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1DCB_int_010.4915And1.4839
3 2.2113what's your hometown? Where you were born?3.5297 
4DCB_se2_ag1_f_013.7535Washington, DC.4.7188
5DCB_int_015.8895What neighborhood did you live in7.2324
7 7.5017for the most-8.1661 
9 9.8853[like-]10.2144 
10DCB_se2_ag1_f_019.9986[I] moved around to a lot of different [neighborhoods.]12.2779
11DCB_int_0111.7114[You were in a lot of-]12.3094
12DCB_se2_ag1_f_0112.6311So12.9774
14 13.1277um, w- a kind of a joke that we tell with our mother is like,15.8162 
16 16.1554we stay in a place for four years17.7257 
18 17.9880that's basically (laughing) what we do.19.4743 
20 20.0434So I've lived in uh- s- all-22.4670 
22 22.6838all regions of the23.5301 
24 23.7364Washington area, [Washington DC.]25.3093 
25DCB_int_0124.8617[You've lived in all] four [quadrants?]26.1217
26DCB_se2_ag1_f_0125.9283[I've] lived now in four quadrants.27.3656
27DCB_int_0127.5720Oh.27.8518
29 27.9742Good, we gonna talk about [that. And then], um, I know you recently moved to Maryland. Where do you live [now?]32.8798 
30DCB_se2_ag1_f_0128.7986[Okay.]29.2492
32 32.5686[Yes.] Suitland, Maryland.33.8022 
33 33.9596/Up at/ District Heights- Forestville.35.4109
35 35.7921<laugh>36.2677 
37 37.0791That was a lot. <laugh>38.0714 
38DCB_int_0138.0609Mm-mm. That's fine.38.9457
39 42.6728And currently you are a junior-44.6347
41 44.8725[I'm sorry.]45.4706 
42DCB_se2_ag1_f_0144.9495[/No/]45.1663
44 45.3866I'm a [senior (laughing).]47.4876 
45DCB_int_0145.7014[My bad. I'm sorry. Class of two] thousand [sixteen.]48.8618
46DCB_se2_ag1_f_0148.5472[Yes], I'm a senior.50.0475
47DCB_int_0151.7078And you wanna be a social worker?53.4879
48DCB_se2_ag1_f_0153.4739Yes, ma'am.54.0754
49DCB_int_0157.3129Kay.57.5892
51 59.0405And60.0014 
53 60.4385where was your father born?61.4702 
54DCB_se2_ag1_f_0161.9248My father was born in DC.63.1348
55DCB_int_0164.1036What about your mom?64.6106
56DCB_se2_ag1_f_0165.0085DC.65.4911
57DCB_int_0166.3129Oh! Need to talk to her.67.2187
59 67.6313[Um, what does your] dad do?68.7819 
60DCB_se2_ag1_f_0167.9566[<laugh>]68.2468
61 69.2602Which- um-70.0120
63 70.3233so-70.6625 
65 71.0157[<laugh>]71.3899 
66DCB_int_0171.1172[Right.] So, okay. And let's talk about that.72.7643
67DCB_se2_ag1_f_0171.9600[Right. <laugh>] So,73.0791
68 73.5433I have-74.0189
70 74.2393well,74.6240 
72 74.9422when you say- when people say dad, I usually go to who77.2538 
74 77.5126basically is my step father78.8197 
75DCB_int_0178.9526Mm-hm.79.2394
76DCB_se2_ag1_f_0179.2184who's been in my life for- since I was two years old.81.4566
77 81.8518So I don't really remember him not being in my life.83.9807
78DCB_int_0184.1031Okay, so [when we talk] about him- When we talk about dad, we'll talk- I'm- we're thinking- I'm thinking [/RD-NAME-2/.]88.5436
79DCB_se2_ag1_f_0184.4773[So-]84.8375
81 88.3827[Yeah.]88.7465 
82DCB_int_0188.8374Okay.89.1521
83DCB_se2_ag1_f_0189.1626S-89.3025
85 89.4179yes,89.8236 
87 89.9145cause he-90.2397 
89 90.3656but he was born in DC too so, <laugh> he-92.2987 
90DCB_int_0191.5293[Oh, okay. So it works] out- Er- They all [were] born in [DC.]93.6381
91DCB_se2_ag1_f_0192.9107[I-]93.0751
93 93.2045[<laugh> Right], everybody- [<laugh>]94.3725 
94DCB_int_0193.9634[Everybody was] in DC.94.7887
95DCB_se2_ag1_f_0194.7537Yes, [everybody.]95.2818
96DCB_int_0195.0475[Um, so] what does /RD-NAME-2/ do?95.9288
97DCB_se2_ag1_f_0196.3616He works at /RD-WORK-2/,97.8304
99 98.1311so he's basically like a um,99.5405 
101 99.8587gas technician.100.9000 
102DCB_int_01101.3931[Mm!]101.5610
103DCB_se2_ag1_f_01101.5051[So] he like mixes different gasses so that, like, when you get oxygen for hospitals?105.0617
104DCB_int_01105.2881[Mm-hm.]105.5714
105DCB_se2_ag1_f_01105.4385[He] fills those tanks,106.7010
106 107.1801[and like helium and stuff] like that.108.7294
107DCB_int_01107.2151[/Oh, okay/.]108.2817
108 108.8902And what does mom do?109.5757
109DCB_se2_ag1_f_01109.7811My mom works at um, /RD-WORK-2/- well, not /RD-WORK-5/.112.7258
111 112.9636She works at /RD-NAME-5/,114.2365 
113 114.7428and she's the manager115.7534 
115 115.8619there for uh, car services.117.6638 
116DCB_int_01118.7741Perfect.119.4141
118 119.9072Alright.120.3304 
120 120.7396So that's all the stuff I'm'a write down.122.1419 
122 123.4770Um,124.1729 
124 124.6975so let's talk about125.8516 
126 126.0334that.126.2258 
128 126.5580So tell me a little bit about your family, especially like you- if you remember your biological [father-]131.5196 
129DCB_se2_ag1_f_01131.3692[I] know who he [is.]132.1867
130DCB_int_01132.0713[Oh, okay.]132.5015
131DCB_se2_ag1_f_01132.3336[Yeah, he-]132.6728
132 132.7917he's kind of in my life.134.2116
133DCB_int_01134.2570Okay.134.6452
134DCB_se2_ag1_f_01134.8096Kind of.135.2992
136 135.5160It's like,136.0196 
138 136.1595uh, so136.7741 
140 136.9595when- since I was-137.9807 
142 138.6766my mom says since I was two weeks old my grandparents would pick me up141.4280 
144 141.5434every two weeks.142.4842 
146 143.0087They'd come pick me up.143.8236 
148 144.1768And around when I was two145.6456 
150 145.8756years old,146.4911 
152 146.8443my mom stopped dealing with my blood father149.0335 
154 149.3972because he wanted to be in the streets, and he wanted to do-151.8549 
156 152.1731not- when I say drugs, I mean like, weed153.9427 
157DCB_int_01154.2469[Mm-hm.]154.5547
158DCB_se2_ag1_f_01154.3860[and] like be around with his friends155.9702
159 156.2814and stuff. And she wasn't having that around her children158.6875
161 159.0923at all. So,159.7113 
163 160.0855she eventually like moved out of his house. She told me all the time about how162.9986 
165 163.3545she moved out of his house in one night,164.9457 
167 165.2115well, their house in one night,166.5229 
169 166.8726and g- went to um, my grandmo-168.7078 
171 168.8022where my grandmom lives.169.8059 
173 170.3620And then my171.0509 
175 171.2083da- /RD-NAME-2/, he came into my life around when I was two, so174.0961 
177 174.4353shortly after that175.2956 
178DCB_int_01175.6908[Mm-hm.]175.9671
179DCB_se2_ag1_f_01175.8307[they] started176.4357
180 176.7364talking to each other177.6763
182 178.2778and um, getting to know each other. And before them,180.4356 
184 180.5685I have a big sister,181.6281 
186 182.1239/RD-NAME-2/,182.7359 
188 183.1835and- she's twenty one. She- who also has a different father185.8798 
190 186.2776than I do.186.8617 
192 187.4597And then,187.9703 
194 188.7397going back189.4741 
196 189.6349to my dad, /RD-NAME-2/,190.8021 
198 191.1693it's a191.6974 
200 191.9492two more,192.5157 
202 192.8655but- which my mom and my dad /RD-NAME-2/ have.194.6315 
204 195.0538So but he's our father.196.4387 
205DCB_int_01196.7010[Like everybody.]197.5753
206DCB_se2_ag1_f_01196.7115[You know],197.1696
208 197.4039[he's] everybody's father. We don't see him as a step father.200.2288 
209 200.5575Never called him step dad. Never-202.6278
211 203.3098never called him /RD-NAME-2/.204.5015 
213 204.8757[Except] for one time205.7849 
214DCB_int_01204.9141[Mm.]205.1275
215DCB_se2_ag1_f_01206.1696when my blood father did tell me- he was like, he's not your father,208.6343
217 208.9630so you call him /RD-NAME-2/.210.0786 
219 210.3444So I called him /RD-NAME-2/ one time, and I got in so much trouble212.8623 
221 213.1902cause I called him /RD-NAME-2/. He's like- my mom's like,214.8234 
223 215.0892he takes care of you every day,216.7923 
225 217.1840and217.4428 
227 217.6972he's the one who's-218.5505 
229 218.6729[you're on] his insurance and all this [other stuff (laughing).]220.9873 
230DCB_int_01218.8123[Mm.]219.0206
232 220.6558[That clears] it up.221.4322 
233DCB_se2_ag1_f_01221.4291<laugh> [Right],222.0792
234DCB_int_01221.5992[You on they] [insurance.]222.6833
235DCB_se2_ag1_f_01222.2357[and she was] like, you're on his insurance,223.9668
236 224.2291so that's your father. I was like, I know, Mom.226.1385
238 226.7077So,227.0364 
240 227.1658that's my father. I had one slip up, but that is my father.229.9286 
241DCB_int_01230.4112Do you-231.0232
243 231.2916do you [ever feel] like-232.8689 
244DCB_se2_ag1_f_01231.7882[<clears throat>]232.0470
245DCB_int_01233.8376I know you have him in your life,235.4174
247 235.5223and do you ever feel like you wanted a closer relationship with your da- now that [you know] him-239.9219 
248DCB_se2_ag1_f_01239.1454[<ts>]239.3483
249 239.9288I f-240.1666
251 240.4910I feel like I should have had a closer relationship with him because243.5440 
253 243.7049kind of like,244.1805 
255 244.6308so there were t- two streets, so if you think of like, nineteenth street and twenty first street,248.2363 
256DCB_int_01248.2993Mm-hm.248.5152
257DCB_se2_ag1_f_01248.5651a block away. We lived exactly a block away,251.1486
259 251.5193but he would still come see me. He will come pick me up to go to my grandparents' house, every two weeks.255.5472 
260DCB_int_01256.0228So you- [his] parents house?257.4287
261DCB_se2_ag1_f_01256.2711[So we /met/-]256.7467
263 257.4007Mm-hm.257.6840 
264DCB_int_01257.6735Oh, okay. So his si- okay.258.9036
265DCB_se2_ag1_f_01258.9876It was his parents' house.259.9458
267 260.2291So it was never like,261.3447 
269 261.5335we- it- it was never like there was a263.2707 
271 263.4013position for us not to have a good relationship,265.6681 
273 266.0646it's just that he never really worked towards268.1260 
275 268.2384having a g-268.7571 
277 268.9124good relationship.269.6030 
278DCB_int_01270.2936Gotcha.270.7133
280 270.9082Gotcha, and I remember one time I was,272.8177 
282 272.9829you know, cause we been together274.3872 
284 274.6152for a lot with the Youth of the Year [competition],276.3125 
285DCB_se2_ag1_f_01275.9926[Right.]276.4387
286DCB_int_01276.8617we were somewhere, was it State278.7517
288 279.1449Competition? And he's like, uh, we need to change the /RD-NAME-1/ on this and put [/RD-NAME-1/.]283.2583 
289DCB_se2_ag1_f_01282.8519[Yeah, my-] my step- my step- well, my dad, yeah.285.3858
290DCB_int_01285.3660Yeah, he- he [was like], naw, we need to change [this- we need] to change [this.] Um, have you [felt-]289.7475
