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[Music]

What's the matter, baby?

This is the

matter.

This is the matter.

I have to do better for

us. It's as simple as that.

Look at

me. Look at

me. All I need in this world is you and

Kha, and I'm happy with

it. Give me a smile. Come on. Give me a

smile.

I need some air. I'll be right back.

I want to go. Daddy,

not this time.

Kiki, not this time.

Okay, that'd be 850.

Can I help

you? Uh,

yeah. Can I get a

job? There's a family business.

[Music]

Yeah,

man. I got a badass 647 Chevy on things

waiting for me when I get

home. I'm going to be straight flossing

just like the old days. You know, Keith,

it's all about having things.

You know what I'm saying?

Hey,

Keith. Yo,

Keith, what's up with you, man? You all

right? I'm

cool. Just thinking to

myself, ain't nothing I can't do once I

get out this

hell. Mean

nothing. I'mma get a good job, take my

family, and I'm going settle

down. I'm a hand of mine. Believe that.

Yeah, I didn't heard all that [ __ ]

before,

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man. Dear Tiko, not a day goes by when

I'm not thinking about

you. I sit here behind these

walls and

I realize I made a bad

decision. Baby, I'm so sorry.

I love you,

Tamiko. See you

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[Music]

soon. What's up, little brother? Welcome

to my

house. Call me Zeus.

What you trying to do? Get rolled

up. See, I'm going be out this

[ __ ] kicking it with my girl

Tomo. Tomico, let me see that. Tomico,

man, that's my

girl. Just calm down, little brother.

Man, I'm just bullshitting, man. The

name is right there, man.

Oh.

I knew that. What? You think I'm stupid?

Black man should always stand tall. Be

righteous. It is hot as hell.

[Music]

[Applause]

Hey, Tama. What's up, girl? Want to go

to the park and shoot some hoops with

me? No thanks. I got to stay here with

my

[Applause]

daughter. She looks just like he. All

right, then. Check.

They shooting. They shooting. They

shooting. I'm sorry, man. They were

shooting at me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We

better cut that. All right. All right.

All right. You're right. That's what's

wrong with me. I play too much. You damn

right. I'm poking your eye. I'm sorry.

I'm

sorry. All right. Sorry. I Sorry. Get I

Sorry. I'm sorry. I need a cigarette.

Give me a cigarette. I want some

information from cigarettes. What you

want to know, man? Hey, man. Little

black boy here now. That new one. I want

to find out who did that. I want to get

him cuz homeboy is cool. You going to

find that out for me? I'm going find it

out for you. I'm going beat your ass.

I'm going beat your Find out what I want

to know. What? Why you got that [ __ ]

Okay. All right.

Hey, man. I can't see on that side, man.

Put on to my side. Stop playing, man.

You know what? I'm going to quit playing

with you.

I don't even want your

cigarettes. Damn it. Get off my bench.

This your bench. I'm tripping like a

[ __ ] You tripping, dog. Bet you

off that pipe. Hey, when you get out,

you got life. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

sorry. I'll keep forgetting. I'll be

going home next week. Sorry, big

[ __ ]

Sweep this goddamn flow like I'm blowing

from the Jefferson.

Uh-huh. Man, I can't wait.

stinks in here. Hey man, I'm the

original OG. I'm doing lie. Wait, wait,

wait, wait. Hold up. Hold up. OG, I

ain't trying to hear all that [ __ ]

Trying to get away from you [ __ ] Just

put that all in a letter or something.

I'm gone, man. Washington.

Hey, man. I'm going

to three things. Don't bring your ass

back up in here. Don't get killed.

And don't let the system drive you

crazy, black man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All

right, that's enough. Check this out,

Tonto. I'm gone, man.

Hi baby.

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to I ain't going to lie and tell you how

much I miss

you. I want to make you happy.

The only one that stuck by me is that

crazy

place. I want to give you and Kha

things. Show you how much I miss

you. I love

you. I know brother's been trying to

kick it with you locked

up. People been telling me

things sometimes.

