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1DCB_se1_ag3_m_010.7925Um,1.2345
3 1.4023how old are you /RD-NAME-4/?2.7442 
4DCB_se1_ag2_m_023.1547Twenty eight.3.7547
5DCB_se1_ag3_m_014.8825Twenty eight. Where you from?5.9225
6DCB_se1_ag2_m_026.7049Uh, Washington DC.7.8298
8 8.0804<clears throat>8.2916 
9DCB_se1_ag3_m_018.3942What's so special about Washington DC?10.0647
10DCB_se1_ag2_m_0210.8008Uh,11.3695
12 11.6889I mean I probably gotta say just the-13.3732 
14 13.9100the culture that it has and15.4907 
16 16.2850how it's different from different places.18.2175 
18 19.4553Just, uh,20.1085 
20 20.6887every time I go out of town- I've been out of town22.7815 
22 23.3203people always show me a lot of love, like,25.5059 
24 26.0525from me being from27.4142 
26 27.6895Washington DC, like,29.1380 
28 29.6294it's a different re- it's a respect that come with it.31.6808 
30 32.9047Just that's what I feel.34.2327 
31DCB_se1_ag3_m_0136.2480When you say culture, what's a- Give me- give me an example. Well you said DC has its own [culture, give me an example.]40.5166
32DCB_se1_ag2_m_0239.5251[Uh, I mean just] like-40.7498
33 41.0188just41.2666
35 41.5851the way they, uh, carry yourselves.43.3024 
37 43.7625Um,44.3005 
39 44.7535most people from DC they like to,46.4312 
41 47.1250uh, be dressed nice, have nice things.49.6705 
43 50.3642Like, hold up a, uh,51.7800 
45 52.7427a image of being successful,54.3154 
47 54.6511you know,55.1112 
49 55.2882so.55.6280 
50DCB_se1_ag3_m_0155.9324Whether they're successful or not?57.1854
51DCB_se1_ag2_m_0257.4614Whether they're successful or not.58.7852
53 59.2241Uh, [the image.]59.9886 
54DCB_se1_ag3_m_0159.5143[But they gonna] look the part.60.5000
55DCB_se1_ag2_m_0260.6865They gonna look the part.61.6351
56DCB_se1_ag3_m_0161.9819[<laugh>]62.2439
57DCB_se1_ag2_m_0262.0527[The] image- the image I [think is] what it is.64.6842
58DCB_se1_ag3_m_0163.3411[<laugh>]63.8791
59DCB_se1_ag2_m_0265.5639It's- it's more so-66.7714
61 67.3448In some situations, I think it's the image that people try to uphold.70.6932 
63 71.4506It's like a- a area where it's dog eat dog74.1660 
65 74.9305and everybody75.9031 
67 77.0117tryna be on the top.78.0528 
69 78.4175But I- that's just my opinion of it.80.4660 
70DCB_se1_ag3_m_0180.8243Why do you think it's that way? Why do you- why do you-83.3586
72 83.8824why do you think it's that way around from where you're-86.5766 
74 86.9730like from your particular neighborhood, why do you think it's that way?89.5515 
75DCB_se1_ag2_m_0290.9201Uh, I mean to be honest with you I just think it's,93.5676
77 94.3038uh,94.3940 
79 94.8675it's a lack of communications amongst people97.7696 
81 98.2651from the same area but just different parts of the area.101.1497 
83 101.6276Like for instance,102.5000 
85 102.9059it can be one neighborhood over here104.9164 
87 105.6596that105.9499 
89 106.5020might not like a neighborhood over here for no reason at all,109.7271 
91 110.2155and it separates them so111.8862 
93 112.5515I mean it makes them wanna113.9107 
95 114.1871have a little bit more than this neighborhood.116.2297 
97 116.6059Be seen better,117.5676 
99 118.0561/well- when/, uh, nicer cars and nicer clothes121.1466 
101 121.5218than the people from122.4208 
103 122.6349where you rival.123.4501 
105 123.6384You know, so it's like a-124.7710 
107 125.1721I guess like a competition thing127.0829 
109 128.0881and everybody trying to just129.4614 
111 130.4596have their image of being131.9195 
113 132.0706at the top.132.5874 
114DCB_se1_ag3_m_01133.5926Why do you think it's important- that's important? Like why do you feel like people from your- from your neighborhood or from your- Or is your neighborhood like a-140.1023
116 140.4138like a rich community or mid- [mid range? Or is it-] was it a poor community? I- What- [Describe your neighborhood.]145.5218 
117DCB_se1_ag2_m_02142.3321[Not necessarily.]143.2453
119 144.9413[Yeah.]145.4652 
120 145.6988Yeah the neighbor- the neighborhood is definitely not rich. I mean everybody tryna make a way,149.5143
122 150.1343uh, just, you know, working regular jobs for the most part.153.4685 
124 153.9711Not overly educated, you know. A lot of people156.3951 
126 157.0971drop out of school158.2934 
128 159.1500or, uh,159.8225 
130 160.6365you know, just- I- I think what it is is that DC got a, uh,163.9819 
132 164.5907a real street,165.7092 
134 165.9853like, legacy that comes with it from167.8187 
136 168.4175like when my generation,169.6846 
138 170.0456like, selling drugs, the persona of selling drugs,172.7971 
