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Speaker 1: Hm, I walk straight line shackle change, Oh weesome gird

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it's calling my name. There is no mercy and it's

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been a tentery juice as the huge stream game Rango three.

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Speaker 2: Come here, be.

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Speaker 3: By me to die inside these walls, inside the wild,

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hadn't when the girls as.

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Speaker 4: I'm hey everyone, and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a

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podcast and forty two years of making the complete story

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of America's bloodiest present. I'm Jim Chapman, and today I'm

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going to bring you a more positive story than what

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you may be used to from this podcast. And when

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I came across this particular story, I was blind away.

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I'm going to tell you, as a father of two daughters,

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it absolutely moved me. And you know, it's rare, at

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least for me to come across these nonprofits that function

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around prisons that don't appear to be somewhat self serving.

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Now that's not to say all of them are like that,

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but at least for me, I've seen a lot out

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there that it just seems a lot about the money

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and a little about the actual convict. But this one's different.

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And today I'm going to tell you a little bit

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about a nonprofit known as God Behind Bars and what

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they did for the very first time inside of Louisiana

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State Penitentiary. Adding goal and this is one of those

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things that I believe may actually make a difference. So

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to start this thing off, I'm going to actually quote

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an article by Presley bo Tyler of the Shreveport Times

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and it reads, for the first time ever, a daddy

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daughter dance was hosted at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known

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as the Infamous in Gola Prison. The fathers, who had

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not seen their daughters in years, stood and fitted tuxedos

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as they waited to be reunited, with many of them

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wearing formal wear for the first time. The very first

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time ever, the daughters were able to walk into a

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space that had been transformed into a ballroom and share

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a special dance, one which many had been waiting their

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entire childhood to experience. Guid Behind Bars, which is an

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organization that works to introduce inmates to Christianity and connect

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them with a local church, partnered with the leadership at

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Angola in order to put on a father daughter dance.

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Prior to the dance, professional makeup artists tended to the daughters.

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Volunteers packed gift bags with donated beauty products and monique

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from a more suits designed custom tuxedos for each father.

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At the beginning of the event, each father presented his

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daughter with flowers, a Bible, and a handwritten letter. More

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than just a dance, families were able to share a

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Thanksgiving meal prepared by volunteers, and a local artist from

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Battonerage painted live portraits of the fathers and daughters. The

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night ended with the grand finale as the fathers performed

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a choreographed routine they had been practicing for weeks prior,

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with many hugs, shared, dances, and memories made. The experience

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was centered on dignity, connection and restoration that from God

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behind bars and a press release quote, I watched a

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group of men stand with pride and dignity, shredding every

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label the world had ever put on them. For one night.

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They were not inmates. They were dad. The night was

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filled with a plethora of emotions for both fathers and daughters. Quote.

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When I turned around and saw my baby in that dress,

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and she busted out crying. I sobbed. I'm not a crier.

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We slow danced and she started crying again. I asked

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her why and she said, quote, Dad, I finally get

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a chance to dance with you for the first time.

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I told my brothers, look, this will make you want

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to do right. If you are not doing right, you have.

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Speaker 1: To do right.

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Speaker 4: That from Leslie Harris assistant Warden and Marie easily remarked

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on how important the experience was for the inmate and

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their families. Quote, I'm so thankful to God behind bars

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for all they did to make this event possible and

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such a success. This provided our inmates with an opportunity

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to restore and build healthy relationships with their daughters despite

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the circumstances. Just a really nice article, and it kind

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of gives you an idea of what it was like.

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But I wanted to give you a much better idea.

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So after I came across this article and accomplish just

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what you would think the goal is of these articles,

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and that is to get you digging deeper, right, And

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I did some digging, and I came across something you

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really have to hear now. Bloody and Goal is primarily

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an audio podcast, and the clip I'm about to play

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you was in video form. I'm going to play it

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here for you in audio form. You can still follow

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it very easily by just listening to the audio version.

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And it is so important y'all that I feel that

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people need to hear this. You want to know what

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changes hearts inside prism when you're a male especially. Nothing

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can do that more than your daughter. So I hope

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you enjoy it. And here's that clip.

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Speaker 5: My first time in giving my daughter flowers, be the

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first man to give her floppers.

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Speaker 6: Let her know I love you. You're my angel, You're

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my first born. Daddy's always got your bad. She's seventeen

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and I've been gone for fifteen years. See me and everything?

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She mean my world? Man, I ever put my life

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on the line for my daughter. Man, Hey, this moment

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right here today, soak it in.

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Speaker 7: I pray that we get many more of these moments,

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but we don't know how many we have.