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more than you do out

here. Things are going to change.

I hit. Can I get a bet?

Yo, Freddy, what's up, Pety? I hit. I'm

tired of your monkey ass.

What's up, man?

Let your ass down, huh?

Thought you had all day.

Yeah, I see you. They probably gave you

a break and let your ass out, huh,

Keith? Yeah, with you shoot the goddamn

day.

So when you go to jail, you come off

bigger. They didn't let me out.

I let myself out. Found a pill and it

worked.

No, homie. I'm cool. You had up.

Um, listen fellas. I got to make a

move. I'll check y'all out later. All

right, man.

Yo, Bill, what's up with that,

man? I was in prison with that [ __ ]

Think he got that [ __ ] [ __ ] had them

packaging up in his

cell. Oh [ __ ]

[ __ ]

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Hey,

Tamiko. Hey, what you got to eat in

there? What you doing, Keith? What are

these pills for [ __ ] Why you all in my

[ __ ] Is wrong with you? I don't like

people in my

[ __ ] is wrong with you.

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Yeah, girl.

Hello. Yeah, he straight trip.

Was he hot? I don't know.

What did the bottle say on it? ATZ. I

don't know. Something like

that. I hate to say this to Mico,

but I think I should get some test done

on you.

What you mean? But I got to get out of

here. I'll talk to you later. All right.

Okay. Bye. Bye.

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[Music]

Christo 6319. Florida.

[Music]

in Normandy, the very area where the LA

riots emerged. And even though the riots

are now over, there's yet another

disaster lurking in the air here in

South Central. The big question is, have

you seen this lady, Tamiko Johnson?

According to police authorities, she's

allegedly passed the AIDS virus to a

number of sexual partners. If you know

her or someone that looks like her,

please call our emergency hotline

because it could mean the difference

between life and death. Reporting live

in South Central, this is Patricia

Day. No, no, no. Are you

crazy? Let me tell you something. I get

a checkup every week.

I got to stay out here and get that

paper cuz see that's what the like the

likes a brother to get

paid. Sometime it's good to have

sometime it ain't so good. Well, I don't

give

a rather be caught with it than without

it. What's up on that girl you had, man?

How she doing? Oh, man. Baby was really

into me till that weak kid of her showed

up. I wanted to mock the [ __ ] you

know, but I didn't want Baby to think I

was a violent type [ __ ]

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Um, who are they?

Um, that's Mac and that's guy.

Wow. I want you to meet Matt. CJ, I'm

not interested in meeting anyone. You

know that. Why? Come on, Tico. He's

really nice and he's cute. He's really

cute. Just

All right. All right. For me. Come

on. This is Mac. Mac. This is Tom. How

you doing?

Um, we're going to let you guys talk.

Let's go get the chicken. I understand.

Your home girl is fine. How come you

never bring her around?

Damn. Don't you ever eat at home? Oh,

you got some damn nerve. All this [ __ ]

you eat all your damn

food like a damn

you

know I can't help but tell you this but

you're fine as hell.

Where you been hiding?

N silly. We rolling out rolling out the

damn part looking like a Come on, man.

You better always when I'm with you, it

happens. At least when I had my [ __ ] it

was rolling. Why don't you get your [ __ ]

out of here next time you drop?

What's with all that,

man? Oh, you ain't going to fall in

love, are you, man? Thought you was a

player, man.

Serious, huh? Yeah.

I don't know, man. There's something

about that girl, man. I wouldn't [ __ ]

with

her, you know? Well, you the one sounds

like a player hater.

Damn. She is fine, though, man. Yeah,

she is. But I mean, something got to be

wrong with her, man. I mean, she's a

gold digger or

why she got to be all that, man? Why she

got to be a [ __ ]

Come on, [ __ ] You tripping. Drop my

ass off in the hood, man.

Wait, wait, wait.

