492. - Did you pop lock?
- Ga ga!
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493. - Zz-zz-zz.
- Kah, kah.
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494. All right, gentlemen.
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495. I need your attention and your bodies.
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496. - Form a circle.
- RTA!
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497. Let's go.
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498. Thank you, men. Thank you.
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499. - C'mon D-Dan.
- D-Dan!
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500. - This one's asleep.
- What's up?
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501. Let's get to work, let's get busy.
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502. We're gonna do a character exercise.
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503. I'm gonna pick somebody out.
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504. They're gonna come to
the center of the circle,
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505. introduce yourself as your character,
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506. in that character's voice,
and then hand it off to the next actor.
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507. You, sir, are number one, first.
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508. Alotincommon, the Egyptian high priest.
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509. Get it. Get it.
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510. I guess I'm fucking Gravedigger.
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511. What's the matter, Gravedigger?
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512. Freddy's claws got you tongue-tied?
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513. Freddy! Oh, I am... No.
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514. I am Leslie, the Egyptian prince.
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515. Okay, can I start a cuss?
Because I am Startacuss!
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516. No, I am Start... Man.
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517. I'm the gunslinger Coal.
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518. The rootin' tootin',
carrot totin', shootin', you know.
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519. I am Gladiator Goliathan. Wow.
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520. And I'm Zakariedies.
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521. If you want to play in the coliseum,
you gotta see me.
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522. And I am Captain Hook.
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523. Arr, arr.
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524. Get it.
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525. I'm Prince Hamlet of Denmark.
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526. Oh!
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527. Hold on, back off now, come on now.
We just saw Divine Eye.
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528. We wanna see Prince Hamlet.
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529. Bring it, come on.
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530. I am Prince Hamlet of Denmark.
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531. - There we go.
- All right.
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532. It's gonna get better,
it's gonna get better.
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533. Yes, sir.
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534. I got a question about my character.
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535. I mean, wouldn't he be freaked out
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536. by some dude from ancient Egypt
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537. time-traveling all the way into, like,
the middle of the ocean?
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538. And do we even have a common language?
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539. - Language?
- Well, good questions.
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540. Remember, it's a comedy.
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541. So we can take some liberties
and have some fun with it.
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542. You can make it up.
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543. Yeah, we're gonna have some fun with it.
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544. I'll tell you what, we can workshop it
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545. - when we get to it...
- I have a question.
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546. - Yes, sir.
- Can't let this go. I'm sorry.
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547. We gotta talk about this time travel.
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548. Is it gonna be a wormhole?
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549. I mean, we're gonna
breach the fabric of time?
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550. Like, what kind of effect is it
gonna have on a human body?
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551. - Gentlemen, again...
- Brent, hold up.
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552. All good questions, but, you know...
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553. Go ahead.
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554. Hey, all right, you guys.
All right, just listen.
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555. Okay, listen, you guys...
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556. you wanna do a cowboy play, all right.
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557. Somebody right here wanna do ancient Egypt
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558. and somebody, for God knows reason,
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559. threw in Freddy Krueger, all right?
He did.
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560. - So how—
- I just got the role,
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561. - I didn't ask for it.
- Anyway, it doesn't matter.
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562. But how was Brent supposed to
get all of that in here?
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563. He did it, right? He delivered.
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564. I think we should just focus
on the scenes.
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565. Look at the emotion of it, the arcs,
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566. and the work will take care of itself.
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567. - Fair.
- Well said.
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568. Trust the process.
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569. You are correct, sir.
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570. - Thank you, G.
- Sure.
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571. Okay, that's just great.
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572. So, why don't we start with your scene.
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573. - Gotcha.
- MIKE MIKE Ooh.
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574. I'm really tired of
this miserable profession.
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575. I don't want to be all
mean and tough no more.
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576. I'd like to be gentle and kind.
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577. Really?
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578. Me too.
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579. Look, I'm trying to escape,
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580. but my boss has threatened
to kill me, my wife, and kids.
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581. My boss too.
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582. Why, I've been trying to organize the guys
for, like, forever!
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583. Let's break out.
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584. Let's.
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585. Amazing.
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586. Amazing!
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587. You see that shit? You see that shit?
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588. I made some choices,
I made some choices.
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589. Come on.
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590. There you go.
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591. - I made some choices.
- Ooh!
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592. All right. So, who's next?
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593. - Yeah, I got that.
- You got it. Come on.
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594. We're doing Shakespeare.
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595. Get it.
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596. Fuck this shit, man.
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597. - Did I miss something? What?
- That's it?
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598. That's all right, men.
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599. We're just gonna trust the process here.
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600. That's all right. We're here
to support each other. Who's next?
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601. Who's next? Come on.
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602. Come on, Dap. Let's go.
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603. It's hard to follow them,
but all right.
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604. That's all right.
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605. What's up, what's up? Peace.
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606. Son, get that money, son, you heard?
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607. All right, men. Let's take five!
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608. Yo, yo, yo, Eye.
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609. Let me holler at you for a minute.
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610. - All right.
- Yo, want you to check some shit out.
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611. Five means five.
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612. It does not mean 15, like Mike Mike.
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613. Man, this is my spot.
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614. Look at that, you can see
everything out there.
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615. Yo, Eye, I just wanted to say
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616. I recognize that
you're a little frustrated
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617. with the way things are going...
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618. I'm not frustrated with shit.
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619. Them exercises is goofy as fuck.
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620. Yeah, they are goofy as fuck.
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621. But there's an intention to them,
you know what I mean?
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622. I feel like it helps you get
some depth. Helps you find a...
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623. Is this the speech
you give all the new guys?
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624. I'm not trying
to give you a speech.
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625. Listen, I already know what you're doing,
know who you are, what you about, bro.
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626. - What?
- You wanna run around here
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627. herding everybody up
with the little lessons,
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628. and you call all the shots and all that.
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629. That's all good and all that,
but I'm not here for that.
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630. - I ain't come here for that.
- I know you got a knife in your waistband.
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631. Of course.
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632. Brother.
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633. This fucking program is all
these motherfuckers got.
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634. Makes them feel like they can
get the fuck up outta here.
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635. If not literally out there,
out there in here.
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636. Don't take that away from them, all right?
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637. A knife in your waistband
will be the first thing
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638. to make sure this shit fucking crumbles.
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639. You don't get to fucking tell me
what I need in prison.
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640. You don't get to do that, nobody do.
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641. Nobody take care of me.
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642. Nobody do nothing for me or mines.
