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1DCB_se1_ag3_m_010.5839Okay, um,1.4813
3 1.6796please state your name and age, please.3.3988 
4DCB_se1_ag3_f_023.8380/RD-NAME-4/4.7023
6 5.0132Thirty-eight.5.6555 
7DCB_se1_ag3_m_016.4867<ts>6.6107
9 6.7134Um,7.3699 
11 8.5884what part of DC did you grow up in?9.9927 
12DCB_se1_ag3_f_0211.5913Southeast DC.12.7860
13DCB_se1_ag3_m_0114.3007Tell me about it.14.9324
15 15.9814Tell me about Southeast DC.17.1539 
16DCB_se1_ag3_f_0218.6918Um-19.1672
18 19.6642mm,20.5802 
20 21.3923<ts> I lived at twenty-four eighteen Elvans Road Southeast.25.3649 
22 26.4483Which was called Stanton Oaks, down the street from Wellington Park30.4778 
24 31.2737/Jaffey/ Terrace.32.3290 
26 32.8938<ts>33.1567 
28 33.8086It was34.7594 
30 35.9263hard growing up there.37.0962 
32 37.8134You had to watch your back.38.8574 
34 40.7025And that's it.41.4132 
35DCB_se1_ag3_m_0143.7093Hm.44.1047
37 44.4328Okay.44.8656 
39 46.7091What high school- I mean what middle school48.2872 
41 48.6937I mean49.0851 
43 49.2432<ts>49.3499 
44DCB_se1_ag3_f_0249.5081[/Um/]49.9548
45DCB_se1_ag3_m_0149.5081[What elementary] school did you go to?50.9826
46DCB_se1_ag3_f_0251.5954Uh, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/53.7536
48 54.2276/RD-SCHOOL-2/ then I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/56.3939 
50 56.8083Junior High School.57.8208 
51DCB_se1_ag3_m_0160.3070Tell me about61.0483
53 61.5674your favorite teachers.62.5887 
54DCB_se1_ag3_f_0264.1251Mm I had no favorite teachers I just did what I had to do to get out of [there.]67.3542
55DCB_se1_ag3_m_0167.2831<laugh>68.5323
56 69.5357Alright.70.0304
58 70.1981Alright I know that's right.71.3732 
60 72.5323So,73.0365 
62 74.1643Like tell me about your neighborhood like was it-76.2200 
64 76.3544was y'all connected like were you78.0586 
66 78.9628like-79.2246 
68 79.6768how would you describe your neighborhood?81.1415 
69DCB_se1_ag3_f_0282.8403Um,83.6469
71 84.0856Stanton Oaks85.0162 
73 86.3547was ghetto.87.3075 
75 88.5421Um,89.1648 
77 91.3351the kids was bad,92.5837 
79 93.1608there was always shooting,94.4812 
81 94.8370fighting.95.4537 
83 97.0605Um, robbing.98.2163 
85 100.0230Basically it,100.6746 
87 100.8011that's it.101.2873 
88DCB_se1_ag3_m_01102.1175That's it?102.5919
89DCB_se1_ag3_f_02102.8133Mm-hm.103.3667
91 104.3069The- the same thing that's what's going on down there now.106.9056 
92DCB_se1_ag3_m_01108.5211Oh, ain't nothing [changed?]109.6848
93DCB_se1_ag3_f_02109.5087[No ain't] nothing change.110.6749
94DCB_se1_ag3_m_01112.9283Where were your parents born?114.0056
96 115.6909Were they from DC?116.5429 
97DCB_se1_ag3_f_02117.2168My father from Brooklyn,118.7105
99 118.9556New York and my mom from Massachusetts Avenue, Southeast.122.4416 
100DCB_se1_ag3_m_01123.1414You have any brothers and sisters?124.4064
101DCB_se1_ag3_f_02124.9085Yup.125.3671
103 126.4061My mother had one boy and three girls.128.6990 
104DCB_se1_ag3_m_01129.4184One boy and three [girls?]130.4633
105DCB_se1_ag3_f_02130.3270[Mm-hm.]130.9318
106 131.0636And I have sisters132.1060