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Y looking at

stupid ass [ __ ] trying to kill our

people. [ __ ] don't bring that [ __ ]

around people. Let me explain.

Hold on, man. Let him let let him

explain. Come on, man. Get Let him

explain, man.

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You talk too slow.

It's important to know that we do have a

choice into how we're going to react and

how we're going to let being HIV

positive affect our lives. Calvin, how

has it changed your life?

I feel like I should appreciate life

100% more. Good. I mean, although I

don't have full-blown

AIDS, I just feel like I should just

live my life to the fullest. So, the

fullness of life is not measured by how

long we live, but how fully we live

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life. What about uh you, Trina?

Well, it's a living hell and all that,

but I don't

care. I'm going to die anyway. I might

as well do what I got to do.

So, you want to make your life shorter?

No, I'm just saying I'm living day by

day.

Tiko, how's it changed your life? I

don't know. I'm just so scared. I don't

know what to

expect. Well, that's what we're here

for. The only thing I'm really concerned

about is my daughter. I don't know who's

going to take care of her.

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I just feel so alone, you know. I didn't

deserve

this. I never slept around. I had one

boyfriend my whole entire life. I never

did any

drugs. I don't deserve this. All I had

was my dream to take care of my child

and watch her grow. So, you're feeling

and have a better

life. That's all I wanted. And now all

my dreams are just shattered.

There are ways of dealing with it,

Tamiko. That's why we're here today.

That's why we're here

today. Can anybody tell us what are some

of the constructive ways of dealing with

the pain? Brenda?

Well, for me, as soon as I found out,

there was nobody else to turn to. My

family, my friends, so I just gave it

all up to God. I've been living my life

ever since.

praying, doing the right things, living

right, making sure that I help others.

And he responds, doesn't he? Yes, he

does. That is a constructive way of

dealing with it, Tamiko. Maybe this is a

chance for you to to find God in your

life. We never know what reason or what

plan God has in store for us. But we

have to trust, Tamiko. We really have to

trust. I didn't deserve this.

Excuse me. Uh, I have to go to the

lady's room.

So life is like a stage. We're all the

actors and God is a director.

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What's up with that?

Hey girl. Yeah. What you want to do?

Yeah. I want to get high. Yeah. With

ace. Yeah.

You know what I'm

[Applause]

[Music]

saying? You got to know it all the way

[Music]

down.

[Music]

Surely. Shirley. Wait a minute. First

off, you don't got to take that from no

fool. Girl, he ain't nothing but a

shiftless fool who's living off of you.

Uh-uh. You ain't got to take that. Get

rid of him.

Tamiko.

Tamiko, are you eat this

morning? Wait, wait a

minute. Tama, you going to eat this

morning? Girl, I don't know. I don't

know what's wrong with

her. Girl, I'm going to have to go get

her. Listen, I'm going to have to call

you back. All right. Well, we'll talk

about it. Don't worry. But you better

get rid of me. All right, girl. Take

care.

Bye-bye, Tama.

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No. No, no, no,

baby. No, no,

baby. You wanted me to break down and

cry. No.

[Music]

Hey, what's up? Can I sit down?

So, where's CJ?

I don't know.

She is jamming, huh?

You know them?

Who?

Oh, that's Py. He's all right.

Ain't the new chick.

Yeah, Tomo.

Tomo.

Who that [ __ ] she

with? Who is that? That [ __ ]

look like Willies from from Different

Strokes.

I don't think it's that [ __ ] I think

that [ __ ] in jail. You still in jail,

right? Yes. just shot somebody 152

times. You hear it? And the [ __ ] live.

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That is the cut. You want to dance?

I thought you like CJ. I do like CJ.

It's just a dance, man. What is wrong

with you, girl? You see, I don't

understand you. A fine ass girl like you

don't like to do nothing, man. All your

bunch about bunch of [ __ ]

I know brothers be trying to whine and

dine you. I just don't understand about

you and CJ. I ain't bullshitting.

Look.

I just want to be left alone. All right.

