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1ATL_int_010.7774Okay.1.3967
3 2.4247How's it going?3.3014 
5 3.5431Of course my name is /RD-NAME-3/.5.5619 
7 6.0139I'm the guy that's gonna be interviewi-7.8931 
9 8.2665/iewing/ today.9.2213 
11 9.6619Can I start by your name? What's your name?11.3265 
12ATL_se0_ag2_f_0111.9565My name is /RD-NAME-4/.13.6530
13ATL_int_0114.0774<ts> Okay, cool, cool.15.4414
15 16.0536Um,16.6880 
17 17.9915with a name like that, I'm assuming you're female?19.9512 
19 20.2118But y-20.7669 
21 20.8772for the record, are you female?22.5856 
22ATL_se0_ag2_f_0122.7499I'm a female.23.8456
23ATL_int_0124.1925Okay your ethnicity?25.5007
24ATL_se0_ag2_f_0127.0212I am two-28.4350
26 29.1251<laugh> it's two and30.6356 
28 31.0185more r- races, two or more races.33.7084 
29ATL_int_0133.8655Which is?34.7339
30ATL_se0_ag2_f_0135.8370<laugh>36.4801
32 36.7618<laugh> I'm [black.]38.4840 
33ATL_int_0138.3156[Mm-hm.]38.6589
34ATL_se0_ag2_f_0138.6684<laugh>40.0383
36 40.1409And then I have a little bit of Spaniard.42.7603 
37ATL_int_0143.1534Okay,43.6428
39 43.8862cool cool,44.5903 
41 44.9717don't mind me, I will want you to kind of open up and give me some long48.7356 
43 48.8436winded type answers50.2550 
45 50.3358[if that's cool.]50.9971 
46ATL_se0_ag2_f_0150.4149[Okay.]51.0416
47ATL_int_0151.5653Um,52.1030
49 52.5864what year were you born?53.5492 
50ATL_se0_ag2_f_0153.9660Nineteen eighty-four55.2988
51ATL_int_0155.8322Okay.56.3449
52ATL_se0_ag2_f_0156.3623of April.57.2410
53ATL_int_0157.5786Nineteen eighty-four of April.59.0582
54ATL_se0_ag2_f_0159.2958[Mm-hm.]59.7971
55ATL_int_0159.4292[Okay.]59.7865
56 60.1617What- what sign would that make you?62.0537
57ATL_se0_ag2_f_0162.4749I'm a Aries, very feisty.65.2966
58ATL_int_0165.7421Okay.66.1782
60 66.9378That's cool, that's what's up, we can [talk about-]68.9717 
61ATL_se0_ag2_f_0168.3841[Loyal.]69.4969
62ATL_int_0169.5344We can possibly talk about that in a little bit, let me see what else- let me just go down the checklist right quick.74.2432
64 74.7391What's your hometown?75.7603 
65ATL_se0_ag2_f_0176.4470Brooklyn, New York.77.4890
66ATL_int_0177.8974Okay, Brooklyn, New York. Stand by.80.6399
68 80.9359Stand up.81.6267 
70 81.7976[<laugh> That's what I meant] to say. I'm a little nervous.83.9566 
71ATL_se0_ag2_f_0181.8810[<laugh>]82.9021
72ATL_int_0184.3692[Um],84.9861
73ATL_se0_ag2_f_0184.5193[Don't be-] don't be nervous. (laughing)86.0739
74ATL_int_0186.1489okay, um,87.2566
76 87.4900how many years have you been living in Atlanta, Georgia?90.1366 
77ATL_se0_ag2_f_0190.5201Just for five years.92.0706
78ATL_int_0192.3863Okay.93.0410
80 93.9165Would you say you like it so far?95.2287 
81ATL_se0_ag2_f_0195.4887It's cool.96.2128
83 96.4260[It's- it's] alright, you know, s-97.9451 
84ATL_int_0196.4827[It's cool.]96.9181
85ATL_se0_ag2_f_0198.0964nice stop- place to stop before I100.2444
86ATL_int_01100.8504[Mm-hm.]101.1091
87ATL_se0_ag2_f_01100.9657[go] on my travels.102.4651
88ATL_int_01102.7835Now that's what's up, that's what's up. Um,105.0252
90 105.6624education wise, what's your highest level of [education?]109.1036 
91ATL_se0_ag2_f_01108.9854[I] did some [college-]110.5968
92ATL_int_01110.4689[Okay.]110.8825
93ATL_se0_ag2_f_01110.9088some college, but I didn't finish.112.4547
95 112.8493And then, I also went to, um, cosmetology school for116.5448 
97 117.2350hairdressing and all things fashion, and hair and nails, so121.8941 
99 122.4956[yeah.]122.8208 
100ATL_int_01122.6035[Great],123.0082
101 123.3248great. Awesome, um,124.7426
103 125.3597job wise, what's your occupation?127.3178 
104ATL_se0_ag2_f_01127.9038Right now I'm working at /RD-WORK-6/ which is to be changed soon, I'm looking to start133.4684
106 133.9624working in the field of makeup, something that I love, so,137.5552 
108 137.9916yeah.138.3976 
109ATL_int_01139.3583Okay, cool,140.1926
111 140.3013how about you, um,141.5843 
113 142.5229tell me a little about143.6748 
115 143.8308Ma144.4857 
117 144.5992and Pa Dukes?145.7921 
118ATL_se0_ag2_f_01146.5562Ma and Pa Dukes? Okay,148.1699
120 148.7800I grew up with my moms. My pops is from the same place, they're both from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.154.6484 
122 155.2191Um, my mom has four sisters.159.0686 
124 159.9537Um,160.8583 
126 161.0848<ts>161.1850 
128 161.3276my dad, I don't know too much about his side, all I know is he's, uh,164.4233 
130 165.1472black and from the Caribbean, and167.1445 
132 168.1664that's it.168.5924 
134 169.2429I didn't really grow up with him, so.170.6791 
136 171.5118Mommy grew up with her grandparents on her dad's side which is where I get the Spaniards from.178.3212 
138 178.9905And um,180.4826 
140 181.0166Yeah, she grew up by herself away from her sisters, so,184.2654 
142 184.9488yeah, that's it.185.8917 
144 186.4590She's a Scorpio.187.3856 
146 187.5841I'm Aries.188.5434 
147ATL_int_01189.2056Cool, cool, cool, cool.190.9251
149 191.3236So what kind of passions you have right about now? What- what incites you?195.6142 
150ATL_se0_ag2_f_01196.4693Um, I'm really excited about my YouTube channel that I just started.201.1572
152 201.6902Um, which has a lot to do (laughing) with health and beauty,204.7062 
154 205.2816um, a lot of things that I'm into. It's gonna expand into cooking and different various things like that that I am interested in.211.8314 
156 212.2649I'm interested in a lot of stuff, I like to draw, I like to do photoshop, Adobe.217.1559 
158 217.8650Um, I like to do graphics, like visual graphics.221.8964 
160 222.6406Um, I also love,225.2587 
162 226.0202um, just makeup, so that's /what/ I'm trying to get into that field.229.3176 
164 229.7046Hair, I really love doing hair, but I feel like, um, a lot of people does hair, so it's good to be multifaceted.235.4938 
166 236.3056Um, I'm into video.238.5558 
168 238.8504Um,239.4836 
170 239.8747<ts>240.1464 
172 240.7803like video editing and doing anything of that- that nature. Maybe that could take me somewhere, into like movies or something like that.248.1749 
174 248.8361And, um,250.0263 
176 250.2202oh, cartoons, def- very much want to do a voice over for-253.5635 
178 254.0534for cartoons and stuff like that. So there's a lot of things that I'm interested in, it's not just one, so.259.1304 
179ATL_int_01260.2176So,260.7471
181 260.8747you would consider yourself, maybe a creative,263.8200 
182ATL_se0_ag2_f_01264.0288[Yeah, I'm creative], artistic265.9046
183ATL_int_01264.0902[artistic-]264.8867
184 266.1751[Okay.]266.6053
185ATL_se0_ag2_f_01266.4053[arts-] artsy,267.4657
186 267.6075fartsy type person,268.8948
188 269.3566geeky or whatever y'all want to call it.271.2000 
189ATL_int_01271.3458That's dope, that's what's up.272.7282
191 273.3696Um, let's see.274.7229 
193 275.5256<ts>275.7026 
195 276.2846Let's talk about your friends. What type of people279.2295 
197 279.5136do, you know, you usually connect with?281.5174 
198ATL_se0_ag2_f_01281.9177<ts>282.0371
200 282.1932Um, I connect with go-getters, people that284.5637 
202 285.0741go after what they want,286.7799 
204 287.2024and they actually make it happen,289.6014 
206 289.7743you know, not just, you know, people that just talk all the time.292.7408 
208 293.3046Actually take your right foot and left foot, and you do what you supposed to do to get there.297.4639 
210 298.1748Uh, I don't really299.3968 
212 299.6397consider a lot of people friends. I have a lot of associates.303.0165 
214 303.4042Because I feel like a friend is somebody that you should be able to call on and rely on307.1860 
216 307.6712in like the toughest times of your life, and310.0932 
218 310.1736if it's only for me to just311.8243 
220 312.3745party with you,313.7043 
222 313.9113um, yeah not-315.2493 
224 315.3557that's not gonna happen.316.2620 
226 316.5971[Like I need you to]317.6839 
227ATL_int_01316.6664[<laugh>]317.8057
228ATL_se0_ag2_f_01318.1252be somebody that, um,319.9521