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Speaker 8: There's my work there mean everything.

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Speaker 6: The reason I keep going every day in this place.

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Speaker 9: It reason I fight to get out of here. It

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won't make up for the past time, but heaven all future.

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Speaker 10: I missed every single event in my little girl's life.

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I mean missed her first step, her first words, when

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she was younger. I love you, daddy, is something that

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I just I rarely hardly ever heard wait, I love you,

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not right? Missing all of that affected me little. It

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affected most is her. And to have this day and

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be able to share this moment to together, it's just

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it's it's gonna be magic or it's just want her

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feel the love and just have a little good time

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and smile.

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Speaker 7: Well, it's gonna be a memory that we can hold

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on for life.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 10: The last time I saw Shabraino was probably seven years ago.

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Speaker 11: To definitely be a a a beautiful reunion.

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Speaker 9: I mean it means that I've able to get to

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see my daughter and extras sharing experience with her, and

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I get to, you know, brid just have a conversation

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one on one with her. She's my world. I have two.

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They're my world that mean everything to me.

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Speaker 6: They the reason, They the reason I keep going.

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Speaker 9: They the reason, you know, I push to be a

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better person, you know, to learn to grow.

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Speaker 5: Oh.

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Speaker 6: I love what I love about my daughter's is uh.

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Speaker 7: I love these spirit, the the energetic, They like to play,

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they like to dance, they like to have fun. This

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is gonna be something outside of like a prison visitor.

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So it's gonna be a experienced you know, it's feel

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like it's weed together outside.

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Speaker 6: Man, gotta get ready tu see the looks fly. I

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gotta look fly.

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Speaker 12: I hadn't seen my daughter since she was six months old,

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so she's seventeen now, so.

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Speaker 6: She finally gets to spend time with dad, and I'm

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I'm gonna spoiler. Let her know. Man, I miss so

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much time with you. I ain't missing another minute with you.

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Then my first time putting on a text you, Oh

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it was nice, real fire. You know what I'm saying.

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I felt real good. I felt professional.

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Speaker 5: I might need a box of tissue, might crack man,

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especially seeing my baby.

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Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 13: In that room, you guys are gonna have the opportunity

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to sit down. I mentioned the bibles. Right, you can

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write a note in side there, get your suit on,

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gather your thoughts, bring over the Bible.

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Speaker 2: Or two onsp here. So I'm in this case, I'm

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the dad. Okay, I'm on this side, and then.

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Speaker 13: Talk to your left, Yeah, to your last. So you

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put your arm out.

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Speaker 2: First and then she's in. Then she'll put her.

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Speaker 13: On and you can she'll have her bouquet.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 13: You can also if you want to take her hands,

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you know her rock like.

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Speaker 2: You know she didn't have her something.

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Speaker 6: Dude, say you feel like you probably feel good.

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Speaker 13: I'll be sitting in front of him, put.

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Speaker 5: Him on this. I'm feeling excellent, excited, pum fucking that's

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all right.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm ready.

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Speaker 5: You know you're looking for it to be a great time,

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great moment. You know, memories, memories that I can just

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hold on to for a lifetime and enjoy.

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Speaker 9: You know, we're setting up, we're sitting up everything, make

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sure everything set up for tomorrow. We got all We

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got all first flowers in thanks to God behind boss

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got the decorations are amazing.

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Speaker 6: Everything's amazing.

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Speaker 11: We did.

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Speaker 6: We did a lot of decorating the day we.

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Speaker 14: Went over all dance.

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Speaker 6: It's gonna be amazing.

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Speaker 13: What.

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Speaker 10: I come over here and almost got tears in mind,

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I'm telling you.

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Speaker 11: And I walked in, I was like, wow.

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Speaker 6: That's all I can tell him is wow, y'all.

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Speaker 5: But being here, man, were nowhere in the world, will

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be right here and right here. When we walk in there,

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you feel free. And then when outside the black gate

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and you're not walking outside that black gate unless you're

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going home, you.

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Speaker 6: Know what I'm saying, So alliver like, man, You're like,

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we're free right now. I'm like, yeah, God, just give

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us a taste to us to come. We walk round,

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hit y'all so much, go behind boss, and it's easy

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as it's a blessing. I'm excited to dance with my daughter.

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Speaker 7: You never sent me in the text, so I'm excited

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to see what they gonna see when uh they see

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me walk out of that fresh and fly.

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Speaker 2: So what are your thoughts after trying on your texas?

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Speaker 6: It's awesome?

