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another relative who doesn't with
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me because of entitlement issues is my
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cousin Michael Jr a rapper who goes by
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the name 25 Michael's problem is that he
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always looked to me to make his career
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happen instead of making it happen for
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himself he feels like I haven't
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supported his dream enough and we barely
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speak anymore because of
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that Michael has resented me since he
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was in high school in Queens one day he
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told me some kids were messing with him
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oh word I replied yeah you know he said
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and then moved on he didn't speak on the
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issue again so I let it go a few months
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later someone told me Michael was
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running around with a rag in his pocket
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he joined the Bloods gang I told his
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mother my aunt jaline and the two of us
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had a conversation with him in which we
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tried to steer him away from that
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affiliation instead of taking our
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warnings to Heart Michael lashed out at
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me remember when I told you I had a
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problem at school he asked me angrily
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well you never came and help me but they
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did I couldn't believe it Michael it
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wasn't my job to come to your school to
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handle your beef I told him if anything
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having me short would have put a bigger
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Target on your back you could have
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handled that for yourself if you think
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being a blood is going to make things
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better you got another thing coming
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let's see how that works out for you
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Michael wouldn't listen to us he even
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got mad at his mother claiming she loved
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me better than him his rationale was
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that she become attached to me when she
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used to babysit me as a child and never
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developed the same affection for him it
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was ridiculous here she was begging him
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to change his ways and he was telling
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her she didn't care about him another
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example of how the crazy ideas you get
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in your head as a kid can really stagger
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you as an adult if you don't change how
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think Michael began to embrace the
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Persona of a gang member he would really
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pour it on in his music when I rapped I
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would talk about Street situations but
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only ones i' had experienced or observed
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firsthand Michael was just making stuff
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up it was a dangerous game to play
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I didn't like the direction he was
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headed in so I didn't help him the way
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he had anticipated instead of accepting
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that rapping might not be for him he
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kept looking for a record deal that
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search led him to the offices of Jimmy
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henchman Jimmy's in jail now locked up
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for life on a murder charge but at the
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time he was a fierce enemy his office
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was absolutely the worst place in the
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world Michael could have been not being
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a real Street dude Michael was blind to
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the danger he walked into he was in the
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mouth of a lying and couldn't even feel
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the fangs hovering right over his neck
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say you're 50's cousin right Jimmy asked
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nonchalantly at one point when's the
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last time you guys spoke thankfully
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Michael kept it real with him honestly I
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don't really with 50 like that
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Michael replied I see him at
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Thanksgiving and whatnot but that's
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about it he was oblivious to it but it
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was the only correct answer he could
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have given there were serious people in
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the room that would have hurt him badly
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if he would have said anything that
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would have made it seem like we were
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Michael hasn't been able to create any
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Buzz for himself as a rapper but he
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could never look in the mirror and admit
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that it just wasn't the right calling
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for it sometimes he says he can't get
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ahead because people resent him for
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being my cousin other times he'll say
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his lack of success is due to my lack of
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support whatever Theory he's running
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with it never has anything to do with
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his lack of hustle ambition or Talent
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someone else is always to
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blame when did I become
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responsible when you pray for Success
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you don't add an extra little prayer
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asking for jealousy or entitlement but
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when the success does come jealousy envy
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and entitlement often still turn up as
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byproducts when you reach the level I
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have people will always feel like you
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owe them if you buy them a car they'll
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take the keys from you but they might
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also say that was cool but damn you
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could have bought me a house when I hear
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that my reaction is wait a minute when
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did I become responsible for your entire
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life I never agreed to that and why did
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you expect it someone can say 50 was my
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man I held him down but when you hold
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that statement up to the light what does
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it really mean you didn't get into any
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altercations when people were out to get
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me you didn't bring me any new business
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deals you didn't write the hook for my
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new song so what exactly did you do