230 320.0797I could learn from and you could learn from me and you actually tell me about my mistakes and I tell you about your mistakes.325.2121 
232 325.5604All while still heading towards, um, individual goals,328.8584 
234 329.1933and329.4574 
236 329.5740just still, you know, helping each other and things like that. So332.3842 
238 332.5331<ts>332.6029 
240 332.6844that's the type of friends333.8138 
242 334.2707I have, and I could count them on one hand.337.2594 
244 337.7259[Yeah.]338.0332 
245ATL_int_01337.8062[Yeah] same here338.6134
246 338.7245pretty much.339.4855
248 339.8477So340.5393 
250 340.9952those f-341.5510 
252 342.0944friends that you was just mentioning, are they around in this area or back in New York, somewhere else?347.8955 
253ATL_se0_ag2_f_01348.3918Um,349.3345
255 349.6309m-349.8367 
257 350.1445a coup- well, two of my friends352.3827 
259 352.6679that I would call really loyal,354.1869 
261 354.6274they're in New York.355.7677 
263 356.0703Uh, one just moved, I think to Florida or something like that.360.1122 
265 361.0644Yeah so she's gone,362.5359 
267 362.6534and then, um, another young girl that I kind of mentor, and she- she's becoming a friend. She lives here. She's from New York too.369.9168 
269 370.9642Um, and the last person is my boyfriend.373.5579 
271 373.7968But I met him here. He's from here.375.4294 
272ATL_int_01375.9721Okay,376.4908
274 376.8530speaking of boyfriend, what's your, um, relationship to the person that's interviewing you at this present moment?383.0604 
275ATL_se0_ag2_f_01385.8792He's my [boyfriend.] (laughing)387.6159
276ATL_int_01387.2339[Oh okay] [cool.]388.2172
277ATL_se0_ag2_f_01387.9782[He's] my boyfriend and my best friend.389.8658
278ATL_int_01390.1800Okay, awesome,391.1140
280 391.2704awesome.391.7990 
281ATL_se0_ag2_f_01391.9913One of the five-393.4193
283 393.8958<laugh>394.2596 
284ATL_int_01394.3077One of the five, okay,395.6742
286 395.8471excluding me, w- I guess, maybe,397.8598 
288 398.4890one more of your recent friends, how did you meet them?401.1068 
289ATL_se0_ag2_f_01401.7962Um,402.5644
291 402.8114/RD-NAME-2/, I met her at /RD-WORK-6/. She came in to406.9887 
293 407.5444get a job, and I was working there. She's a little bit younger than me.412.4381 
295 412.5821But, um, we connected on414.1465 
297 414.4346the purs-414.9269 
299 415.0357purpose of us both living in New York even though she's from the Bronx.418.8838 
301 419.5917And, um,421.2291 
303 421.6078yeah that's about it. She's cool, and her parents are from the Caribbean too.424.5510 
305 425.2757But a different- you know, they're from Jamaica.427.7590 
307 427.9528And my parents from St. Vincent, so we could kind of like,430.3505 
309 431.3838I don't know, connect on that part, and she's a go-getter like me.435.4880 
311 436.1020Need a couple kicks just because she's younger but,438.6291 
313 439.2302you know,439.7813 
315 439.9374in the right direction not actual kicks.441.9820 
317 442.4791But like,443.2285 
319 443.3703yeah,443.7154 
321 443.8242I think that's why we connected, and that's where I met her.445.9617 
322ATL_int_01446.5188Okay so you mentioned, um,448.2701
324 448.9617one of your jobs being working at450.8924 
326 451.0406/RD-WORK-6/ s-452.5432 
328 452.7572store. How long were you working there for?454.4280 
329ATL_se0_ag2_f_01455.1860About a year.456.3171
331 456.5616A year and some-457.8978 
333 459.1544well, yeah like a year and some months, probably like four- four months or so.463.2644 
335 463.8196I've stopped counting.464.7316 
336ATL_int_01465.6762Okay, okay, cool cool. So um,468.2071
338 468.6467how do you get to work?469.5858 
339ATL_se0_ag2_f_01470.2305<ts>470.3637
341 470.5708Usually for me to get to work, I have to take a Uber. 473.7159 
343 473.9947I take a Uber to work475.1668 
345 475.2660cause I don't have a car right now.476.5475 
347 477.3866And I don't have my license, so I am working on480.7923 
349 481.9420obtaining that- that license, so I could then work on getting me a car.486.1440 
351 486.5685Cause it's totally different, like in New York you have your488.7456 
353 489.0056transportation, train station, you don't need none of that extra stuff, everything is kind of on your doorstep.493.7546 
355 494.1547And out here you have to actually,496.5069 
357 497.5301um, have a car to get from499.4304 
359 499.7309place to place cause everything is so far out and expanded.503.4828 
361 504.7459But yeah, that's what I use. And sometimes my sister will take me and sometimes508.2076 
363 508.3612you take me. My boyfriend will take me. So,510.1588 
365 510.4614you.510.7037 
366ATL_int_01511.3490Cool, cool, cool.512.4856
368 512.6463So, um,513.6131 
370 515.0169did you eat today? What you have for breakfast?517.5682 
371ATL_se0_ag2_f_01518.2186For breakfast, we did520.2893
373 520.6392a dinner thing. <laugh>522.5071 
375 523.0001We had like, um,524.5242 
377 525.0306bowties- linguine bowties with, um,528.5540 
379 528.6686<ts>528.7592 
381 528.8909tomato sauce, but we cut the peppers up and everything in there531.7483 
383 532.1090and added some spices and some butter.534.3444 
385 534.7108And then we also had corn on the cob and black beans537.9275 
387 538.2051with some onions and peppers and yeah as well as some spices. So it tasted really good.542.1361 
389 542.3708[It filled] me up.543.2692 
390ATL_int_01542.3922[Mm.]542.6990
391 543.5018Mm.543.8435
393 543.9794Mm, that sound good.545.3296 
394ATL_se0_ag2_f_01545.5065[<laugh>]546.7530
395ATL_int_01545.6105[S- <laugh>]546.3819
397 546.7081[That's alright.] I know it tastes good too I mean, but um,549.5646 
398 550.2520what-550.6555
400 551.3126that's a pretty unique choice for a breakfast dish. I kn- I know it- I mean, it's no time556.3500 
402 557.2605like the present to have a good meal or whatever, but, um,560.0434 
404 560.4057is there a reason561.3896 
406 562.2870your dish is like that? Is it a particular diet you're in?565.5422 
407ATL_se0_ag2_f_01565.7387No, I'm- well I'm a vegetarian.568.5238
408ATL_int_01568.7027Okay.569.1530
409ATL_se0_ag2_f_01569.3741Vegetarian, not vegan. Vegans don't really eat like,572.7370
411 573.4821um, they don't drink milk. They don't do anything with dairy, and a lot- anything that came from or started with an animal580.7777 
413 581.1368is no longer ate by a vegan, but I still of-584.0440 
415 584.1870occasionally do fish.585.5762 
417 586.2300Um, I just stay away from meat588.0230 
419 588.2536period. Like chicken, you know, steak, hamburgers, those type of stuff. I stay away from those.594.2298 
421 595.0121And I just, um, try to eat healthy and keep my body balanced.598.5430 
422ATL_int_01599.2143What kind of prompted you to601.2672
424 601.9464start eating I guess cleaner as a vegetarian more so?605.2727 
425ATL_se0_ag2_f_01605.6908Um, I started being a vegetarian when I was in New York City, and I think it was because I was getting more aware of611.1625
427 611.5395things that were happening with the animals.614.0274 
429 614.1584That's what first prompted it,615.6362 
431 616.2266um, just,617.1215 
433 617.2397you know, machines that they stick down their throats so they could eat, and620.5175 
435 620.9178give them their vitamins, and622.9011 
437 623.2046all the estrogen that goes into animals and sometimes too much testosterone.627.5541 
439 627.9377And I believe whatever a animal eats, we consume as well.631.2928 
441 631.6468Cause then they're killing them for us to eat them, which is,634.9720 
443 635.2272you know, the way God created it, but at the same time638.0018 
445 638.3960it's like638.9435 
447 639.1452they just put in way too much into the animal. They're not getting it from the earth anymore.643.3153 
448ATL_int_01643.4347[Mm.]643.6889
449ATL_se0_ag2_f_01643.4882[It's-]643.9273
450 644.3311it's like mass produced and nasty, so that's what kind of prompt me to do it.649.1918