108 132.2762and brothers from my father.133.7584 
109DCB_se1_ag3_m_01136.0862Are y'all close?136.9757
110DCB_se1_ag3_f_02139.1223Uh, mm140.5369
112 140.8966sort of.141.5410 
113DCB_se1_ag3_m_01141.9561<laugh>142.5846
115 143.0511Sort of? I know that's right.144.3036 
117 144.7820What about your grandparents?145.8414 
118DCB_se1_ag3_f_02147.2015They was born and raised in South Carolina but moved to DC.150.3119
120 151.1144when my mom and my uncle was young.153.0784 
121DCB_se1_ag3_m_01155.0796What kind of um-156.0794
123 156.8340what kinds of traditions can you remember growing up with your family?159.6457 
124DCB_se1_ag3_f_02162.2723Um,163.1341
126 164.1501going to my grandmother house, going to the basement,166.5688 
128 167.4346Christmas, Thanksgiving,168.6452 
130 168.8538turn on the music and just have parties.171.0867 
131DCB_se1_ag3_m_01171.5373<laugh>171.8496
133 173.3317Have you173.7879 
135 173.8560carried that tradition on175.1165 
137 175.2886with your family?176.0530 
138DCB_se1_ag3_f_02178.4232No, not really, kind of sort of, we just181.2530
140 181.3954go over182.0437 
142 182.9846fam-183.5057 
144 183.6638family house184.6877 
146 185.0633to eat.185.4744 
148 186.2493Sometimes I cook187.3166 
150 188.2805Thanksgiving dinner but189.4765 
152 190.0832we go to my brother house192.1112 
154 192.2568maybe192.8024 
156 193.2412cause his house is bigger than my space.195.1229 
157DCB_se1_ag3_m_01198.3125What about um-199.4510
159 199.9887so you're m- um,201.0837 
161 201.4191how long you been married?202.2809 
162DCB_se1_ag3_f_02206.2492Um,206.8818
164 207.1664I've been married for fourteen years, will be fifteen next year.211.0992 
165DCB_se1_ag3_m_01211.7317Fifteen next year?212.6172
166DCB_se1_ag3_f_02212.7161Mm-hm.213.1549
167DCB_se1_ag3_m_01214.5474Okay, let me ask you this, does um-216.2852
169 216.7516Can you describe how people talk218.0523 
171 218.8976in the DC area where you grew up?220.8307 
172DCB_se1_ag3_f_02222.6841They got s-223.3126
174 223.4273this slang I don't know what they [call it but-]225.9811 
175DCB_se1_ag3_m_01225.2537[<cough>]226.9101
176 227.1038<cough>227.5198
177DCB_se1_ag3_f_02228.7951Um,229.5524
179 232.6726w- whatever they call it, ebonics?234.7085 
181 235.1512That's what they used to call it, ebonics?236.9809 
183 239.1196They don't p- speak proper English,241.0521 
185 241.6767I know that.242.2794 
187 243.1465Mm.243.6335 
188DCB_se1_ag3_m_01245.4316What's ebonics?246.2657
189DCB_se1_ag3_f_02255.5149Right- like when you say "young,"257.2860
191 257.9415that's chill, whatever them little words they be using.261.0211 
192DCB_se1_ag3_m_01261.6260Young let's chill?262.6215
193DCB_se1_ag3_f_02263.2066Young, chill, what else they use.265.8276
194DCB_se1_ag3_m_01272.8867Alright /you can go/273.7445
196 273.8869Can you um- like can you describe like276.0051 
198 276.6574how y'all talk like is it278.1992 
200 278.4601like-278.7408 
202 279.2428gimme some words that- that are used in- in your neighborhood like if you could tell that somebody from DC, you tell if somebody from somewhere else.285.3496 
204 297.2583/Run it/.297.5943 