140 173.4506and the amount of money that was made by drug dealers in the area176.3996 
142 176.8880has left like a-177.8579 
144 178.2755a lingering effect179.3940 
146 179.6530on the community, in my opinion,181.5840 
148 182.3288for even to- today, you know?184.6365 
150 185.2029A lot of money was made selling drugs so it's always gonna looked at- be looked at as something that's189.7251 
152 190.5374prosperous.191.1644 
154 191.5639And what comes with drug dealing [is-]193.1608 
155DCB_se1_ag3_m_01192.8918[When you] say money, like millions and millions of dollars?195.5181
156DCB_se1_ag2_m_02195.9711I mean I-196.5941
158 196.7286From what I've heard,197.6984 
160 198.0919drug dealers198.7219 
162 198.9201profited millions of dollars200.4865 
164 201.2491in- in the DC area202.8843 
166 203.6347for sure.204.2505 
168 204.8918I mean, whether how long the stint was,207.1995 
170 207.5535a lot of people was making money selling drugs210.1302 
172 210.8635in the eighties, I know for sure.212.4067 
174 212.7181[That's just from what]213.9711 
175DCB_se1_ag3_m_01212.7181[Mm-hm.]213.7446
176DCB_se1_ag2_m_02214.4950my family told me from, you know, seeing it for my own two eyes what218.0881
178 218.5624my uncles doing drugs and different things, so221.3515 
180 222.1131like I done seen it in myself,223.7922 
182 225.0792the- the drug effect and /on fl-/ on both sides of it, so.228.9343 
183DCB_se1_ag3_m_01229.1891So229.4156
185 229.9324I aks you this. You know, recently it came out that, um,232.3817 
187 233.2807that the government just admitted234.9272 
189 235.6470for pushing drugs into the community and all of that. How do you feel about that?240.3177 
191 240.8281Like they're- they admitted that they242.5058 
193 242.7606pumped drugs into243.9711 
195 244.4950the245.0471 
197 245.4152African community246.5874 
199 247.3236to248.0957 
201 248.7889try to destroy that community. How do you feel about that? How do- how- and how has that252.7998 
203 253.2103affected you in your neighborhood and how people go about that?256.1198 
204DCB_se1_ag2_m_02256.6790I mean,257.2099
206 258.0073of course it's- it's just- hearing it is crazy, but260.9450 
208 261.5538it's- it's not really too surprising263.5140 
210 263.6321because264.2196 
212 264.6161once I really started seeing, like,266.3858 
214 266.7610what the drugs,267.8213 
216 268.2894like the amount of drugs that they were sending people away for,271.6213 
218 272.1664which was a small amount,273.8344 
220 274.2649like point five275.5259 
222 275.9597is giving people ten and twenty years in jail.278.3575 
224 278.8742That's not a lot of- that's not a lot280.6227 
226 281.3917on the street. That- that's not a lot at all, so283.5717 
228 283.8195just seeing that284.6416 
230 285.0795I /had/ already seen that they wasn't playing no games with the black community.288.7930 
232 289.2449They was pressing down. It's like, if this is what you gonna do,292.0635 
234 292.4812these the years you facing.293.7836 
236 294.3471And it's like,294.9417 
238 295.8631for them to push it297.0371 
240 297.4193in the neighborhood,298.4882 
242 298.9979it's like almost like,300.2126 
244 300.9346it's crazy. It's like- it's like you going into a trap.303.3695 
246 303.5609It's like wha- what is-304.6984 
248 305.1342it's like, somebody holding cheese out in front of a mouse. It's like, what you gonna do? Like,309.1786 
250 309.7237they playing with you.310.6227 
252 310.9413It's- you know?311.5996 
254 311.7202That's how I really feel. Like, they playing with you.313.5222 
256 314.1578And they know314.8955 
258 315.4122your situations is not the best317.1872 
260 317.7878and318.1396 
262 318.2849/puss plass/-319.1258 
264 319.6541plus the past influences321.3411 
266 321.6954of other successful drug dealers,323.4510 
268 324.1418you know, that's gonna play a part too.325.7629 
270 325.9767So it's- it's all- it's- it's crazy.327.8299 
272 328.0423I- I really do- I- It's crazy.329.5642 
274 330.3188It's like being put in a box.331.6921 
275DCB_se1_ag3_m_01332.1168<laugh> Mm.333.1786
276DCB_se1_ag2_m_02334.1343And man, I just feel like it's like being in a box.336.6063
277DCB_se1_ag3_m_01339.2919Uh, that is disappointing knowing that340.9413
279 341.4439our government would do something like that.343.2249 
280DCB_se1_ag2_m_02343.3735Yeah.343.8832
281DCB_se1_ag3_m_01346.0918Yeah, but tell me about your parents.347.6621
282DCB_se1_ag2_m_02348.4951Um,349.1258
284 349.5363well my mother, she, uh,350.8742 
286 351.9715she was from West Virginia. Well she was born in West Virginia but she moved here355.4301 
