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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:21 PM
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For fun, good & bad, dedicate a song to Pres. Obama.
Song title, YouTube, or Lyrics, or whatever else you want.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:23 PM
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1. This should turn out well.
:eyes:
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:32 PM
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10. Love your avatar!
How did you get hold of Megyn Kelly's "before plastic surgery" pic?
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:49 PM
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24. LOL
:thumbsup:
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:24 PM
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2. Clowns to the left of me...
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:24 PM
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3. +1000
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:36 PM
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15. Name that lead singer. Quick.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:43 PM
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17. Can't do it.
If I had to guess without looking it up? Gerry Rafferty?

Sid
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:45 PM
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19. Yep. Gerry rafferty in stealers wheel.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:45 PM
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20. Sounded a bit like Right Down the Line..
Edited on Thu Aug-11-11 02:48 PM by SidDithers
was a fluke lucky guess :hi:

Edit: can't even name the right song today

Sid
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:47 PM
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22. Remember Baker Street and Right Down the Line?
He was really good. :hi:
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:49 PM
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23. Yeah, Right Down the Line was the song I was thinking of...
Time Passages, of course, wasn't Rafferty.

Sid
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:00 PM
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27. It isn't?
Lol I thought it was.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:17 PM
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35. Al Stewart...
Getting my late 70's mixed up :)

Sid
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:08 PM
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37. Erm, it's that the late 70s were mixed up, not that you're mixed up now.
Or so I've heard, anyway. ;)
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:25 PM
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4. Stuck in the Middle with you? n/t
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:25 PM
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5. Holding Out For A Hero- Bonnie Talor
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need



I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet



Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind end the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNCX84-kfA
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:28 PM
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6. "You haven't done nothing"
and yeah, i know Stevie was at Obama's party, but still...


"You Haven't Done Nothing"

We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you

But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else

And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

Jackson 5 join along with me say
Doo doo wop - hey hey hey
Doo doo wop - wow wow wow
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - naw naw naw
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop

We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when mislead who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice un hum

Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!
Yeah

Jackson 5 sing along again say
Doo doo wop
Doo doo wop - oh
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - sing it baby
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop - um
Sing it loud for your people say
Doo doo wop - um um um

Doo doo wop - stand up be counted, say
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - ow
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop - ah hum

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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:29 PM
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7. Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY


I wish this song elicited the same feelings as it used to.

The first time I heard it I actually cried.

Now, well... ;(
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:30 PM
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8. "Dump that Chump" by Saffire
and I'm thinking of Geithner.
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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:30 PM
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9. Hmm, some songs reflecting a compromise/togetherness theme? flip-flopping?
Edited on Thu Aug-11-11 02:36 PM by alp227
"Help" by The Beatles
"Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel
"We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
"" by Jay-Z and Kid Cudi (the chorus might as well be Obama's theme song, but the verses are a bit off-topic)

"Two of Us" by The Beatles could be a great song describing Obama and Boehner.

Close to the day of the 2008 election, the song "Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry was popular on the US charts. Good flip-flop theme?

I wish that Obama would act like the lyrics of "Beat It" like Michael Jackson (who died half a year into Obama's first term). Such as: "You have to show them that you're really not scared/You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare"

(btw, I don't have gray hair, but I'm 20 but appreciate oldies)
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:32 PM
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11. Every Breath You Take - Sting & The Police
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:42 PM
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16. You're a stalker, huh? Creepy.
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:51 PM
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25. The President is our employee..
He requires watching...
So for every vow he breaks...
He is held accountable.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:34 PM
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12. I did it their way.
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durablend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:35 PM
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13. "For The Love of Money" or "I Wanna Be Rich" n/t
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:35 PM
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14. ......
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:44 PM
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18. From The Great Aretha Franklin, 'Think'
Think (think) Think (think)
Think (think) Think (think)
You Think (think) Think (think)
Think about it (think)

You better think! (think)
Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
Yeah, Think (think-think) let your mind go let yourself be free

Let's go back - let's go back
Let's go way on way back when
I didn't even know you
You couldn't a been too much more than ten (just a child)

I ain't no psychiatrist
I ain't no doctor with degrees
But it don't take too much high I.Q.
To see what you're doin' to me

You better think (think)
Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
Yeah think (think - think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free

Oh freedom (freedom)
freedom (freedom)
Oh freedom
Yeah freedom (yeah)

Oh freedom (freedom)
freedom (freedom) freedom
Oh freedom
Yeah freedom (yeah) freedom!!
Hey - think about it
You! think about it

There ain't nothin' you could ask
I could answer you with I won't (I won't)
But I was gonna change my mind if
You keep doin' things I don't (don't)

Hey, think about what you're trying to do to me
Baby! Think, let your mind go, let yourself be free.