206 298.0139/Just put it back up/.298.8356 
208 300.4999Okay.300.9704 
210 301.8512Now go ahead.302.4112 
211DCB_se1_ag3_f_02306.0015Uh, we306.8761
213 307.0214uh, how you know308.8439 
215 309.7175DC from different310.9389 
217 311.7330areas is from go go,313.3341 
219 313.6661that was the main314.5872 
221 314.8751outlet for the kids, go go.316.5394 
223 318.1721And that's it.319.1374 
225 319.3693I don't know.320.0930 
226DCB_se1_ag3_m_01321.0494Go go?321.5791
228 322.4647Do you like go go music?323.4523 
229DCB_se1_ag3_f_02323.8555Yeah.324.4208
230DCB_se1_ag3_m_01324.7885Who's your favorite band?325.8282
231DCB_se1_ag3_f_02326.5398Uh,327.4253
233 328.1915it used to be Junk Yard and Back Yard but they too- they bring too many young crowds so332.5355 
235 333.1640now there's Familiar Faces, all the old bands.335.9934 
236DCB_se1_ag3_m_01337.0325Familiar Faces?337.9745
238 338.4567Give me your top five bands of all time.340.2792 
239DCB_se1_ag3_f_02342.5872Rare Essence,343.5953
241 344.3187Junk Yard, Backyard, Northeast Groovers,347.0616 
243 348.1171and Chuck.348.7684 
244DCB_se1_ag3_m_01350.9232Tell me about an experience /when you-/ one time you went353.0461
246 353.2082saw a band live.354.2044 
247DCB_se1_ag3_f_02357.3376Recently or [before?]359.2039
248DCB_se1_ag3_m_01358.9195[A- any-]359.5198
249 359.6664any time.360.1584
250DCB_se1_ag3_f_02361.9395[Well-]362.4139
251DCB_se1_ag3_m_01361.9554[Is there] a difference from [recently]363.9194
252DCB_se1_ag3_f_02363.6308[Yeah.]364.1487
253DCB_se1_ag3_m_01364.0099[from] before?364.9473
254DCB_se1_ag3_f_02364.9354Yeah w- uh,366.1570
255 367.0504back in the day we would used to go to the Black Hole,369.7789
257 370.2835we used to park our371.5169 
259 371.7185cars on Georgia Avenue,373.3070 
261 373.8526go in the374.4811 
263 374.6472go go375.2672 
265 375.6355to see Essence,376.7140 
267 378.2993have fun,379.3073 
269 379.8252come back outside,381.0065 
271 381.3347the car's broken into.382.7381 
273 382.9713All the windows broken out384.3075 
275 384.9440on one side.385.8881 
277 386.8883Now, when you go- when you- when we go out, we go to the Howard Theater,391.0860 
279 392.4103parking is good,393.5686 
281 394.0502you don't have to worry about nobody breaking in your car.396.3470 
283 398.1853That's it.398.7104 
284DCB_se1_ag3_m_01399.4180<laugh>399.6947
286 400.7226What separates go go music from many other music?403.1492 
287DCB_se1_ag3_f_02404.9835They got that unique sound.406.3078
289 408.2166That's it.408.7147 
290DCB_se1_ag3_m_01409.5053/So/ the [sound?]410.3395
291DCB_se1_ag3_f_02410.1023[The fa-] the fast pace, the fast beats412.6168
292 413.2484That's it.413.7307
293DCB_se1_ag3_m_01416.0387Mm okay.416.8133
295 418.4264Tell me about mum- mumbo sauce.420.6633 
297 421.7148Tell me about mumbo sauce.423.1468 
298DCB_se1_ag3_f_02423.4136On the wings?424.3707
299DCB_se1_ag3_m_01424.4182Yes.424.9795
300DCB_se1_ag3_f_02425.1021Oh.425.6792
302 425.9362<laugh> Mumbo sauce is the best. You could put them on anything, your fries, your chicken,430.5885 
304 431.2843your rice,432.0986 
306 432.7667it's just the best-433.7702 