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643. So don't tell me what to do
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644. and don't bring me in
no fucking dark corners no more.
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645. This shit make a nigga nervous, you heard?
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646. We don't use nigga in here.
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647. We use beloved.
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648. You feel me on that?
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649. Where's Blaze? Anybody seen Blaze?
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650. Blaze? Blaze in five building.
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651. They been keeplocked all day.
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652. What about Divine Eye,
is he in five building?
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653. Nah, Divine Eye is in A block
but I don't know where he's at.
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654. You could send Dap to get him though.
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655. Only place to catch a breeze, man.
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656. How's your girl doing? The little one?
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657. Growing up, I guess.
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658. Yeah.
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659. When's the last time you talked to her?
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660. Oh...
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661. I don't count those days, G.
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662. Gentlemen,
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663. I'd like you to go to
your most perfect spot.
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664. Perfect moment.
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665. Do you hear anything?
Are there any sounds?
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666. Are you with somebody?
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667. What is the temperature?
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668. Are you inside?
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669. Are you outside?
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670. Now, just hold that feeling tone.
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671. Hold it.
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672. Remember it.
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673. Savor it.
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674. All right, men, you can open your eyes.
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675. Does anyone wanna describe
where they just were?
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676. Blaze?
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677. So, I'm sitting in
seven building yard on a bench
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678. that overlooks the Hudson River.
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679. And on the other side of that yard,
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680. or the other side of that water, actually,
is my mother.
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681. And I know that sometimes
she goes down that mountain
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682. and looks over the water
to where I am at Sing Sing.
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683. And for me, just looking out at the water,
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684. I gain my peace
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685. because I see the waves
and they're peaceful
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686. and it gives me something to focus on.
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687. June of 1972,
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688. my wife and I had a picnic
by the lake in Prospect Park.
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689. That's the first time
I ever told my wife I love her.
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690. If anybody here knows,
we bought Manhattan Specials.
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691. You know what a Manhattan Special is?
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692. It's coffee soda, comes in
glass bottles about this big.
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693. We bought four of them. I love that stuff.
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694. And we went to Prospect Park.
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695. And, uh, we went by the lake.
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696. And six months ago, I lost that.
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697. She passed away from pancreatic cancer.
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698. Boy, am I gonna miss her.
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699. Summer, 1977.
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700. It's hot.
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701. Water ice truck coming down the street.
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702. Mom gives me 25 cents
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703. and I go running
down the street to get it.
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704. It taste all cool in your mouth.
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705. What flavor?
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706. Cherry, I love cherry. Mouth all red.
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707. Spending time with my son and my daughter.
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708. Just watching 'em grow,
living their life, you know?
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709. Ninety degree weather,
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710. cutting grass in the backyard
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711. to a point where I'm just so exhausted
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712. and I just lay back
and I smell the fresh grass
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713. I just cut and I'm dozing off
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714. and my dog come licking sweat off my face.
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715. Every summer, my mother
sent me to Baltimore
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716. with my uncles and they only
a few years older than me.
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717. And it was a sense of freedom
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718. 'cause my mother wasn't
looking over my shoulder.
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719. I tried to do one about
the islands, you know?
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720. My grandma would always tell
us about the islands.
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721. The islands, that's where
our people are from.
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722. Couldn't do it, Maestro.
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723. I ain't never been there.
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724. Ain't never been there,
and I'm not gonna get there.
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725. This is real. I'm stuck in this space.
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726. But if I'm gonna be stuck in a space,
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727. I guess I'll do it with you suckers.
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728. Payasos.
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729. In here, it's all right,
get a little release.
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730. So I guess this is my space.
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731. I think you guys are becoming actors.
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732. Just being real
with each other and vulnerable.
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733. It's something men don't really
get to do too often.
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734. To be or not to be,
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735. that is the question.
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736. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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737. the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune
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738. or to take arms...
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739. - Bro, what's up?
- What's up?
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740. - Why you walking behind me, bro?
- I'm supposed to be walking behind you.
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741. - All this room here...
- Why don't you just do what
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742. the hell you're supposed to?
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743. - ... and you gotta—
- That's his blocking.
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744. Bro, I'm saying this the shit
niggas wanna do in the yard.
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745. Focus on what you're supposed to.
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746. That's what I'm supposed to do, man.
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747. - Bro, listen, don't be doing shit...
- Or what?
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748. - you wouldn't do in the yard.
- Put your hands down.
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749. The fuck you talking about,
"put my hands down"?
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750. - You heard what the fuck I said, man.
- Enough!
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751. Yo, Eye.
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752. I used to be a keeplock monster, man,
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753. consumed in my own anger.
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754. 'Til one morning in breakfast,
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755. the guy sitting across from me,
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756. someone stepped behind him
and he cut him ear to ear.
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757. And we all sat there
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758. as the blood flew across
our clothes and our faces,
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759. and we pretended that was normal.
Copy !req
760. Brother, we're here to become human again.
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761. To put on nice clothes and dance around.
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762. And enjoy the things that
is not in our reality.
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763. All right, you remember your mark?
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764. Yeah, I'm supposed to be standing
next to the Gravedigger,
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765. then Marion and Leslie come outta nowhere.
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766. Materialize from nowhere.
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767. All right, somebody's gonna
walk behind you eventually.
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768. Act like it don't bother you, that's all.
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769. Now let's go, you know
your first line, let's go.
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770. Let's run it again.
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771. Come on, man.
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772. Fuck it.
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773. Use the whole thing. There you go.
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774. Sweep through.
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775. Yeah, same thing.
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776. I'm focused.
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777. You were doing great...
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778. Why aren't you up there?
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779. They're not rehearsing
any scenes I'm in today.
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780. So you just drifted on in, yeah?
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781. Yeah, I sure did.
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782. Okay.
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783. What's those notes?
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784. What notes?
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785. Those notes.
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786. These... just some things I'm working on
to help some brothers out.
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787. Get healthier food around here.
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788. And then some litigation business.
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789. Hmm.
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790. That's dope.
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791. You got any kids?
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792. Wait, so you just gonna be
all in my business today?
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793. Is that what today is? All right.
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794. Yeah, I got kids. Two girls and a boy.
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795. What's their names?
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796. Divequa, Dinasia and Karron.
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797. Karron is the boy, he was born
right when I got in here.
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798. So, uh, you know.
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799. He actually wants to be an actor,
like this bunch of nuts.
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800. He's doing YouTube videos and stuff.
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801. What about your girls?
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802. They, uh, they have their own lives.