291DCB_se2_ag1_f_01286.1128[Yeah.]286.3573
293 287.2561[Right.]287.7418 
295 288.2903[Right.]288.6373 
297 289.2911[But he-]289.6711 
298 289.8991Huh?290.1865
299DCB_int_01290.2361have you ever thought about changing your name?291.3265
300DCB_se2_ag1_f_01291.3827No, because my grandparents are really in my life,293.9827
302 294.0752[and um-]294.8187 
303DCB_int_01294.1512[Oh, so you're really] close to [them.]295.3077
304DCB_se2_ag1_f_01295.1822[I'm] really close to my grandparents so I feel like that would kind of be disrespectful298.3213
305DCB_int_01297.9182[/Spectful/.]298.3246
306DCB_se2_ag1_f_01298.7471to299.0907
308 299.3980be like, oh, I'm'a change my name, when it's someone who is a /RD-NAME-1/,302.7948 
310 303.1215who's gonna- who's in my life and making me a better [person.]305.6328 
311DCB_int_01305.4775[So] tell me about your grandparents.306.7992
312DCB_se2_ag1_f_01306.8851They're the best! <laugh>308.0445
314 308.4311I love my grandparents. They are very very very nice people,311.3653 
316 311.8241and they always looked out- look out for the313.6547 
318 313.9257better interest of me and um-315.5547 
320 316.2519I remember one time when my granddad was like-318.5644 
322 318.7098cause he's- he's never- he's never whooped me before.320.8477 
324 321.2239He's never like, really yelled at me before,323.2330 
326 323.5204but one time he said he was disappointed in me and that broke me326.4608 
328 327.0291down.327.3662 
330 327.7296Like I was [in tears],329.2397 
331DCB_int_01328.3476[<laugh>]329.3388
332DCB_se2_ag1_f_01329.6556everywhere. Sobbing, like, Mom, Granddad is mad at me.333.1416
334 333.4820And it- it made me feel really bad so they hold really high standards336.3298 
336 336.7495in my life. And they always make sure I'm doing the best that I could possibly do.340.0335 
337DCB_int_01340.6415And, so they're both still living?342.3564
338DCB_se2_ag1_f_01342.4225They're both still living.343.0999
340 343.3770My grandmom just retired last year.345.2175 
342 345.8321So they're f-346.8333 
344 347.4809Mm, my granddad's348.8352 
346 349.0500sixty something. He's like,350.4643 
348 350.5898old sixties- older sixty something, and my grandma's young- younger sixty something.353.7995 
349DCB_int_01354.2076Okay. So [they're still-]355.1096
350DCB_se2_ag1_f_01354.5611[I don't know their] exact [ages, but- <laugh>]356.2265
351DCB_int_01355.6615[No, no, no. But] they're still- where do they live?357.3759
352DCB_se2_ag1_f_01357.5511DC.358.0368
353DCB_int_01358.3044Like what part?358.8794
354DCB_se2_ag1_f_01358.9950Uh,359.4246
356 359.7451well,360.2771 
358 360.5051uh, on MLK?361.4799 
360 361.7140On Martin Luther King [Avenue?]362.7218 
361DCB_int_01362.3782[Southeast] [side?]363.2803
362DCB_se2_ag1_f_01363.2010[S-] Southeast side. [Yes.]364.4243
363DCB_int_01364.0039[Oh, okay.]364.4863
364 365.0349Um, so-365.9100
365DCB_se2_ag1_f_01365.9100They live on /RD-ADDRESS-2/.366.6370
366DCB_int_01367.1888[/RD-ADDRESS-2/.]367.6844
367DCB_se2_ag1_f_01367.4763[The-] the highs over th- the high rises over there.369.3928
368DCB_int_01370.3609Um-370.6645
369DCB_se2_ag1_f_01370.8231You don't know? <laugh>371.5467
371 371.8309It's okay. [<laugh>]373.0138 
372DCB_int_01372.7164[No], but I mean now I'm'a-373.9853
373 374.1868When I drive down, I'm'a look for it and be like, oh,375.9211
374DCB_se2_ag1_f_01376.1987[Yeah. <laugh>]377.2032
375DCB_int_01376.2053[now I know somebody who] live there. I'm [not gonna] go knock on their door. [That'd be weird] to stalk her.380.0345
376DCB_se2_ag1_f_01377.6757[Right.]377.9037
378 378.4423[<laugh>]378.9677 
379 380.0445Right.380.4079
380DCB_int_01380.4641Um,380.9465
382 381.2340so who- okay. So that was your parents. Now, tell me- I mean that was your grandparents. So tell me kind of like, your childhood home or what you remember- I know you said you hopped around a lot, [so tell me a little bit about]389.9267 
383DCB_se2_ag1_f_01388.5521[Yeah, we hopped around a lot.]389.7384
384DCB_int_01390.2604the houses, the neigh- the apartments, houses that you remember.393.1578
385DCB_se2_ag1_f_01393.3165Um, we- we-394.3871
387 394.9587we lived in a house one time,396.8388 
389 397.4695and that was when we had to move in with my grandmother399.9147 
391 400.4665uh, because [she-]401.5966 
392DCB_int_01401.2529[Your mom's] mom [or-]402.1711
393DCB_se2_ag1_f_01401.8505[My-]402.1479
394 402.4651[My great-] it was actually my great grandmother404.5700
395DCB_int_01402.4651[or?]402.8484
396DCB_se2_ag1_f_01405.0524who was my mom's406.0404
398 406.3510father's407.0378 
400 407.2691mom.407.5401 
402 407.6425Okay.407.9333 
403DCB_int_01407.9201Okay.408.2373
404DCB_se2_ag1_f_01408.5942Yeah [because I] don't- I only knew my mom's mom,411.1281
405DCB_int_01408.9808[/Okay/.]409.2815
406 411.2372Mm-hm.411.5081
407DCB_se2_ag1_f_01411.5445and she- I-412.4135
409 412.7208my step grandfather-414.0656 
411 414.2870We're not gonna go into that. (whispering)415.2618 
413 415.6612But my step grandfather-416.6128 
415 416.9597but um, my mom's- u- I only knew my mom's mom because my mom's dad420.6403 
417 421.1954um, passed away before I was born.423.1152 
419 423.6736[So,]424.0768 
420DCB_int_01423.6830[Okay.]423.8830
421DCB_se2_ag1_f_01424.3605yeah- I didn't- well, I didn't really kn- know that much of my mom's427.1923
423 427.3178family427.7342 
425 428.4842because a lot of them, um, passed away.430.7439 
427 431.1008And like- like, now she's really excited because she's finally gonna be a aunt.434.2229 
429 434.8408And um, cause like, all her siblings- like, two of her siblings were murdered437.8808 
431 438.2603when they were young.438.9641 
433 439.6481And then she only has a- well she was a brother,442.0437 
435 442.4237and then my other uncle, he was in jail.444.2637 
437 444.6570And he just got out. He's in the halfway house, so he halfway out of jail.447.2707 
439 447.4024Woo woo.447.6667 
441 447.9377Let's [go Uncle] D!448.8203 
442DCB_int_01448.1194[Mkay.]448.4531
443 449.0116That's [something.]449.5667
444DCB_se2_ag1_f_01449.4279[And] [then],449.8178
445DCB_int_01449.7550[Progress!]450.3597
446DCB_se2_ag1_f_01450.0921[uh, she] has a younger sister.451.5129
447 452.3584So.452.6855
448DCB_int_01453.1415It was four of them.453.9180
449DCB_se2_ag1_f_01454.3046It was-454.7342
451 455.2992well it was four-456.1352 
453 456.2669it was-456.6039 
455 457.1425[Yeah.]457.6613 
456DCB_int_01457.1524[Or five.]457.8100
457DCB_se2_ag1_f_01457.9983It was a lot of 'em.458.9335
458DCB_int_01458.9368Oh, okay.459.2837
459DCB_se2_ag1_f_01459.3630But like her dad had different-460.8165
460DCB_int_01461.5797Gotcha.461.9432
461DCB_se2_ag1_f_01461.8937You- [woman.]462.7825
462DCB_int_01462.2571[Mm, I] unders- Mm-hm. [I understand.]464.0117
463DCB_se2_ag1_f_01463.1724[So yeah.]463.7342
464 464.2728But yeah, from what- from what we know of the [family members,]467.2462
465DCB_int_01466.6613[/I kn- mm-hm/.]467.2230
466DCB_se2_ag1_f_01467.4742there's only- she only has468.8818
468 469.2519two siblings- no, three siblings, that are alive /now/-471.7792 
470 472.2319And two that passed away.473.2695 
471DCB_int_01473.7089Okay.474.0427
472DCB_se2_ag1_f_01474.1281[So] [five.]475.1657
473DCB_int_01474.1314[S-]474.4024
475 474.6998[five.]475.1855 
476DCB_se2_ag1_f_01475.3144[N-475.4961
477DCB_int_01475.3144[Plus] her, so [six. Oh, okay. And so], now who's-477.5382
478DCB_se2_ag1_f_01475.8100[/Six, oh/ yeah. Six.]477.1582
479DCB_int_01477.7397who's having a baby?478.4997
480DCB_se2_ag1_f_01478.8660My aunt- my aunt /RD-NAME-1/ which is my uncle's481.0171
482 481.4533uh, wife.482.1802 
484 482.8572[She's having] a baby finally.484.2317 
485DCB_int_01482.9827[/Great/.]483.3065
486 484.4928And when's the [baby due?]485.3420
487DCB_se2_ag1_f_01485.0479[Um-]485.3056
488 485.7848February twenty second.486.8455
489DCB_int_01486.8455Oh, she's new pregnant.487.8693
490DCB_se2_ag1_f_01487.9651Yeah.488.3022
491DCB_int_01488.2923Yeah, oh- like, [just-]489.5017
492DCB_se2_ag1_f_01489.0622[Yeah.]489.4851
493DCB_int_01489.6107just got [pregnant-ish.]490.9622
494DCB_se2_ag1_f_01490.1889[Yeah.]490.6053
495DCB_int_01491.0778Like y'all just found out [probably], not too long ago?493.1194
496DCB_se2_ag1_f_01492.0092[Yeah.]492.3032
498 493.0566Yeah.493.3474 
499DCB_int_01493.3573Mm-hm.493.7803
500DCB_se2_ag1_f_01494.0446And she was really excited. Like, she was jumping around the house.496.5129
501DCB_int_01496.9552[Tell her don't be jumping. The baby] needs-498.1944
502DCB_se2_ag1_f_01496.9751[Like, ah!]497.7615
503DCB_int_01498.4223[tell her don't be doing that-]499.0898
504DCB_se2_ag1_f_01498.4323[<laugh> No, my] mom [was- my mom.]500.5107
505DCB_int_01499.5227[Oh, oh. Okay.]500.5305
506DCB_se2_ag1_f_01500.7585Yeah cause she- cause we um-502.0004
508 502.3044Well, so from my family's side,503.6779 
510 504.0260I don't have504.7827 
512 504.9545c- like first cousins [around] them,507.0077 
513DCB_int_01506.3815[Mm-hm.]506.7317
514DCB_se2_ag1_f_01507.2902so we never got that cousin experience. Like,509.6164
516 509.9667oh, I'm going over my cousin's house to spend the night,511.9770 
518 512.2462and my mom was real strict about us be spending the night over people houses. She didn't do it.516.0126 
520 516.2472At all.516.6636 
522 517.0568I've never the spent the night over anyone's house. I'm seventeen.519.3125 
524 519.7791Never had a sl- [never been] to a sleep over.521.6856 
525DCB_int_01520.5985[<laugh>]521.0743
526DCB_se2_ag1_f_01522.1780But-522.4456
528 522.5613like, that's why I love the Boys and Girls Club (laughing)524.3088 
529DCB_int_01524.3617Cause [you get to-]524.8011
530DCB_se2_ag1_f_01524.6062[because] I get to go places and,526.1658
531 526.5557oh, we in the room together! Woo! Let's talk about stuff and529.9785
533 530.3883have fun! /And then/,531.2672 
535 531.6835but no.532.2915 
537 532.4265We- I didn't have any cousins.533.6293 
539 533.9630So we would always go out of town.535.3509 
540DCB_int_01535.6086[Mm-hm.]535.9324
541DCB_se2_ag1_f_01535.7705[We'd] go out of town like,536.5768
542 536.7052almost all the time, so that we can have like,538.9686
