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Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory Jr. On Playing His Father in 50 Cent’s BMF Series on Starz
Nov 21, 2021
With the series finale airing on Sunday, Demetrius Flenory Jr talks portraying his father in the new series BMF with Sway In The Morning. Lil Meech spoke about what it meant for his family for him to be the one. And what to expect from 50 Cent’s hit series season finale.
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ladies and gentlemen online with us
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right now we got demetrius fleenery
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junior on the line yo what up what up
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what up
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what up it's probably suede good morning
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man how y'all doing doing well man great
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happy to have you
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the guy had to be with me too
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what's up
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it's a pleasure to be here man i just
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woke up in new york it's a good day
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oh
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okay you're out here okay hey dee what
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do what what do you feel most
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comfortable people call you
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uh meech little meats whatever y'all
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want you know
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okay uh all right okay little beach man
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i'll call you little meech man um
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welcome to the show bro i i feel like
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you know i feel like uh somehow i feel
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like i know you already
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i know we haven't met in person i don't
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believe so
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um but man i want to say congratulations
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to you man you
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you really stepped into that role and
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knocked it out of the park
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um i i don't i i can only imagine it
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must have been a lot of pressure on you
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because the story is so grand
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um
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was it a lot of pressure on you when you
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took on this role
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man hell yeah it was more than a lot of
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pressure you know i always say this was
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like lack of death for me because i had
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to you know 50 obviously you know he was
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genuine enough and and real enough to
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take me from
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school into acting class and putting me
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acting when i had no idea of ever acting
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you know even when my dad told me that
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50 was going to do the tv series
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i didn't know that i was going to be
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trying to play him you know it was just
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damn 50 doing a show about my dad then
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when i met 50 it was like nah [ __ ] i
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want you to play your daddy like i want
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you i want to put you in acting classes
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so you can get ready to play your dad
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you know because i know you can do it
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that's how he telling me so
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i always say his life to death because
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when i got the opportunity
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you know obviously i didn't know nothing
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about acting it was my first time
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jumping into it but i didn't want to you
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know get the chance and fail and watch
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somebody else play my dad you know that
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would be the worst feeling in the world
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so that's why i shared with life to
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death because
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you know even though it was hard i put
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blood sweat and fear into it because i
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know the outcome i know this was a
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once-in-a-lifetime once-in-a-lifetime
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opportunity you know and i couldn't let
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it just crashing but i had to put in 100
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work you know 100 blood sweat and tears
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and really understand the foundation of
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acting and being an actor before i can
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just fall into the role of my father
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because you know acting we look at it
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just watching tv and movies we don't
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understand what actor actress has to go
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through to what we see
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so it was different from me
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you know watching movies and tv shows
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and then my dad used to watch all the
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movies we did all the italian marketing
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movies together but it's different now
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just you know being an actor and seeing
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how they actually got to get to what we
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see you know
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yeah that's hey meet what's up it's
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heather again thank you so much for
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joining us on the show today i'm a big
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advocate for people taking classes um i
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love it i love when people feel like
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they're never too smart you know not to
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learn and keep learning um but i also
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know from taking acting classes myself
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that it is a huge commitment like you
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they're throwing so much at you you
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learn so many different tips you realize
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it's like oh wow oh my gosh i didn't
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know that okay that makes sense at any
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point were you taking classes like did a
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light bulb just go off in your head when
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you finally felt like you know what i'm
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ready i'm gonna be able to do this
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i literally feel like everything you
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just said was 100 correct and i'm going
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to tell you because when i came into
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acting classes literally i was like they
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used to call me like my acting teachers
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to call me a wall because any actor like
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like even though girls are more
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emotional than guys as guys and as
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humans we already talked to hide our
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feelings you know like our dads or mom
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tell us not to cry you know only girls
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cry so it was different from me going to
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class to my teacher telling me imagine
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my mom and dad in the casket in front of
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me and they got to watch my mom
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they got to watch me for 10 minutes or
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15 minutes and something got to happen
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in my face like they got to see
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something happening or they could tell
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that i still got that wall up and i
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ain't trying to be emotional because
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being an actor you have to have your
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emotions you have to wear your emotion
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on your sleeve you have to be able to be
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willing to be happy sad mad cry with you
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whenever they want you to you know so it
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was different because i feel like acting
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made me realize
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you know who i really was and it made me
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realize what i really want to do in life
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because
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obviously i didn't want to
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show my emotions you know just being the
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type of man i am being whose son i am
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but it's different realizing what an
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actor has to do into into you know doing
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the scene and and seeing where you have
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to go and once i realized that and once
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i really overcame that fear i feel like
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and realize what i really had to do to
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get to where i needed to be that's when
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my eyes opened up and i knew i got it
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because my teachers at 50 50 was always
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in my corner always telling me listen