288 355.8974to DC, uh, to Southeast,357.9653 
290 358.4281when she was a little girl359.5340 
292 359.8054before I think she was one.361.2744 
294 361.7699So she grew up362.6052 
296 362.8780going to schools363.9246 
298 364.4705in DC and having to walk366.1763 
300 366.7223going to school from different places.368.5982 
302 368.8774Um,369.3344 
304 370.1414my father, he-370.9838 
306 371.1720his-371.5542 
308 372.0285his family,372.7223 
310 372.9063uh, my grandfather originally from Baltimore but375.0383 
312 375.6105like my mother, he moved here at a young age and he grew up378.0639 
314 378.6019in Southeast not too far, um,380.7285 
316 381.0583or off of Alabama Avenue382.5520 
318 383.3914in the Congress- Congress Heights, Congress Park area,385.8549 
320 386.7067uh, Southeast.387.6671 
322 388.4882Um, so they-389.2286 
324 389.4131they grew up there,390.3329 
326 390.9842and, um,391.6059 
328 392.7330yeah, and my mother, she just-394.3891 
330 395.2669she's striving as a-396.7364 
332 397.2502a- a struggling black woman grow up in the city just399.9856 
334 400.3656getting a job to401.2386 
336 401.7666make way,402.3329 
338 402.5503you know, so.403.2956 
340 404.1940I mean I guess they-405.1008 
342 405.3590For the most part, they- they've been successful408.0176 
344 408.6231/well/, for coming from the environment410.3433 
346 410.7291that they was-411.4055 
348 411.6812they was in cause I seen way worse.413.3448 
350 414.0710So,414.5594 
352 415.2249now she got her416.1947 
354 416.8035single family home,418.1087 
356 418.3325she living comfortably.419.3977 
358 420.9063So, I guess it's-422.2169 
360 422.9450she's successful to a certain standard.425.0404 
361DCB_se1_ag3_m_01425.0829Mm-hm.425.8020
363 426.6911/Uh/ it ain't nothing wrong with that.427.9745 
364DCB_se1_ag2_m_02428.3079Yeah.429.0111
365DCB_se1_ag3_m_01430.2759So like,430.8705
367 431.1720the neighborhood you grew in, were y'all tight? Were you like- were you tight with your friends when you grew up? Were you, you know what I'm saying?437.0705 
368DCB_se1_ag2_m_02437.6321Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean friendship-439.7699
370 440.6406a friendship is a-441.9998 
372 443.1112I think growing up when you all dealing with the same type of situations,446.9238 
374 447.5254you kind of like, look to your friends for a bond450.1205 
376 450.6193cause you- you know, everybody going through the same thing so you try and find little ways to454.4245 
378 454.8280have fun and,455.7801 
380 456.4116you know,457.0411 
382 457.8053experience the things as a kid that you wanna do. So it's like,461.1324 
384 461.7241you develop strong little ties and bonds to people in you- in the neighborhood,465.8087 
386 466.2800so I w- I will say yeah, we was close468.2692 
388 468.5665for the most part.469.3877 
390 469.8266But470.1026 
392 471.0017<clears throat> also in the neighborhoods you have certain families that don't like each other,474.7305 
394 475.2036so certain- certain people you probably wouldn't be cool with if478.3410 
396 478.8764y'all families had a history of not liking each other, stuff like that though.482.0389 
397DCB_se1_ag3_m_01484.6865What's changed in DC? Like what- what's changed?487.2220
399 487.5080If anything.488.1593 
400DCB_se1_ag2_m_02488.8459Well now I- I really feel like, um,491.1203
402 491.4056they kind of like pushing the black communities. That's been popular494.3079 
404 494.8105for decades. They kind of like,496.1343 
406 496.6511pushing 'em down. Like even in the area that my family grew up in and I [grew up in-]500.0951 
407DCB_se1_ag3_m_01499.5859[Gentrification?]500.4849
408DCB_se1_ag2_m_02501.1365Yeah, they- they- they-502.2477
410 502.6652they knocking down all of the projects. They bringing up new houses. It's-505.8877 
412 506.4778I'm starting to see different races living on streets that you never would thought you would see,510.8568 
414 511.5222uh, races walking on, so,513.5963 
416 514.7997um, I-515.5259 
418 516.0851I mean I- a lot of time-517.7388 
420 517.9218lot- A lot of people being pushed out into Maryland520.2546 
422 520.6794from DC too, so522.1701 
424 523.5717that's a part of it.524.4000 
425DCB_se1_ag3_m_01525.8795Mm.526.3113
427 528.1772How do you feel about that?529.1116 
428DCB_se1_ag2_m_02530.0177I mean I don't- To be honest with you-531.8582
429DCB_se1_ag3_m_01531.8370I mean like you grew up- you been around there, your family been around there, their family, your family before that been around there, next thing you know, someone comes and buys it and then-538.5213