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803. Yeah?
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804. When I started this bid,
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805. my son was real young, man.
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806. You know, the homies in the hood,
they took care of him,
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807. 'cause that's my son.
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808. Rolled out the red carpet for him.
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809. Anything he wanted, treated him well.
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810. Then it wasn't long
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811. before he started doing
the same things I was doing.
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812. Putting in the same kind of pain
I was putting in.
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813. And now he's in prison, just like me.
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814. Wearing greens, just like me.
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815. - Line?
- You're looking through
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816. the wrong end of the eyeglass.
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817. Seems like
I'm not the only one, huh?
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818. Nah.
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819. He doesn't know that
there's tricks to learning lines.
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820. Tricks?
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821. Yeah.
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822. What?
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823. Yeah.
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824. What's the tricks?
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825. Everybody has a different process.
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826. Some people like me, I write out
every single one of my lines.
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827. You know what I mean?
That's the way I know how to digest it.
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828. Some people,
and it might be helpful for you
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829. to just underline every action,
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830. every active word, right?
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831. Take it little by little
and break it down.
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832. Eventually, you know,
you start paraphrasing a little bit,
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833. but then it'll all start to make
some sense. Y'know what I'm saying?
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834. And then you sort of like
break it down, you know,
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835. like how you would eat an elephant.
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836. You wouldn't swallow
that thing whole, right?
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837. You would just take
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838. every little bite, bite, bite, bite,
and then it all makes more sense.
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839. I think I learned some of that
in the law library. You know what I mean?
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840. Some of these cases are so in depth,
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841. you know, especially like
preparing for my clemency hearing.
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842. I mean, I gotta like break it all down.
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843. Yeah, I heard you
found a tape or something
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844. that proves your innocence?
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845. Yeah, man. It took me ten years but...
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846. - Mm-hmm.
- ... I got it.
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847. So you don't need no good luck
or nothing, man.
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848. You already got the golden goose.
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849. I hope so, I think I do.
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850. - I hope so, man. I hope so.
- Yeah.
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851. Um, what about you?
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852. I don't mean to be in your business,
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853. but I did look at the docket
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854. and I saw that you have
a parole hearing coming up.
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855. Yeah.
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856. Hey, listen, I gotta hit the yard.
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857. Take care of a little bit
of business, all right?
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858. Peace.
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859. Yeah, if I can be of any, um, help...
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860. Yep.
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861. All right.
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862. To die,
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863. to sleep...
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864. to sleep...
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865. perchance to dream.
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866. Ay, there's the rub.
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867. Okay, you wanna take that again?
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868. - Why, did I do something wrong?
- No, no, no, we're just working at it.
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869. But, I'll tell you what,
let's try something here.
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870. As long as we're not eating
no fucking elephants or nothing.
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871. Okay, I don't know what
that means, but I won't.
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872. Let's start from the very beginning, okay?
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873. - To be...
- I don't mean
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874. the beginning here on your mark,
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875. I mean in the wings.
That's where it begins.
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876. So I want you to go back there.
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877. I want to see you come on
the stage with Hamlet's—
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878. You're in Hamlet's world and you're
bringing that all the way to your mark.
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879. And then you say your line.
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880. Let's try it.
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881. It's the moment before, guys.
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882. - To be...
- Hold up, did you do it?
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883. Because we all fell asleep.
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884. Ooh!
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885. You ain't see me
just walk from over there?
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886. I saw you walk out here
like a man who's asking this audience
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887. for permission to be here.
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888. I wanna see Hamlet come out here,
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889. take the stage and say,
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890. "Hey! It's time to start
paying attention to me."
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891. - You have to show...
- Ah, Brent, Brent.
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892. - Yes, G?
- Do you mind if I...
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893. Please.
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894. Cool. Watch. All right.
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895. Yo, Eye.
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896. The world expects brothers like you and I,
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897. all these brothers, to walk in
with our heads held down,
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898. you know, apologizing for being there.
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899. Now, what you gotta walk in
is like a motherfucking king!
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900. - Ooh!
- Like you own all this shit.
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901. Everything is yours.
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902. - So you want me to do it right now?
- Right now.
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903. Yeah.
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904. Fucking...
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905. I'm the fucking king, nigga.
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906. Like the yard, but bigger.
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907. I'm Divine fucking Eye!
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908. - Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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909. I own this fucking theater.
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910. This is my fucking theater.
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911. - I own this bitch!
- I own all this shit.
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912. That's it, yeah.
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913. Now give him some love,
give him some love.
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914. All right, that's enough.
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915. All right, now,
what's your emotional state?
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916. What's underneath that?
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917. Mad as a motherfucker.
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918. Okay. No, no, no. Okay.
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919. Anger is the easiest thing to play.
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920. Am I right, Brent?
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921. Too easy.
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922. What's more complicated
is to play hurt.
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923. That helps you name the thing, all right?
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924. Now try that. All right.
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925. From the top.
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926. There you go, Brent. Ha!
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927. Guys, the superintendent's
got some big money
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928. sitting out in these seats tonight.
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929. Money that can get us new stage curtains.
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930. Ooh.
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931. I need you guys to melt
their faces off with this.
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932. - Okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
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933. We gonna beat 'em down?
Oh, no.
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934. I want you to be savage.
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935. So let's go.
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936. Let's go!
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937. Sure. All right. Okay.
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938. Let's go. Come on. Come on, man.
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939. Take this sacred amulet
with you for your protection.
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940. You will need it one day
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941. before the end of your journey, young man.
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942. Scooch to the right a little.
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943. I'm on my mark, bro.
Scooch your fucking light.
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944. We can move the mark a little,
we can move the mark a little bit.
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945. We're gonna move the mark.
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946. Just a skosh.
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947. Dick.
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948. This headband is not Egyptian.
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949. It's clearly Phoenician.
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950. - Really?
- Yes.
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951. I'll talk to props. Thank you.
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952. Cucumbers? Eggplant?
Come on, Brent, I need six shooters.
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953. E, that's why it's funny.
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954. They're expecting to see six shooters.
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955. You pull out vegetables, it's a comedy!
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956. You'll need it before the journey's end.
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957. Let's be gone, young one.
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958. Oh, take this amulet, man.
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959. Wear this shit, it's gonna protect you.
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960. You gonna need it before
the end of the journey.
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961. Let's get the fuck outta here, let's go.
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962. Ah.
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963. Ah.
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964. - Oh!
- Motherfucker...
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965. Thank you.