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you got it all you gotta do is
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focus you know put your phone down and
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just focus and tune into this for real
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because like like you know like i told
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you i was once a lifetime opportunity so
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for me it was different
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me coming into it and and taking over i
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did i mean 90 of the show so i got to be
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in every single scene
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and do my all you know
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so i had 50 in my corner but it was also
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just
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like just really me i had to really sit
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down and
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and really put my mind towards it
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and you know and figure out what i had
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to do because i couldn't do it on my own
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you know right
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yeah yeah you know i couldn't have
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somebody help me do it i had to do it on
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my own that's something to say
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you you do an excellent job uh give that
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man a round of applause because i know
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your dad
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and it's
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it's like watching
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him during those times and uh and you
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know it's uh 50 let's talk about 50
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because you mentioned him a lot and it
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is
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it's obvious that um um you know he was
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obviously the inspiration behind you
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taking acting classes moving to l.a i'm
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sure that was culture shock you had to
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go to
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l.a hey what was that like being in l.a
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i'm born and raised in miami so it was
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totally different lifestyle literally
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like i woke up from
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you know being in miami having all my
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friends and i had just graduated from
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high school so i was on a i was
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literally going to unlv in vegas but i
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was coming home a lot because i didn't
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really like school that much so it was
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like
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one
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you know
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and my whole life was different because
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i had to my classes wasn't just like one
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class a week where i had five six
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classes a week two times a day sometime
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i literally had to be home like
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just for a couple hours to study and get
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right back up and go to my two acting
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classes like i had two different acting
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teachers two different classes that had
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to be in you know so it was different
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like a whole different life like you
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know so and i really
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my dad didn't understand
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if i was really taking it serious or not
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you know because he in jail so i'm just
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talking to him over the phone but him
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getting to see me on screen it just i
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feel like that you know just nutty his
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heart like i can hear him on the phone
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now he sounds different now just i'm
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talking to him now like yeah he's
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getting to see it and and feeling it you
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know because i was different he he
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talked me on the phone before i just be
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telling him what's going on but now he
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actually get to see it and see for
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himself you know that's priceless
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did he tell you he was proud of you
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man he said he said that too many times
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he don't even say that no more he's just
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like man
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i hope you got me when i get out
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[Laughter]
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big meats need little meats to put them
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on i love that man hey man circle of
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life that's just
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like
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um
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how's your mom man how what did your mom
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think of it think of all of this
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man my mom just you know
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she's always been the same like you know
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nobody really knows who my mom is but
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she never really wanted no spotlight you
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know but my mom always was the one that
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that raised me literally
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you know like
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she was my mom and dad when my dad
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couldn't be there and she was she's
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literally just my backbone like she
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supported me with everything i want to
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do in life i'm here what it is she just
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want it to be good they want me to be
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good at it you know so when i started
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doing activities she was wanting to make
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sure that i was taking serious because
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she knew how serious she was but once
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she really seen it came on set and
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seeing me
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support and see how serious i was and i
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take i was taking it seriously she
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literally couldn't stop crying like she
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was on set watching me for hours just
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crying just couldn't couldn't believe
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you know
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you know being my mom i just i i show my
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mom and tell my mom everything just
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because mom don't you understand
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something so it was different
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because like but she was doing that like
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my dad you know so it was just different
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it's a different type of proud i guess
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years of me now
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yeah man uh uh citizens i'm opening up
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these phone lines because i want to say
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congratulations again uh we got the only
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one and only demetrius little mitch
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fluently junior on the line
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um
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50 cent
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uh
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obviously a wealth of knowledge and
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experience uh this man has
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wha what is your relationship with him
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like offset
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well man that's my big brother literally
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my mentor like he talked to me and calls
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me throughout the day throughout the
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week like just to make sure i'm good you
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know no business stuff just to make sure
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that i'm good mentally and he just
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always trying to make sure that if
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anything he could help me with you know
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he there like so it's a different type
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of love i got 50 because my dad looked
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after so many people but and none of the
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people are monitored 10 percent of what
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50 did and physio know my dad from a can
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of pink it's so dream when the type of
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person he wanted to help him and wanted
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to help me so you know it's the type of
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love me and my dad got prepared because
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we seen
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exactly how gene
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was brought
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so about him he wanted to do all he
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wanted he wanted to make sure my dad was
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proud my friend was proud crying