544 539.3552that fun experience. So we can have something else about our childhood542.1733 
546 542.5368[to] be excited about. Cause my mom had543.9709 
547DCB_int_01542.5368[T-]542.8052
548DCB_se2_ag1_f_01544.0270plenty of cousins. And she was like,545.2827
550 545.5966we walked everywhere,546.8947 
552 547.2185so if we weren't in this part of Southeast,549.2209 
554 549.4622we would walk to the other part of Southeast.551.4145 
556 551.8738Oh like- she like, we walk in groups. I was like, okay,554.2595 
558 554.5701I'm not walking anywhere. I catch the bus.556.4267 
559DCB_int_01556.6514Right.556.8662
560DCB_se2_ag1_f_01556.9356So that's a change over time.558.2606
562 558.5613I catch the bus everywhere. I don't walk any- <laugh>560.8705 
564 560.9664where.561.3067 
566 561.7693[Jus-]562.1030 
567DCB_int_01561.7759[And you'd-] are you- so,563.3289
568 563.8411going back real quick.564.9575
570 565.3342So you have-566.2891 
572 566.4874your mom had lots of567.5514 
574 567.7562cousins and [played] and- so, it was just you. How old is your sis-570.8883 
575DCB_se2_ag1_f_01568.3142[Mm.]568.5852
576DCB_int_01571.0964y'all are what? Four years [apart?]572.6131
577DCB_se2_ag1_f_01572.3620[We're] five years [apart.]573.3125
578DCB_int_01573.1777[Five] year- and [then, your] younger sister how-?575.1404
579DCB_se2_ag1_f_01573.7130[Me and my-]574.1227
580 575.2065Three years apart.575.9698
582 576.3267And [then I have] a brother.577.1660 
583DCB_int_01576.5249[Mm.]576.7232
584DCB_se2_ag1_f_01577.9123So,578.2857
586 580.1592[five years] apart again.581.1505 
587DCB_int_01580.2649[/That's what-/]580.6681
588 581.5933Oh, wow. So-582.3429
589DCB_se2_ag1_f_01582.7130[So, she-]583.5225
590DCB_int_01582.9344[so when you] played, who did you play with?584.9103
591DCB_se2_ag1_f_01584.9467My big sister.585.6802
592DCB_int_01585.9182[Y'all were- Y'all were [close enough that-]588.0886
593DCB_se2_ag1_f_01586.1561[Kind of.]586.5394
595 586.9850[We would get- no] we- w-588.5248 
596DCB_int_01589.2782Mm. So, mkay. Yeah.590.3422
597DCB_se2_ag1_f_01590.4639We were kind of close,591.8187
598DCB_int_01591.8286Mm-hm.592.1260
599DCB_se2_ag1_f_01592.5754but like she cared aft- she took care of me594.8190
600DCB_int_01594.9281[Right.]595.1561
601DCB_se2_ag1_f_01595.1065[kind] of. So she always made sure I was good597.3034
602 597.6570and also made sure I was-598.7143
604 598.8531I had someone to play with.599.9898 
606 600.4387So she took that big sister role and made it so that I had someone to [play with.]603.2796 
607DCB_int_01602.9269[So there-] were there kids in like the different neighborhoods that you [grew up?]605.5831
608DCB_se2_ag1_f_01605.2262[Mm-hm.]605.8441
609DCB_int_01605.7615[And] did you play with them?606.5314
610DCB_se2_ag1_f_01606.5743Mm-hm.606.9543
612 607.2253I h- I had fun with everybody cause I was- I just wanted to be everybody's [friend.]610.7340 
613DCB_int_01610.3309[So,]610.7208
614 610.8728what was some of the things you did as a l-612.6208
616 612.7463like I can only imagine like little /RD-NAME-3/ running around,615.7131 
618 615.8222doing a lot.616.5227 
619DCB_se2_ag1_f_01616.5491Yeah that's- that's all that I did. I just- I just-618.5940
621 619.2549I- and I- also, my mom always said that I was- I always wanted to be with the older people.623.0015 
623 623.3782Like I always wanted to talk to the adults cause I was talking- like, I started talking really early.627.1517 
625 627.4850And I started- she said on my first birthday, I just got up and started walking.630.1978 
627 630.6241So she was just like, you were very advanced632.5203 
628DCB_int_01632.6029Mm-hm.632.8937
629DCB_se2_ag1_f_01632.8243for no reason.633.7098
630 634.1493I was just like- I always wanted to talk to people so I just talked to the kids636.8980
632 637.2020when I was younger or talked to my peers.638.8641 
634 638.9896<laugh> /RD-NAME-2/.639.7133 
635DCB_int_01639.7100[<laugh> Right.] [Cause y'all-] [both of you together.]642.6359
636DCB_se2_ag1_f_01640.1126[I just-]640.5885
638 640.9751[I didn't-]641.4311 
640 641.5208[Right. Uh- I- w- <laugh> Right.642.9477 
641 643.2848But um, I just know-644.3950
643 644.5961well, I had a real bad like,645.8253 
645 645.9476elementary school,646.9422 
647 647.8277like, experience because I was bullied a lot in etr- elementary [school.]650.9664 
648DCB_int_01650.8408[What] school did you go to?651.6437
649DCB_se2_ag1_f_01651.6272I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/. Well I-653.0910
650 653.5536First, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/,654.6700
652 654.9740and then I went to uh, /RD-SCHOOL-5/.657.0359 
654 657.3994And then /RD-SCHOOL-5/ got shut down. It got closed down to be turned into a police station661.1196 
656 661.7110um, my662.5066 
658 662.7134fifth grade year.663.5874 
660 664.0368And then sixth grade, that was the year when they was putting um,666.6241 
662 666.8554no, my fourth grade year.667.9916 
664 668.4575That was the year that they were putting sixth grade in middle school.670.5722 
665DCB_int_01670.8102Mm. [Mm.]671.4380
666DCB_se2_ag1_f_01671.1042[So], my fifth grade year I had to go to /RD-SCHOOL-3/,673.5225
667 674.2429and then-674.8443
669 674.9896which was in Southwest.676.1131 
671 676.5125So, /RD-SCHOOL-3/ was Northeast,677.9168 
673 678.3067and then I went to Southwest,679.4863 
675 680.0051and then, um,680.9006 
677 681.5940and then I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/682.9851 
678DCB_int_01683.5799[Mm. Mm-hm.]684.2375
679DCB_se2_ag1_f_01683.5865[for middle] school.684.7001
680 685.4794And then I went to high school and so on.687.1084
682 687.3364[<laugh>]687.7792 
683DCB_int_01687.3430[So let's go back.] Why- why did you have a bad middle, uh, elementary school-691.1227
684DCB_se2_ag1_f_01690.2603[Elementary-]690.8352
686 691.0963Because when I was younger my mom- well, like, at first it was like, it was cool695.5500 
687 695.9664and then like,696.5909
689 696.8717when my big sister left,698.2397 
691 698.3587she went to, um, middle school- when she went to middle school, cause we were always in school together,701.8443 
693 702.3729and then when she went to middle school,703.6649 
695 704.0345I was in school by myself,705.5479 
697 705.9477and people didn't really like my older sister.708.1517 
699 708.4817So then they would709.1557 
701 709.5390take all of their energy- and my sister was really like,711.5150 
703 711.7364bold,712.3345 
705 712.6876and like nobody really wanted to mess with her714.3331 
707 714.4455at [that point.]715.1163 
708DCB_int_01714.7462[Mm.]714.9477
709DCB_se2_ag1_f_01715.4797So it was like,716.0580
711 716.3851I was like,716.9369 
713 717.3165<ts> oh, okay. I'm little /RD-NAME-3/.719.4709 
715 719.8013And they would mess with m- they would turn their energy towards me.722.3848 
717 722.7251So now I was like, probably like fighting all the time725.1373 
719 725.2761in middle- in eme- in elementary school.726.8881 
721 727.2813And then,727.8001 
723 728.0248my mom, she cut my hair729.2771 
725 729.6208because like my sides broke off, my edges broke off.731.8871 
727 732.1712So she cut all my hair off733.5326 
729 734.0811when I was in, um, elementary school, too.735.9013 
731 736.2978So then I had to go to school. I was also bald head738.9676 
733 739.0834/RD-NAME-3/ did not have a big sister in the building anymore.741.9081 
735 742.4401So it was a struggle,743.5206 
737 743.8869but then as time went on, I got- I got better into school because746.5403 
739 746.8674that's when I took up like, speaking and stuff.748.5988 
740DCB_int_01748.8098[Mm-hm.]749.1271
741DCB_se2_ag1_f_01748.9090[So I was] like I wanna speak at this event. Can I emcee this event? And this, that and the third. So people like, oh, she- she- she talk at everything.753.8782
742 754.2681So now [people were being nice] to me755.8178
743DCB_int_01754.6778[<laugh>]755.4576
744DCB_se2_ag1_f_01756.3928cause I talked at everything.757.8125
745DCB_int_01758.4145So how did you-759.5116
747 760.3707so you used kind of your761.9270 
749 762.0290talking- but that was before you really got into poetry right? [That was just] simply765.7199 
750DCB_se2_ag1_f_01764.4643[Mm, yes.]765.0128
751DCB_int_01765.9148you just wanted to766.5394
752DCB_se2_ag1_f_01766.7405[I just wanted to talk, yeah.]767.8342
753DCB_int_01766.7438[talk and be the star.] Like, cause if they gonna think I'm-769.2088
754 769.4764they gonna pick at me for this, I'm- at least I'm'a gonna be smart. [I did the same thing.]772.5093
755DCB_se2_ag1_f_01771.3098[Yes. I was always] smart.773.1041
756DCB_int_01773.3222[That's the way I'm] gonna do it- that's what-774.7397
757DCB_se2_ag1_f_01773.5006<laugh>773.9037
758 774.8256Right.775.0404
759DCB_int_01775.0735And so when you did that, like, what was- do you remember your first speaking [engagement?]778.6455
760DCB_se2_ag1_f_01778.4566[Yeah.]778.6813
761 778.7441Um, I don't, but my granddad does [cause he] was like, when the um-782.1950
762DCB_int_01780.9476[Oh.]781.1789
763DCB_se2_ag1_f_01782.3354When I was in kindergarten,783.3036
764DCB_int_01783.3465<laugh>783.7067
765DCB_se2_ag1_f_01783.6736he said- he said when I was in kindergarten,785.4178
766 785.6888he was like, you went up there, cause um,787.3112
768 787.4500it was like, not788.0018 
770 788.0976kindergarten, but it was the- the pre school graduation.790.1359 
772 791.0149And he was like,791.7484 
774 792.2474uh, the girl didn't show up. Like, she didn't come to graduation, whoever was supposed to do the em- like emcee.797.3289 
776 797.6362The graduation, she didn't come!799.2879 
778 799.5490So he was like, I went up there, and I did it anyway. <laugh> He was like, I- He was like, that- from that day, I knew804.1844 
780 804.5413that you was just gonna keep on speaking and that was gonna be your thing806.9534 
782 807.2537because you did it so well at such a young age.809.5634 
784 810.1383I was like,810.5547 
786 811.1660well,811.4700 
788 811.6479that's what I do.812.2493 
790 812.3787<laugh> I-812.7753 
791DCB_int_01812.7444That is [what you do. You do.] You talk, and you [talk, but you have-]816.4263
792DCB_se2_ag1_f_01813.0748[I talk. <laugh>]814.4494