430 538.6727and they [raise the price] that you can't afford it.540.5362
431DCB_se1_ag2_m_02539.0050[Yeah.]539.3873
432 540.6727Mm-hm.541.3169
434 541.7699I mean, i- i-542.6222 
436 544.2546it's-544.6132 
438 544.7827/uh-/545.1000 
440 545.2399Once you start seeing things in a big picture, it's-547.6142 
442 548.0389everything is just mind blowing at- at550.0530 
444 550.6153the process of what's taking place like,552.4674 
446 553.0620for them to come and just take your family's history of- or where you been at,557.0900 
448 557.6321and then come and make it theirs.559.2178 
449DCB_se1_ag3_m_01559.7204<laugh>560.1026
450DCB_se1_ag2_m_02560.2120I mean they- it's- that's still happening now, uh, like,563.5471
452 563.7633that's been, like, going on for-565.2350 
454 566.0106well, for many years. But it just crazy that- how it's hitting home.569.4964 
456 570.0506Like here, like, you can feel it in571.7968 
458 572.1097today's age573.2497 
460 573.7256how574.2688 
462 574.8988things was575.7029 
464 576.3754fifteen years ago the neighborhoods and how it was, it's just579.2777 
466 579.7737it's different now. Like now those neighborhoods got582.2692 
468 583.0883big houses and town houses and585.0846 
470 585.3238shopping centers that was built up,586.9838 
471DCB_se1_ag3_m_01587.0616[Mm-hm.]587.7938
472DCB_se1_ag2_m_02587.3702[that was] never built up back when the families was living there.590.4920
473 591.0371Now it's- it's all these different conveniences,593.7020
475 594.4886um, being applied to these neighborhoods596.6801 
477 596.8174now597.3698 
479 598.2001and it's just- it's crazy600.0538 
481 600.6565that they raised the price so we can't even take advantage of603.1235 
483 603.4830the conveniences604.4033 
485 604.9625of the neighborhoods we grew up in.606.4816 
486DCB_se1_ag3_m_01606.5948Mm-hm.607.4655
488 610.0027Yeah, I feel you, man. I feel you on that.612.2480 
490 612.7293And I understand what you saying.614.0282 
492 615.9432I understand.616.6543 
493DCB_se1_ag2_m_02617.3165[Yeah.]617.9011
494DCB_se1_ag3_m_01617.4793[/So/ what] about to like-618.4108
495 619.2886So,619.8053
497 620.5203but like, do you- what are a couple- what are like a couple spots that you recommend to go to in DC? Like,624.8431 
498DCB_se1_ag2_m_02625.5009[Um-]626.1380
499DCB_se1_ag3_m_01626.5203what was there when you were younger as opposed to now?629.2646
500DCB_se1_ag2_m_02630.6090Well631.1008
502 631.9257well a place that I would recommend, first I'd say,634.4126 
504 634.7328is always like going to the wharf,636.5462 
506 637.1611um, in DC.638.3405 
508 638.6477Just all-639.2565 
510 639.4194Even from a kid going there640.9396 
512 641.5684to now, I always just liked the whole idea of being able to go645.0693 
514 645.6459get fresh seafood from a place where it just648.3329 
516 648.6939the atmosphere itself is just something different I always like about,651.7591 
518 652.5513uh, Washington DC, going down to the wharf.654.7718 
520 655.2604But, um,655.9044 
522 657.1786a lot of- a lot of different places659.1254 
524 659.5489that's now-660.4736 
526 664.5732Um,665.0546 
528 665.6958a lot of different places666.9771 
530 667.5743from when I was growing up have been changed.669.9985 
532 670.5803I- Not all for the bad. Um,672.6753 
534 672.9983I remember, um, a library674.6194 
536 675.0777that I used to go to as a kid on Alabama Avenue,677.7100 
538 678.3329um,678.7506 
540 679.2815they redid it- redid the library and681.6105 
542 682.0108just a little area, different area,683.6816 
544 684.0639um, different things around the area. They /plug/ up- put up recreation centers and687.4972 
546 688.1584put in some new fields.689.4227 
548 689.8303So I mean it is some progress in certain neighborhoods but693.0158 
550 693.4451for the most part694.2405 
552 694.4882all of the progress is695.8869 
554 696.0520being shown in neighborhoods that697.4833 
556 698.1310the original people who lived there don't even live no more.701.1149 
558 701.4764Like they already been pushed out,702.8720 
560 703.3027so they don't even get to see this stuff. But, um,705.3556 
562 706.1555yeah, like little stuff just as a kid that I remember going to different places has changed.710.4080 
564 711.2070Um,711.8157 
566 712.8351like I said, like the- the library I used to go to,715.1116 
568 715.7204um, different p- like shopping centers been knocked down and,718.4812 
570 719.3345um, different things been built up.721.2249 
572 722.2088So I mean it's- it's a lot of things that's changed,724.5590 
574 726.0639um,726.5807 
576 727.0833but I- Oh, I do s- I do feel like no matter how much729.9432 