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966. Well, uh,
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967. thanks for coming.
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968. You see the look on the one
with the hair like this?
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969. She was not having us.
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970. I think they cursed us.
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971. We don't really need
those curtains anyway.
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972. We sure worked hard for it though.
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973. Shut the fuck up.
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974. Can't believe that you picked that scene.
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975. But they loved it.
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976. Oh!
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977. Shit.
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978. This is good. This might work.
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979. Yo, how about this for you, man?
Here you go.
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980. Bam.
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981. What's up? You all right?
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982. Yeah.
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983. It's just...
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984. my slings and arrows on the inside
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985. and all this make-believe acting
and college degrees...
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986. It don't really change
the fact I'm a gangster
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987. and that's my destiny.
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988. That's what's waiting for me
on the outside, bro.
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989. It's like Hamlet.
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990. All he wants is Maid Marion,
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991. and he'll go against the whole Greek army.
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992. But to what end?
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993. What?
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994. Oh, shit. I'm sorry.
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995. I keep forgetting how different
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996. this version of Hamlet is
from the original.
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997. Yo. What I...
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998. what I do know, if I don't know anything,
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999. is you're an artist.
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1000. This is just bringing
out parts of yourself
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1001. that has been hidden,
you know, remained dormant.
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1002. Just go for it, trust it.
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1003. All right? Leave all
the other shit behind.
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1004. Go full out.
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1005. Try something new,
get into some shit like this.
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1006. No, I'm not gonna never
get into no shit like this.
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1007. Why the fuck you ain't gonna get in this?
This is fucking regal, it's a prince.
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1008. How about this? Look.
How about that with the towel?
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1009. - Nah, it's not my thing.
- All right, well, that's all right.
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1010. A towel? Come on, bro.
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1011. All right, well, how
about... I don't know.
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1012. Find something for me, man.
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1013. Something I could rock, man.
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1014. Yo. How about this? How about this? Look.
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1015. That's kind of funky.
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1016. I might could do something with that.
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1017. All right.
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1018. - I might could rock that.
- There you go. All right.
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1019. Either this or the towel, I think.
I think this towel might—
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1020. Come on, bro, why you keep
trying to put me in the towel?
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1021. I told you this right here, man.
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1022. Who next? Who next?
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1023. Wait, I thought
you were gonna do some shit next.
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1024. You gotta do that.
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1025. - Whoa.
- Oh!
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1026. That one, that one!
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1027. Lock it! Lock it! Lock it! Lock it!
Lock it! Ah!
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1028. Yeah!
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1029. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
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1030. Go, go, go, go.
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1031. Blaze, what about you?
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1032. There you go.
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1033. Whoa!
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1034. - Uh-oh!
- Uh-oh!
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1035. Go Brent. Go Brent.
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1036. No, man, I'm too white!
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1037. Go Brent, go Brent!
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1038. To be or not to be.
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1039. That is the question.
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1040. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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1041. the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune,
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1042. or to take arms against
the sea of troubles
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1043. and by opposing, end them.
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1044. To die.
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1045. To sleep.
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1046. And by asleep to say we end
the thousand natural heartaches
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1047. that flesh is heir to.
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1048. 'Tis a consummation devoutly wished.
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1049. To die.
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1050. To sleep.
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1051. To sleep,
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1052. perchance...
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1053. perchance...
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1054. Line?
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1055. Yo!
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1056. - The champ is here! The champ is here!
- Yeah!
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1057. Where Brent at?
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1058. Where Brent at?
Hey Brent, how'd I do, Brent?
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1059. - You did it!
- Ooh, wee!
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1060. Listen, I don't mean to
step on your toes or nothing,
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1061. but I know you haven't had time
to prepare for your parole board hearing.
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1062. - Mmm-hmm.
- So I took the liberty to, uh...
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1063. - Liberty?
- ... do some prep work.
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1064. Man, what I told you the last time
we talked about this shit?
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1065. Oh, come on, man.
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1066. All you gotta do is, like,
fill out the essay,
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1067. and I just need some
addresses that I don't have.
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1068. Listen, man, how you sitting up here
with all this faith in the system?
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1069. The system don't give a fuck about us.
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1070. The system that's trying
to keep you in here.
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1071. Even with all the evidence that you got
to prove your innocence.
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1072. What do I got bro? I got nothing.
They gonna slam me.
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1073. What you trying
to tell me? They got you?
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1074. - Who got me?
- Letting you think you belong in here.
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1075. - No, man.
- They got you.
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1076. Well, what I got out there?
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1077. All my people in here.
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1078. My son is in here, shit.
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1079. Sometimes I think this might be
the best place for me right now.
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1080. No, no. Don't say that shit.
Don't say that.
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1081. That's what they want you to think.
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1082. They want you to think you some
motherfucking lapdog or some shit,
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1083. when you're not that
and you know you're not that.
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1084. You know who you are?
You know who you are?
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1085. Let me remind you,
you're a motherfucking wolf.
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1086. All right?
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1087. A wolf.
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1088. Yo, listen man, I heard sometimes
you might not even get a decision.
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1089. You sitting on your bunk
waiting and waiting and shit.
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1090. Not the truth, not the truth.
What they give you is a letter.
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1091. Thick as a brick,
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1092. you keeping your ass here.
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1093. Light as a feather, you're free.
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1094. - Yeah?
- Yeah.
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1095. I do all that shit right there, man,
and it don't work?
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1096. You try again.
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1097. And again.
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1098. And again. And again.
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1099. - Yeah?
- Yeah.
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1100. Well, how long this essay gotta be?
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1101. That's my boy. That's my boy.
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1102. Come on.
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1103. They better let me out
off this bullshit too.
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1104. Come on. Come on.
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1105. I can't sleep.
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1106. It's too hot.
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1107. You're too hyped.
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1108. It's the play, man.
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1109. Shit is wild, right?
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1110. Yeah.
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1111. Space and time and histories.
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1112. I still haven't cracked
that whole time portal thing, but...
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1113. you know what's really fun though?
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1114. What?
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1115. Playing all those characters and names
in one piece, 'cause that's me, man.
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1116. That's my whole life.
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1117. It's like the name game thing.
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1118. You remember Role Call?
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1119. My name is...
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1120. Yeah,
but that's what all the girls did.
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1121. No, man, everybody did that.
Except for me.
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1122. - I couldn't do it.
- Why?
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1123. Name was too damn long.
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1124. Wait, wait, wait.
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1125. What's your whole name, man?
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1126. Come on, man,
my government name?