794 815.3967[I j- I just talk.]816.6699 
795DCB_int_01816.7801but you have817.3874
797 817.5196great words, and I think that that's-819.2599 
799 819.4273Like, you ain't just talking to talk. Like, [you saying] something, and that's important [cause a lot of-]823.2949 
800DCB_se2_ag1_f_01821.0971[Right.]821.3967
802 822.7795[Right.]823.3081 
803DCB_int_01823.9382Trust me. They talking, and they ain't saying [nothing.]826.3085
804DCB_se2_ag1_f_01825.8414[<laugh>] Right.826.5588
805DCB_int_01826.5860Um,827.0706
807 827.2072so okay. So you were in middle school. You went to- I mean you went to all these different ele- you went to three different elementary [schools.]832.3349 
808DCB_se2_ag1_f_01831.7665[I went to three different] elementary schools.833.3218
809DCB_int_01833.8593Which one was the best?835.0092
811 835.8500I- I know they were [all-]836.8590 
812DCB_se2_ag1_f_01836.5682[/RD-SCHOOL-3/.]837.1541
813DCB_int_01837.2555[/RD-SCHOOL-3/.]837.9340
814DCB_se2_ag1_f_01837.3877[/RD-SCHOOL-3/.]837.9340
815 838.1543/RD-SCHOOL-3/.838.5728
816DCB_int_01838.5155So did y'all live in Northeast at that time?840.0003
817DCB_se2_ag1_f_01840.0003Mm-hm.840.2778
818DCB_int_01840.6253[Where'd y'all live?]841.1848
819DCB_se2_ag1_f_01840.6347[Yeah.]841.0356
821 841.1319[We] li-841.5681 
822 841.7840we lived842.5770
824 842.6739like not too far away from the school. I don't remember the exact [address],845.6963 
825DCB_int_01845.2204[Oh], mm-hm. But-846.1721
826DCB_se2_ag1_f_01846.1809but we lived not too far away from the school [so I /would live there walking/.] Mm-hm.849.3977
827DCB_int_01847.8765[Did y'all live in /RD-SCHOOL-3/?]849.0881
828 849.5330Oh y'all [lived in the- oh.]850.9781
829DCB_se2_ag1_f_01849.7665[I lived- I lived- I lived in the] neighborhood, and I went to the school cause that- and that's when we were living853.3919
830 853.7575with my other grandmother.854.9559
832 855.3921So a lot of the times we had to move in with like857.2248 
834 857.3702my grandparents and stuff cause they weren't well,859.3654 
836 859.6870[like they were sick.]860.4096 
837DCB_int_01859.6958[Mm.]860.1761
838DCB_se2_ag1_f_01860.8325So,861.3039
840 861.4097we had to move in with them from time to time and like make sure they were okay.864.9431 
842 865.6650So.865.9029 
843DCB_int_01866.4536Gotcha. Okay, so now let's go up to middle school [cause] we done with-870.8153
844DCB_se2_ag1_f_01869.3658[Middle school.]869.9342
845DCB_int_01871.4447you871.6298
847 871.9822were talking in the [f-]872.9295 
848DCB_se2_ag1_f_01872.5858[Now], in [middle school], that's when I lived in this area. So I lived in [um],876.8902
849DCB_int_01873.0925[kindergarten.]873.6916
851 876.7492[Southeast.] [That's when you moved to Southeast.] [Okay.]878.5638 
852DCB_se2_ag1_f_01877.2685[I lived in Southeast],878.0042
854 878.2730[and then I] moved. So I lived in Ridgecrest or Parkland.880.7711 
855 881.1367[So] I went to- I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/,883.5549
856DCB_int_01881.1632[Mm-hm.]881.4363
857DCB_se2_ag1_f_01883.8721and I'd take the bus to school, you know, every day.885.9296
859 886.4010And I went there from887.4451 
861 887.6037six,888.2205 
863 888.6479of course <laugh> from sixth to eighth grade.890.4096 
865 890.7620And I was actually the first valedictorian of the school.893.3526 
867 893.5288Woot woot.894.0928 
868DCB_int_01894.1060Oh, [okay. Congratulations.]896.2378
869DCB_se2_ag1_f_01894.4452[<laugh> Yeah.]895.2500
871 895.7707[Thank you], and um, I- I remember uh- I got- I got in my first- I got suspended for the first time900.7360 
872 901.4712when I was in um- when I was at /RD-SCHOOL-4/ because I fought a girl.904.6741
874 905.0266But I fought her all the way down the street, and that's because- but she hit me.909.3480 
876 909.7710Like she's like, legit slapped me in my face!912.6083 
877DCB_int_01912.6127Why?913.0136
878DCB_se2_ag1_f_01913.4579Because she didn't like what I was saying. Cause I told her I didn't like her as a human being.917.0266
880 917.6742And like, I just didn't wanna [be around her. I was-]919.5240 
881DCB_int_01918.5730[And you were like twelve?]919.8280
882DCB_se2_ag1_f_01919.8633I was like twelve!920.7312
884 921.0308But I was out, you know, I was always honest with people. [It was just like,]923.8461 
885DCB_int_01923.2733[<laugh>]924.2558
886DCB_se2_ag1_f_01924.2426if I don't wanna be around you, I'm'a tell you that I don't want you to be in my company927.5771
887 928.2292or like my surroundings, so.929.5421
888DCB_int_01930.5554I can just [imagine you walking-] look,932.0527
889DCB_se2_ag1_f_01931.0130[<laugh>]931.5945
890DCB_int_01932.2642[you know, I think you're a horrible human being.]934.3613
891DCB_se2_ag1_f_01932.2686[<laugh>] Right.934.9120
892DCB_int_01935.5156Thank you.936.0047
893DCB_se2_ag1_f_01936.3043<laugh>937.1149
894DCB_int_01937.3654Wow, you know, that's bold.938.9471
895DCB_se2_ag1_f_01939.0132It just- it [was just-]939.9736
896DCB_int_01939.6035[But that's] you.940.2424
897DCB_se2_ag1_f_01940.2380But my- but that's how my mom is. Like, she's very honest and943.3258
898 943.7752/they/ just944.3171
900 944.4580blunt kind of.945.4141 
901DCB_int_01945.6608[Mm.]945.9207
902DCB_se2_ag1_f_01945.7093[So that's] how I grew up. But I'm- I'm- I think I'm a lot nicer than her949.0973
903 949.5681in my [bluntness and honesty. <laugh>]951.5815
904DCB_int_01949.8985[I- I need to interview your mom too.]951.5859
905 951.7181I need to interview your mom too- [cause I bet] she has some [stories.]954.2079
906DCB_se2_ag1_f_01952.7490[S-]953.0883
908 953.9077[Oh], she has plenty stories.955.5416 
909DCB_int_01955.5593Mm-hm. I [can only imagine. Just even] over the last three or four months,958.9385
910DCB_se2_ag1_f_01956.2289[Plenty story.]957.3480
911DCB_int_01959.2469like, sitting [by her at these little things, and she'll say something,]961.9249
912DCB_se2_ag1_f_01959.6875[<laugh>]961.5857
913DCB_int_01962.1805I can [only] [imagine.]964.1543
914DCB_se2_ag1_f_01962.4713[<laugh>]963.1497
916 963.8150[/Her s-/] yup.964.6565 
917 964.8327That's a interesting [one.]966.1633
918DCB_int_01965.8857[Mm-hm.]966.4496
919DCB_se2_ag1_f_01966.3219[Yup.]966.6869
920DCB_int_01966.8103Um, okay. So you beat up the girl. Y'all slap- you got [suspended. For how long?]970.8460
921DCB_se2_ag1_f_01969.8987[Yeah, in the-]970.7534
922 970.9781I got suspended for a day! But that was because I was really-973.1716
924 973.3390they- they were like, I didn't ever have a problem. Like, I don't get in trouble in school.976.8019 
926 977.0971If I got in trouble, it was because I did something at home. I never got in trouble at school.980.6078 
928 980.9515I- cause I was always on honor roll,982.7755 
930 983.0266and like, all of the teachers knew me, and they're like,984.6083 
932 984.9425oh, can you read this? Or something like that.986.5770 
934 986.9471I was good!987.7384 
936 988.0617So she was like, we cannot suspend her for more than a day because she's such a great student.992.1260 
938 992.5990And uh,993.2379 
940 993.4229it was just like, overturned. She was just- and then we had a meet and- we had a parent meet,996.8462 
942 997.2376and my mom came in the room, and she saw the girl.998.6783 
944 998.9647She said, that's the same one that's always messing with my child! So,1002.2999 
946 1002.8455If- [I've had] previous [engage- engagements with her.]1005.4968 
947DCB_int_011003.0174[Mm, s-]1003.4712
949 1004.0131[Issues. Yeah.] Gotcha.1005.9956 
950DCB_se2_ag1_f_011006.0573And then um, it was so funny because when we graduated,1008.8323
952 1008.9645<laugh>1009.4976 
954 1010.0791I was um, vale- I was valedictorian. She was salutatorian, tied up with another person.1014.5730 
956 1015.3874So, it was like, her- her mom had all the /??/- she's like,1018.0309 
958 1018.4098She didn't deserve that. Da da da da da. And I was like, ooh! You're mad!1022.5543 
960 1022.6536<ts>1023.2069 
962 1023.3077Okay. [<laugh>]1024.4538 
963DCB_int_011024.0617[Wow.]1024.6829
964 1024.8636[Wow.]1025.6346
965DCB_se2_ag1_f_011024.9737[And it was like the same] thing. Like,1026.0443
966 1026.3175when we went to our eighth grade dance,1028.2378
968 1028.5682her mom had her in like, the skimpiest outfit. It was- it was like-1031.6963 
970 1032.8147That's something that you wear to the club when you're twenty five years old type [outfit.]1036.4715 
971DCB_int_011035.9736[And she's] fifteen [wearing it to the-]1037.9342
972DCB_se2_ag1_f_011037.1852[She- she's wasn't] even-1038.2602
973DCB_int_011038.3785[Wa- wh- no. Thirteen, fourteen.]1040.3743
974DCB_se2_ag1_f_011038.3880[we weren't even fifteen. We like thirteen], fourteen1040.9074
975 1041.6256in there.1042.0485
977 1042.4186And I had on my nice little tutu dress. I was like, cheese! [Happy birthday! Good morning!]1046.6078 
978DCB_int_011045.7796[<laugh>]1046.5902
979DCB_se2_ag1_f_011047.5330So it was just- I- I think it-1048.8812
981 1049.6522but she had a lot of animosity towards me,1051.4491 
983 1051.8721just s-1052.2245 
985 1052.6387just for being who I [am.]1053.8547 
986DCB_int_011053.5815[Yeah.]1053.8547
987DCB_se2_ag1_f_011054.0001And I think that- that goes on- that been on for like,1056.3968
989 1056.5245a lot of my life.1057.3742 
991 1057.8280This goes on for a lot of my life. Just like,1059.2951 
993 1059.6168people having feelings towards me because of who I am.1062.3880 
995 1062.8506And I mean- And I had to get- I mean I had to become comfortable1065.3392 
996DCB_int_011065.5198[Mm.]1066.0529
997DCB_se2_ag1_f_011065.7313[with who] I am over [time. <laugh>]1067.8202
998DCB_int_011066.9429[<laugh>]1068.2029
999DCB_se2_ag1_f_011068.5157I have become [comfortable in my own skin. <laugh>]1071.4802
1000DCB_int_011069.3742[Comfortable in my own skin.]1071.1718
1001DCB_se2_ag1_f_011072.0221So um-1072.4054
1002DCB_int_011072.3834So today!1073.1676
1003DCB_se2_ag1_f_011073.1500[<laugh> Right. <laugh>]1074.2029
1004 1074.6120So I think over time I just- I- with m-1076.5858
1006 1077.0704with me becoming comfortable in who I am,1079.3130 
1008 1079.7668I just had to be1080.5812 
