That's Witty
Joe Budden Podcast Episode 903, “That's Witty,” released February 16, 2026. The JBP opens its latest episode discussing their plans for Valentine’s Day (9:11) before turning to the passing of actor James Van Der Beek at age 48 (19:18). GloRilla tells her estranged sister to keep her family out of it (32:38), J. Cole’s first-week sales and post-release marketing for ‘The Fall-Off’ (44:40), plus new music from Jill Scott, Victoria Monét, Brent Faiyaz, and others (1:29:59). Also, battle rapper Geechi Gotti gets arrested on drug charges (1:41:37), Michael Jackson’s estate responds to Sexyy Red’s attempt at a ‘Beat It’ remix (2:27:04), Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony is going viral (2:38:00), Gene Simmons slams Hip-Hop once again (3:04:26), and much more. Full transcript and searchable timestamps below.

In this episode
- 9:11The JBP opens its latest episode discussing their plans for Valentine’s Day
- 19:18Before turning to the passing of actor James Van Der Beek at age 48
- 32:38GloRilla tells her estranged sister to keep her family out of it
- 44:40J. Cole’s first-week sales and post-release marketing for ‘The Fall-Off’
- 1:29:59New music from Jill Scott, Victoria Monét, Brent Faiyaz, and others
- 1:41:37Battle rapper Geechi Gotti gets arrested on drug charges
- 2:27:04Michael Jackson’s estate responds to Sexyy Red’s attempt at a ‘Beat It’ remix
- 2:38:00Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony is going viral
- 3:04:26Gene Simmons slams Hip-Hop once again
Joe Budden Podcast Ep. 903 Transcript
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The thoughts, views, and opinions
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expressed by this podcast whose bullets
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hosts are for entertainment purposes
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only. I repeat, it is not serious. It is
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not real. No one is exposing, revealing,
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indicting or telling you anything about
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themselves. Also, we do not encourage
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you to try this at home. We are trained
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professionals who do not have your best
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interest at heart or our own. Enjoy the
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show.
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Microphone check. What is this
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JB? Back to business.
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I guess right now we should start the
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show.
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>> I'm getting slower. You should never
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think he's just talking. I ain't even
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get it. I still don't get it.
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>> You know what my problem is? I give
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people the humans the benefit of the
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doubt more than the benefit of the doubt
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is dead.
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>> Nah. Once you know who somebody is, you
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kind of I know Mark is on [ __ ] The
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second he sit there, it's all [ __ ]
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>> Yeah, that's how it is.
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>> Yeah,
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>> Mark made a funny that went totally
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undetected by me, but once I got it, I
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still
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>> Those are the best.
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>> Yeah, still ain't those are the best.
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>> That's cool.
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>> Re resaying it. It won't be funny the
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second to be there. But
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>> you have to you got to be witty.
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>> It's one of those things.
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How you so many [ __ ] without whit?
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Cuz you did.
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>> Said I ain't with him.
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>> You did.
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>> God damn. You did your numbers without
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whit. That's crazy. You
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>> said I ain't with it.
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>> Are you with him?
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>> Wait, are you That's why I'm not
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dragging it. I'm just asking.
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>> Huh?
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>> Are you with it?
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>> I had to be something. I ain't had no
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trauma to bond over. I had to do
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something back.
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And there's plenty of drama in there for
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you to bond over.
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You know what I mean? It's cool.
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>> Okay. So, you are witty and I'm leaving
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alone.
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>> Just tell me. Yes.
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>> Get away from me, bro.
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>> All right. Forget
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>> you think he's witty up here.
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>> Huh?
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>> You always give You're tell you take a
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sip.
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>> Just stare at you.
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>> He got to learn how to not take the sip.
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>> Do I think ish is witty or is
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>> my man? I ain't never going to talk. Yo,
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y'all can't trick me. Y'all can't trick
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me to talking bad about my man. Y'all
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trying to trick me. Yes is the answer to
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that. I think I really
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>> I don't think he witty with the
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>> He might put on a little extra weight.
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>> Never the case. You know he up there
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still doing that stupid 89 shot brother
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[ __ ]
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>> Joy you witty with the [ __ ] Say word
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is born.
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>> Word is every stop.
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>> Okay. About to be hiding.
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>> Then that's my bad then. I'm good. N
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>> if it's anybody as bad as mine. My
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fault. Then my fault if you can play
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with you like that. All right, bro.
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>> What do you think he'd be saying to him?
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>> Oh my god.
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>> I told you.
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>> You got right to do this.
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>> It's 20 years of interview. So expelled
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upon that.
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>> Nothing but I can help you with that.