578 730.4599they- the, um, changing of building, I think the- the city itself is always gonna be735.5333 
580 736.1548like, unique.736.8634 
582 737.6380Uh, just the people738.5583 
584 738.8639that come from the city,739.9640 
586 740.7016um,741.1674 
588 741.8399they- they got a real- like a real headstrong744.5353 
590 745.1924mentality for the most part.746.8347 
592 747.9107And, um,748.5408 
594 748.7270I think it's always gonna have a unique-750.4704 
596 751.0154uh, it's always gonna be a unique place to live or be at.753.5214 
597DCB_se1_ag3_m_01755.5247Mm-hm.756.3388
599 757.5818<ts> What are s- some of the words, what are some of the slangs you- How old you say you was? Twenty eight?760.9867 
600DCB_se1_ag2_m_02761.3548Yeah.761.8220
601DCB_se1_ag3_m_01761.8079What are some of the slangs that used to be said- words back then?764.5516
602DCB_se1_ag2_m_02765.5123[Well back] then766.4063
603DCB_se1_ag3_m_01765.5285[/?/]765.9037
604DCB_se1_ag2_m_02767.1071we used to always be like-768.2326
606 769.9837I don't know. I think back then771.4148 
608 772.4023the words773.1798 
610 773.5108like like774.0627 
612 774.6403we were saying back then like, you tripping.776.8347 
614 777.2099Like that's- that was when it f- first originated. Some of the stuff still go on today.781.4501 
616 782.1127Like, uh-782.8984 
617DCB_se1_ag3_m_01783.3332You mean like some of the same words?784.6753
618DCB_se1_ag2_m_02784.6186Yeah, like you hear, uh.786.4271
619 787.3553moe.787.8224
621 788.0387I been hearing moe789.1768 
623 790.1302[and-]790.3992 
624DCB_se1_ag3_m_01790.1797[What-] what does that mean, moe? What do you mean moe? What does that mean?792.6473
625DCB_se1_ag2_m_02792.7677It's just like a-793.7092
627 795.3586<laugh> It's crazy. It's just like-797.1637 
629 798.1760Uh, I guess it's more of an expression.800.1976 
631 800.7852Like they say k-801.5214 
633 801.7732like I always hear kill moe.803.2062 
634DCB_se1_ag3_m_01804.8314[So what does that mean?]805.6526
635DCB_se1_ag2_m_02805.0124[It's like-]805.4968
636 805.8791it- it's- it's like basically saying, uh,808.4527
638 810.6615you surprised about something or,812.8791 
640 813.8880uh,814.5124 
642 816.6857you- It's like really. It's like almost aksing like really?819.3727 
644 821.1977Know what I'm saying? Uh, like, what you- like you- It's something that you can't really824.6091 
646 825.4860believe when you first hear. Kill moe. Or something that's just crazy.828.7323 
647DCB_se1_ag3_m_01830.1835Now give me an example. Like use it-831.6417
649 831.8541Let's have a conversation where that- where you would have to say that. What would I have to say to [you right now?]836.0378 
650DCB_se1_ag2_m_02835.3511[Like if you was to call] me, be like,836.8943
651 837.7226uh,838.3597
653 839.0402be like, man, I just got in a car accident.840.9618 
655 841.9316And you be like, uh, I can't believe this. And I be like, kill moe. That's crazy.846.1223 
657 846.9335I can't believe you got in a car accident neither.848.9651 
659 849.1704It's just-849.5881 
661 850.0553it's just /a- like/ an expression to something-852.2356 
663 852.5583a reaction to something that happened.854.4484 
665 855.0590Alright.855.4111 
667 855.8500Or-856.1827 
668DCB_se1_ag3_m_01856.5296So you not gonna use kill moe just in a normal just talking to somebody. It has to be something that happened on the other side to make you say kill moe.863.0913
669DCB_se1_ag2_m_02863.3489Yeah, or- or some people just be like kill.865.6697
671 866.0885Like that's crazy- Instead of saying that's crazy, they be like kill.868.5307 
673 870.4816You know, like if you hear something872.1451 
675 872.5769like872.9238 
677 874.4953like something happened in the news or something, be like876.4674 
679 877.0620kill.877.5788 
681 879.0583Like, you know what I'm saying?880.3184 
682DCB_se1_ag3_m_01880.3608Mm-hm.881.2363
684 883.5660What about, like, do you have like family? Like, is your family still here? Like, all your family's here and all that?888.1843 
685DCB_se1_ag2_m_02888.7647Yeah yeah. For the most part, my uncles,890.8459
687 891.5467uh, they all live in the area. You know, they all branched out,894.7364 
689 895.7062um, to like PG County. I still got a couple cousins that live,899.4395 
691 899.9506uh, in Southeast.901.0691 
693 902.0114Um, they got a couple apartments over there.903.9927 
695 904.9384But905.2357 
697 905.5471for the most part, they knocked down the neighborhood and changed it around.908.7327 
699 909.5255Like, in-910.0140 
701 910.1956for the most section of it.911.4693 