452 649.6776And then I was never really was like a meat lover anyways.652.9132 
454 653.3644So, it wasn't hard for me to like transition from656.9039 
456 657.9098<ts>658.0744 
458 658.8977basically659.7036 
460 659.8518just eating,660.7172 
462 660.8248you know, maybe hamburger once in a while to not having any meat at all.664.1660 
464 664.5692I'm a fish person, so.665.9452 
465ATL_int_01666.4389Nah, cool, cool. Any, um, I guess good-669.2953
467 670.4972I wouldn't wanna say the word side effect, but I guess benefits of coming from-674.5237 
468ATL_se0_ag2_f_01674.9426Your skin is much clearer.676.8382
469ATL_int_01676.9639Okay.677.4225
470ATL_se0_ag2_f_01677.5038Um,678.5369
472 680.1152your skin's much clearer, you feel- you get more energy.683.6113 
474 684.2825Uh, you just feel lighter, and like it's-686.6293 
476 686.7711it's k-687.0004 
478 687.5680Okay, what can I equate it to is like689.7743 
480 690.2639when I do a mask on my face692.4130 
482 692.4958and it's just cleaning out all my pores and everything.695.2540 
484 695.7594And I'm- my face doesn't feel cloggy anymore. It's kind of like that, like you don't feel stuffed.700.3003 
486 700.6148Your stomach's not all protruding702.6675 
488 702.9652You feel light and heavy, and you could have more meals a day,705.5600 
490 705.9588than feeling like,707.1469 
492 707.3502I don't know,708.1633 
494 708.5368like Santa Claus, I guess.709.8510 
495ATL_int_01710.3450<laugh>710.8673
496ATL_se0_ag2_f_01711.1511If- it just- it just did so much better for my skin, and I don't feel as sick as I used to715.7092
497ATL_int_01715.9895Okay.716.5286
498ATL_se0_ag2_f_01716.6366from whatever was in my body.718.2629
499ATL_int_01718.9071Okay.719.5249
501 720.4348Let's see, let's um, switch the whole723.2121 
503 723.7569aura of the724.5430 
505 724.6280interview right now. What, um,726.6030 
507 726.7684are some shows that you're interested in728.8446 
509 728.9722right now?729.6017 
510ATL_se0_ag2_f_01730.6649Um, let's see,731.6515
512 731.7886I can't wait for Game of Thrones to come back out.734.0854 
513ATL_int_01734.1658Oh I love that-734.8182
515 735.0593love that [show.]735.7027 
516ATL_se0_ag2_f_01735.3265[I love] Game of Thrones.736.8557
517 737.1209I cannot even738.3666
519 738.8451remember what happened in the last season. Have to741.1394 
521 741.4764redo it. But I like that. I like Blackish.744.1160 
522ATL_int_01744.1869Okay.744.6644
523ATL_se0_ag2_f_01744.9244Um, what's another show? Oh, Star, that new one from Lee Daniels, that's really good.749.8762
525 750.4920Uh, I watch Power.752.4001 
527 753.0516Um,753.9985 
529 754.1271<ts>754.3041 
531 754.4303I watch755.0246 
533 755.1038reality TV,756.1490 
535 756.4579I like Vanderpump Rules.758.6027 
537 759.3026Uh, what else? Love and Hip Hop,761.6244 
539 762.8577sometimes I watch that.764.2337 
541 764.7392Not too much into this season.766.4409 
543 767.2934And, what's another show I really really really- I like movies a lot though.771.0351 
545 772.0770Let me see, what's another show that I watch all the time?774.9670 
547 776.3293I can't remember.777.4923 
549 778.8065I know that I watch-779.7376 
551 780.0971oh, I watch, um, the Kardashians.783.0092 
552ATL_int_01783.4584<laugh>783.8374
553ATL_se0_ag2_f_01784.0359[<laugh>]784.6458
554ATL_int_01784.3810[What-] what's- what's- what do you find fascinating about watching the Kardashians?788.4467
555ATL_se0_ag2_f_01788.6074I think789.2768
557 789.5384I- okay, I can only talk /?/ for myself, but I'm obsessed with all things hair and like eyebrows and stuff like that.795.5223 
559 795.9969And so I've- was watching them since season one, they came a long way.800.0181 
561 800.6921And (laughing)801.4840 
563 801.5907I just like seeing them as a family getting that money together.804.6039 
565 804.9953That motivated me and, um,807.6143 
567 807.9176<ts>808.0580 
569 808.1591just the way they look.809.4731 
571 809.7164I think it's a thing about looks because811.4161 
573 811.6997with girls, like,812.8458 
575 813.6265I know when I was little, I had thousands of Barbie dolls.816.1595 
577 816.4852But816.9000 
579 816.9827to you, they mighta all looked the same, and to me they didn't look the same.820.3830 
581 820.7592So I think that's821.8586 
583 822.1456our obsession with like the Kardashians like,824.5306 
585 825.0866they- yeah, people might think like they're fake or whatever.828.2373 
587 828.6671But, you know,829.4201 
589 829.7342<ts> they just look different. They look like dolls, like you watching832.5676 
590ATL_int_01832.8855[<laugh>]833.3299
591ATL_se0_ag2_f_01833.0179[dolls] on TV.834.0222
592ATL_int_01834.6828Yeah, a couple of 'em835.6537
594 836.2378[pretty cute]836.7630 
595ATL_se0_ag2_f_01836.3090[Hm.]836.5265
596 836.8978They [cute, yeah.]837.8020
597ATL_int_01837.1552[I would say.]837.7320
598ATL_se0_ag2_f_01838.1575I just like watching it, I know839.7033
600 839.8263it might be- not be, all the way841.5045 
602 842.2192true or whatever. I don't really know, but I like watching it.844.7531 
603ATL_int_01845.0949Nah, it's- it's good to get some type of, um, entertainment,848.0096
605 848.1585you know,848.5217 
607 848.6352gotta enjoy your life at times.850.3043 
608ATL_se0_ag2_f_01850.5286Mm-hm, and then I also watched the Mariah Carey one that's on there, got me to s-854.8432
610 854.9381see her in a different light.856.5099 
612 857.6248Um,858.1997 
614 858.6355some lights I don't like, but860.1861 
615ATL_int_01860.3263Mm-hm.860.8243
616ATL_se0_ag2_f_01861.0620<laugh> she's uh,862.4234
618 862.5321I- she's interesting. I like864.0274 
620 864.6003watching people on TV. I like to see interviews too, like on OWN, on A- Oprah.868.9355 
622 869.4416Like when she's interviewing like people like John Legend, Will Smith,872.9744 
624 873.2712you kind of get wisdom from these type of people. So that's my channel I go to when I really wanna877.7311 
626 878.0771learn somebody's background and880.5788 
628 880.9944why people think the way they do, and883.3529 
630 883.4731everybody's different, so885.1143 
632 885.5587it's good to-886.5714 
634 887.0471<ts>887.1948 
636 887.8070like if there's a person you don't like, like889.8905 
638 890.1672okay like,890.7106 
640 891.8423I wouldn't say I don't like her, but- cause I don't know her, but like894.3937 
642 894.7025Miley Cyrus,896.0349 
644 896.5139like the interview for me.898.1663 
646 898.7358I don't think she interviewed her, but if she interviews her,901.0418 
648 901.2753I would get to see like, why903.2437 
650 903.5341she does certain things.905.3439 
652 906.0439You know,906.6137 
654 906.9151what makes her tick908.1883 
656 908.2770as Miley Cyrus, cause909.8155 
658 910.1427some things she does I might not agree with, and some things I do,913.2370 
660 913.5899she might not agree with, but that's what makes us- us different, so916.6384 
662 916.8687I like the OWN channel.918.1492 
663ATL_int_01918.7033Agree, okay.919.8003
664ATL_se0_ag2_f_01920.1205[Mm-hm.]920.4950
665ATL_int_01920.2841[So] with- um, I guess,922.0076
666 922.3839for some of these interviews, some of these people that you're925.1201
668 925.2099checking out their stories, and927.1325 
669ATL_se0_ag2_f_01927.2673Mm.927.6997
670ATL_int_01927.9019I guess, you know, you can relate with some experience in your stories.931.6576
672 931.8123How much do you think family affect a person's,935.0053 
674 935.1471you know, outcome,936.1084 
676 936.2124personality, character, all that different type of stuff?938.8060 
677ATL_se0_ag2_f_01939.5813I think that's the biggest-940.8722
679 940.9667that's the biggest, um,942.3885 
681 943.8411<ts>943.9534 
683 944.5768that's the b-945.3266 
685 946.0342t- what's the word I'm looking for?947.6652 
687 947.9867That's the place where you learn949.6177 
689 951.3726how to do everything and how the world's gonna treat you.954.2874 
691 954.8434And, um, sometimes if you come from957.3933 