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Speaker 5: Like I feel like we could just end up saying

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that we done have some good times in life, but

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this is more likely probably gonna be the one one

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of the best ones.

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Speaker 4: Right I'm saying that.

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Speaker 6: I ain't never had it like this.

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Speaker 10: You wanna be nice, I'll go to the nice people.

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Speaker 11: I feel free right now. I feel I'm not in prison.

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This is just a chance to build memories and show

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love to my babies.

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Speaker 13: Tell me what you guys are feeling right now?

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Speaker 6: Oh, I'm emotional? Will what's going on with that?

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Speaker 2: I don't know what you wor? So? Have you ever

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worn over one?

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Speaker 6: I like this? I use this, I used it? How

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you feel good, so I do money. Release date, release day.

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I'm nervous.

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Speaker 8: I'm nervous about what why I'm seeing my daughter.

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Speaker 5: I'm nervous.

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Speaker 9: This is the first time man, five years.

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Speaker 13: How you feeling brain good?

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Speaker 7: Because this is this is the first time I get

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to hold my baby girl ten years.

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Speaker 6: The last time I keep five years old camping and

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so you sit. It gonna be a big, big boy.

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Speaker 1: I rolle Chloyd, my baby girl.

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Speaker 6: Love you for infinity, Dad, dance with dark.

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Speaker 7: I'm just telling her my favorite scripture is a first

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correct means ten or thirteen, but I want her to

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start off by reading Philippians full thirteen because I believe

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she could do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthened us.

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Speaker 6: All Right, fuck perfect looking, We.

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Speaker 9: Let the know this today is our new beginning for

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our relationship with God.

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Speaker 6: We're gonna go on this journey together. To me that

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I love you, Loriat, Yeah, love you see love you see.

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It means a lot. It's it's a moment that I'll

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never to bond with my daughter and create a memory.

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She means the world to me. More than the world.

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The words couldn't even express.

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Speaker 14: But I ain't even the girls that she was six

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Since she's sixteen now being the boy to college. You know,

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so this, this this dance is very important to me.

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Speaker 12: You know so for me, you know, this was a

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blessing mind that I needed and I needed this time.

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Speaker 11: This is a picture of my daughter, my beautiful baby.

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I put this picture on my tablet because when I

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look at it, it gives me a reality check on

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what I have to do to get back to the

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things that I enjoy, the reason I love.

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Speaker 6: Her, and it just you know how wonderful it is

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to be a father.

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Speaker 11: Just looking at her, beautiful fee very excited I get

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to see my daughter.

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Speaker 6: I ain't see her in three years. This is my

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first time putting on the tucks. Make me feel like

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a gentleman, my first time giving my daughter flowers.

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Speaker 1: I'll be the.

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Speaker 6: First man to give her flowers.

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Speaker 10: Let her know I love you, your mind, angel, You're

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my first born.

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Speaker 6: Daddy's always got your back.

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Speaker 3: Oh you know, I got your favorite girl.

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Speaker 5: I've been incncrated fifteen years with my daughter. Man, she

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just motivated me so much, like every time I call her,

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Like when I'm going through dog Mama. She always lift

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me up and tell me that you coming home soon,

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and just keep your head up.

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Speaker 6: And just keep praying and God go make away.

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Speaker 5: I just tell how much I love him until how

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apologize for all the years I missed him the luck

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and uh she forgive me and I'll make it up

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to which this d's seventeen and I've been gone fifteen years.

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Speaker 6: See me and everything that she mean my world. Man,

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I ever put my life on the line from my daughter.

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Speaker 7: Man, some of the moments I'm s I'm sad I

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missed since I've been incarcerated.

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Speaker 6: It's like the first day.

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Speaker 7: Of school, you man, it's uh dance reside the spans

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of that nature.

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Speaker 6: Man, It's just like I'm supposed to beat. I'm supposed

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to support the supposing. I understand when they look up

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and see everybody in the crowd.

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Speaker 7: You support to see that it sitting there maybe with

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a two tune on and support them so you know,

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for I missed those stuff. I mean everything mean both

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of 'em uh down via antigue, and both of 'em

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be around me.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 6: They they real energetic.

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Speaker 7: I'm ry about them, gonna tell this place down or

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worry about how much energy they have.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, so yeah, they mean everything. I mean, I've been

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locked up seven ten years.

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Speaker 4: What I love about my daughter is she got a

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pretty smile. She's part of me.

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Speaker 6: She me smart four point on student.

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Speaker 11: She's graduating this year.

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Speaker 4: So I'm I'm happy that, uh she made the right

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decisions in life uh to this point, and I'm so

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proud of her.