Okay.

Okay. Well, let go of my damn hands. Me,

too. I'm up out of here. You wanted me

to

cry. Now I can tell you

baby how I really feel

inside. Now I can tell you

baby that I went through with

you. What you don't know

baby is I kept it all

inside. What you don't know baby.

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Come on slack daddy.

at six. All right. Come on, man. Stay

safe for you young bucks. Man, you can't

get You want to run up on the OG, baby.

Come on, J. Chef, you can do it.

Come on,

J. Check this out.

Hey, what's up, man? You

You ain't got [ __ ] to smile about.

I guess you didn't get our little

message, huh? What

message? We don't want your sick ass

around here. Look, straight out, man.

I'm just trying to go home. I ain't got

no problem with y'all. Well, we got a

problem with you. I don't like it. ass

punk. Hey man, you can say what you

want. I ain't no punk. All right, cuz I

ain't going to keep taking no ass

kicking. I didn't pin and I don't have

to out here. So, what was you doing in a

pin not to get your ass

whooped? Hey, man. You can say what you

want. I ain't no punk. All right.

Okay. Who didn't? It's a different world

in there. You know

this. Look, I made a mistake. All right.

And now I'm paying for it.

Look, man. I swear I didn't know I had

this [ __ ]

You know what? You knew you had cuz you

was locked down with [ __ ] that had it.

I know cuz I ass in there. I don't care.

I don't give a about you. But when you

come to the hood bringing it to our

people, that's when you in violation.

And if it wasn't for Tama, I'll be

beating your [ __ ] ass right now. Make

your move, fool. I ain't smoking no

more. I ain't afraid of you.

You afraid of this? You afraid of this?

You cracked.

So, already been convicted and sentenced

to the death

penalty. Let him

go.

[Music]

See, I got your

jacket. Now

what? That's what I

thought. That something.

Pety, get an ambulance. Somebody get an

ambulance.

Get an

ambulance. Get an

[Music]

ambulance. Told them hooks. Don't with

me. Jealous of my girl

[Music]

Tico. You my [ __ ]

to ain't

you? For better or for

worse, do

you take

key to be lawfully

witted? I do.

[Music]

[Laughter]

[Music]

M. X out there.

Oh, tell him to come in. You tell him to

come in. This is your house.

[Music]

Come here.

[Music]

How you doing? How you doing?

What's this for? Something. What's this

for? Look, I know we just met and this

may sound crazy, but

uh I can't stop thinking about you.

Look, Mac, this is nice and everything,

but you know, I got somebody. You got

somebody. You got somebody. What's wrong

with this bottom right

here? Come on. Come on. Come on. Come

on.

[Music]

Stop. No. Matt, what? I got to go. Wait,

wait, wait. Look, look. You say you got

a man, right? I don't see him

around.

Okay. Right. Look, I know you like me. I

know you think I'm the finest brother

around

here. So, what's up?

[Music]

Look, listen. I got to tell you

something. All right. All right. Talk. I

like you and all, but I'm going through

some problems right now, and I don't I'm

not ready for all this.

What problem? I'm talking to you. This

is Mac you're talking to. Come on, be

straight. Look, what if I told you right

now, if I told you right now I was HIV

positive, would you still be down? Come

on. Why are you going to me? All right.

Look, you ain't got to lie to me, all

right, to get rid of me.

Well, it's true.

Hold up.

You saying you got AIDS? No, I don't got

AIDS, but I am HIV positive.

What the hell is wrong with

you? This

[ __ ] wrong with you.

Hey, look. You're going to pay for this

[ __ ]

Are you

serious?

Damn. All

right, lady.

You ain't going to believe

this. Keith shot Petey.

What? Why

me? What have I done to deserve

this? What have I done?

No, I can't let the work

me. They want me. Oh, no. Don't Don't

have to

look. God, I

love I don't love myself.

stupid. Save this world.

Christo

6319 Christo

6319 call the

operator. So how they treating you man?