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>> You got a 580 right now.
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>> Nothing but if you got a coffee machine,
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I can do it for you.
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>> Yo, I got that from you though. I can
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help you with that. Oh,
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that's wet. That's wet.
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>> That's too much. Come on. Too much wet.
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>> Oh,
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>> don't do that. That's recent.
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>> That's new game.
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>> Yeah, that's new. Don't do that. That's
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That's new.
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>> And that's a joke. Totally joking, man.
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I'm glad everybody's in a good mood.
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Good to see y'all. Good to see you. Good
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to see y'all, man. Happy Valentine's
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Day. Happy Valentine Day.
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>> Happy Valentine's Day.
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>> Happy Valentine's Day.
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>> We'll get to it. Mark said Mark said,
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"How long you think our opening
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Valentine's Day segment is going to go
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to?" [ __ ] was like
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real quick. Real quick,
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>> stupid.
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>> Oh, man. All right. Come on. Let's have
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a good time. I meant to tell you when we
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did the fistbone thing that James was a
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little ashy.
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Why you always take everything I say
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like some type of
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I wonder why. I wonder why.
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>> God damn. And that lotion. I smell. I
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ain't going to hold you.
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>> That lotion is not supposed to be here.
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>> Yeah. This got the little London and the
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devil worshiper signs on. You know money
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right here.
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>> Yeah. You don't know what it mean ain't
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supposed to be here like Deborah Cox.
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Boy, I got to start searching these
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drawers. I got to start searching these
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dressers and leave some good [ __ ] over
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here.
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>> Yeah, supposed to be meant for me to
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take home in the morning.
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>> Oh, no. This dude got some [ __ ] man. If
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you don't throw me that lotion over
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here,
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>> I
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don't even use lotion. I don't, you
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know, it been 5° outside.
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>> You need some, too?
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>> Yeah, I do, actually.
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>> Word word. This [ __ ] ain't bad, my
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>> man. Nah, it been so cold and I've been
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home not putting no lotion on. I've been
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scratching the soul off your skin
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absolute all over my body. Scratching
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the absolute. It got so bad the other
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night. 3:00 in the morning. I went to
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the bathroom and got some lotion. Like,
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all right.
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>> All right. I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll
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do it.
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>> Yeah, I'll do it. I'll get some lotion.
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It's no more. The itch kept coming back.
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>> Yeah, bro. I just ignore the itch.
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That's That's some expensive laundry
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right there.
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>> Wait, you took some
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tried too. All right.
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>> Well, okay. But where is it?
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>> You get it back.
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>> Yeah, it's a dub on that [ __ ] All
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right.
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>> How much I call [ __ ] poppers.
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>> Actually, pick up some more of those.
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>> [ __ ] Get the value.
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>> [ __ ] That [ __ ] All right.
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>> That that [ __ ]
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Get these drops out the way real quick
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for the best thing going.
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>> So glad y'all could be here with us
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today.
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>> Got an amazing show lined up for y'all
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today. So happy you could be here.
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Salutations greetings.
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Who is that? Who is that?
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>> My [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ]
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>> All right. What episode is this?
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>> 903.
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>> Welcome to episode 9003 of the Joe
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Button podcast. Brought to you by fueled
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Gang. I'm your humble, gracious,
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grateful, extremely happy to be here.
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Host Joe Button. Here with some really
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amazing people. To my right, the
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birthday girl. The birthday girl. I did
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not expect the birthday girl to be
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punctual on her birthday. She may or may
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not show up. We'll see.
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>> We'll check it out. Shout out to our
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girl Deamona. Happy birthday.
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Next to not her, our good brother,
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Philly's finest, Dr. Mark Lamont Hill in
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the building. Next to him, you know what
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time it is. Mr. Thousand Doors and up.
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Our good brother is here with us today.
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Next to him, the freeziest of them all.
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Big Freeze is in the building. Next to
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him, Elmyra's finest. Big Parks is here.
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Po is here. Cory is here. Erikson is
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here. Tanner and Savon are here by
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remote. Last, but certainly not least,
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each and every one of you guys are here.
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Shout out to uh everybody listening out
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there. Shout out to all the business
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people, the nineto-5s, the protesters,
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the activists. Shout out to the hate
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listeners. Shout out to each and every
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one of y'all. Couldn't have done this
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without y'all. How's everybody doing?
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>> Good, man.
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>> Good, man. Good, good, good. I like
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that. You got
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>> Oh, thanks, man.
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>> I like it.
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>> Shout out to the uh I got to think of
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the I'll think of the name of this. It's
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a black woman that makes these u the
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sister uh makes these political uh crew
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necks. So, I bought one and just want to
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shout out a small business.