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1127. - Do I know your— Wait.
- Yeah.
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1128. How many... What?
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1129. My Christian name,
Miguel Francisco Benjamin Garcon.
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1130. Benjamin?
Is that like Arabic or something?
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1131. Benjamin.
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1132. Come on, man,
you don't know Spanish for shit.
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1133. I mean, we're islanders.
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1134. So I guess it could be anything.
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1135. But, you know, the only thing
I answered to growing up, though,
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1136. Miguelito.
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1137. That's what my grandmother called me.
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1138. "Miguelito."
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1139. She was my word and my God, man.
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1140. Miguelito. Mm-hmm.
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1141. You remember the clique
I came with, right?
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1142. There was two Mikes.
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1143. So they thought it was, like, Mike
and then I was Mike Mike.
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1144. But nah.
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1145. You know, G, that came
from outside, from before.
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1146. When I used to be high, high.
Copy !req
1147. They say, "Mike do his dope for Mike."
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1148. And then he always come right back again
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1149. and do more dope for Mike, so Mike Mike.
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1150. Yeah, man. That shit was so nice,
I had to do it twice.
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1151. Yeah.
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1152. And more.
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1153. And more.
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1154. Hoo.
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1155. I was fucked up.
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1156. I really did fuck up, man.
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1157. That was the one thing
that broke my grandma.
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1158. Drugs and me.
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1159. But that's me, man.
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1160. That's what I work on in here.
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1161. That's why I'm good in here.
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1162. I mean, I'm here...
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1163. and I'm good.
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1164. You know they called me...
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1165. a couple names in the neighborhood.
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1166. They called me Mix Machine.
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1167. - Yeah.
- My DJ name.
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1168. Yep.
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1169. And then they called me, uh...
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1170. you know, they call me Divine G in here,
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1171. but they called me Davey at home.
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1172. Davey.
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1173. Yeah, Davey,
when I was at the Fame school.
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1174. The High School of
Performing Arts in Manhattan.
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1175. - Ooh.
- For dancing.
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1176. You mean the Irene Cara thing?
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1177. So you was Leroy?
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1178. No, I wasn't Leroy,
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1179. but there were
a whole lot of Leroys there.
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1180. But let me tell you,
those Leroys could dance and fight.
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1181. - Okay?
- You danced?
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1182. Me and my boys. What?
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1183. - You danced too?
- Yeah, I danced.
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1184. - I danced modern and ballet.
- Hmm, tutus...
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1185. Ballet wasn't what you think it is, right?
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1186. - Ballet is like disciplined.
- The tutus and everything, right?
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1187. It is, um... It's physical.
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1188. It's strong. It's like
football, to be honest.
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1189. It takes a lot of focus and dedication.
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1190. Man, I used to love to do that.
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1191. But I couldn't because
I had to fight every day.
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1192. Once the fellas found out
in the neighborhood,
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1193. I'd be fighting every time
I went home, man.
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1194. "Yo,
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1195. you wear them tights.
Yo, faggot, whatever."
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1196. Like, everybody thinks something about you
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1197. just because you dance.
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1198. So I gave it up, man.
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1199. Man, the things you give up.
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1200. Yeah, I miss it.
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1201. Man... if I only stayed with it, man.
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1202. I ain't thinking about that, you know,
you can't look back.
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1203. What if I kept, what if I did?
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1204. Mike Mike?
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1205. Oh, man.
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1206. All right, I listen to
your bullshit stories
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1207. about being called Benjamin and whatnot.
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1208. Good night.
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1209. Yeah, I'm still here.
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1210. Where's the body?
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1211. I don't know,
they bagged it before my shift.
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1212. Didn't have much property so...
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1213. Well,
don't be late for lunch.
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1214. I ain't gonna wait on you all day.
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1215. Yeah, I know.
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1216. I could understand a person hanging up.
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1217. I could even understand
a person getting stabbed.
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1218. But a brain aneurysm?
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1219. I don't get it.
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1220. You know, when they called me
down to the chapel
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1221. and let me know my mom had passed,
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1222. I sat in the audience
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1223. while RTA was putting on a show.
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1224. Mike Mike was on stage, you know,
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1225. every performance after that,
I came down and watched him.
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1226. Mike Mike brought me in.
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1227. I guess Mike Mike's gonna
finally visit the Island.
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1228. Is there anything
you need to talk about, bro?
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1229. Everything that needed to be
said got said, right?
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1230. I'm only asking,
bro, because you ain't having much to say
Copy !req
1231. - when we was in the circle.
- What's that supposed to mean?
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1232. G, I don't mean no disrespect or nothing.
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1233. I'm always here for you,
if you ever need me.
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1234. I got a dozen letters to
write to his family tonight.
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1235. What I need to do right now
is finish with these chairs.
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1236. All right, man, listen, my bad. Peace.
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1237. Ahoy, mateys!
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1238. I think I spy a ship on the horizon.
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1239. Nah, that's not a ship.
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1240. It's a sailboat.
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1241. No, no, no, Mom.
That's not what I'm saying.
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1242. But you just have to tell them
they can't talk to you like that.
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1243. That's all I'm trying to say.
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1244. Well, if you're not gonna do anything about
it then I don't even know why we're...
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1245. I don't know why we're talking
about it then, all right?
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1246. Just let them run over you then.
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1247. Oh, man. Ma, I'm sorry.
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1248. No, no, I'm not nervous.
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1249. I'm just ready for it to be done.
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1250. I'm just, you know, just waiting.
Copy !req
1251. I'm just ready to see you, Mom.
Copy !req
1252. I'm afraid to see you.
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1253. Mr. Whitfield.
This is a clemency hearing
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1254. for your conviction of
murder in the second
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1255. as well as weapons possession.
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1256. Two counts on each, 25 to life.
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1257. Two to seven, and five to 15 respectively.
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1258. That is correct.
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1259. Okay.
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1260. I will note at the outset
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1261. that we were able to acquire
the sentencing minutes
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1262. and they will be considered
as well as your parole packet.
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1263. Yes.
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1264. But we're talking about
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1265. the March 25th, 1988 homicide
of Randall Birch.
Copy !req
1266. He had been shot many times
in the head and body, correct?
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1267. As far as I understand.
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1268. And in terms of this offense,
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1269. - you have exhausted your appeals.
- Yes.
Copy !req
1270. You had
the Innocence Project look at it.
Copy !req
1271. Legal Aid. You hired an investigator.
Copy !req
1272. Apparently you've raised
other issues of, um,
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1273. prosecutorial and police
department misconduct.