1010 1080.7486comfortable with1081.4403 
1012 1081.6430people being who they are1082.7092 
1014 1083.0396and being comfortable that they gonna have opinions about me. And I can't necessarily change1086.5378 
1016 1087.0086what they're saying.1087.8060 
1018 1088.1540And the- I had to- I had to learn that from my mom cause I remember one day,1090.8504 
1020 1091.2777my sister said something to me, and I like broke out in tears.1093.7796 
1022 1094.0659And my mom was like, you better get some back- back bone because the world not gonna be that nice to you!1098.2910 
1023DCB_int_011098.6259[Mm.]1098.9831
1024DCB_se2_ag1_f_011098.7580[And I] was like- ever since then, I was like, alright cool. Well, whatchu gotta say is- that's whatchu gotta say.1102.9032
1025 1103.3791But I don't necessarily have to take or receive that into1106.0175
1027 1106.4316what I have.1107.1365 
1028DCB_int_011107.7665What do you think was-1109.0442
1030 1109.2865if you-1109.6522 
1032 1109.8769I want you to just kind of think back, before we get to high school, [think back]1113.3348 
1033DCB_se2_ag1_f_011112.7312[Mm-hm.]1113.3392
1034DCB_int_011113.9560as a child1114.9164
1036 1115.3262and in middle school,1116.7625 
1038 1117.6518what do you feel like1118.6783 
1040 1119.5374helped you learn1121.1500 
1042 1121.5333to really be comfortable with who you are? What- was there a specific incident or was it just kind of over [time?]1127.3526 
1043DCB_se2_ag1_f_011127.0266[It was] over time because kids are mean.1129.2500
1044DCB_int_011129.6165[They are.]1130.0175
1045DCB_se2_ag1_f_011129.6430[Like],1129.9866
1046 1130.3787and l- And like,1131.3744
1048 1131.5198you know, as you get older,1132.6257 
1050 1132.9649we become a adult, you- like, people sugar coat things,1135.5461 
1052 1135.8456and it-You like- You learn to sugar coat things,1137.8062 
1053DCB_int_011137.7269Mm-hm.1138.0265
1054DCB_se2_ag1_f_011138.0133but when you're young,1138.8636
1055 1139.0442you're as pure as can be. You're like- you're like,1140.7757
1057 1141.0218oh I don't like you, or1142.5197 
1059 1142.8281you ugly. Like, kids will tell you that you're ugly1144.9120 
1061 1145.4716real nice, <laugh>1147.0400 
1063 1147.1980just, with a smile to you're ugly. I'm like, okay.1150.2952 
1065 1150.7402[Mean.]1151.3086 
1066DCB_int_011151.0178[<laugh>]1151.4848
1067DCB_se2_ag1_f_011151.5200It's cool.1152.1809
1069 1152.7971But I think just over time, like bis- people, just al- being mean to me,1156.2644 
1071 1156.5948and I had to understand that like, not everyone's gonna like me for who I am1159.6738 
1073 1160.0791or like what I do.1160.8986 
1075 1161.1982So I might just have to get used to it,1162.6213 
1077 1162.9737and be who I am because1164.3395 
1079 1164.8323I've- and I have to love who I am as a human being too.1167.5022 
1081 1168.0133So I think that's what also came with like, Girls Only Club.1170.1280 
1082DCB_int_011170.2640Mm-hm.1170.6253
1083DCB_se2_ag1_f_011170.6208When I started Girls Only Club, it was like,1172.1276
1084 1172.6475I understand that you have- like I'm teaching young women that you have to understand that not everyone's gonna like you for what you look like, what you say out your mouth,1179.1806
1086 1179.4493but you have to be true to who you are1181.2865 
1088 1181.4716because people will say,1182.5334 
1090 1182.7486that's not you to be like that.1184.1320 
1092 1184.6166Even if you are1185.4802 
1094 1185.7930like, the meanest person in the world, once you try to be nice, oh you're being fake because that's not1189.8633 
1096 1190.0307[you.]1190.3655 
1097DCB_int_011190.2528[You.] Mm-hm.1191.2775
1098DCB_se2_ag1_f_011191.7093Regardless.1192.3701
1099DCB_int_011192.6962Yup.1192.9781
1101 1193.3306I think- so I wanna go back cause I know we've skipped- Before we go to high school, cause I know high school was a-1198.0485 
1103 1198.2908you did some transitioning.1199.5641 
1105 1200.1280Um,1200.7272 
1107 1201.1055but go back to- you were-1202.5594 
1109 1202.9030are-1203.1233 
1111 1203.4229you were twelve, um, [and looking for] a place to /comete/ your- uh, complete your community service requirement.1207.2421 
1112DCB_se2_ag1_f_011204.5992<laugh>1205.0134
1113DCB_int_011207.5945But go back to um,1209.6608
1115 1209.8194Boys and Girls Club cause you talk about1211.2293 
1117 1211.4099you got to- you go on sleep overs sort of [and]1214.0880 
1118DCB_se2_ag1_f_011213.5637[Right.]1213.8985
1119DCB_int_011214.5109um, Girls Only Club. So tell me how did you come to the- like, I know the story, [but]1218.9695
1120DCB_se2_ag1_f_011218.5862[Right.]1218.9916
1121DCB_int_011219.3346um, I don't know the whole story actually.1221.1938
1122DCB_se2_ag1_f_011221.2423<laugh>1221.7533
1123DCB_int_011221.7886So tell me how did you actually end up at nineteen oh one?1224.3351
1124DCB_se2_ag1_f_011224.5459Right. So, I came to the Boys and Girls Club because uh, at school,1228.2556
1126 1228.5904they was telling that you have to go out and find1230.3836 
1128 1230.4755community service. I'm in eighth grade. I'm like, okay.1232.5638 
1130 1232.8810Community service.1233.6650 
1132 1233.7842Whatever.1234.2115 
1134 1234.8548So not even [eighth grade- No] I wasn't even in eighth grade. I was-1237.6033 
1135DCB_int_011235.6963[Was that for every-]1236.3792
1136 1237.6694Seventh [grade?]1238.4334
1137DCB_se2_ag1_f_011238.1452[I was in the] seventh grade. [I was in seventh g-]1239.6696
1138DCB_int_011239.0132[And everybody in the] school had to do [that?]1240.5728
1139DCB_se2_ag1_f_011240.2556[Everybody] in the school had to do community service.1242.1589
1140 1242.4717So I actually came down here with three of my friends- with three uh, people- well, they were my friends- <laugh>1247.1367
1142 1247.6037With three people that I was close with in um, seventh grade at my school.1250.8237 
1144 1251.2731And we were just like coming down here, and we aksed, do y'all have like, community service? Can we come down here and do community service?1255.8985 
1146 1256.4316So over time I was just like, I'll come down here on like,1258.9032 
1148 1259.0398a Tuesday and a Thursday. I'll come down here1260.7052 
1150 1261.0614and help with the ch- with the younger children,1262.8061 
1152 1263.1630and um, help them with their homework and stuff.1264.7578 
1154 1265.0530And then over time, they were like, oh we can invite you into the Teen Center.1268.1408 
1156 1268.5506So then that's when I s- actually started coming to the Boys and Girls Club every day1271.4760 
1158 1271.7535cause I lived about five minutes away.1273.4183 
1160 1273.6650[It was a- it was] walking distance, so it was like, hm, I'll walk down there every day after school.1277.3967 
1161DCB_int_011273.6650[Mm.]1274.2950
1162DCB_se2_ag1_f_011277.7756So- cause it was also the after ks- after care program,1280.3523
1164 1280.8369so I just came to the Boys and Girls Club, over time just started coming and coming,1283.9342 
1166 1284.3747just being here every day.1285.2500 
1167DCB_int_011286.0219What do you think- so,1287.6828
1169 1288.3481what kept you here though?1289.7315 
1171 1289.9166Like,1290.5642 
1173 1291.5989[it-]1291.8456 
1174DCB_se2_ag1_f_011291.6033[I-]1291.8192
1175 1292.4580the-1292.9206
1177 1293.3216the programs1294.3040 
1179 1295.0090and the people around me. People being- I think people being nice to me.1298.2730 
1181 1298.8546And people um, treating me as family.1301.0795 
1183 1302.0487That's what kept me- That's what kept me around cause it was like- I wasn't-1304.8590 
1185 1305.4493not that I wasn't getting it at home, it was just like,1307.5244 
1187 1309.1451u- people weren't-1310.1056 
1189 1310.4757at home, it wasn't like,1311.4626 
1191 1311.9736people always open and listen to what I was saying1314.0223 
1193 1314.2250all the time.1314.6655 
1195 1314.9072So like,1315.3610 
1197 1316.0615that's when I started with my- with like, my1317.6564 
1199 1317.9560suicide and all that stuff. (whispered)1319.7095 
1200DCB_int_011319.8152Mm-hm.1320.1148
1201DCB_se2_ag1_f_011320.0796Like my- my-1320.8499
1202 1321.2112my cl- my skeleton in my closet. <laugh> [That stuff.]1323.9119
1203DCB_int_011323.4053[Mm-hm.]1323.8767
1204DCB_se2_ag1_f_011324.2732So um,1324.9341
1206 1325.1015that's when I started that stuff,1326.1941 
1208 1326.3433and then like, it was like, coming down here,1328.0439 
1210 1328.3743it was showing me that there is other things bigger,1330.9164 
1212 1331.3130that like, the little problems that you have in your bedroom, in the four walls1334.3887 
1214 1334.8634[of your room-]1335.5286 
1215DCB_int_011334.9515[/Mm-hm/.]1335.4846
1216DCB_se2_ag1_f_011335.9252It was like, there- there's hope.1337.4099
1218 1337.5068And like, there's- there's reasons to be happy,1339.8473 
1220 1340.0131you [know?]1340.4096 
1221DCB_int_011340.2289Mm-hm.1340.6034
1222DCB_se2_ag1_f_011340.8942So I- it g- it gave me a1342.5111
1224 1342.7182place to be and a place to feel like1344.2999 
1226 1344.6781I was comfortable.1345.5064 
1227DCB_int_011346.4140And so,1347.0352
1229 1347.1806what do you remember- like, what's your earliest-1349.5288 
1231 1350.0619I mean it wasn't that long ago, but like- cause the Club has [changed in four or five years, but-]1353.9428 
1232DCB_se2_ag1_f_011352.2245[I reme- I remember coming in here for the first] day.1354.4186
1233 1354.5287[I remember the first day.]1355.3526
1234DCB_int_011354.5464[What was it like?]1355.4011
1235DCB_se2_ag1_f_011355.8020So I walked in here,1356.7316
1237 1357.1936and um, I s- I went to the front desk,1359.6035 
1239 1359.6916and I said, uh, do you have someone here that1362.2205 
1241 1362.4320can tell me about community service?1363.8456 
1242DCB_int_011363.8721Mm-hm.1364.1673
1243DCB_se2_ag1_f_011364.4272And you know, I'm young. I- I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I was like, do y'all have [community service here?]1368.9078
1244DCB_int_011367.9782[<laugh>]1368.9607
1245DCB_se2_ag1_f_011369.2597And (laughing)1369.6914
1247 1370.0131they sent me into the Teen Center, and Miss /RD-NAME-2/ was still working here,1373.0927 
1249 1373.6522so that was- that was like,1374.5378 