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>> Yeah, it's fine.
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>> Yeah. Hey, so your kids off the next
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couple days?
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>> No, just Monday.
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>> Monday.
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>> Mine's off Tuesday, too.
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>> Mine's off Monday and Tuesday, but New
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York got the whole week off.
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>> Yeah, this week.
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>> What? They're just making [ __ ] up.
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>> Midwinter break.
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>> Oh, yeah. N had winter break.
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>> Mid winter.
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>> That's what they call it.
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>> They told us President's Day and then
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Lunar New Year on Tuesday.
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>> The [ __ ]
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>> Lunar New Year.
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>> We ain't on the moon, [ __ ]
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>> I didn't know the [ __ ] They just making
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up [ __ ]
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>> Oh yeah. Nah, the Monday. Hold up.
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That's it.
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>> Might be at your house.
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>> We told you the earth flat.
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>> Trying to put one and two together.
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>> He's been with you.
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>> Oh [ __ ]
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>> BM talking about something. Yeah, he's
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off Monday and Tuesday. I know it's my
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weekend, but just in case you want to
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see him
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Monday, he's all yours. Looks like
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>> it's a long weekend.
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>> Looks like the weekend landed on my
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side.
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Tada.
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>> Oh man, why [ __ ] don't be what?
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Anyway man.
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>> Kids just talk. Uh, what's up? What's
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popping? What's popping? What's popping?
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Happy Valentine's Day to the fellas.
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>> Happy Valentine's Day to all these
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involved fellas in here. Come on, man.
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Talk about it. Hey, I see you new age
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[ __ ] doing uh fellas times.
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>> They're doing that.
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>> I seen a few. I've seen a few
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>> fellas times.
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>> Fella's time.
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>> Let the girls have their Gallentine.
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>> Wait. Y Wait. Wait. I'm not trying to
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take Gallent times from the girls. And
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it's disgusting.
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>> Gay and
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gay.
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What is first? What's doing? No. First
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of all, what's Valentine? Just
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>> when a whole bunch of girls get together
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and have an excuse in which to celebrate
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some [ __ ] and get drunk and sit
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>> and man bash.
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>> Got you. On Valentine's Day.
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>> No. No. It's like a day before, a day or
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two before, which is fly. I think that's
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dope.
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>> And so now we going to get together and
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do that?
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>> No. Exactly.
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>> Okay. Yeah. That's weird.
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>> Not we, but some men out there.
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>> Why is it so gay for fellas to get
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together?
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>> We just had this at the Super Bowl. That
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was
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>> That was No. You know why? You know what
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makes it gay? Well, not gay.
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>> Not gay. Let's stop. Yeah. Yeah. Let me
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stop. But because you're doing it
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because the girls are doing it
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>> like because they got their own [ __ ]
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that they named and themed it out. So
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now you feel like, oh, if y'all got
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that, we got to go get this.
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>> We got That's where it gets talented.
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>> Yeah. What the [ __ ] are you doing?
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>> It might not be Gabe, but it's a little
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sassy. At least we can say.
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>> Very sassy. Very sassy.
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>> Very very very sassy.
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>> Like let the women have something. We
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don't care.
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>> Well, what what is everyone's
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Valentine's Day plans here? Come on. I'm
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I, you know, I was scrambling like cuz
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y'all y'all taught me that tonight we
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going to the New Edition uh Boys to Men
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show tonight, the night before
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Valentine's Day. I thought that would
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get me over. Y'all y'all y'all gave me
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an understanding
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[ __ ] to do with it.
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>> Apparently, it's just coincidence,
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right?
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>> Yeah. It just so happens that it was
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there.
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>> So, I'm trying to find a way to do
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something tomorrow and I couldn't figure
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out. And then, uh, Jill Scott announced
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that she's going to be at the Blue Note.
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>> Oh, is she?
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>> Yeah. On Valentine's Day. Two sets, one
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at 8, one at 10:30. Sexy.
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>> I'm going to see you there, bro.
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>> Say,
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>> Jill Scott at the Blue No.
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>> That's what I'm saying. 8:00 Valentine,
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right? I just got I got to find a
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babysitter. That's the only thing.
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>> Yo,
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>> but it's about to be
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>> perfect. About to propose.
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>> Propose what? Then we go to after hours.
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Oh, that boy. That boy right there.
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>> Oh, man.
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>> That is hilarious.
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>> That's a good one.
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>> Yeah. No. So, that's that's our move.
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She was sold out within an hour of the
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tickets. So, I had to make a phone call.