And they trying,

man. So, I'mma be paralyzed for the rest

of my

life. You know, these [ __ ] got

a tube in my dick and it hurt. Don't

worry about nothing, man. He's my cousin

from back

home. Nobody know him.

Yeah, man. You don't worry, man. As soon

as we catch, it's over for So, you just

hang in there. All right. Just hang in

there, bro.

the big time.

Wake up, homeboy.

probably high on [ __ ]

What I do? Called breaking and entering.

Cops 22.

Oh, you ought to keep away from the

drugs and stop sleeping in abandoned

places. That

cuffing. Come

[Music]

on. Let's go. Come on.

[Music]

name Keith Washington. Are you a

homosexual?

We're going to have to ask these

questions. Do you have tuberculosis or

hepatitis? No.

Are you HIV positive or do you have

AIDS?

Man, what's that for? Cuz I'm going to

check you and make sure. I know. I know.

Keith, where are you?

Never mind that. Pack your stuff. We got

to get out of here.

Look, Freddy's cousin was here earlier

looking for you. Keith, they look like a

bunch of killers.

Look, listen to me. Get some bus

tickets.

Where too? Look, anywhere. It don't

matter. Somewhere to start a new

life.

Tamiko, are you with me?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I

am. Okay. Look, we can go to Mama

Johnson's. She'll let us stay there

until we get back on our feet. Okay. All

right. Hook it

up. But things will be different, Tico.

I promise you.

I love you. I love you, baby.

I love you too.

I trusted you.

I'm tired of being Mr. Nice guy.

[ __ ] potato.

Damn. Who was this [ __ ] Don't worry

about him.

You find that fool, Freddy? Man, man, I

swear we we looked everywhere.

It's like he just disappeared or

something, man.

Oh, he a magician

now. I don't believe this [ __ ] I

will. I

will. Hey. Hey, Freddy. Hey, can I get

some of that chicken, man? Piece of

chicken.

Sir,

man. Here you can have it. Take it with

you. Ah, let's see. Now, go find that

fool, man. We going to find. All right,

man. We going to get him, man.

[Music]

CJ, I don't even know why you brought me

to this shitty ass park. It's cool.

Chill. You need to get out some more.

You know, I hate this area. I hate this

park. I hate these people. What? What

are you talking

about? I'm out of

here. I'm out of here, CJ.

Need to keep them moving.

Where?

Louisiana. Oh, please. You've been

talking about that for I don't know how

long. I know. I know. But you know

what? I've decided I'm going to make a

move.

You're serious, aren't you?

Damn. Start my new job

[Music]

soon. You got a job?

Yeah. You got a job? CJ got a job.

CJ got a job.

Yes. I'mma save my money and I'mma come

visit you.

[Music]

Okay. I'm going to miss

you. See you, too.

[Music]

[Music]

Hey cousin, don't you tell me something,

man?

Why you like them fat fat women so damn

much? Them big I'm talking about them

big old ass man. [ __ ] and then you

little and [ __ ] They be big

[ __ ] like this. You know what I'm

saying? See, you got to have a woman.

You know what I'm saying? I'm going be

straight with you. You got to have one

with substance. You know what I'm

saying? Some [ __ ] you can hold on to.

You know what I'm saying? Some, you know

what I'm saying, [ __ ] You don't even

know what you missing, homie. Yeah, man.

But how did you find the hole, man? How

did you find the hole? The [ __ ] hole.

Let me tell you, homie. An opportunity

presents itself. [ __ ] I'm in there.

Hey, wait a minute, cousin. Where you

learn them big ass words from, man?

What? [ __ ] don't you know, [ __ ] I

got

a education from St. John's Community

College. [ __ ] I got a double A. You

know what I'm saying?

1995. Don't you know education is the

key to success, buddy? Hey yo. Yo,

what? Check this out. Check this out.

Look.

[Music]

What's up, man? Hey. Hey. You got a

light, dude? I need a light. Uh, yeah.