693 957.9586a dangerous background, you so used to seeing everybody960.9147 
695 961.5798like being violent with one another, you think that's the way it sup-964.2615 
697 964.3431that everybody's household is. You know, cause you don't have that967.4758 
699 967.8682perspective. You don't have that person telling you like, oh no,971.1111 
701 971.4313it's different other places, and974.0654 
703 974.8476it's not like that or976.5972 
705 976.6752whatever. But977.3437 
707 977.5990I know, I grew up with just like my mom.980.6785 
709 981.4338And I always lived with- um,983.8209 
711 984.5512<ts>984.6313 
713 984.7075we always shared like a home. In New York City, you could have like three family homes.988.3624 
715 988.8351So it would be like, me and my mom and then my aunt992.1021 
717 992.2773and her daughter and two sons994.5509 
719 994.8149and her husband. So it's like I always had997.2355 
721 997.6177family members there, but not really. Like, I still know I was the only child,1002.1758 
723 1002.7760but I call them my brothers and sisters.1004.2937 
725 1004.8799But1005.2331 
727 1006.2722I don't know.1006.8619 
729 1006.9850I think I had more of a- of a different upbringing than say like somebody who was actually a only child,1012.6888 
731 1012.9078and they didn't have like siblings around. Like1014.6938 
733 1015.1685I had1015.8030 
735 1016.2411the best of both worlds. Like1017.7464 
737 1018.1901if I wanted to /se-/ be by myself I could be by myself. If I wanted to be around kids, I could be around kids.1022.9650 
739 1024.2091<ts> And it just showed me that, um, I could be multifaceted and be1027.7322 
741 1028.1141friends and still be comfortable and not always have somebody on my side. So1032.3081 
743 1032.5763I don't know and then my family's weird, so.1034.7666 
745 1035.5095[I don't know.]1035.9338 
746ATL_int_011035.5757[Okay].1036.0165
747ATL_se0_ag2_f_011036.0472Yeah.1036.2245
748ATL_int_011036.8284What kind of traditions1038.3129
750 1038.4263do you remember having in your family1040.3518 
752 1040.8340if any?1041.3012 
753ATL_se0_ag2_f_011042.0313Traditions.1042.9953
755 1043.2884Oh, sitting down for Thanksgiving1045.5056 
757 1045.6616dinner, we'd say1046.9739 
759 1047.3237what we were thankful for every year and how it was gonna improve for the next year.1051.3460 
761 1052.4917Um, what else? Food is a big traditions in our house.1055.5645 
763 1055.9121So like we have macaroni pie.1058.6304 
765 1058.9393We have like the corn pie, [we always have, um], oxtail.1062.4439 
766ATL_int_011060.3921[Mm-hm.]1061.1343
767 1062.6236Love it.1062.9166
768ATL_se0_ag2_f_011063.0073Um, food brings us together. That's what I noticed with our family, like,1066.7067
770 1067.1438food and parties.1068.7606 
771ATL_int_011068.8802[Mm-hm.]1069.2759
772ATL_se0_ag2_f_011068.9411[So that's]1069.5645
773 1069.6484mostly our traditions.1071.0860
775 1072.1544We don't really do nothing major l- oh, and like,1074.5378 
777 1074.6797my birthday is a tradition. (laughing)1076.6132 
778ATL_int_011076.6262[Okay.]1077.1137
779ATL_se0_ag2_f_011076.7751[<laugh>]1077.1533
780 1077.8459I just like going to the movies and to eat.1080.8499
781ATL_int_011081.3037Ah, nice, [nice.]1082.7078
782ATL_se0_ag2_f_011082.2114[Yeah, it's nothing] like too extravagant until I get to travel, but1085.4764
783 1086.7317I don't really do the whole birthdays thing, maybe one year but not-1090.3261
785 1090.5657not anytime soon.1091.8799 
786ATL_int_011092.8546Do you plan on,1093.9431
788 1094.0589you know, keeping these traditions alive-1096.0732 
790 1096.2497alive with your own family that you start or whatever?1098.6691 
791ATL_se0_ag2_f_011098.8152Definitely! But I want us to be closer. I want us to talk about like our day, and I want us to have like a positive word jar1106.9897
793 1107.5486where like we put- write something positive, (laughing)1110.2278 
795 1110.8896um, everyday and then you put it in a jar, and then every Sunday we'll pull one out and read it.1115.9366 
797 1116.5209And, um, I wanna do something like that.1118.7881 
799 1119.2278I wanna start funds, like saving funds for my kids, so I can help them, you know, early on- start it early on, so I can help them later on in life.1127.7862 
801 1128.5508And what else? What else?1130.5081 
803 1130.5937I definitely wanna have like1132.6838 
805 1133.0100a cooking thing like once a month, where we can invite our friends, and they can eat with us.1137.6202 
807 1137.9842So we not all1139.0298 
809 1139.6627<ts>1139.8537 
811 1140.0698into each other,1141.4408 
813 1141.6110you know, bring other people into our world.1143.9929 
815 1144.5940And just teach our kids to be1147.1550 
817 1147.8852loving towards one another as brother and sister.1150.4711 
819 1150.8168Cause me and my1151.7097 
821 1152.2237t- s- um,1153.3273 
823 1153.4739god sister and my1154.9695 
825 1155.1125god brother, my cousins, whatever you wanna call them.1157.3457 
827 1158.1629We're kinda harsh towards one another, but I think that's a New York thing. But1161.7194 
829 1162.1355I'm gonna teach them to be a little softer and nicer with each other.1165.2942 
830ATL_int_011165.7558<ts>1165.8406
832 1165.9304That's nice. That's cool.1167.1267 
834 1167.2839Um,1167.9522 
836 1168.6936so,1169.4402 
838 1170.5048you got a real unique perspective coming from New York, living1173.9684 
840 1174.0748so many years, and also coming to Atlanta,1176.3918 
842 1176.8220living so1177.5131 
844 1177.6502many years. Atlanta is becoming like a melting pot of a lot of different1181.8052 
846 1182.3496types of variety of people and we already know.1184.9594 
848 1185.3284That was kind of New York's1186.6190 
850 1186.7751claim to fame as well.1188.5092 
852 1189.0120Tell me about1189.9589 
854 1190.4586growing up in neighborhoods in1192.5150 
856 1192.7940New York.1193.3677 
858 1193.8529What type of neighborhood were you grow up- have you grown up in?1196.3697 
859ATL_se0_ag2_f_011196.4964Um, when I was younger, I was living in /RD-ADDRESS-2/.1199.2462
861 1200.2047Um, that's part of Brooklyn.1201.8562 
863 1202.1850Um,1202.9353 
865 1203.2461/RD-ADDRESS-2/ do or die.1204.4780 
867 1204.8356Home [of Biggie Smalls]1206.3001 
868ATL_int_011205.0351[<laugh>]1205.8907
869 1206.5885Yeah.1206.9194
870ATL_se0_ag2_f_011207.1179and Jay Z, down a couple blocks in /RD-ADDRESS-2/ [projects. And] it was really bad around that time, so1214.0776
871ATL_int_011210.8886[Mm.]1211.2789
872ATL_se0_ag2_f_011214.8104even though my grandmother had a home,1216.8535
874 1217.0237um, my mom and1218.2013 
876 1218.7948her sisters didn't really grow with their mom, so make- to make the long story short, we ended up leaving,1224.0212 
878 1224.7720and we got our own spot in /RD-ADDRESS-3/.1227.6026 
880 1227.7917I think we moved to-1228.5424 
882 1228.7079no /RD-ADDRESS-3/, yeah we moved to /RD-ADDRESS-3/. That's in Brooklyn too.1231.7689 
884 1232.4625And I grew up in that1233.5266 
886 1233.8410area, for like1235.0039 
888 1235.0991ten to1235.6890 
890 1235.8285twelve years, probably longer, can't really remember.1239.1577 
892 1239.6493But um,1240.3864 
894 1240.5483it's different1241.2141 
896 1241.5781seeing as everything is around the corner, like if I come out the house, I don't gotta stay in the house all day.1246.2115 
898 1246.6494I go outside,1247.7403 
900 1248.2320the corner store is there. You got your shop- your shoes stores. You got your Duane Reade's, your Rite Aid's,1254.6619 
902 1255.2059um, your CVS's. It's just totally different, like1257.9279 
904 1258.0933everybody's always outside playing on the block.1260.6243 
906 1261.2578Um,1262.2104 
908 1263.4927<ts>1263.5878 
910 1263.7421It's just nice. It's just different. It's just a different feeling like,1266.5014 
912 1266.9056everything is right where you need it, whereas out here,1269.4758 
914 1269.9249um,1270.6027 
916 1270.7953you come outside, all you see is your neighbors, all you gonna see is your neighbors.1275.0995 