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everything got told correctly
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yes ain't that interesting hp
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yeah i love it because it has to be i
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think too when you take it on something
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like that it has to be a
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like a certain amount of authenticity
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even though you know it's entertainment
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and it's it's film it's television it's
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a series you want that authenticity
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there and and and to me it would seem
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like well wow if we do if we're doing a
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story about someone and they have living
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relatives
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get the family involved um so it seemed
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like an obvious fit but when i think you
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share your story about how you got there
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um i i i'm you know i just want to tell
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you i think that's inspirational in
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itself and i wouldn't be surprised later
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on you know if you you you sharing your
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story and telling kids and and showing
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kids what to do you know in a situation
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where not physically having a father in
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the home you know for so many years i
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just think like what you've been able to
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do is inspirational i really do so you
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know we've been saying congratulations
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to you but i think it's even bigger than
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that i think you've you've shown that
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your inspiration as well putting that
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work in and getting it done
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thank you so much i appreciate that
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absolutely you spit bars too huh
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you know honestly i used to that's that
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was that's what i was trying to find
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myself man i was rapping
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i'd never rap again never get in the
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studio again
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don't do that man don't do that do that
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okay yeah cause i heard some of them
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early joints too but uh okay so you will
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never jump in the studio again huh man
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that was just for fun this way like that
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was just me trying to find my lane you
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know but once i started acting i mean i
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never do nothing else with that you know
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that's what about the bug
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you know
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got the bug man i think this is great
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man i got a lot of callers who want to
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talk with you oh dope uh
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let's go key is on the line from
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california what up to you kia kia
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oh good morning good morning can you
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guys hear me
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my gosh i can't believe i got through
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our listening every morning um just want
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to say good morning little meech i love
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watching you on bms i really did not
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know too much about this story your
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family story until i started watching it
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and i watch it with my family my
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step-dad he watches it he loves it and i
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guess my question for you is um
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following in your father's footsteps
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like just portraying him
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on tv to you know us stars and stuff do
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you feel like you have to leave a legacy
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behind kind of like how your father and
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your uncle left
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um like bms behind you feel like you
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have to continue
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what was kind of started and maybe
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change
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some things or like
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yeah that's my question for you i feel
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like i feel like i have because my dad
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always wanted his story to be told but
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the right way like he wanted his origin
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story he wanted people to know how he
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grew up and what made him do what he did
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to become what he is today you know
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right now you can't find that you know
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talk about bits and pieces of his life
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but this is is my chance to show y'all
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in the world like who he really was as a
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person how he started off as a boy and
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made the steps and the choices to the
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to before he put on to become as a man
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you know and y'all get to watch that in
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on the series you know close to each
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episode so that's really what my dad
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always wanted people to know and want
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people to see you know about his real
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life so this is now my chance you know
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to show y'all how he really is and who
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he really was
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that's what's up man continuing the
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family legacy hey man
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this holiday season around the family
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going to be the most different holiday
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season for you ever
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what else what has family how has your
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family members reacted and how many new
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family members have come out of the
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woodwork since they saw you on tv
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man my family members my close family
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you know obviously my friendly family
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who the show's about they love it which
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is amazing i'm so happy that my grandma
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was still living she actually got to sit
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on set and watch us
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me watch me and davinci take the same
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steps that terry and my dad took like
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literally was was amazing and she sat
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there and cried and said and once she
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said that you know she loved it we knew
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that it was it was fun you know so once
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her and my everybody else approved of it
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i'm i'm just glad that everybody loved
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it but yeah i got about 20 000 new
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family members that came out of the
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woodworks already
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new cousins
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hey man i tell you man but um i think
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i'm i'm related to y'all too
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yeah
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yeah man i'm family kid i'm coming over
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i'll be here for the holidays man
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because you did that great of a job we
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all claiming
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[Applause]
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yo meech man yo i can't wait for you to
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get lamar kid
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yo i'm so into that show
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i
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i i can't wait for y'all to get lamont
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man good job on the show though that's
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what i wanted to save y'all i appreciate
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you man thank you
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all right
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all right
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michelle you're a citizen you're a
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citizen sway the boy
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i love it like people just be taking
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everything so i can't wait for you to
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get them
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christians we got christian on the line
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me she's from ohio christian go ahead
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what's up christian
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good morning everybody hey
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hey i'm on my way to school but i just
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was listening and i wanted to tell meech
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i'm proud of you for this to be your