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1274. And there were some other
exculpatory statements
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1275. made by another person
Copy !req
1276. that were never given
to you for your trial.
Copy !req
1277. Another man confessed
to the crime on that tape,
Copy !req
1278. but it was buried along
with other key evidence.
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1279. Yes, and that's part of the issue.
Copy !req
1280. It's been next to impossible
for us to authenticate the validity.
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1281. The person who made it is deceased,
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1282. and we can't get the DA's office
to return our calls.
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1283. I don't know how— What I can...
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1284. You
understand that this creates
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1285. a complicated legal issue, don't you?
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1286. - Yes. But I...
- Since you've been in custody,
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1287. you've been involved in numerous programs.
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1288. It's too long a list for me to go through.
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1289. But I do have a question
about the theater program.
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1290. You've been involved in that
many years, have you not?
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1291. Yes. Uh, yes, ma'am.
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1292. I am a founding member of this program.
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1293. It's something I'm very proud of.
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1294. And what part
do you play in this program?
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1295. Actor? Director?
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1296. Well, we all do a few things.
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1297. I'm on what is called
the Steering Committee.
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1298. We make a lot of decisions
for how it operates, and...
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1299. from time to time,
I do act, like we all do,
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1300. and um... it's been a program
that was established
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1301. to help the population
with management skills.
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1302. And it's turned into something
a bit more, I don't know,
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1303. wonderful, because it helps people
get more in touch with their feelings
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1304. and able to process
and actually move through
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1305. and truly get some rehabilitation.
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1306. So are you acting at all
during this interview?
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1307. Absolutely not. Uh...
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1308. I truly hope that you can understand
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1309. that I've been very sincere.
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1310. I know how meaningful this is.
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1311. I would never...
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1312. Actually, that's not
the intention of acting.
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1313. Acting is just to, you know, process.
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1314. I read about the program.
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1315. It's a good program.
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1316. Okay.
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1317. Any other questions from the board?
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1318. Well, thank you, Mr. Whitfield.
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1319. We'll take all of this into account
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1320. and deliver our decision in two weeks.
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1321. You're going home.
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1322. Yeah.
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1323. I can hardly believe it.
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1324. It don't even seem real.
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1325. What about you?
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1326. I wouldn't even be here
without you, beloved.
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1327. Thank you for everything.
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1328. C'mon, they're waiting for you.
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1329. The tree costume is great.
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1330. This looks perfect,
don't lose any of those.
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1331. Reach for the sky, Marshall.
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1332. You look just like Gary Cooper,
you know that?
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1333. - My lady!
- Hey!
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1334. You've arrived!
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1335. - So good to have you here.
- Oh, it's so good to see you.
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1336. - We'll talk later.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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1337. We got it.
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1338. Ah!
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1339. I told you I was no ghoul.
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1340. I'm happy as the Gravedigger now.
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1341. Thank you.
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1342. Fifteen years since I put on a suit.
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1343. And you look good champ
but can I get this mirror?
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1344. Take this sacred amulet and wear it.
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1345. You will need it before
your journey's end.
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1346. Well, we made it.
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1347. Still a lot more work to do.
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1348. Dress rehearsal, this is when
you guys get to grow.
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1349. It's when the director kind of lets go
and lets you guys take over.
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1350. So don't be afraid to try things.
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1351. No acting allowed.
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1352. A lot of listening,
let's listen to each other.
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1353. Let's support each other.
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1354. I want to thank you guys
for trusting the process.
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1355. I know we're thinking
about Mike Mike right now.
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1356. And I want you to know,
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1357. I got a feeling
Mike Mike has not left the building.
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1358. So we're gonna do this for Mike Mike.
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1359. Let's go, man.
Bring it on in here.
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1360. - Bring it in.
- Everybody.
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1361. - All right. Yep. Yep.
- We got it?
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1362. One, two, three.
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1363. RTA!
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1364. - Yeah. Yeah.
- Whoo!
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1365. I am Alotincommon.
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1366. I am the high priest of Egypt
from the year...
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1367. Hell, it was a long time ago.
Copy !req
1368. Sweet Egyptian Princess Neotali
Copy !req
1369. has been the victim of a murder...
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1370. a crime most foul.
Copy !req
1371. She was a good mummy
to her little one she named Leslie.
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1372. Mummy?
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1373. Mummy? Is that you?
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1374. Oh, Mummy, I miss you so.
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1375. Now I am a prisoner.
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1376. Yes.
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1377. Now I feel the galling weight
of these disgraceful chains.
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1378. And so
the young lovers set out
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1379. on their journey seeking
something black and white,
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1380. above water and sky.
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1381. Oy!
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1382. I think I found
her here, guv'nor.
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1383. What a pretty mess she turned out to be.
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1384. Wait.
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1385. Keep this with you always.
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1386. Keep it near to your heart,
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1387. so that you'll always remember me.
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1388. Yo, these are mine.
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1389. My bad.
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1390. Zakariedies's got me locked
into a 25 year no-pay contract.
Copy !req
1391. If I don't do what he says
and be his number one gladiator,
Copy !req
1392. he's gonna kill my wife and daughters,
Copy !req
1393. and feed me to the lions.
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1394. Line?
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1395. "We sure could have used you
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1396. for some serious backup."
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1397. Why, we sure could use
you for some serious backup.
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1398. Yeah, we sure coulda used
you for some serious backup.
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1399. And then I say...
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1400. Never fear! Gladiator Goliathan is here.
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1401. I'll smash 'em and bash 'em,
whether short or tall.
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1402. Got it?
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1403. And then I come out and
say the most profound line.
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1404. If you help me escape, consider it done.
Copy !req
1405. And remember, everybody,
say it like it's really funny,
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1406. 'cause it's a comedy.
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1407. Ha, ha, ha. It's a fucking comedy, yeah.
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1408. Uh.
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1409. Okay, men.
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1410. - Let's take five.
- Why?
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1411. Why, Brent?
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1412. Like it's gonna fucking matter?
Like we're gonna get any fucking better?
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1413. Like he's gonna remember
any fucking line he has?
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1414. You tell us to trust
the fucking process, right?
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1415. Well, the process is fucked!
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1416. I think we need more than five, Brent,
for him to learn his fucking lines.
Copy !req
1417. - Hey, c'mon, brother. Let's take a walk.
- Yo, get the fuck off of me.
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1418. The fuck you gonna do?
You gonna step? You wanna step?
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1419. Yeah?