People walkin' around everyday
Playin' games and takin' scores
Tryin' to make other people lose their minds
Well be careful you don't lose yours!

Yeah, think, think about what you trying to do to me
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, let your mind go, let yourself be free.

You need me, and I need you
Without each other, ain't nothin' neither can do
Yeah, think about it baby

Oh freedom (freedom)
freedom (freedom) freedom
Oh freedom
Yeah freedom (yeah) freedom!!
Hey - think about it
You! think about it

There ain't nothin' you could ask
I could answer you with I won't (I won't)
But I was gonna change my mind if
You keep doin' things I don't (don't)

You need me (need me)
And I need you (don't cha know)
Without each other
There ain't nothin' neither can do

Oooh yeah think about it baby
(What cha tryin' to do me think)
Let it go baby
Think about it right now
Yeah right now (think about it .....you're leaving)
Whoa right now (think about it .....you're leaving)
Yeah right now (think about it .....you're leaving)
I need to change your mind (think about it)
Baby baby baby woo (think about it .....you're leaving)
Think about it baby (think about it .....you're leaving)
FADES-
Yeah woo-hoo (think about it .....you're leaving)
Tell about it baby baby baby (think about it..)
(You have better stop and think about it ...think)

:shrug:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:42 PM
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39. 'Us And Them' - Pink Floyd
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Proud Public Servant Donating Member (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:47 PM
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21. Talking Heads - especially for the bolded verse and chorus
Edited on Thu Aug-11-11 02:49 PM by Proud Public Servant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU

Once in a Lifetime

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...


Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?


Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...


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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:03 PM
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30. Good one. I was gonna say "Life During Wartime".
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:57 PM
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26. "Red Right Hand", Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:02 PM
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28. "Complain", Bob Roberts soundtrack
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:02 PM
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29. Always follow your first instinct
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:03 PM
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31. Carpet Man
They walk all over you cause they know they can
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:06 PM
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32. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" - Tom Waites
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:12 PM
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33. "Kill The Poor" by dead Kennedys. Or pretty much any DK song really. Jello for President!!1!!!11

Seriously.

Biafra/Rollins 2012
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:13 PM
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34. Won't get fooled again.
Sorry. Someone had to go there.
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Waiting For Everyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:22 PM
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36. Nowhere Man, The Beatles
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99 Percent Sure Donating Member (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:39 PM
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38. Michael Jackson's 'Unbreakable' ...
Now I'm just wondering why you think
that you can get to me with anything
seems like you'd know by now
When and how I get down
And with all that I've been through,
I'm still around

Don't you ever make no mistake
Baby I've got what it takes And there's no way you'll ever get at me

Now why can't you see
that you'll never ever hurt me
'cause I wont let it be,
see I'm too much for you baby


You can't believe it,
you can't conceive it and you can't touch me,
'cause I'm untouchable and I know you hate it,
and you can't take it
You'll never break me, 'cause I'm unbreakable

Can't do that

Now you can't stop me
even though you think
that if you block me, you've done your thing
and when you bury me
underneath all your pain
I´m steady laughin',
while surfacing

Don't you ever make no mistake
baby I've got what it takes and there's no way you'll ever get at me

Why can't you see that you'll never ever hurt me 'cause I wont let it be,
see I'm too much for you baby


You can't believe it, you can't conceive it and you can't touch me,
'cause I'm untouchable and I know you hate it,
and you can't take it
You'll never break me, 'cause I'm unbreakable

You can't get at me 'cause I'm un-break-a-ble!

You can try to stop me,
but you won't do a thing
no matter what you do,
I'm still gonna be here

Through all your lies and silly games I'm'a still remain the same,

I'm un-break-a-ble!



{Biggie Smalls Spit}
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:43 PM
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40. He could learn something from this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTXb-ga1fo

"Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:43 PM
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41. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!
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