703 912.5594Uh, they left some of 'em up though.914.1310 
705 915.5397[But yeah, I] still got cousins that live-917.4581 
706DCB_se1_ag3_m_01915.5609[Mm-hm.]916.2219
707DCB_se1_ag2_m_02918.3541live in the city.919.0904
709 921.0583Grandmother live in the city.922.4825 
710DCB_se1_ag3_m_01925.0479Your grandmother, well tell me about them. You have a good relationship with your grandmother?927.9786
711DCB_se1_ag2_m_02928.2129Yeah, I always been close to my grandparents, my grandmother and my grandfather.931.7770
713 932.2301They live off Southern Avenue.933.7025 
715 934.1697<ts> That's Southeast too.935.3843 
717 936.9275They actually built a train station. When I grew up around there, I spent a lot of years at my grandmother house cause we live with her for- for a couple years944.5704 
719 944.7803right there, um,945.7237 
721 945.9998on Southern Avenue.947.0050 
723 947.1891And at first when I was growing up,948.7293 
725 949.9186we ain't have no train station across the street. Like now it's a- a whole train system across the street, /MetroGo/.955.3381 
727 955.7345Train stop right across the street from her house that you can walk to.958.7278 
728DCB_se1_ag3_m_01958.7148Mm.959.2528
729DCB_se1_ag2_m_02959.5613But as a kid, we ain't- we didn't have that right there.961.8978
730DCB_se1_ag3_m_01961.9469I know you'd have loved that.963.2140
731DCB_se1_ag2_m_02963.2636Yeah.963.7945
733 964.0245Yeah, it'd have been tight.964.9130 
735 965.7384But now they got it over there so the- the kids who growing up they get to [go there.]969.2454 
736DCB_se1_ag3_m_01968.9238[You said] it had been tight. What do you mean when you say the word tight? That's a slang word right there, right?972.7930
737DCB_se1_ag2_m_02972.8072Yeah, tight is, [yeah.]973.8550
738DCB_se1_ag3_m_01973.4443[What that mean?]973.9611
739DCB_se1_ag2_m_02974.7109Tight is, um,975.6317
741 976.0559just like an expression just saying something that's like, uh-979.0155 
743 980.0319Like you know how, uh, you hear people say, that's awesome?983.3201 
745 983.7695Like that's-984.3117 
747 984.4338You know what I mean? It's expressing something that's good.986.5808 
749 987.0300Like that's tight, is [basically saying-]988.8351 
750DCB_se1_ag3_m_01988.3750[Oh saying] tight and awesome is pretty much the [same.]990.7124
751DCB_se1_ag2_m_02990.3895[Yeah] like it's just in different,991.9398
752 992.3787you know what I'm saying, a- areas, you gonna see-994.8188
754 995.3489you gonna hear awesome or you gonna hear, oh that's tight.998.1522 
756 998.8705You know, that's tight is something that's good.1000.5656 
758 1002.3707So.1002.8523 
759DCB_se1_ag3_m_011003.6000Mm-hm.1004.3509
761 1006.1485Do you have any brothers? Sisters?1007.4152 
762DCB_se1_ag2_m_021007.7029Yeah I got a-1008.8625
764 1010.7256I got a, um, two brothers,1012.3608 
766 1013.0164three sisters.1013.8091 
768 1014.4391But1014.7293 
770 1015.1470my mother and my father, they had three children together, so1018.2688 
772 1018.8847that's who I grew up- that's the household I grew up with. My brother,1021.6795 
774 1021.8407me being the youngest, my older brother and my older sister.1024.4050 
776 1025.2711That's the household I grew up in.1026.8612 
778 1027.4908And, um, for the most part.1029.2825 
780 1030.0494But yeah, I got a, um-1031.2032 
782 1031.8089my brother, he work.1032.7860 
784 1033.9557He, um-1034.6265 
786 1035.1880he's out here living, growing through,1036.7360 
788 1037.4801you know, city every day.1038.7850 
790 1039.9257He, um- My sister, she live at Waldorf though, so she don't- she don't live in the city no more.1044.1630 
792 1044.8072I got, um,1045.7180 
794 1046.2319three nephews and a niece.1047.5538 
796 1049.5760And they all live around Waldorf too.1051.6789 
798 1052.7237But yeah, I got, um, I got a lot of family in this area though.1055.7936 
800 1058.2301You know, us growing up in this area, we got a lot of places,1061.1324 
802 1061.6321uh, different memories and different places we go to. Like,1064.3009 
804 1064.8176um,1065.4122 
806 1065.8016for us, being in the city, going to, uh,1067.7500 
808 1068.6798like, uh, well now, it's called Six Flags but we used to go to Adventure World.1072.0624 
810 1072.1673And that was like a big trip for us back in the day.1074.3760 
812 1075.2249And [now it's a-]1075.8393 
813DCB_se1_ag3_m_011075.3098[Adventure] World? [What's that?]1077.0512
814DCB_se1_ag2_m_021076.4637[Yeah.]1077.1079
815 1077.4295Well now it's called Six Flags. It's in, um,1079.8940
817 1080.9417in Largo.1081.6284 
819 1082.4000But it used to be called- It actually was called Wild World.1085.0900 