1251 1375.0967<ts> five years ago! <laugh>1376.8325 
1253 1376.9911Five years ago,1377.9296 
1255 1378.2512when Miss /RD-NAME-2/ was still working he-1379.3923 
1257 1379.6610so she came to me with a big old smile,1381.2905 
1259 1381.5681Hi, who are you? Welcome. And then,1383.7137 
1261 1384.0705she started talking to me about what- what they have there,1386.3527 
1263 1386.6341and then they took me on my first trip, like a week later, for Keystone.1389.9912 
1265 1390.2776And I wasn't even old enough to be in Keystone yet, but they still took me on the trip1393.8941 
1267 1394.1408cause she was like, your maturity level1395.4890 
1269 1395.9604is really high, [so I went.]1397.3086 
1270DCB_int_011396.6873[Where'd y'all go?]1397.3306
1271DCB_se2_ag1_f_011397.8064We went1398.2690
1273 1398.4585to do a community service project,1400.5594 
1274DCB_int_011400.5814Mm.1400.8854
1275DCB_se2_ag1_f_011400.9823uh, on the National Mall.1402.4538
1277 1402.8812Yup, we did.1403.6434 
1279 1404.3307Yeah, I remember that.1405.1854 
1280DCB_int_011405.9029And so that- that just got you hooked.1407.4626
1281DCB_se2_ag1_f_011407.3965Mm-hm.1407.7621
1282DCB_int_011408.6697So it no longer became- at what point did it no longer become community service, but it became-1413.4714
1284 1413.7357it really became, I'm just coming for me. Like, it's- I- I mean, yeah, I'm still giving back, but it's really-1418.9540 
1286 1419.2555I'm here because I wanna be here, not because I gotta get my1421.7227 
1288 1422.0003hours [logged in.]1422.9916 
1289DCB_se2_ag1_f_011422.6435[Yeah], probably a- like a month after. W- Like, when I [started] really knowing people, like when I really starting to get to know people. And then I started seeing people on the bus and the train,1430.4889
1290DCB_int_011425.4405[Oh.]1425.7269
1291DCB_se2_ag1_f_011430.8237like on my way to and from school.1432.3525
1293 1432.6741And then like, when they would speak to me, I was like, oh,1435.2500 
1295 1435.4932hey. I remember you.1437.0704 
1297 1437.5066You coming to the Club today?1438.5640 
1299 1438.6873Yeah I'm coming to the Club [today! <laugh> Right. Right!] Yup!1442.6739 
1300DCB_int_011439.2659[<laugh> Just cause you asked me. That's exactly why I'm coming.]1442.2642
1301DCB_se2_ag1_f_011442.8061I see you there! Later on.1444.0882
1303 1444.5948Four o'clock. See ya. [<laugh>]1446.1809 
1304DCB_int_011445.9077[Is there] anybody here that was here when you first started?1448.4360
1305DCB_se2_ag1_f_011448.9251Pretty much everybody that's still here.1450.7314
1307 1451.1764Um,1451.5288 
1309 1451.8593and it- it's funny because I remember um, me and n- girl, /RD-NAME-3/-1455.3084 
1311 1455.7533Well we- we are like the closest. Like, we call each other [sisters] now,1458.9871 
1312DCB_int_011458.2426[Mm-hm.]1458.6171
1313DCB_se2_ag1_f_011459.4535but when we first- when I first started coming down here,1461.7754
1315 1462.0882I remember every day, we would get into a argument.1464.6876 
1317 1465.6386Every single day.1466.2422 
1319 1466.4052Like she would walk in the door1467.4229 
1321 1467.7269and something that happen! Like, we don't even know why were arguing,1470.2558 
1323 1470.5642and that's why we would say today- we're like, I don't even know why were [arguing] back then.1473.8238 
1324DCB_int_011473.1441[Mm-hm.]1473.4521
1325DCB_se2_ag1_f_011474.0705Like why were we arguing? Like she would walk in the door1476.3968
1327 1476.8638and like, maybe I'll say something smart or she'll say something smart.1479.6608 
1329 1480.0882And we'd just be going [back and forth.]1481.4495 
1330DCB_int_011480.8504[How'd y'all get close?]1481.8240
1331DCB_se2_ag1_f_011482.5686I think through Keystone,1483.6650
1333 1484.2950through Keystone. We had to be around each other a lot more, and we had to do like, more um, leadership building things,1489.2288 
1335 1489.4976and more team work things.1490.6122 
1337 1490.9030So I- I think like going through that was like,1492.9869 
1339 1493.1279<ts> she's actually a cool person.1494.8109 
1341 1495.2244We'll be nice to each other,1496.6387 
1343 1496.9162type thing.1497.4802 
1344DCB_int_011497.6344And now, is she-1498.3789
1346 1498.5596wait.1498.8680 
1348 1499.2204[No she's not] a gradu- [she didn't grad- did she] graduate [this year?]1502.1372 
1349DCB_se2_ag1_f_011499.2337[/RD-NAME-3/-]1499.7403
1351 1500.2558[She is a graduate.]1501.2500 
1353 1501.6914[She graduate] this year.1502.8281 
1354DCB_int_011502.8854Okay.1503.2907
1355DCB_se2_ag1_f_011503.2863Every-1503.5815
1356 1504.0177all of my friends (clap) graduated!1505.8196
1357DCB_int_011505.4628[Y'all had] like fifty thousand people graduate.1507.2288
1358DCB_se2_ag1_f_011506.7574[<laugh>] Yes, all of my friends graduated this year.1509.3832
1359 1509.6784And it's gonna- it's gonna be so hard. I think I'm'a still come down here now,1512.3968
1361 1512.8455of course. Definitely I will, because I'm1514.5109 
1363 1514.6739Youth of the Year. (whispered)1515.4141 
1364DCB_int_011515.5242[That's right, Y O] [T Y.]1517.6654
1365DCB_se2_ag1_f_011515.5991[It might make sense-]1516.5860
1367 1516.8283[<laugh> It might make] sense for me to [come down here]1519.1017 
1368DCB_int_011518.3219[<laugh>]1519.0885
1369DCB_se2_ag1_f_011519.4227all the time.1520.1320
1371 1520.4404And also, um, I think my- my main focus for next year is for me1523.6919 
1373 1524.0487to help the-1524.8638 
1375 1525.0570the- um, like the ninth graders,1526.6034 
1377 1526.8325to transition,1527.6961 
1379 1527.7754for the younger people to transition into the Boys and Girls Club1530.4761 
1381 1530.7442and into the Teens Center for my senior year.1532.5462 
1383 1532.9427And like, make Keystone the best Keystone there ever was this year.1535.8240 
1385 1536.1016So kind of like going out with a bang type thing1538.0175 
1387 1538.3920cause I- I [have to-]1539.6608 
1388DCB_int_011539.1057[Are you president] or are you outgoing president or [incoming president?]1541.6919
1389DCB_se2_ag1_f_011540.8151[I'm- I'm- I'm] president.1542.2294
1390 1542.4981I'm presidente [I'm el pr-]1544.4404
1391DCB_int_011543.6914[So why are you not] going to Dallas?1545.2335
1392DCB_se2_ag1_f_011545.3656I am going to Dallas.1546.2732
1394 1546.9517Oh, for [uh-]1547.9474 
1395DCB_int_011547.3967[I thought /RD-NAME-2/] was [going.]1548.4276
1396DCB_se2_ag1_f_011548.2514[/RD-NAME-2/] is going to Dallas because she's part of the,1550.7180
1397 1551.0881um,1551.4229
1399 1551.5903steering committee.1552.2776 
1400DCB_int_011552.9429But how- that's what I'm saying. How does she-1554.3135
1401DCB_se2_ag1_f_011554.7486Because she really wanted it.1555.7928
1402DCB_int_011556.1717[Okay.]1556.6387
1403DCB_se2_ag1_f_011556.4933[She] really wanted it.1557.3084
1404DCB_int_011557.8767Okay.1558.1763
1405DCB_se2_ag1_f_011558.4054She really [really wanted it.]1560.2073
1406DCB_int_011559.0839[Really wanted it. Okay.]1560.1809
1407DCB_se2_ag1_f_011560.6120And I'm like, <ts> I have to do anyway, so1563.1189
1408DCB_int_011563.0484Right.1563.3700
1409DCB_se2_ag1_f_011563.4449that works too, /RD-NAME-2/.1564.7314
1411 1564.8900You can go.1565.4407 
1413 1565.5553<laugh>1565.9121 
1414DCB_int_011566.0619That was good.1566.7096
1416 1566.8588But she's not an office- is she like [a vice] [president or something?]1570.0309 
1417DCB_se2_ag1_f_011568.5946[She- she-]1569.2643
1419 1569.4934[she is] secretary,1570.6433 
1420DCB_int_011570.7446[Okay.]1571.0662
1421DCB_se2_ag1_f_011570.9693[but] she basically is vice president.1573.5681
1422 1574.0703But sh- she's like my right hand man for1576.1366
1424 1576.2952everything. When like, we got a problem with keystone. Let me talk to her about it.1579.6606 
1425DCB_int_011579.9249[Mm-hm.]1580.2906
1426DCB_se2_ag1_f_011579.9294[And she is] the person- she's the go to person1581.7489
1427 1582.2203basically.1582.7931
1428DCB_int_011582.6301[How long have you been president? Just this one year? [Is it like] one [year] or [two year?]1585.4359
1429DCB_se2_ag1_f_011584.2250[I've been-]1584.4937
1431 1584.6957[I-]1584.8147 
1433 1585.0614[It-] it- one year, and then I'm going into my second term.1587.8106 
1434DCB_int_011588.5684<ts> [Okay!] Oh, [re-elected. Look at you.]1591.2471
1435DCB_se2_ag1_f_011588.7931[<laugh>]1589.1676
1437 1589.3174[<laugh>]1589.8637 
1439 1590.0972[My s- my second term.] Right (laughing).1592.0527 
1440DCB_int_011592.2113Excellent.1592.5990
1442 1592.8810So, tell me about1594.2203 
1444 1594.6125um, so one of the people at the Club who is very influential in your life is [Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.]1599.1365 
1445DCB_se2_ag1_f_011598.1717[Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.] <laugh>1599.3568
1446DCB_int_011599.7357So tell me about that ex- cause I haven't heard the full story about like, how you- I mean I [know a little] bit about it,1604.8017
1447DCB_se2_ag1_f_011603.6209[<laugh>]1604.0659
1449 1604.7973[Right.]1605.0484 
1450DCB_int_011604.9162[but I] really don't know how like, you had to like, help him get hired [and all that.]1608.5862
1451DCB_se2_ag1_f_011608.0928[Okay.]1608.5378
1452 1608.7001So, uh,1609.6694
1454 1609.7663that was when our branch director was a man named Mr. /RD-NAME-2/. He stayed for like a month or two.1614.2690 
1456 1614.6699He was not here that long.1615.8104 
1457DCB_int_011615.8792I don't know him.1616.3787
1458DCB_se2_ag1_f_011616.3920E- [Exactly!]1617.3965
1459DCB_int_011616.8634[And I kn-]1617.3744
1460DCB_se2_ag1_f_011617.6520[<laugh>]1618.0617
1461DCB_int_011617.6696[I know a lot] of the- okay.1619.1544
1462DCB_se2_ag1_f_011619.1676<laugh> [Right.]1619.7491
1463DCB_int_011619.4231[Mkay.] Well [Mr. /RD-NAME-1/.]1620.3659
1464DCB_se2_ag1_f_011619.9518[He was our-] he was our branch director, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/,1621.9646
1465 1622.4757and he-1622.9647
1467 1623.1277he had a panel of um, youth,1624.7358 
1469 1625.1676and he like, y'all gonna interview Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ to be your new team [director.]1628.9206 
1470DCB_int_011628.3920[How many] people- how many other people y'all had to [interview?]1630.4715