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1420. What the fuck are you wearing, man?
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1421. What the fuck are we doing?
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1422. This silly bullshit we do
every fucking six months,
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1423. as if it fucking matters, man.
And we're still fucked.
Copy !req
1424. We're still right back
where we fucking start.
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1425. Are you done?
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1426. No.
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1427. I'm not done.
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1428. Isn't that fucking hilarious?
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1429. Yo, this is gonna set
us back for how long now?
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1430. He walked away.
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1431. He just walked away.
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1432. You can't do that.
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1433. We're all going through stuff.
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1434. This is about acting professionally.
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1435. We're in the middle of a production.
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1436. We all have breaking points.
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1437. Listen, we all understand breaking points.
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1438. We've all been through
our own breaking points,
Copy !req
1439. yet we show up
and we do what we have to do.
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1440. You have to.
Copy !req
1441. So I want you to
picture in your mind's eye
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1442. a very dear and old friend
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1443. that you haven't seen
for a very long time,
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1444. but you'd love to see him again.
Copy !req
1445. So what does that look like?
Copy !req
1446. And what does he look like?
Copy !req
1447. Is he taller now or shorter?
Copy !req
1448. Has he still got the same haircut?
Copy !req
1449. Maybe he needs a shave.
Copy !req
1450. Maybe he looks a little bit different,
a little bit older.
Copy !req
1451. We're all getting older.
Copy !req
1452. Have that brotherly feeling
of love and safeness.
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1453. What would that be like?
Copy !req
1454. Should be joyful.
Copy !req
1455. Should be wonderful.
Copy !req
1456. You know?
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1457. Just to be with that person one more time.
Copy !req
1458. You can open your eyes now.
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1459. Was it me?
Copy !req
1460. Oh, what's good, boys?
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1461. Oh, man, it's good to see y'all.
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1462. Yo, good to see you, man.
Copy !req
1463. Dapper Dapper, you still here, bro?
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1464. Tell us
what's going on outside, man.
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1465. Oh, man.
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1466. The world, man.
Copy !req
1467. I get up, 4:30, I'm in that bakery, man.
Copy !req
1468. Pumping out donuts, cheesecake. Grinding.
Copy !req
1469. But, man, I take so much joy
in just being out at night,
Copy !req
1470. you know what I'm saying?
Like, it's summertime,
Copy !req
1471. ten o'clock at night,
you know what I mean?
Copy !req
1472. You go to the basket
and still seeing kids out there.
Copy !req
1473. Remember how we used
to play ball at night?
Copy !req
1474. Like, you go to the schoolyard
or wherever at night
Copy !req
1475. and play ball and whatnot.
Copy !req
1476. Bam, I just walk past. See the...
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1477. Oh, man, you know.
Copy !req
1478. But then my greatest joy,
my greatest joy, right?
Copy !req
1479. It's washing my car,
going to the car wash,
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1480. getting that baby spit fine clean,
Copy !req
1481. finding me a destination.
Copy !req
1482. Go grab my dog,
put my road dog on the side,
Copy !req
1483. throw my jazz on, hit the road at 60,
Copy !req
1484. throw that cruise on
and let everything else go.
Copy !req
1485. I got up the other day, man,
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1486. at two o'clock in the morning
and made some pancakes
Copy !req
1487. and grits and shit just because I could.
Copy !req
1488. That feel good as hell.
Copy !req
1489. On another note though, right?
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1490. I just had to put my dog down.
Copy !req
1491. Hey.
Copy !req
1492. I had a 85 pound red nose
pit bull named Girly.
Copy !req
1493. That bitch, all she wanted to do,
Copy !req
1494. she thought she was a lap dog.
Copy !req
1495. She just wanna lay in your lap
and eat Scooby snacks.
Copy !req
1496. You know what I'm saying?
She just wanna play.
Copy !req
1497. But, um, she was sick and I didn't know.
Copy !req
1498. And so,
Copy !req
1499. her nose started bleeding.
Copy !req
1500. She was...
She was the only one
Copy !req
1501. that was really happy to see me
Copy !req
1502. when I walked through the door.
Copy !req
1503. You know what I mean? She, uh...
Copy !req
1504. She looked— The day that
we had to put her down,
Copy !req
1505. I couldn't really... I couldn't go.
Copy !req
1506. 'Cause I'm not gonna watch
nobody walk my dog off.
Copy !req
1507. She was suffering, she was suffering.
Copy !req
1508. This emotional roller coaster, man,
is really...
Copy !req
1509. it's really something else.
And it don't hit you at first
Copy !req
1510. 'cause everything is...
Everything is lovely.
Copy !req
1511. You know what I mean?
It's cotton candy, baby.
Copy !req
1512. You know, peaches and cream.
Copy !req
1513. First years out, you get...
Copy !req
1514. It's exciting getting to know them.
Copy !req
1515. But then, you know, you settle down.
Copy !req
1516. You find out you got these feelings, man.
Copy !req
1517. And everybody want a piece
of your feelings, you know?
Copy !req
1518. And because you care, you open up.
Copy !req
1519. And that's when the hurting
come on in, you know.
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1520. But, uh, yeah,
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1521. Brent asked me to come in
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1522. 'cause y'all got this production coming up
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1523. and here I am with all this heavy shit
Copy !req
1524. sucking the air out of the room, right?
Copy !req
1525. - Oh, man. But listen...
- It's all right.
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1526. It's real.
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1527. Yeah.
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1528. I appreciate that, man.
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1529. So on that vein, yo...
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1530. But you think maybe like
we could do a exercise
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1531. or something so I could be
reinvigorated, re-energized?
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1532. Definitely, man, let's get up on our feet.
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1533. This ain't no goddamn
sewing circle, come on.
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1534. Yeah, that's
what I'm talking about.
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1535. So let's shake up
this space for brother Charlie.
Copy !req
1536. Let's walk around, let's walk around here.
Copy !req
1537. Let's walk it out...
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1538. What it's like when the air
is really heavy and hot?
Copy !req
1539. You know, I was artistic
as a kid, you know.
Copy !req
1540. Used to draw, paint...
Copy !req
1541. like those little geese right there
and everything.
Copy !req
1542. Man.
Copy !req
1543. That was dope.
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1544. Yeah, man.
Copy !req
1545. Mom used to try to tell me to paint a lot
Copy !req
1546. and I skipped over that.
Copy !req
1547. You know where that landed me, so...
Copy !req
1548. I got a label.
Copy !req
1549. Everybody perceived me to be
a thug, a gangster, whatever.