Yeah.

[Music]

Got

[Music]

it. Don't move.

[Music]

Hello.

Yeah.

from state.

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Man, I couldn't believe it when she told

me that, man. Fine ass girl like that.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want to

hear it. I know what you're going to

say.

And I told you, man. You called me a

player hater. So he told you? Yeah, but

you ain't never seen Tamiko, man. I

mean, damn. This girl's fine as hell. I

mean, she I even brought her roses and

all that stuff, man. And I couldn't

understand why she couldn't give a

brother like me no play.

So what happened? She burn you. Oh no,

man. It's worse than that. What could be

worse than that? She run off with

another man. No, no, no, no, man. This

girl tells me straight out that she's

HIV positive. Boom. Just like that.

Straight out, man. See, I told you it

was something wrong with her, man. I

mean, the way she walked around here

trying to be all nice in all them

dresses, trying to raising the head of

fake ass Janet Jackson. The [ __ ] is a

fake, man.

So, you brothers have to be careful. You

see, in my day, they had a cure for

anything. But today, man, you don't know

who to trust. You can't trust nobody.

Yeah. Well, I'm just going to wear my

Jimmy hat 24 hours a day.

See, she peed all over you, man. And

told you that it was golden rain. The

[ __ ] up part about it is your crazy

ass believed her. Shut up. Now listen, I

didn't seen her mama. That should be who

you should be hitting on. She look good,

man. Good.

Yeah, she is kind of fine, isn't she?

What's wrong with my baby?

Grandma said some kids were picking on

you today. Yeah.

[Music]

Were you in the sandbox and some kids

were saying mean things to you? Yeah.

Why? Cuz daddy.

Look,

Kesha, sticks and stones may break your

bones, but words will never hurt you.

Remember that. Yeah.

Sticks and stones may break,

right? Then you remember that. Okay.

[Music]

Okay. Now, me, you, and daddy are going

to go far, far

away. People are nicer.

And life is better.

Okay. Okay.

Can puppy go.

Yeah. Puppy can

go now. You forget about all the bad

stuff.

Okay. You think about only the good

things. Come on.

I love you. Love you. It's

content.

Here you go, G. Oh, no. Crazy. I'm cool.

Me. I'm through with that

[ __ ] I got a chance to get my life

together. I'm leaving in the morning.

Yeah. Where you

going? I'm taking my daughter and my

girl and I'm moving to Louisiana.

I'll be gone in the morning.

Hey

man, I'm one of the only friends you

got. You hear what I'm saying? Not that

you doing the right thing. Cuz the only

way you going to free yourself from this

[ __ ] is to find

yourself. You hear what I'm saying?

[Music]

I know, man.

[Music]

We're out of

here. We're out of here.

[Music]

Man, you going to play domino?

[Music]

Dyl is that, man? I like some skunk ass,

huh? Good weed. Stank ass weed. That's

that old weed from the old bat rock

days, huh?

Stop talking. They even call it weed.

They just call it get high.

How old are you, man? How old are you?

About what? 115. Ain't none of your

business. How old I am? I'm old as I

look. How old do I look? [ __ ] 115. All

right, man. I don't

care. You are being in a goddamn

wheelchair. You know that, right? If you

learn how to hold on to a

pistol, put a bullet through a through a

dig like you're supposed to, you be

straight.

It's crazy. Crazy Larry.

Hey man, I got this antique lamp if you

can use it. You know what I'm saying,

man? What I supposed to do with that

piece of [ __ ] man? Oh, Peter man. Hey.

Hey, Peter. Man, look. If you don't want

to laugh, let me give you something that

you do want.

[Music]

Hey, baby. Come here.

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I never thought I'd be at your grave

talking to you.

You probably are much happier

now. No one want to call you

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names. I want to make you

cry or make you

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sad. You have no more

pain. I guess this is really it.

Even when we fought and argued, it was

never really over with

us. Take care of yourself, wherever you

are.

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