I get out and I'm walking around the trunk of his car and it is right hand he had a silver pistol

So I drew my duty weapon. I'm like, you know, drop the gun drop the gun. He's like, no, man

Just shoot me until I'm not gonna shoot your brother's put the gun down

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So I came to their hotel and then they told me to sit down and my dad sat across from me and said

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You start hearing bullets fly over your head. I'm thinking okay. I'll just make it to the other side

Take my bag of my cannon walk back across again. You know, it's just that simple

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