Copy !req
1550. And that kind of like put me in a box.
Copy !req
1551. And you don't have a box.
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1552. Everywhere I saw you at in the jail,
Copy !req
1553. you always was Divine G
Copy !req
1554. and you was free to be that
Copy !req
1555. because you didn't have a label.
Copy !req
1556. And I see that you need help, bro.
Copy !req
1557. But you won't ask for it.
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1558. You got all of us here, man.
We love you, bro.
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1559. We gonna do anything we can for you.
Copy !req
1560. But you refuse to extend
your hand to ask for help, bro.
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1561. As many brothers as you helped in here.
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1562. I fucked up.
Copy !req
1563. Yeah, you did, you fucked up.
Copy !req
1564. But, you know, we all know you,
we all love you and we took a vote.
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1565. Yeah, everybody's willing
to take you back right now
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1566. under one condition.
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1567. What is that?
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1568. Well...
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1569. you gotta—
you gotta admit wholeheartedly,
Copy !req
1570. possibly even in writing,
Copy !req
1571. that I murdered that Hamlet scene, bro.
Copy !req
1572. I mean, listen, man,
Copy !req
1573. the dude Shakespeare is
in his grave right now.
Copy !req
1574. He rolled over just to hear that magic
I put on that thing, man.
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1575. You did your thing, beloved.
Copy !req
1576. Yes, I did, beloved.
Copy !req
1577. Everybody, let's just
take a cleansing deep breath.
Copy !req
1578. Just let it all go.
Copy !req
1579. Who would have thunk,
Copy !req
1580. that the beginning of
the healing for this planet
Copy !req
1581. would start right here
behind the walls of Sing Sing.
Copy !req
1582. Anybody else have anything
they want to add right now?
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1583. Yes, sir.
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1584. Sometimes it's just all
a little too much on the heart.
Copy !req
1585. But that's no excuse.
Copy !req
1586. And I hope that you could forgive me.
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1587. - Bring it in, RTA. Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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1588. Gimme those hands.
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1589. - All right, all right.
- All right?
Copy !req
1590. One, two, three.
Copy !req
1591. RTA!
Copy !req
1592. Yo, B block, they was loving it.
Copy !req
1593. Yeah, see, the comedy...
Copy !req
1594. Comedies are different, man.
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1595. - Yeah.
- That was a little hard
Copy !req
1596. but it was— it's different.
It had a different hit.
Copy !req
1597. And Carmine, yo, he came around
Copy !req
1598. - in that Gravedigger, didn't he?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1599. - He definitely did.
- Yeah!
Copy !req
1600. You're right about that.
Copy !req
1601. Carmine did, Blackseed, Winter, Tye.
Copy !req
1602. All of them did their thing.
Copy !req
1603. The cast stepped up.
Copy !req
1604. Yeah, the cast definitely stepped up.
Copy !req
1605. And I still don't understand time travel.
Copy !req
1606. - We did all that, still don't understand.
- I don't think we'll ever understand.
Copy !req
1607. - From pirates and—
- I don't know how...
Copy !req
1608. - Yeah.
- ... it got from Robin Hood to pirates
Copy !req
1609. and then all over the place.
Copy !req
1610. All over the place.
That's the craziest thing.
Copy !req
1611. We were all over the place
Copy !req
1612. and the population was
still able to follow it.
Copy !req
1613. They enjoyed it.
Copy !req
1614. - They got all that in there.
- Right.
Copy !req
1615. Shakespeare.
Copy !req
1616. But, fellas,
what are we gonna do next?
Copy !req
1617. It's too hard to top.
Copy !req
1618. - What do you think, Dap?
- Yeah, it's hard to top,
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1619. I don't know, man.
Copy !req
1620. Divine, what you got for us?
Copy !req
1621. You always keep something in the stash.
Copy !req
1622. What you got for us, Divine G?
Copy !req
1623. Shit, what I got for you...
I don't know, I ain't got nothing.
Copy !req
1624. I know you keep
something in the stash.
Copy !req
1625. You always
working on something, man.
Copy !req
1626. How about my play, Fine Print?
Copy !req
1627. Wait, but it's a little lost
in the second act.
Copy !req
1628. But maybe I could...
Copy !req
1629. Come on, you got something else.
Copy !req
1630. Wait, all right, how about...
Copy !req
1631. Man, I've been working on
this play for a couple years.
Copy !req
1632. Maybe it might work.
Copy !req
1633. It's called Pro Se.
Copy !req
1634. Now that's gonna
appeal to the population.
Copy !req
1635. It's a satire, man.
Copy !req
1636. It's about this dude who's been
like working out, you know?
Copy !req
1637. Just hitting the gym...
Copy !req
1638. Come on.
Copy !req
1639. Come on, man.
Copy !req
1640. All right,
all right, we here, man.
Copy !req
1641. We out here now.
Copy !req
1642. - Yeah.
- We out here now.
Copy !req
1643. - Yeah. We out here now.
- We out here now.
Copy !req
1644. And we got work to do.
Copy !req
1645. What's up? How you like my joint?
Copy !req
1646. Ah, man.
Copy !req
1647. - Yeah, man, yeah.
- Yeah, it's good.
Copy !req
1648. We out here.
Copy !req
1649. Yeah, oh, man.
Copy !req
1650. We're cruising now.
Copy !req
1651. Oh, man, the air feels different out here.
Copy !req
1652. It is different.
Copy !req
1653. We ain't gotta smell no toilets
or nothing out here. Man, we good.
Copy !req
1654. What you wearing? Look at those.
Copy !req
1655. Hey, where you gonna get you some?
Copy !req
1656. Man. Man.
Copy !req
1657. Yeah.
Copy !req
1658. I introduce to you
Copy !req
1659. Breakin' the Mummy's Code by Brent Buell.
Copy !req
1660. Mummy. Mummy.
Copy !req
1661. Is that you?
Copy !req
1662. Now indeed I am a prisoner.
Copy !req
1663. Yes.
Copy !req
1664. Now I feel the galling weight
of these disgraceful chains!
Copy !req
1665. I don't wanna be all mean
and tough no more.
Copy !req
1666. You know,
I'm really tired of this
Copy !req
1667. really miserable profession.
Copy !req
1668. I want to be gentle and kind.
Copy !req
1669. Really?
Copy !req
1670. Me too.
Copy !req
1671. Keep this near to your heart
so that you will remember me.
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1672. Always.
Copy !req
1673. Let's go, Horatio!
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