308 434.5964best sauce that you ever had in DC.436.6911 
309DCB_se1_ag3_m_01437.0593What do you think's in the sauce?438.5526
310DCB_se1_ag3_f_02439.3554I think it's vinegar hot sauce,441.2285
312 441.4625ketchup,442.0041 
314 442.0667and something else.442.9087 
315DCB_se1_ag3_m_01442.8652<laugh>443.5412
316DCB_se1_ag3_f_02443.7879Something.444.3754
318 445.2648But445.5376 
320 446.2762uh, the carry outs brought it to448.3635 
322 448.7311DC449.3938 
324 449.8262and they've-450.4395 
326 450.8257that's what everybody order.451.9879 
328 453.2292Five wings and fries with mumbo sauce on everything.455.9523 
329DCB_se1_ag3_m_01456.0907<laugh>457.6246
331 458.5299I know that's right, if you had to describe mumbo sauce in one word what would you say?462.2966 
332DCB_se1_ag3_f_02463.7277Mm.464.5848
334 467.0003Tasteful.467.5617 
335DCB_se1_ag3_m_01468.4109Taste- <laugh>470.2011
337 471.2691I know that's right.472.2218 
339 473.7748Mkay.474.3124 
341 475.5972<ts>475.7158 
343 475.9688Are there any um-477.0915 
345 477.7795what- what piece of advice would you give young people?479.8399 
346DCB_se1_ag3_f_02480.9261<ts>481.0462
348 481.1742Growing up in DC,482.5175 
350 482.9014what I would give these young parents today,485.5613 
352 485.6759is486.1029 
354 486.5061stay active.487.7079 
356 488.5539If you don't wanna be on the street just stay active, keep your kids active.492.1902 
358 492.9057Um,493.5264 
360 493.9019The young girls today wanna be friends with they kids.496.6053 
362 497.5857That's why these kids growing up disrespecting they parents.500.5324 
364 501.2576I was taught502.1115 
366 502.8626to respect adults.504.3946 
368 504.6250And now,505.4157 
370 506.2854I don't know what these kids507.9293 
372 508.6211today-509.4038 
374 510.9891I- I just don't know how they been raised but513.2299 
376 514.4198the way me and my husband raise our kids we raised 'em with re-516.9901 
378 517.1182respect and we try to keep them active to keep them off the streets.520.6494 
380 521.4157If you keep your kids active523.0444 
382 524.6099then you shouldn't have any problems.526.2419 
384 527.3962My outlet528.3569 
386 529.5903to530.2656 
388 531.0128be out531.6058 
390 532.1118of the533.2029 
392 534.0607street life was basketball, volleyball, softball, and I ran track.538.0331 
394 539.2421<ts>539.3290 
396 539.9694Um, if I didn't do them things I would be- I think I wouldn't have met my husband,544.8787 
398 545.3570I would still be in the ghetto547.0886 
400 547.9576like some of my friends.549.5705 
402 550.3335So I appreciate my mom552.1711 
404 552.4280for553.0447 
406 553.4005you know553.8579 
408 554.7169letting me do what I wanna do in school that was playing basketball,558.6876 
410 559.1123volleyball,560.0097 
412 561.4163softball, ran track,562.9146 
414 563.0846and of course my grades had to stay564.8629 
416 566.3335A's and B's for me to participate, if they didn't568.8280 
418 568.9782I would get punished, so.570.3690 
420 571.9741If you wanna survive DC you have to be active.574.6181 
422 576.3892So.576.8714 
423DCB_se1_ag3_m_01578.6418That's some good advice.579.7645