918 1275.4825And if you come out the area, all you gonna see is the woods, unless you downtown or whatever.1280.3290 
919ATL_int_011280.5370Okay.1281.0239
920ATL_se0_ag2_f_011281.1470And, [um],1282.0296
921ATL_int_011281.9032[True] that.1282.3948
922ATL_se0_ag2_f_011282.4708There's no corner stores. Y'all have QT's.1285.1835
923ATL_int_011285.4917Mm-hm.1285.8264
924ATL_se0_ag2_f_011286.2657Um, you need your car1288.0790
926 1288.4483to go past the outside of your- your area, whatever that might be.1292.5074 
928 1293.3540And, yeah, everybody down here is about their home. They not really more so about fashion.1298.4009 
930 1298.8770Up there we about fashion. Like1300.4573 
932 1300.6843cause you walking all the time, you gotta look fresh, you have to have your fresh sneaker on, your fresh outfit on. If you're a girl, your hair have to be done, your nails gotta be done.1307.9252 
934 1308.8416And you not gonna be get caught dead going in certain stores. I see people1312.9040 
936 1313.8022who going in and out here,1315.3397 
938 1315.5690like it's nothing.1316.6065 
940 1317.5153So yeah, we more about our clothes. Y'all more about like homes and stuff.1321.1181 
941ATL_int_011321.8723Okay,1322.3126
943 1322.5017um,1323.1154 
945 1323.4894<ts>1323.6454 
947 1323.9855between,1324.8573 
949 1325.0134I guess New York1326.2811 
951 1326.8484and your experience in Atlanta,1328.6212 
953 1329.2005which would you1330.1943 
955 1330.3515consider safer?1331.5105 
956ATL_se0_ag2_f_011332.6782Safer?1333.7797
957ATL_int_011334.4054Yes.1334.9646
958ATL_se0_ag2_f_011336.0450Mm,1336.7260
960 1338.4028I guess, um,1339.8571 
962 1342.8904I feel a little bit safer in New York. I think that's cause I grew up there though.1346.6624 
964 1347.6054Like down here it was something I seen on TV.1350.4371 
966 1351.0880And I feel like the houses are nice, but they kind of just right there and anybody could just come into your joint.1357.0407 
968 1357.9815Whereas up there, like, everybody's connected.1360.4512 
970 1360.6971The houses are connected.1362.3702 
972 1362.9394So it's like,1363.9531 
974 1364.5344they're not w-1365.2871 
976 1365.3584they not gonna try you1366.7897 
978 1367.9058like how they try people out here, like1369.7664 
980 1369.8669just going in they houses taking TV's and shit.1372.1889 
982 1372.8232Cause we just so close knitted up there. Even if we didn't want to be, that's just the way that it's built.1377.3333 
984 1377.4862So,1377.9762 
986 1378.8847yeah. (breathy)1379.6458 
987ATL_int_011379.9767That makes sense, so1381.1255
989 1381.4882it's a lot more crowded up there1383.1154 
991 1383.2135than1383.7199 
993 1384.9333in Atlanta.1385.5713 
994ATL_se0_ag2_f_011386.8787I think it's the same.1388.3984
996 1388.6442Well, f-1389.1237 
998 1389.8672no, yeah it's crowded.1391.0651 
1000 1391.5703It's crowded but it doesn't- after fi- I feel like it's the same thing on a block1395.5933 
1002 1396.0350radius type thing.1397.2904 
1004 1397.8408It's the same amount of people. It's just that1399.7637 
1006 1400.3148your neighbors are much closer.1401.9997 
1008 1402.2088Like okay,1402.8974 
1010 1403.1998you step outside on your porch, they porch is right there. Like1405.8784 
1012 1406.2235there's a1406.7503 
1014 1407.4047gate dividing your porch and their porch. But when you come out and they stand there, you're gonna say, hey.1411.8065 
1015ATL_int_011412.1497[Mm-hm.]1412.5090
1016ATL_se0_ag2_f_011412.2679[Versus] out here, we have to wave across the street or wave1415.2668
1017ATL_int_011415.4055[Mm-hm.]1415.8730
1018ATL_se0_ag2_f_011415.6617[next] door. There's space in between your houses, so1418.1328
1019 1419.1255I don't know. I don't-1419.8059
1021 1420.0494I don't think it's more crowded. I think it's the same amount of people1423.2645 
1023 1423.4560actually. It's just that everybody1425.2418 
1025 1425.7342kind of is on the go in they own cars and stuff out here, so you not really gonna1429.4980 
1027 1430.3502bump into that many people unless you take the a-1432.3307 
1029 1432.4654the MARTA.1433.0233 
1030ATL_int_011434.5190Okay, so1435.4049
1032 1436.8291eh-1437.0663 
1034 1437.7944in your neighborhood,1438.8127 
1036 1439.2760let's say back in New York,1440.6224 
1038 1440.9259[did you] go to a school that was close by, or did you have to go all the c-1444.5527 
1039ATL_se0_ag2_f_011440.9740[Mm-hm.]1441.3191
1040ATL_int_011444.6898way across town or [something?]1446.2498
1041ATL_se0_ag2_f_011445.8811[Oh no], my school was always in the vicinity.1448.4181
1042ATL_int_011448.5009Okay.1448.9138
1043ATL_se0_ag2_f_011449.1362Um, when I was in junior high, my school was across the street.1452.0131
1045 1452.3416All I d- I literally- all I had to do was cross the street and go to school.1455.5107 
1047 1456.2820I think my mom and my aunt did that on purpose.1458.6539 
1049 1458.7626And then when I got to high school,1460.5643 
1051 1461.4424um, I just had to walk up,1463.4442 
1053 1463.7902let me see,1464.5599 
1055 1466.0588like five blocks. And then we moved to another place so I was walking,1470.2875 
1057 1470.9091um, just ten blocks. But it was in the same type of1473.4548 
1059 1473.7145zone area, like you had to go to your zone school.1476.3851 
1061 1477.4292Um, I think in high school you could go to other schools, but you had to have like a problem or your parents just wanted you to go to an elite school or something like that. But1485.7828 
1063 1486.1962we have zone schools just like out here.1488.3289 
1065 1489.2407Um,1490.1341 
1067 1490.6999<ts> they were always in the area.1491.6688 
1069 1491.9194Only one time,1493.0770 
1071 1493.1964I think up from kindergarten to third grade1495.5528 
1073 1496.2470I was1497.1918 
1075 1497.6925in, um, /RD-SCHOOL-7/,1499.9798 
1077 1500.4707and that was1501.8288 
1079 1501.9139over on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street1503.2169 
1081 1503.4793out of my neighborhood.1504.6615 
1083 1505.0635But that was because I was in a Catholic school, and then she decided to change my school.1508.5752 
1085 1509.0396And that's when I moved over to the /RD-ADDRESS-3/ school-1511.4540 
1087 1511.5533public school1512.3612 
1089 1512.9446because she felt what th-1514.0605 
1091 1514.2047I wasn't learning anything at the Catholic school.1517.0474 
1092ATL_int_011517.4032[Mm-hm.]1517.9229
1093ATL_se0_ag2_f_011517.4548[They was just] taking the money.1518.7490
1094ATL_int_011519.6789Okay.1520.2303
1096 1520.9159So, um,1521.9078 
1098 1523.1356what was your favorite school, I guess, in particular that you went to?1525.9970 
1099ATL_se0_ag2_f_011526.7732I didn't like school.1528.8005
1100ATL_int_011528.8182Mm-hm.1529.1491
1101ATL_se0_ag2_f_011529.2638I think my whole experience in school-1531.2310
1103 1531.7175I really loved, um, kindergarten1534.3347 
1104ATL_int_011534.5749Mm-hm.1534.8775
1105ATL_se0_ag2_f_011534.9523cause we- (laughing)1535.3236
1107 1535.5858we didn't do anything. (laughing) We took naps,1537.5278 
1108ATL_int_011537.6374That's awesome.1538.2248
1109ATL_se0_ag2_f_011538.2354um, colored.1539.7141
1111 1539.8595And some people don't remember like kindergarten, but I remember it because I had1543.5818 
1113 1544.0065a special needs teacher.1545.4153 
1114ATL_int_011545.5760[Mm-hm.]1545.9448
1115ATL_se0_ag2_f_011545.7415[She] was a helper for my- my teacher was Indian.1549.3698
1116 1549.6224She looked like Pocahontas.1551.2307
1118 1551.3927That's all I can remember.1552.5527 
1119ATL_int_011552.8217<laugh>1553.0723
1120ATL_se0_ag2_f_011553.0841And the1553.9065
1122 1554.0743special needs teacher, she was a little person.1556.1802 
1123ATL_int_011556.4601[Mm-hm.]1556.8383
1124ATL_se0_ag2_f_011556.6035[And her name] was Miss /RD-NAME-1/. She was so nice. She was like1559.7788
1125 1560.6721the height of probably my knee, and I'm just five- five feet-1564.8216