1471DCB_se2_ag1_f_011630.3789[It was-]1630.7490
1472 1631.0442it was- we only interviewed him.1632.4629
1474 1632.6083[That's the only person that I remember]1633.9954 
1475DCB_int_011632.7486[Oh, cause, /???/] okay.1634.4757
1476DCB_se2_ag1_f_011634.4272that I remember [inter- interviewing.]1636.0661
1477DCB_int_011635.1374[<laugh>]1636.5545
1478DCB_se2_ag1_f_011636.4450[<laugh>]1636.6741
1479 1637.2425But um, I r- (clap) I'll never forget (clapping), he came in here with a1639.7135
1481 1639.8324um- with a orange and green1641.4229 
1483 1641.7665and white1642.2252 
1485 1642.4098like,1642.6829 
1487 1643.3042checkered shirt [type] thing.1644.8990 
1488DCB_int_011644.1853[Mm-hm.]1644.5686
1489DCB_se2_ag1_f_011645.2509And he had a orange tux, and like, khaki pants. I will never forget his outfit,1649.6081
1491 1650.1677never in my life.1650.8279 
1493 1651.2421But I remember us talking to him and going back and forth1653.8547 
1495 1654.1102like with the conversation,1655.1808 
1497 1655.5641and he was like, a- and I was asking him questions and1658.3887 
1499 1658.6695he was asking us questions. I'm like,1659.9648 
1501 1660.2071but what can you really do for us?1661.9738 
1502DCB_int_011662.1759Mm.1662.4799
1503DCB_se2_ag1_f_011663.1187And he was like, I can make it the best experience that you could ever have.1666.3393
1505 1666.8724And I was like,1667.5288 
1507 1668.3880he got it.1668.9469 
1508DCB_int_011668.9513[<laugh>]1669.5857
1509DCB_se2_ag1_f_011669.1451[<laugh>]1669.5505
1510 1670.1012And I was like, and it- that's- and then I kind of asked him like, what are your best traits? You know, the1673.7889
1512 1674.0884typical [questions.]1675.1363 
1513DCB_int_011674.8984[Mm-hm.]1675.3302
1514DCB_se2_ag1_f_011675.8280And he was like- and I think what1677.5110
1516 1677.7005mainly got me was that he was like, I'm a listener.1679.8328 
1518 1680.2250I'm a person that listens, and I feel like1681.7972 
1520 1682.2422for all of my life, it never been like, that person that was like, I'm'a listen to you.1685.1632 
1522 1685.8108So when Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ said,1686.8984 
1524 1687.1275I will listen to you. Like-1688.2201 
1525DCB_int_011688.1761That was it? [You were] done.1689.3877
1526DCB_se2_ag1_f_011688.6122[Yeah.]1689.0793
1528 1689.2731<laugh> [Yeah, I was done.]1690.3922 
1529DCB_int_011689.5727[You /were/ the water works], everything. You were just like, let me- [I gotta go to the] bathroom.1692.5440
1530DCB_se2_ag1_f_011691.3835[Yeah! <laugh>]1691.9959
1531 1692.6561[Yeah, it was like-]1693.4712
1532DCB_int_011692.7502[I need a minute.]1693.5020
1533DCB_se2_ag1_f_011693.8280And that's- that's what we all need. That's what we all need is youth, and as people period. Don't matter how- what age you are,1698.6920
1535 1699.0790it's like if you have that one person that would listen to what's coming out of your mouth,1702.1498 
1537 1702.6080actually give you a solution to your problem,1704.4629 
1539 1705.0482that's that person.1706.2378 
1541 1706.5770Period.1706.9557 
1542DCB_int_011708.0001And so do you think he's like a big brother to you? Like a uncle, [/cous- like-/]1711.4183
1543DCB_se2_ag1_f_011710.9248[Yeah.]1711.4359
1544 1711.6518Yeah.1712.1585
1546 1712.2818Definitely.1712.9118 
1548 1713.2555Definitely.1714.3173 
1550 1714.4671<laugh>1714.6345 
1551DCB_int_011714.9076And most defi-1715.6081
1553 1715.8284like, I look at you guys, and I look at the trust that your mom has in him, but I also look at1721.7888 
1554DCB_se2_ag1_f_011722.0663[Yes.]1722.6523
1555DCB_int_011722.2999you. The way you trust him. [Like,]1724.5726
1556DCB_se2_ag1_f_011724.1585[Yeah.]1724.5902
1557DCB_int_011724.7929even when you don't wanna do something, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ say something to you and you'll be like, <sigh>1727.8152
1558DCB_se2_ag1_f_011728.1677[Right.]1728.6655
1559DCB_int_011728.1809[Okay.]1728.6391
1560DCB_se2_ag1_f_011729.0218Cause I- that's how I am though.1730.3171
1562 1730.7004If- I've always been like that. It's like,1732.3613 
1564 1732.4715if somebody aks me to do something,1733.9694 
1566 1734.0928I'll do it.1734.6699 
1568 1734.9645/Pff/.1735.2817 
1569DCB_int_011735.6694Even [if you don't] wanna [do it.]1736.7576
1570DCB_se2_ag1_f_011735.8324[It's ju-]1736.2201
1572 1736.4272[Even if] I don't feel like doing it, but I think that's why I also have to-1739.5685 
1573 1739.9959that's why I also teach people1741.2773
1575 1741.7619to um, have that time for yourself1743.4846 
1576DCB_int_011743.7665Mm-hm.1744.0617
1577DCB_se2_ag1_f_011744.1807cause not a lot of people have that time for themselves.1746.2514
1579 1747.1099So.1747.3830 
1580DCB_int_011747.9646How did you-1748.8193
1582 1749.1982how did you- okay, so this was when you1751.4804 
1584 1752.0752were ending up middle school actually. So Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ around your eighth grade year, right?1755.4273 
1585DCB_se2_ag1_f_011755.4758Mm-hm.1755.8855
1586DCB_int_011755.9252So talk about your time from-1757.8461
1588 1758.0135so in eighth grade you were still in DC,1759.7715 
1590 1760.1585and then high school you started at W- /[RD-SCHOOL-4/, [so tell me- tell me] about that experience, but then tell me how did y'all end up in Maryland and kind of where you are now?1768.0485 
1591DCB_se2_ag1_f_011762.9869[I started at /RD-SCHOOL-4/.]1764.3043
1593 1768.0309Okay, because my-1769.1720 
1594 1769.4319so we moved because my mom was sick and tired of our neighborhood,1772.2687
1596 1772.5770so-1773.0484 
1598 1773.2202Like, every day we would come home and they'll be people like, smoking1775.8945 
1600 1776.2338and drinking in front of [our apartment building.] Mm-hm.1778.7312 
1601DCB_int_011777.3742[And this is right here?]1778.4052
1602 1778.8105Um, when you were in [Parkland.]1779.9604
1603DCB_se2_ag1_f_011779.6520[When I was] in Parkland.1780.4979
1604DCB_int_011780.4715Mm.1780.7094
1605DCB_se2_ag1_f_011780.7402So they'll be people smoking and drinking like,1782.2073
1607 1782.3880in front of our building. Loud, boisterous, cursing and1784.9339 
1609 1785.3524all that stuff, and that's not what she wanted to raise her children in.1787.8769 
1611 1788.2514So we eventually moved to- that's when we moved to Maryland to a more quieter neighborhood,1792.0882 
1613 1792.5816but I still come to the Boys and Girls club every day. [<laugh>]1794.9343 
1614DCB_int_011794.7448[Mm-hm.]1795.2500
1615DCB_se2_ag1_f_011795.1628I still catch that bus and that train1796.8193
1616 1797.2819here (laughing)1797.8987
1618 1798.3657every single day,1799.2601 
1620 1799.6610but uh, I love being at the Boy-1801.4139 
1622 1801.7311Uh-huh.1802.0131 
1624 1804.8063Oh, I don't know what they [doing.]1806.0047 
1625DCB_int_011805.7624[Oh.]1806.1016
1626 1806.2778They don't know- okay.1807.0841
1628 1807.4051Go ahead.1807.7267 
1629DCB_se2_ag1_f_011807.8545Okay. <laugh>1808.4624
1631 1808.8281Um, yeah, so I started at /RD-SCHOOL-4/1811.4231 
1633 1811.9606my ninth grade and [tenth grade-]1813.3258 
1634DCB_int_011812.7845[But you were still] living in DC [when you started there, right?]1815.2907
1635DCB_se2_ag1_f_011814.1144[I was still- I was still living] in [DC,]1815.9692
1636DCB_int_011815.6168[Okay.]1815.9560
1637DCB_se2_ag1_f_011816.2776um, ninth grade, and then like,1817.5641
1639 1818.2250probably1818.5862 
1641 1818.8147the last quarter- like, the fourth quarter1821.1850 
1643 1821.5947of tenth grade, I moved- that's [when we] moved.1823.7579 
1644DCB_int_011823.1588[Okay.]1823.5024
1645DCB_se2_ag1_f_011824.2910So,1824.6259
1647 1824.8984ninth grade, I was in DC. Tenth grade1826.8105 
1649 1826.9867I was in DC.1827.7930 
1651 1828.1146I love /RD-SCHOOL-4/1829.7491 
1653 1829.8549to [the death of me.]1831.0790 
1654DCB_int_011830.1450[So tell me about it] cause I- I know a little bit about it, and I know we talked kind of how1833.9163
1655 1834.0970it's set up, but [tell] me a little [more about it.]1836.0267
1656DCB_se2_ag1_f_011834.8988[Mm-hm.]1835.2248
1658 1835.4760[So] /RD-SCHOOL-4/ um, is basically- when they say /RD-SCHOOL-4/ is not a school without walls. It's kind of like a glass building.1841.5949 
1659 1841.8945But it's connected to another building,1843.2905
1661 1843.7267and um, basically when they say /RD-SCHOOL-4/, it's no limits. It's basically no limits to what your child can learn. No limits to what your child can do.1849.7972 
1663 1850.1056Cause they had the college courses there.1852.0133 
1665 1852.3217They- we /left school for less/ we wore regular clothes.1855.2993 
1667 1855.7311They- it was the1856.3920 
1669 1856.5858best experience I could [have had.]1858.1675 
1670DCB_int_011857.7754[Where was it?]1858.3305
1671DCB_se2_ag1_f_011858.5111It was- it- um- George- like, Georgetown, like Northwest DC Foggy Bottom [area.]1862.8281
1672DCB_int_011862.2289[Oh, okay.]1862.8457
1673DCB_se2_ag1_f_011863.1894[Yup.]1863.5551
1674DCB_int_011863.2995[So between] Georgetown and George Washington?1864.8944
1675DCB_se2_ag1_f_011864.9869[Yes.]1865.3438
1676DCB_int_011865.1632[Right in] that area? [Okay.]1866.1765
1677DCB_se2_ag1_f_011866.0003[Mm-hm.]1866.3703
1678 1866.8103I loved going there and the- especially the education, the way that they challenged me1871.0046
1680 1871.3835with my education.1872.2558 
1682 1872.4541Even though I didn't do that well my tenth grade year, but I didn't do that well my tenth grade year because I lost that passion for my education1877.6919 
1684 1878.1065basically.1878.6007 
1686 1878.8992I showed that I can do it. My ninth grade year I ended school with a three point two.1882.1072 
1688 1882.8055My tenth grade year I messed up, and I think that was kind of also giving my mother the extra push to say,1887.2399 
1690 1887.5057mm, I'm taking her out of this school.1888.8999 
1692 1889.5842Because I wasn't doing my best1891.1416 
1693DCB_int_011891.2302Mm.1891.5147
1694DCB_se2_ag1_f_011891.6266there1891.9157
1696 1892.2561too, so.1892.8576 
1697DCB_int_011893.2026Was it something that like, set you off that- did you- made you- or you just was like, look, [I just] don't wanna do it.1897.7944