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Speaker 8: That's the moment ever, that's wing when my uh TC

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daughter and my my nine year old daughter did do

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you rem my nine year old remember me since she

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was stree years old? That coulda been the best thing

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ever happened to me in here. God, bless y'all, and

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thank y'all.

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Speaker 6: I love y'all. Ain't go lo y'all. I ain't gonna

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cry like that, but I cried. I came on here

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walking and see my little girl.

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Speaker 13: In a long time.

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Speaker 6: I ain't shed a tears like that in a long time.

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Speaker 12: And so for me to get that moment and not

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re finish realize that I'm finna break down like that

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in front of all y'all. It wasn't even by by

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no of y'all, just me seeing her and I hadn't

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seen her since she was nine months and that's when

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I had to see the moment after that moment, because

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that's the realization that she never had a memory of me,

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and know physically into the night when we.

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Speaker 5: Had to turn around. Man, just seeing my baby ain't

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the address and she c s bust out crying. Man,

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it just made me just ain't no crime. Man.

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Speaker 4: I was sloughed.

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Speaker 5: Man, it was amazing. Then we slow dance and she

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crying again and I'm like, baby, why you crying? She

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was just like that, I'm trying to get a chance

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to dance with you for the first time, so real

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hearty made me feel good. And I'm telling all the

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rest of my brother like, look, brother, what we got.

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Speaker 6: I said, you got this?

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Speaker 5: This he'll make you wanna do right. If you ain't

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doing right, brother, I don't get right, you know what

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I'm saying. So I wanna say thank y'all.

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Speaker 10: Man to love y'all.

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Speaker 6: Honestly, my daughter's nine years old. You know I miss

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him that you was going. Yeah, she's still I still

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treat it like.

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Speaker 10: A baby and she don't really go for there.

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Speaker 12: But uh, I'm pretty sure that I you know, I

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see some of you guys, how you interact with your daughter.

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Speaker 6: You know, it plays a me in the park to

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be in their lives at the herd these age. Uh

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cause I see the difference with mine.

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Speaker 12: Though she loves me and everything like that, I still

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need that time where her to put more time in it.

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Speaker 5: And you got really like encouraged me to like, you know,

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be more.

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Speaker 6: Involved in our life. We move without this whole difference,

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And I'm thankful that everybody had the chance.

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Speaker 11: To take part in this home event. You know why,

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I even learned how to.

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Speaker 6: Do the QB chef right in the whole name you

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brother's Dave YouTube. Then where I did not global right,

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we had the state penitentiary.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're supposed to be the worst of the

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worst and the hardest of the hardest.

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Speaker 11: Time we walk around like that sometimes even when we

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don't do it intentionally.

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Speaker 5: Right to be able to see all of this together

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with our kids, man, the loves of our lives.

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Speaker 3: And with no masks, that was cool though, that was

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really cool.

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Speaker 14: And all know some name.

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Speaker 2: Your daughter's eyes when they saw you in your tuxes

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were amazing, And I just want to tell you all

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how proud I am.

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Speaker 6: I know we spent some days in.

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Speaker 2: Here, and I got to preach in and all that,

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but the way you all supported each other and the

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way that you all because, like you said, a lot

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of these a lot of y'all didn't know each other

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before this event got organized and y'all became a brotherhood

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really really fast. So I'm gonna put some really hard

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on you right now. Some of you have said this too,

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but I'm gonna say it to all of you. When

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you go look in the mirror, are you looking at

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the type of God that you want your daughters to

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end up with? The type of man? The god there

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and man, because you know what, you're her model or

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you're their model, and you're going to be the one

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that instills in them the type of guy that they deserve.

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I know, I just put a heavy burden on you,

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but with God, it's all possible, and despite where you are,

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it can happen and you can be a dad from here.

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Speaker 4: So there you have it a little bit more positive

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ending if you will to today's episode talk about life

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changing for some of these guys. I mean, if that

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didn't move you, you.

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Speaker 1: Don't have a heart.

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Speaker 4: As far as I'm concerned, I really hope it does

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the good that I think it will. And until next time,

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I'm Jim Chapman for Bloody and Gola, a podcast one

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and forty two years and making the complete story of

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America's bloody is present.

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Speaker 1: Peace, a Wall Street line, shackle change, Bosome Gurdie, it's

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calling my name.

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Speaker 2: There is no.

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Speaker 1: Mercy and this been a tentery juice as the hugestream

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game Wrangle three.

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Speaker 2: I'm in.

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Speaker 3: Fun me to die inside these walls, inside the wild

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and when you walk, as I know, it's oul. Body

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