1127 1564.9422five feet. She was up to like my thigh.1566.8296 
1128ATL_int_011567.0026Oh.1567.2201
1129ATL_se0_ag2_f_011567.2504She was tiny.1568.2223
1130ATL_int_011568.3736Mm-hm.1568.7479
1131ATL_se0_ag2_f_011568.7943<ts>1568.9222
1133 1569.0751She was so nice. She used to bring me candy all the time, so I really love1571.9503 
1135 1572.3663kindergarten, and rest in peace Miss /RD-NAME-1/.1574.5573 
1136ATL_int_011574.6978Mm-hm.1575.1044
1137ATL_se0_ag2_f_011575.1934And then, let's see, I really loved, um, I think that was fifth grade,1580.4502
1139 1580.5285no sixth grade. I met this guy, he was my teacher. His name was Mr. /RD-NAME-1/.1584.6167 
1141 1585.3246Really on the hefty side, rest in peace Mr. /RD-NAME-1/.1588.1184 
1142ATL_int_011588.3700[Mm-hm.]1588.7671
1143ATL_se0_ag2_f_011588.5260[But he] really, um, motivated us to be good people.1591.8526
1144ATL_int_011592.0269Mm-hm.1592.4081
1145ATL_se0_ag2_f_011592.9331It wasn't just about singing with him.1594.6762
1147 1595.2809It was more about like, um,1597.2969 
1149 1597.8519you know, f- getting to know you and love yourself as a person, so he motivated me. I really liked that class. That was a music class.1603.6583 
1151 1604.1082And that made me have a love for music.1606.0560 
1153 1607.0242And then,1608.0570 
1155 1608.6366let's see,1609.2893 
1157 1611.1190I don't think I had any favorites in high school.1614.1444 
1158ATL_int_011614.2353What about some teachers you just couldn't stand,1616.8519
1160 1616.9984like [ah],1617.6077 
1161ATL_se0_ag2_f_011617.4989[Oh.]1618.0189
1162ATL_int_011618.0639there's-1618.3229
1164 1618.5703there's /teachers./1619.4471 
1165ATL_se0_ag2_f_011619.4582Mr. /RD-NAME-3/1621.0346
1166ATL_int_011621.6867[<laugh.]1622.1216
1167ATL_se0_ag2_f_011621.8947[in]1622.4059
1168 1622.8530/RD-SCHOOL-2/ two eleven.1624.2419
1170 1624.3306Couldn't stand his ass.1625.4386 
1171ATL_int_011625.7520[<laugh>]1626.3039
1172ATL_se0_ag2_f_011625.8924[Oh, my bad.]1626.6131
1173ATL_int_011626.9123[Nah, /you good/.]1627.5283
1174ATL_se0_ag2_f_011627.0165[My mom], um,1628.3503
1175 1628.4148she had to go up there and speak to him because he wouldn't let me sit in the front of the class.1631.8825
1177 1632.5164My glasses, I didn't have my glasses. I wear glasses to see the board. I would tell him everyday, I can't see. And then he'll be mad that I didn't turn in my work and stuff like that.1640.4376 
1179 1640.8947Well it's like, I can't see. And then he told me he was not gonna put me in the front of the class.1644.4498 
1181 1645.0160So she came up there and gave him a little1647.1273 
1183 1647.6382one two1648.3789 
1185 1648.5184type of mama cursing type thing,1650.2876 
1187 1650.6942and then I was in the front of the class the next day.1652.8738 
1188ATL_int_011652.8827<laugh> Man, [/ma/]1654.1019
1189ATL_se0_ag2_f_011653.7197[um],1654.5463
1190 1655.0035Mrs. /RD-NAME-3/.1656.6074
1191ATL_int_011656.6528Mm-hm.1657.0357
1192ATL_se0_ag2_f_011657.2109I think that was her name. She was a ra- that was the first time I had to deal with racism1661.2337
1194 1662.0100in NYC. But she basically used to pick on certain people and tell us,1665.9053 
1196 1666.4262like,1666.8939 
1198 1667.2607oh you're doing this, and I'm'a tell your parents you're doing this, and you weren't doing it.1670.6483 
1200 1670.7275And I remember one time she told1672.6170 
1202 1673.3195my mom I was in the class jumping on the desk, throwing1676.7854 
1204 1676.9084my erase- the erasers at her, or something like that.1679.5938 
1205ATL_int_011679.7315Mm-hm.1680.1013
1206ATL_se0_ag2_f_011680.1152And Mr. /RD-NAME-1/ had to come and help me out1682.0109
1208 1682.4648and kind of1683.2293 
1210 1683.4634tell my mom she needed to get me out that class, cause1686.4103 
1212 1686.7594she just don't like certain people. When she got /her/ mind on you,1689.7406 
1214 1690.1572she ain't gonna like you. So those are two people I had1692.3740 
1216 1693.0656an1693.2939 
1218 1693.3722awful experience with in school. [But school] just-1696.4749 
1219ATL_int_011695.5950[Mm-hm.]1695.9543
1220ATL_se0_ag2_f_011696.6108it wasn't my thing. I wanted to1698.1129
1222 1699.2226get out and do what I wanted to do, but the crazy thing was1702.1689 
1224 1702.7213I didn't know1703.3406 
1226 1703.6148what exactly I wanted to do, so.1705.8793 
1228 1706.5467I was just always all over the place.1708.3006 
1229ATL_int_011708.7732Did you have any, um,1710.1445
1231 1710.7778favorite subjects?1712.0435 
1232ATL_se0_ag2_f_011712.5886English. I could write a essay like nobody's business. I used to1715.8809
1234 1716.2388help people write their essays cause I was really good at it.1718.9046 
1236 1719.0328[It was just common] sense to me.1720.5958 
1237ATL_int_011719.1187[/Okay./]1719.5583
1238 1720.7215Mm-hm.1721.2555
1239ATL_se0_ag2_f_011721.5303Um,1722.2881
1241 1722.7774social studies, and then there was another class we used to take,1725.8721 
1243 1726.0045and it taught us how to predict the weather.1728.6151 
1244ATL_int_011729.3189[Mm-hm.]1729.7325
1245ATL_se0_ag2_f_011729.3638[I can't remember] the name of that class, but it was really fun. The teacher was really good. I can't remember his name though.1734.2577
1246 1735.0978That was a really good class.1736.6223
1248 1736.9672What'd they call that?1737.7506 
1250 1738.2075When you- with the weather?1739.5959 
1251ATL_int_011740.1846Uh, meteorology or [something like that.]1742.6668
1252ATL_se0_ag2_f_011741.7733[Something like that], yeah I really liked that.1743.7541
1253ATL_int_011744.3025[/??/]1744.7800
1254ATL_se0_ag2_f_011744.6061[And] then I took drama class in college.1747.1195
1255 1747.2235That was fun and weird at the same time. I think I wasn't ready for at that point,1751.8020
1256ATL_int_011752.0478[Mm-hm.]1752.3598
1257ATL_se0_ag2_f_011752.2857[because] I didn't know that like, in acting class you have to act like a-1755.7399
1258 1756.2458like get on all fours and act like a [cat and]1759.7402
1259ATL_int_011759.1635[<laugh>]1760.0570
1260ATL_se0_ag2_f_011760.0901do all type of stuff. And I just- I was too concerned about how I was looking1764.3000
1261ATL_int_011764.3057Mm-hm.1764.7377
1262ATL_se0_ag2_f_011764.7584than to be focused on my craft. So that didn't last long.1767.8267
1263ATL_int_011768.0154Mm.1768.3562
1265 1769.2638So would that be considered1770.6626 
1267 1770.9564I'm- I know that's a course, but it- was there any other1773.5949 
1269 1773.7296extracurricular activities in school?1775.8528 
1270ATL_se0_ag2_f_011776.1561<ts>1776.2823
1272 1776.3862In high school, no.1777.9709 
1273ATL_int_011778.0551[Okay.]1778.4474
1274ATL_se0_ag2_f_011778.3747[I] tried out for the track team,1780.0314
1275 1780.4710but I had some issues with1782.1022
1277 1782.2181pain1782.7636 
1279 1782.8871in my leg and stuff. I guess that1784.8916 
1281 1785.4832is genetics, I don't know.1786.7643 
1282ATL_int_011787.0350Oh.1787.4416
1283ATL_se0_ag2_f_011787.4859And then, um,1789.1226
1285 1789.5715I wasn't really into like,1790.7961 
1287 1790.9800cheerleading because,1792.3971 
1289 1792.6002I'm- I feel like I'm a leader, and1794.3948 
1291 1794.7328the stuff that they were doing to the,1797.0319 
1293 1797.4922people who were auditioning, like it was some type of sorority. I was just not gonna pass that test like,1802.6789 
1294ATL_int_011803.1423[Mm-hm.]1803.6340
1295ATL_se0_ag2_f_011803.4165[so I] kind of just stayed1804.6625
1296 1804.8673to myself. I didn't really do anything extracurricular in school.1807.8462
1298 1809.0910Didn't wanna do it,1810.2627 
1300 1810.9393even when I was younger and I would say, oh I wanna do tap dancing.1814.1161 
1302 1814.6034And my mom would take me to tap dance class, and then when I realized she couldn't stay with me, I would cry. And then1820.3114 
1304 1821.1280I just went home. So I just never was interested in anything. I'm a really clinger. I cling to my mom.1826.9012 
1305ATL_int_011827.1671Mm-hm.1827.6949