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first acting role he's doing a great job
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you got us all tuned in can't wait for
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the next episode to come up
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thank you so much i appreciate it you
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put that work in thank you
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okay christian take care hey hey um
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thank you you your citizen meet so how
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many women i'm sure you got a lot of um
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job offers since then
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am i am i am i correct
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yes sir i actually i i don't know if
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y'all seen the show on main before you
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with zendaya in it yeah i did a show i
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did that on it's on hbo max right after
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i filmed bmf
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and i did another movie with
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machine gun kelly and megan fox a little
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movie that's going to come out y'all
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should see someone too so i did a couple
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of films you know i'm still working on a
16:44
couple things right now
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that you know you all should see a whole
16:47
different side of leech you know to show
16:48
people that i can't just play my dad i
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could play anybody
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that's what's up did you produce any of
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the episodes of bmf
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no i didn't produce any of them
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hopefully soon
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okay not not season one
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not season one okay so he's already got
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a lot of acting like that uh which which
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is um
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which is a sign of you walk in the path
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that denzel walked or who some of those
17:11
actors that like the denzel's that now
17:14
you look at and go wow i have even more
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respect for
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man
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my favorite actor like i watch him to to
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learn you know just take bits and pieces
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of
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all my favorite actors but i like idris
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of course
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you know i watch leonardo dicaprio i
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watch all different type of actors you
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know just to take bits and pieces from
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them and put it in my game you know
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but it's a lot of you know i look up to
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all the greats like for real samuel
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all of them you name it some great ones
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too um devon's on the line from detroit
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what up dee what what up though yo
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yo what up y'all have the beast white
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what up fam
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not much
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um i just have one quick question for
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lil mitch has you been have you been
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back to southwest detroit
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and um
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yeah that's basically have you been back
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to southwest detroit river ridge
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um
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that was part of my still my grandma's
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still living a hole so i every time i go
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to detroit i can't leave without going
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to see her so i was just there like not
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too long ago a couple weeks ago and you
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know we actually got to film you know in
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detroit at my grandma's house on the
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same street like i was saying proposal
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you know i always got to go back and
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check in you know the family
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that's what's up bro
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that's what's up i just want to
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congratulate you too man great job i
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like the way y'all had the jit popping
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off in the beginning of
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show so if they don't know what the jet
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is let them know bro
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that's real detroit [ __ ] you know
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people got to really be from detroit you
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understand that culture
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all day
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my man good luck bruh
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glad
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good
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hey david thanks for your call you're a
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citizen brother sway in the morning
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uh i'm gonna take one more call mitch
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you got you got my lines lit up right
19:04
now boy you doing it you're doing it big
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jay love it jay boy
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jay
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j boy in illinois what up j-boy what up
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j-boy
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man what's going on with it what's
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what's poppin
19:17
man i just want to ask me man beach man
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how does it feel man they're getting
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some success right now man how was that
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role playing
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man it feels more than amazing you know
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just because now i can take care of my
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daddy when he come home and put him in
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the legit side of the business and make
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sure you know be good forever you know
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generational wealth but you know it also
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feels great just to jump into the
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business you know be african-american
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and show people and show our younger
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generation that it can be done you know
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just follow your dreams
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well you know we [ __ ] with you hard in
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the midwest man three big meets man nice
19:50
doing your thing fam just love for lunch
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y'all know that j boy be safe man you a
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citizen you're a citizen wait in the
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morning
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[Applause]
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wow man that's what's up man hey meech
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one day i i love to sit down and just
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meet you in person and um shake your
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hand next time we do a sit down we'll
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you'll be in the studio with us okay
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for sure
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um control
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man
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say that again
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i said i appreciate y'all for the time
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for having me on here oh man we got to
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do that man you're doing an excellent
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job and i love what you're doing with
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your family's legacy and expanding it
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and you send love to your father for us
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okay
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next time you talk to them send love to
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them and let them know that um we're
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proud of uh proud of you and uh proud of
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him you know because you guys maintain
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we've had a whole conversation about
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relationships and dynamics with fathers
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in our
20:43
in the kids today and you guys sustained
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a powerful relationship even with him um
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being incarcerated um and i think it's
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admirable that you would talk to your
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father every single day
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while he went through this while he goes
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through this journey so salute to you i
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got a lot of respect for you
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um and continued success brother
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continue success
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all right
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y'all thank you so much for your future
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oh you already know hey the season
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finale is november 21st on stars bmf
21:16
that's sunday black mafia family that's
21:18
little meech right there hey meet you a
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citizen brother you're a citizen in the
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morning
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all right
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my man all right good day
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you too man peace
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