821 1086.3616When we was kids coming up we used to go there. It was like a big deal. And then it was turned into Adventure World.1091.4223 
823 1092.2860And they turned it into, uh, Six Flags.1094.7260 
825 1094.8713But it's still there but it's just seeing like the name changes and1097.5613 
827 1097.9294the rides and everything as a kid, going there now1100.3504 
829 1101.0053and seeing it now, it's just crazy. You know what I'm saying? Coming from a kid that was like a big deal to us going over there.1106.1876 
831 1107.4830So.1107.8865 
832DCB_se1_ag3_m_011108.7939What's the biggest difference between1110.2409
834 1110.4217the- the-1111.3069 
836 1111.4655the name changing? Like do they change how it look? Like the water- you said water? What'd you say the first one was called?1116.1843 
837DCB_se1_ag2_m_021116.5594Uh, Wild World.1117.6284
838DCB_se1_ag3_m_011117.6638What's that?1118.1162
840 1118.4070Like1118.5982 
842 1119.0300what was their theme? Like what would make people wanna go there, something called Wild World?1122.1489 
843DCB_se1_ag2_m_021122.6869<laugh> I don't know, man. I don't- Cause I can remember going to Wild World at- Cause that's when it was like, first-1128.3612
845 1128.9476That's when I first was going as a kid, but1131.0543 
847 1131.9341I don't remember it being nothing that was reference to wild. I don't know if they associating that with fun or what, but1136.9804 
849 1137.4406when I wo- went there when it was called Adventure World,1140.4182 
851 1141.1045I mean I- Even then they didn't have no rides or nothing. They had like a old wild west1145.8657 
853 1146.2196little story play they used to have going.1148.3787 
854DCB_se1_ag3_m_011149.0512<laugh>1149.6529
855DCB_se1_ag2_m_021149.7450But, you know, that was the only thing. I don't know why it was called Adventure World neither,1153.4301
857 1153.7841you know?1154.1947 
859 1155.0654I don't know if that was just a name they was- they cam- I don't- I can't even be honest- I don't even know.1159.1682 
861 1159.7275They ain't never had no animals up there1161.2431 
863 1161.9290or nothing like that,1162.8917 
865 1163.4197so.1163.8020 
866DCB_se1_ag3_m_011164.8851<laugh>1165.9186
867DCB_se1_ag2_m_021165.9186That's what it was called though.1167.0371
868DCB_se1_ag3_m_011167.3202L- what was like- what's /?/- some of your like, family traditions? That's something that you'll carry on. Like do you have any kids?1172.3929
869DCB_se1_ag2_m_021172.7751No I don't got no [kid.]1173.7475
870DCB_se1_ag3_m_011173.4626[That you-] that you would carry on with your family, that you and your family used to do all the time?1177.1828
871DCB_se1_ag2_m_021177.5576Uh,1178.2159
873 1184.4920mm-mm.1185.1716 
875 1186.5917I don't know. We, uh,1187.7810 
877 1188.9842well my mo- my family, we always, uh,1191.4547 
879 1191.9290take birthdays very serious.1193.8374 
881 1194.6727Um,1195.2107 
883 1196.5982like kind of more than holidays a little bit. Like when it's a person's birthday, we kind of like,1200.8497 
885 1201.3664always come together.1202.8813 
887 1203.6246Uh,1204.2122 
889 1204.4387get a cake or make something, have a little meal or something.1207.1732 
891 1207.6354Just to come together, celebrate. Or go out to eat or something, celebrate whoever birthday it is.1211.7069 
893 1212.3280Just like in our immediate family.1213.9469 
895 1214.1876Like, uh,1214.9026 
897 1215.1857me, my brother, sister, my mother,1216.6057 
899 1217.2457we all- that's how1218.5508 
901 1218.7435we do- Uh, I guess1219.7275 
903 1220.8035for my kids, I- I will do the same thing.1223.0758 
905 1223.9436Make sure they know their birthdays is something special.1226.4424 
907 1226.8530That was something my mother always made feel special for me.1229.4056 
909 1229.8869And even to this day, like me getting older, like she'll still be like where you wanna go out to eat after your birthday, so.1235.3236 
911 1236.4249I- I think probably-1237.4939 
913 1237.8053probably about the birthday.1238.9521 
915 1240.4316I keep that birthday tradition going.1242.3400 
916DCB_se1_ag3_m_011245.1079/unintelligible/ I feel you there. It's important to come together, you know what I mean?1248.8143
918 1250.0248With your family. That's important.1251.5538 
919DCB_se1_ag2_m_021251.7945Yeah, yeah. Cause now it's so many distractions out here1254.6161
921 1255.1753that people don't even1256.3480 
923 1257.1149come together as a family. Just1258.8351 
925 1259.5401different beliefs can separate a family.1261.5222 
927 1262.2129You know, one person what they believe in,1263.9927 