1306ATL_se0_ag2_f_011827.5061<ts>1827.5877
1307 1828.2545And, um,1829.4962
1309 1829.6877I cling to anything that's-1831.7516 
1311 1832.6890that I feel comfortable with, so whether that be1835.0725 
1313 1836.1693my mom, my sister, somebody close. And if they're not with me, I have a issue, so1840.6127 
1315 1841.6824<ts>1841.8903 
1317 1842.0401yeah.1842.4038 
1318ATL_int_011843.6908Definitely a clinger.1844.7647
1320 1845.1334Definitely a [Klingon.]1846.3020 
1321ATL_se0_ag2_f_011846.1301[<laugh>]1847.3145
1322 1847.9486[<laugh>]1848.2402
1323ATL_int_011848.1211[Um], what you call again?1849.7105
1324 1849.8570Let's see,1850.6181
1326 1851.5636go a little bit deeper, cause1853.4001 
1328 1854.4546usually a lot of people, when they come to Atlanta for about five years, they-1858.2614 
1330 1858.7719they become ATLiens, and they kind of adapt the flavor and the swag, but [you really-]1863.5664 
1331ATL_se0_ag2_f_011862.9842[I don't wanna] adapt y'all flavor and [swag.]1865.2053
1332ATL_int_011865.1298[you] really holding on to this NY1868.1690
1333 1868.3818you know dialect1869.5505
1335 1869.7644and [culture.]1870.7417 
1336ATL_se0_ag2_f_011870.4184[I don't] have- I don't know how to pick up y'all dialect. Like1874.2813
1337 1874.3735[I don't really] hang out with1875.6779
1338ATL_int_011874.4440[Mm-hm.]1874.7702
1339ATL_se0_ag2_f_011876.1601Atlanta people1877.4087
1341 1878.2440like that. Not- it's no offense to any person that's from Atlanta, but I just haven't come across like somebody that I could relate to and understand why,1886.1592 
1343 1886.5338[you know, Atlanta] women act the way they do.1889.1489 
1344ATL_int_011886.6000[Mm-hm.]1886.9215
1345ATL_se0_ag2_f_011889.2352And so the few I have met, I just- I don't mess with them like that, cause1893.1098
1347 1893.7493I don't know. It's clashing. Like they views and my views.1897.0012 
1349 1897.9247So, [um],1898.9884 
1350ATL_int_011898.7311[Go deeper] like,1899.6085
1351 1900.0718what's the difference? Like, you can tell somebody1902.9767
1353 1903.2109from New York1904.1044 
1355 1904.3549by the way they walk or they talk.1906.2303 
1356ATL_se0_ag2_f_011908.2607No, because1909.2196
1358 1909.3576I don't know, like, I'm picky with my friends in general1912.4425 
1360 1912.6389[in New York] City, so,1913.9676 
1361ATL_int_011912.6895[Mm-hm.]1913.0315
1362ATL_se0_ag2_f_011914.5830um, when I came out here, I met one girl. She was from1918.0474
1364 1918.7491New York,1919.2690 
1366 1919.5621and she lived out here for like over ten years or something like that.1922.2916 
1368 1922.8066But to me, she was more into like the guys with the cars, and1926.9667 
1370 1927.3733if they ain't go no money, they ain't gotta talk to her.1930.3761 
1371ATL_int_011930.4328[<laugh>]1931.0633
1372ATL_se0_ag2_f_011931.0243[And] like things like that, and I'm just-1933.3638
1373 1933.5738I'm not saying there's not girls like that in New York, cause they are.1936.6077
1374ATL_int_011936.7070[Mm-hm.]1937.0899
1375ATL_se0_ag2_f_011936.9339[And] I didn't hang out with them there either.1939.0140
1376ATL_int_011939.2903[Okay.]1939.7798
1377ATL_se0_ag2_f_011939.4442[So it] just depends on, for me, energy1942.3170
1378 1942.7355and where your, um, opinions,1944.9336
1380 1945.2595lie, like I'm not gonna not be your friend because1948.1681 
1382 1948.5167you want a guy with money or whatever. But1950.4428 
1384 1950.9214if that's all you're concerned about and I see you not working for so- for something for yourself, that's how I choose my friends. And1957.0120 
1386 1957.6879I think that's the difference between1959.5615 
1388 1959.8452me, a New York person, and them, a ATL person.1963.0647 
1390 1963.5713I just haven't found that right Atlanta person that,1966.2045 
1391ATL_int_011966.9148[Okay.]1967.3521
1392ATL_se0_ag2_f_011966.9857[you know], I wanna hang out with,1968.8357
1393 1969.0248besides you.1970.6889
1394ATL_int_011971.3933True,1971.7904
1396 1972.0977true.1972.8171 
1397ATL_se0_ag2_f_011973.2340And I [can't lose this] accent if d-1974.9617
1398ATL_int_011973.6302[<laugh>]1974.1550
1399ATL_se0_ag2_f_011975.1826I feel like I was there my whole life. I came out here /and wi-/ in my-1978.3111
1401 1978.6895when I was like twenty-eight or something like that. So my accent is stuck. It's not going nowhere.1983.2621 
1403 1983.7776I'm not tryna pick up no other accent, unless I go to London or something like that.1987.5449 
1404ATL_int_011987.7819Okay,1988.2540
1406 1988.4384nah, nah, nah, it's- that's fair. But, um,1990.6099 
1408 1991.0637I know you're least able d- to1993.2169 
1410 1993.4072decipher1994.5782 
1412 1995.1881the- some of the lingo and the language that Atlanta people use. What is some that you're familiar with,2000.4492 
1414 2000.7545that you just know Atlanta people use2002.8716 
1416 2003.0111all day everyday?2003.9820 
1417ATL_se0_ag2_f_012004.1028Bruh?2004.8210
1418ATL_int_012005.1426Bruh.2005.7682
1420 2006.5035See, y-2007.0057 
1422 2007.2833so, you're- you're- you're stating that bruh came from Atlanta?2009.9970 
1423ATL_se0_ag2_f_012010.8235I think bruh came from Atlanta.2012.7143
1424ATL_int_012012.7627I think bruh came from Atlanta too.2014.4721
1425ATL_se0_ag2_f_012015.0799Bruh came from Atlanta, [um],2017.0835
1426ATL_int_012016.6297[Bruh is] nationwide, worldwide right about now too.2019.6419
1427ATL_se0_ag2_f_012020.6081[um, what else] do y'all say? Finna.2023.3793
1428ATL_int_012021.2256[What else?]2021.7693
1429 2023.8592Finna?2024.4628
1431 2024.6302Oh okay, that's a [Atlanta thing?]2025.9587 
1432ATL_se0_ag2_f_012025.4091[I'm f- I'm finna] go to- I'm finna go to the store.2028.1333
1433ATL_int_012028.5506Store.2029.0266
1435 2029.1034[<laugh>]2030.5376 
1436ATL_se0_ag2_f_012030.2587[Y'all] say skreet.2031.5225
1437ATL_int_012032.0311Skreet with a K2033.3021
1439 2033.4108up in [there.]2034.1172 
1440ATL_se0_ag2_f_012033.8902[Y'all] say Merry /Chritmas/. (nonstandard pronunciation)2035.6453
1441ATL_int_012035.8281/Chritmas/.2036.3435
1443 2036.5462[Okay.]2036.9501 
1444ATL_se0_ag2_f_012036.8634[When] I used to come out here on vacation, I used to hear a lot more. Like, it had more- /a lot of that-/2040.9776
1445 2041.4739like ATLiens walking around like,2043.5635
1446ATL_int_012043.8190Mm-hm.2044.2464
1447ATL_se0_ag2_f_012044.2861ayo, shorty, shorty,2046.0793
1449 2046.2306can I- shorty, can I s- see you for a minute or whatever, [like]2049.2042 
1450ATL_int_012048.8922[<laugh>]2050.2963
1451ATL_se0_ag2_f_012050.5326Oh, lemme ho- lemme holler at you for a second, shorty.2053.3256
1453 2053.4237Some shit like that.2054.3958 
1454ATL_int_012054.5012You got any, uh, funny stories about,2056.7936
1456 2056.9650you know, language or I guess some2059.0396 
1458 2059.1271ATL guys tryna holler at you?2060.9109 
1459ATL_se0_ag2_f_012061.5571<ts>2061.6550
1461 2062.2707Um,2063.0194 
1463 2064.2325I only remember that one time when my friends was following, um,2067.4390 
1465 2068.9678what's his name? Master P's son?2070.7071 
1466ATL_int_012071.0908Lil' Romeo?2071.8606
1467ATL_se0_ag2_f_012072.0072Yeah, they was following him.2073.7193
1469 2074.0266And, um, I felt like that was weird. That's a lot of stuff people do out here that's weird too.2078.9058 
1470ATL_int_012079.0858[Mm-hm.]2079.4646
1471ATL_se0_ag2_f_012079.3600[So] they following him, following him in these stores in Lenox mall.2083.5047
1472ATL_int_012083.7156Mm-hm.2084.1064
1473ATL_se0_ag2_f_012084.4382And I know he saw them following him. So when they finally caught up to him, I just went up the escalator.2089.6006
1474ATL_int_012090.2797You're [too cool for that, huh?]2091.2966
1475ATL_se0_ag2_f_012090.4992[You know],2091.3421
1476 2091.5392yeah, cause I just-2092.8924
1478 2093.1007I wasn't interested in even meeting him, like,2095.5976 
1479ATL_int_012095.6166[<laugh>]2096.4903
1480ATL_se0_ag2_f_012096.4012[so] (laughing) he kind of was looking up and laughing and waving.2099.3625