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Y'all, I'm sure y'all can make the same
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phone calls and get in there. But I
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would say make them phone calls now.
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>> Yeah. About to
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>> cuz you know how tight it is in there.
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>> That's what I'm saying. Yeah. It's a
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fact.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Oh, yeah. So, I better make those calls.
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>> Yeah. Yeah, I need that table and that
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[ __ ] that New Orleans seafood soup.
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>> Keep talking about that.
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>> Whatever that soup is, I need
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>> You are a foodie for real.
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>> He speaks of the blue note in that
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particular is delicious. Every time they
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name one of the better soups in New York
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City.
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>> Yeah, that soup is delicious. It is.
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That's one of my move. That and the
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garlic shrimp in there. I eat I eat that
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all day.
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>> Yeah,
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we greedy as [ __ ]
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>> We also want to spend time with our
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ladies. I'm about to think we're
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supposed to be talking about celebrating
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our ladies and we talking about soup
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>> garlic shrimp and [ __ ]
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>> All right. So, Jill Scott, that's a good
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idea. That's a good idea. I am going to
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try to get in there.
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>> Yeah, same.
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>> [ __ ] what you up to?
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>> [ __ ]
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>> He don't celebrate this Valentine's Day.
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[ __ ] around, bro.
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>> He buys flowers every week.
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>> Every day Valentine's slagging off.
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>> Oh, damn. So, for real?
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>> Probably a month ago.
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>> Oh, still there. people that you good.
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>> So you're not doing nothing for No, I
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ain't doing show.
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>> Oh, got it.
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>> Does your If you don't mind me asking,
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does your lady did she do that before
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you?
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>> I don't think she
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>> She wasn't familiar with that.
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>> Life didn't exist before me, bro.
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>> No, I'm joking. I'm joking. I don't I
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don't know.
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>> You don't ask that?
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>> No. Cuz
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>> what was the question?
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>> Did she do Valentine before Valentine's
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Day before me?
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>> Cuz she lived a whole life and then if
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you're going to be with somebody and you
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Valentine's Day just stops. Oh, I didn't
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take it like she didn't.
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>> All that's a blur.
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>> That's a blur. It's
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>> like, no, I'm playing,
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man.
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>> I'm joking. But no, um I don't know. But
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like I
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tell you all that [ __ ] from day one.
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Like I don't do Halloween. I don't do
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Valentine. Like
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>> the first date.
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>> No, but you know,
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>> let's get this out of the way now.
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Halloween
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hearts in the car, [ __ ] Like, nah. Um,
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no. So, it's just been a long time. So
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she she already know like we don't we we
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do the other that's the typical [ __ ] we
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do on the norm. So it's not
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>> got
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we got a nice little dinner um planned
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out. Got some [ __ ] for I am going to try
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to pee in that blue a little later.
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>> Where your kids going to be when you
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when y'all do that?
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>> We kid free this weekend. Hey
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>> I was going to jump
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[ __ ]
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They get dropped off today and my
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daughter's with her mom's until
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Wednesday. So yeah. That's nice.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Parks,
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>> you know, a little romantic dinner.
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Little little bag, you know, a little
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little chocolates, little You know what
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I mean?
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>> Bag bag of chocolates.
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>> Yeah. Burko Chanel. You know what I
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mean?
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>> No. No.
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Okay. Okay. Okay.
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>> Maybe Christmas. Yeah.
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>> I see you got your little cable crew on.
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You ready? haircut. It's ro Yeah, it's
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romance weekend. I see you, man. I see
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you,
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>> Joe. Yeah, Joe.
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>> Don't try to dodge this. You want take a
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sip, [ __ ] No, no, no, no, no.
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>> Cuz I'm like, I don't have anything
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planned.
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>> I don't particularly
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>> I don't have anything planned at all.
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Like, we we we talked. Listen, from my
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birthday,
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>> that's a good that's a good Valentine's
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Day gift.
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>> Talk talk.
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>> Sit you down and have a combo. From my
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birthday to New Year's to New Year's
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Day, there's too many birthdays and kids
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birthdays and holidays. By the time
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Valentine's Day gets here, I'm I'm
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drained. I'm drained. And we trying to
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save.
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>> So, it's like, yeah, we'll go to the New
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Edition Boys to Men concert. We'll try
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to go to the Jill Scott concert. We'll
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try to do dinner. But
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>> how about y'all do food? Other than
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other than that, I mean, [ __ ] not even
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really
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a That's a good point.
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>> Not Not even really. So we on some
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weight loss journey [ __ ] together. We
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used to be
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>> about that black
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>> that black get you in anywhere you want
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to go.
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>> Oh yeah.