929 1264.3184they don't even look at the other family member the same. They don't even see 'em as their sister or brother.1268.3362 
931 1268.7751They just only see 'em by what they believe in, and it's different from what they believe in.1272.4108 
933 1272.9842So a lot of [time-]1273.7770 
934DCB_se1_ag3_m_011273.4018[So] you're labeled if you're a- a Muslim. You're labeled if you're a Christian. You're [labeled like this], that's what you mean?1278.4745
935DCB_se1_ag2_m_021277.3165[Yeah.]1278.0136
936 1278.7860Yeah like if [you going to get-]1280.2655
937DCB_se1_ag3_m_011279.5505[S- so the Christian] don't like the Muslim. The Muslim don't like the Jew, [whatever. Yeah /yeah/.]1283.4722
938DCB_se1_ag2_m_021282.4529[Yeah, it's just like the-]1283.5259
939 1283.8374If you not walking the same type of1285.6425
941 1286.1734belief that we walking there, then1288.1201 
943 1288.4882you not gonna have that1289.4693 
945 1290.0144relationship. Like they- it's-1292.0177 
947 1292.2230it's- like it's a-1293.3202 
949 1294.0210Uh, that's what I'm saying. It's a distraction that keeps a division between family.1297.5593 
951 1298.1618Like a lot of times people, um,1300.3962 
953 1301.9153in like the church, be closer to their church family than their real families.1305.2494 
955 1305.8865Because they feel like the people who are there in the church with, they relate to better cause they have the same belief.1310.2513 
957 1311.3485[/And they'll do-/]1312.1697 
958DCB_se1_ag3_m_011311.7096[Speaking] of belief, what do you believe in?1313.5289
959DCB_se1_ag2_m_021314.6302Um,1315.2269
961 1316.5587to be honest with you I just- I just believe1318.7643 
963 1319.1979there is a higher power1320.5055 
965 1321.9894and1322.6265 
967 1323.8370I- I mean beyond that,1325.5713 
969 1326.2409I'm still searching for any- or everything else,1328.8176 
971 1329.4689all of the- you know, I don't really have a belief far as a religion.1332.8568 
973 1333.3027Like I don't have a religion that I could be like oh I'm this or that.1336.2688 
975 1336.8068I don't even wanna label myself as such1338.6939 
977 1339.2673[cause I don't even] wanna box myself in1341.0439 
978DCB_se1_ag3_m_011339.3169[How-]1339.6496
979DCB_se1_ag2_m_021341.6529to only being able to1343.0965
981 1343.5684go or obtain knowledge1345.2249 
983 1345.6000in this box right here. I wanna be able to1348.2476 
985 1349.1083have knowledge on everything.1350.4816 
987 1351.0974I don't wanna box myself in.1352.4849 
988DCB_se1_ag3_m_011353.0371Oh, okay. I feel you.1354.6678
989DCB_se1_ag2_m_021354.7785[You know what I'm saying? So-1355.7500
990DCB_se1_ag3_m_011354.8615[Oh, okay.] So you wanna think for yourself [instead of] being told [what to think.]1358.8642
991DCB_se1_ag2_m_021357.1116[Yeah I-]1357.4797
993 1358.1593[Yeah yeah. I don't- I don't wanna have to1359.5680 
994 1360.1132be confined to restrictions of1362.4462
996 1362.9063different things just by somebody's belief or pretty much offer their opinions.1367.3448 
998 1367.9860You know? And a lot of people are boxed in1370.4452 
1000 1371.3769by just1371.9078 
1002 1372.3962believing somebody else's opinion,1374.0285 
1004 1374.9372to be honest with you. That's what I honestly feel.1376.8158 
1005DCB_se1_ag3_m_011377.6735Can you give me an example of that?1378.7066
1006DCB_se1_ag2_m_021379.2315Like1379.5501
1008 1379.9506well my family-1380.8214 
1010 1381.3169my fam- my- growing up- my, uh-1383.2140 
1012 1384.0777<clears throat> my grandmother's side is r- real religious, uh,1387.6567 
1014 1388.3858Apostolic1389.1149 
1016 1389.3769Pentecostal,1390.2051 
1018 1390.7572which is under the Christian1391.8657 
1020 1392.7647like of a doctrine I guess. But1394.6471 
1022 1395.4217growing up,1396.0069 
1024 1396.3679it was real strict on my mother's side1398.4391 
1026 1398.6302with different things. Like1399.8407 
1028 1400.2371the church my grandmother went to, the women couldn't wear dresses.1403.5471 
1030 1404.3188And- I mean they couldn't wear, uh, pants.1406.8035 
1032 1407.2140They had to wear only dresses that came past their knees1410.5453 
1034 1411.3027and, um-1412.0319 
1035DCB_se1_ag3_m_011414.6298Go ahead, go ahead. I'm just messing with this.1416.2055
1036DCB_se1_ag2_m_021416.6727But yeah, they had to, uh-1417.8690
1038 1418.3504it was just real real strict little restrictions.1420.8634 
1040 1421.0970Like1421.3760 
1042 1422.0851based on the beliefs1423.7841 
1044 1424.3362and my grandmother's father was a pastor, so1427.4197 
1046 1427.9577she was really1428.6869 
1048 1429.2036locked in on Christianity and-1431.2070