1481ATL_int_012099.4950Mm-hm.2099.9132
1482ATL_se0_ag2_f_012100.5652You know, instead of paying attention to them and2102.4232
1484 2102.5133taking a picture.2103.1572 
1486 2103.5021Oh and I also met Shaq, but he's not from out here,2106.2015 
1488 2106.4858[so.]2106.9103 
1489ATL_int_012106.5919[But he-] but he b- out here all the time,2108.7074
1490 2108.7917he gotta work out here2110.0900
1492 2110.2795so many different2111.2309 
1493ATL_se0_ag2_f_012111.8412Yeah, I met Shaq. [He told me] he liked my lipstick.2114.2254
1494ATL_int_012112.7319[/??/]2113.1019
1495 2114.6880Okay.2115.2873
1497 2116.2520My girl turned down [Shaq. That's what's up.] /We got that [on/]2118.9700 
1498ATL_se0_ag2_f_012117.1294[<laugh>]2118.1301
1500 2118.8162[It was] good, asked me what I'm doing later.2121.2885 
1501ATL_int_012119.4552[/?/]2119.8418
1502ATL_se0_ag2_f_012121.3610That day, I was actually2122.3912
1504 2122.7399going to my interview, and I was at a job2124.6260 
1506 2125.2208[ at /RD-WORK-3/],2126.0964 
1507ATL_int_012125.3117[Mm-hm.]2125.8553
1508ATL_se0_ag2_f_012126.3895[so.]2126.9253
1509ATL_int_012126.4321[Oh, /woo./]2126.9650
1510 2127.2180[Okay.]2127.9319
1511ATL_se0_ag2_f_012127.2499[<ts>]2127.3681
1513 2127.7463[And] let's see, what's it- /?/ um,2129.3721 
1514 2129.6271when I used to work at /RD-WORK-2/,2130.9760
1516 2131.3069Birthday Bash, all of them, like,2133.1333 
1518 2133.5336you know, Lenox mall was like the spot I guess.2135.8926 
1520 2136.0921That's where they have like the little concert or whatever, [cause I don't know] about it.2139.5239 
1521ATL_int_012138.7488[Mm-hm.]2139.1743
1522ATL_se0_ag2_f_012140.1407And, um, a lot of guys would walk through and be like, oh what's happening, shawty? Can I talk to you for a second, put my phone-2145.7751
1524 2146.2637I'm like, nah, like2147.6987 
1526 2148.1479I ain't taking no bus to come meet you.2150.5235 
1527ATL_int_012150.8319Mm-hm.2151.1932
1528ATL_se0_ag2_f_012151.6943I'm not getting on no train. [<laugh>]2154.1904
1529ATL_int_012153.4624[Oh yeah.]2153.9418
1530ATL_se0_ag2_f_012154.5011You better have a car, like2155.7939
1532 2156.0397first of all, I don't even wanna get in your car, like I don't even know you like that. I don't even know how I hooked up with you.2160.6632 
1533ATL_int_012160.9193Yeah.2161.2171
1534ATL_se0_ag2_f_012161.5055Cause I was just afraid at th- it's too much,2163.9373
1536 2164.4696like woods, trees, like places to bury people out here, like.2168.3233 
1537ATL_int_012168.4161I mean, I'm a pretty good looking,2169.9372
1539 2170.1216suave player ass nigga /???/, so you know that's probably why you2174.1087 
1541 2174.5796[/hooked up with/ me.]2175.4475 
1542ATL_se0_ag2_f_012174.6147[No],2175.4123
1543 2175.7031[no.]2176.1133
1544ATL_int_012175.8060[<laugh>]2176.1724
1545ATL_se0_ag2_f_012176.5093I had to pray on it.2177.5530
1546ATL_int_012177.8196And I got a nice aura, so you probably peep that.2180.3393
1547ATL_se0_ag2_f_012180.7173Yeah you do ha- you had good energy.2182.4762
1548ATL_int_012183.1325Let's see, um, what about2185.2844
1550 2185.5603Atlanta music, who you feeling2187.6814 
1552 2187.8054right now? Cause I know the radio just play about2190.2923 
1554 2190.7841four, five of the same songs over.2192.7278 
1555ATL_se0_ag2_f_012193.2582Atlanta music.2194.6038
1557 2195.4587I like listening to your beats.2197.3204 
1558ATL_int_012197.5506Okay.2198.1188
1559ATL_se0_ag2_f_012199.0449[Um],2200.1039
1560ATL_int_012199.4988[/RD-WORK-4/] dot com.2200.6678
1561 2201.4745Okay, check that out.2202.3398
1563 2202.5476[Plug-]2202.9306 
1564ATL_se0_ag2_f_012202.7244[<laugh>]2203.4364
1565ATL_int_012203.1811[shameless] plug. But, um, what about2204.9515
1566 2205.3806other mainstream artists2207.1427
1568 2207.7100right now?2208.1902 
1569ATL_se0_ag2_f_012208.5915Mainstream,2209.8288
1571 2210.4140I don't think I listen to anybody from Atlanta.2212.6202 
1572ATL_int_012212.9421/What/ about2213.3649
1574 2213.5540[Young Thug?]2214.3813 
1575ATL_se0_ag2_f_012213.6013[You c-]2213.8909
1576 2215.2695I listen to Young Thug sometimes if he on the radio, and it depends on if the song was playing so much on the radio2221.4547
1578 2221.8811that it is now part of my subconscious.2223.8947 
1579ATL_int_012224.1166[<laugh>]2225.0718
1580ATL_se0_ag2_f_012224.2136[So I put it on] my iTunes.2226.5752
1581 2226.9731I like T.I.2228.3015
1583 2229.2340I don't listen to him everyday though. I listen to this guy named Black.2232.4664 
1584ATL_int_012232.8210Okay.2233.3146
1585ATL_se0_ag2_f_012234.1036[Um-]2234.8708
1586ATL_int_012234.7621[I] heard of him. How you- how you s- spell his name?2237.0555
1587ATL_se0_ag2_f_012237.8915It's like a six2239.3052
1588ATL_int_012239.4669For-2239.7494
1590 2239.9267for the [B?]2240.5938 
1591ATL_se0_ag2_f_012240.1861[L] A C K.2242.0262
1592ATL_int_012242.0924Okay.2242.5415
1593ATL_se0_ag2_f_012242.8299[He's really] good. I like, um, this girl called H.E.R.2246.3001
1594ATL_int_012242.8591[/inaudible/]2243.4122
1595ATL_se0_ag2_f_012246.9732[Hers is] H dot E2248.9765
1596ATL_int_012247.0098[Okay.]2247.4436
1597ATL_se0_ag2_f_012249.5513dot R.2250.5752
1599 2251.6447And, who else is my favorite?2253.6218 
1601 2254.1586<ts> Oh, Chrisette Michele. I just downloaded2256.4551 
1603 2256.8891her last album.2258.1878 
1605 2258.3119It's really different from her other ones.2260.4200 
1607 2260.8391I listen to a lot of different stuff, um,2263.1099 
1608ATL_int_012263.1582What about Migos, Bad and Boujee?2264.8410
1609ATL_se0_ag2_f_012265.7950Yeah, when it's on the radio, but I didn't download it.2268.1065
1610ATL_int_012268.2194Okay, okay.2268.9300
1612 2269.4015[<laugh>]2270.0846 
1613ATL_se0_ag2_f_012269.6816[Yeah I] can't-2270.5845
1614 2271.2700I don't know. And then you gotta remember like2273.2851
1616 2274.1701thirty, thirty-four.2275.4199 
1617ATL_int_012275.6749Okay, [yeah.]2276.4912
1618ATL_se0_ag2_f_012276.0929[Like if I] really wanna2277.4290
1619 2277.5661play it with my, you know, my boyfriend or my friends or whatever,2279.9990
1620ATL_int_012280.1003[Mm-hm.]2280.5048
1621ATL_se0_ag2_f_012280.3914[in] the car then I'll probably put something on and do a little dance, but2284.2262
1622ATL_int_012284.4578[Mm-hm.]2284.8408
1623ATL_se0_ag2_f_012284.5004[it's not] part of my playlist. Like2286.3946
1624 2287.3887I have ver- I don't just- don't-2289.4662
1626 2289.5608I don't listen- I don't keep people's names.2291.6775 
1627ATL_int_012292.1067Mm-hm.2292.5038
1628ATL_se0_ag2_f_012292.5623Um, Daniel Caesar, he's really good. Maybe he's from Atlanta, I don't know.2296.3916
1630 2296.6658I listen to Drake, Rihanna.2298.5264 
1631ATL_int_012299.4585Great choices. [/Always./]2301.0018
1632ATL_se0_ag2_f_012300.4149[Um],2301.2008
1633 2301.4014Beyonce, when she drops anything, I kill it so then I can't listen to it anymore.2306.2156
1635 2307.0140Um, Mariah Carey.2308.8699 
1637 2309.4334I still listen to Naughty by Nature, Queen Latifah,2312.9989 
1638ATL_int_012313.1277[Classics.]2313.8216
1639ATL_se0_ag2_f_012313.7231[Brandy], Tupac,2315.5353
1640ATL_int_012315.6760[Mm-hm.]2316.1105
1641ATL_se0_ag2_f_012315.7079[Biggie] Smalls,2317.2764
1642 2317.3721Jay-Z,2318.4397
1643ATL_int_012318.6236Okay.2319.0807
1644ATL_se0_ag2_f_012319.3091those type of people. I didn't really pick up anybody from2322.3010
1646 2322.9993Atlanta yet.2323.8520 
1648 2324.2190I used to listen to Jermaine Dupri2326.1795 
1649ATL_int_012326.2881Mm-hm.2326.6225
1650ATL_se0_ag2_f_012327.3077when he was like hot back then.2329.1218
1651ATL_int_012329.3224[<laugh>]2330.7640
1652ATL_se0_ag2_f_012329.4261[And then],2330.0407
1653 2331.2532who else? I like Missy Elliot. I could always listen to all her songs.2335.1708
1654ATL_int_012335.6071You- you seem like a real music2337.2450
1656 2337.4058head,2337.8411 
1658 2337.9640real music junkie.2339.0171 
1659ATL_se0_ag2_f_012339.9753Yeah.2340.5889