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Bobby Shmurda: Life Before & After Prison, Adversity & Addiction, “Music Today is Fake”

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Sports, Football, Society & Culture

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What's that?

0:02.0

What's that, guy?

0:03.0

Yeah, good.

0:04.0

Yeah.

0:05.0

Yeah, that was great.

0:06.0

What's in your cup, man?

0:08.0

Water.

0:09.0

OK, I knew a beautiful water.

0:10.0

I'm old, stupid.

0:11.0

I'm just water, huh?

0:12.0

I gotta stay hydrated.

0:13.0

Yeah.

0:14.0

I have a lot of smoke outside.

0:15.0

A lot of shit going on now, huh?

0:17.0

I just didn't see any cat coming with the shames and cubs.

0:19.0

The shames and cubs.

0:20.0

The shames and cubs.

0:21.0

You want these mice like water?

0:22.0

They say, well, look on me.

0:23.0

They say, well, man.

0:24.0

They say, well, look on me.

0:26.0

They look on me.

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