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Not the lights on. Yeah, yeah it does. It does. Hey, I'm just saying.

Why do they need to know that?

We, it does. Hey, you want to be recording in the dark?

We can, we have before, so shit.

Sorry, don't not donate because we can't we have but you know what's up?

Wow I feel like a lot of stuff has happened this past week and I just don't really know where to start.

Can we start with Aretha? Sure, so Rip to a Queen, a legend.

Why do y'all say Rip? I know it's R. I know it's R. I don't know why people say rip. Yeah, it sounds weird to me too.

Just like saying any other acronym.

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