1698DCB_se2_ag1_f_011896.7686[I-]1896.9691
1699 1897.8924Yeah I-1898.2468
1701 1898.3587I felt that like, that's what it was, and I think that my mom was like, oh it's because you were cheering and1903.0344 
1703 1903.3841you were playing all these sports. It wasn't that. It was just that I- I- I had the ability to do what1908.9411 
1705 1909.0810ever I need to.1910.1488 
1707 1910.7550I know I do.1911.5011 
1709 1912.0839I just didn't feel like doing it.1913.6961 
1710DCB_int_011914.0645[<laugh>]1915.1137
1711DCB_se2_ag1_f_011914.4049[<laugh>]1914.7593
1712 1915.3142And it was just- and like, I kn- li- I know myself1917.9487
1714 1918.1679for who I am. I just did not1920.1484 
1716 1920.3583feel like1921.0950 
1718 1921.1743doing it.1921.8299 
1719DCB_int_011922.3866Mm.1922.6897
1720DCB_se2_ag1_f_011922.8203Like I was doing- I feel like I was doing the bare minimum. I was doing enough to pass.1925.9060
1721DCB_int_011927.3934Just cause you just didn't care?1928.4333
1722DCB_se2_ag1_f_011928.6011Cause I /didn't/.1929.2819
1723DCB_int_011929.9860So,1930.4943
1725 1931.4257what- okay.1932.2324 
1727 1932.3629So let's think about ninth grade, tenth grade before we move to Forestville.1935.8834 
1729 1936.2751What do you feel like was your favorite subject or what was your favorite class or your favorite experience at that school? Like, what do you vividly remember that says, dang, I love (claps) that.1943.9899 
1730DCB_se2_ag1_f_011944.4049My favorite- my favorite experience was when I was cheering.1946.7597
1732 1947.4218W- well, outside, for c- extra curric-1949.1739 
1734 1949.5796No (claps) it was not! Watch my mouth.1951.4028 
1736 1951.5846Poetry club1952.6711 
1738 1952.9369was the [best thing]1953.9720 
1739DCB_int_011953.3519[<laugh>]1954.0420
1740DCB_se2_ag1_f_011954.3637I have ever put myself into.1956.3769
1742 1957.0297I wa- I'm crazy. Why I say cheering? I think1959.5897 
1744 1959.8974<ts> th- it's poetry club and cheering1961.4630 
1746 1961.9293cause cheering, that's when I actually got into doing sports and stuff. And I was like,1965.5664 
1748 1965.9254oh, I can do a split, or I could tumble, I could do this flip. I was [excited.]1970.0252 
1749DCB_int_011969.3048[It made you realize something] [that you didn't even know.]1970.8949
1750DCB_se2_ag1_f_011970.2747[And I was the-]1970.8809
1751 1971.0348And I was the loudest on the team!1972.4989
1752DCB_int_011972.7449I1972.9920
1753DCB_se2_ag1_f_011972.9781So, [I-]1973.6309
1754DCB_int_011973.3791[wouldn't] [doubt that.]1974.2324
1755DCB_se2_ag1_f_011973.8454[<laugh>] Right.1974.8432
1756 1975.3888So [I started um-]1976.5732
1757DCB_int_011975.6126[I wouldn't doubt that.]1976.5592
1758DCB_se2_ag1_f_011976.7876I started-1977.2679
1760 1977.4265I started all the cheers. Like I started majority of the cheers.1979.9619 
1762 1980.3769I was like, leading everybody into the room. I was ready. I was in it.1984.0326 
1764 1984.4243But um, poetry club,1985.5096 
1766 1985.8314that's when I got to perform in front of the school,1988.3587 
1768 1988.7364and that's when people would come to me be like,1990.0560 
1770 1990.1958dang, you- you nice. You- you got words. You,1992.6474 
1772 1993.0670you know, you good. And I was like,1994.1768 
1774 1994.3493Ah! /Really!/ That's me! <laugh>1996.5502 
1776 1997.0107So, uh- and I think that's when I really really dove into like,2000.0089 
1778 2000.1395my creative2001.0255 
1780 2001.3472expression with my words,2002.6994 
1782 2003.0154and like, when I knew I could tr- I could change someone.2005.2116 
1784 2005.5333So, when we did open mics,2006.6711 
1786 2007.0394and I know I be up there reciting my poem,2008.9186 
1788 2009.2345and I'll be crying and2010.4562 
1790 2010.7919/empty/ all emotional, and then I look- and then I open my eyes, and I look in into the audience,2014.7228 
1792 2015.0760and with like my clo- my friends out there like, <crying noises>2017.3655 
1794 2017.4914<crying noises> Boo hoo, crying (claps). And it's kind of like, dang.2020.6761 
1796 2021.0200I can transform people with my words.2022.9831 
1798 2023.3188So I think that was definitely my best experience,2025.5897 
1800 2025.8461but then also the hype from cheerleading. Also, the family aspect and people pushing you2029.7571 
1802 2030.0742to do your best2030.9182 
1804 2031.3099was the best.2032.1259 
1805DCB_int_012032.5724[Mm.]2033.2811
1806DCB_se2_ag1_f_012032.8568[Yeah.]2033.2765
1807DCB_int_012033.7987So it was more so everything you did outside of the [classroom.]2036.8902
1808DCB_se2_ag1_f_012036.5965[Mm-hm.]2037.0255
1809DCB_int_012037.1933Alright, so I'm'a come back to poetry, cause I know that's a big a part of your- [so we gonna come back to] that [in a minute.] We gonna come back.2041.8924
1810DCB_se2_ag1_f_012039.9433[/?/ Yes.]2040.7313
1812 2041.0344[<laugh>]2041.3468 
1813DCB_int_012042.4193But tell me- okay, so2043.4871
1815 2043.7249then, tenth grade year, you like,2045.1646 
1817 2045.4397I gotta- your mom's like, no, we gotta go.2047.5007 
1819 2047.7991[So how'd y'all] end up2048.7177 
1820DCB_se2_ag1_f_012047.8131[Yeah.]2048.1955
1821DCB_int_012049.1933where we all are now?2050.0979
1822DCB_se2_ag1_f_012050.1166We um- we just-2051.2019
1824 2051.5376actually2052.1298 
1826 2052.5681we found our apartment2054.0556 
1828 2054.4286when2054.7690 
1830 2054.9415I was getting d- after I got my hair done.2057.2532 
1832 2057.3884I went to go get my hair [done],2058.7686 
1833DCB_int_012058.5541[<laugh>]2059.1836
1834DCB_se2_ag1_f_012059.2209and we drove around the corner, and my mom saw these apartments, and she's like, oh,2062.6342
1836 2063.0900these are nice. So she goes in there,2064.4842 
1838 2064.8759and she like, figures everything out.2066.7876 
1840 2067.1700And she's like, mm,2067.9674 
1842 2068.3392I'm moving here.2069.0445 
1843DCB_int_012069.9899Okay. [That was it.]2071.0111
1844DCB_se2_ag1_f_012070.3956[And then like],2071.0950
1845 2071.4914a couple weeks later, we were moving out.2073.4871
1847 2073.8694And mom (laughing) was [like], oh wow.2075.4350 
1848DCB_int_012074.3999[Yup.]2074.6936
1849DCB_se2_ag1_f_012075.9573If I woulda never got my hair done, we probably [woulda never moved over there.]2079.1933
1850DCB_int_012077.7525[Did- mm.]2079.1420
1851 2080.2098[So, okay.] So tell me about- so your current house, who lives- uh, is it just you and your bro- no, it's you, your brother, and your [sister?]2085.9440
1852DCB_se2_ag1_f_012080.2285[/Ooh/.]2080.7321
1854 2085.7062[It's all] of us.2086.5083 
1855DCB_int_012086.5409Oh, and your older [sister too?]2087.6542
1856DCB_se2_ag1_f_012087.2951[And my older] sister, too.2088.2930
1857DCB_int_012088.3256[Okay.]2088.7546
1858DCB_se2_ag1_f_012088.6194[Uh-huh.] Cause my mom said she not putting my sister out.2090.8716
1859 2091.0115<laugh>2091.4265
1860DCB_int_012091.3985Okay, [so it's all] six of y'all?2092.8953
1861DCB_se2_ag1_f_012091.8321[She said she-]2092.3824
1862 2092.9547[Mm-hm.]2093.5563
1863DCB_int_012093.2625[How many] bedrooms?2094.2044
1864DCB_se2_ag1_f_012094.3070<laugh> It's three bedrooms.2096.1348
1865DCB_int_012096.1768Oh.2096.5685
1866DCB_se2_ag1_f_012096.8389I've never had my own room,2098.2844
1868 2098.6004[never in my life.]2099.2532 
1869DCB_int_012098.6610[I talked to a lady-] she had- it was seventeen of them- and s- she had fifteen sibl- and they had- it was- the parents had a room, and they all like,2104.6108
1870 2104.7927well,2105.0585
1872 2105.2905you know. It was probably like, ten at a time. They all just slept on the floor.2107.6219 
1873DCB_se2_ag1_f_012107.7665[Oh.]2108.1209
1874DCB_int_012107.7898[So at least] you got like,2108.6524
1875DCB_se2_ag1_f_012108.6664Right! [<laugh>]2109.3425
1876DCB_int_012108.9555[half a room.] [You ain't on the] floor in [the living room.] [Okay? So it's- it could be worse.]2112.4935
1877DCB_se2_ag1_f_012109.5664[Right!]2110.0466
1879 2110.3066[Right!]2110.6796 
1881 2110.8755[<laugh> See? Be humble.]2112.4049 
1882 2112.6287Be humble. [<laugh> Right.]2114.6757
1883DCB_int_012112.9178[Right. It could be worse. It could be worse.]2114.6944
1884 2115.2260[Um, okay. So you've never] had your [own room.]2117.1364
1885DCB_se2_ag1_f_012115.2353[Yup, but u-]2116.2798
1887 2116.5118[I never had my] own room.2117.7428 
1888 2118.1018I always- well, when we were younger, I used to- my s- big sister had her own room,2121.7669
1890 2122.1958cause that's when she was in her teenage stage.2123.9106 
1891DCB_int_012123.8500Mm.2124.2930
1892DCB_se2_ag1_f_012124.3723My big sister had her own room, and then I shared a room with my little sister, my little brother and me.2127.7669
1894 2128.2938And I. <laugh> And I.2129.6169 
1896 2130.0319And then, we- when we moved to2132.0369 
1898 2132.2701Ridgecrest now-2133.5151 
1900 2134.5176yeah, when we woul- we always- in the-2136.3629 
1902 2136.9132Well, what am I saying?2137.7478 
1904 2138.2001So when I moved to Ridgecrest, it was always two and two.2140.5362 
1905DCB_int_012140.8708[Mm.]2141.0760
1906DCB_se2_ag1_f_012140.8755[My little] brother and my little sister,2142.0459
1907 2142.4002then me and my older sister.2143.6686
1909 2143.9670And then when we moved again, it still me and my older sister.2146.3311 
1911 2146.8195My little brother and my little sister,2147.9666 
1913 2148.3350and then my mom and dad. And they're f- currently trying to get a house2151.1560 
1915 2151.7004by the time I go into my um,2153.2858 
1917 2153.6728my freshman year of college.2155.0904 
1919 2155.6126So, [gonna be moving-]2156.7364 
1920DCB_int_012156.1488[But you'll be gone], so it doesn't e-2157.3845
1921DCB_se2_ag1_f_012157.3798Right, [and I'll be driving]2158.6901
1922DCB_int_012157.7482[<laugh>]2158.6015
1923DCB_se2_ag1_f_012158.8801like,2159.1366
1925 2159.2905with a full license2160.7873 
1927 2161.0064by then, so2161.8318 
1929 2162.3540I'll be good.2163.0907 
1931 2163.4638I'll still be able to come to the Boys and Girls Club. <laugh>2165.6169 
1932DCB_int_012165.7148And you'll be able to drive [here. So you] just- okay, tell- tell- you just got your [license.]2168.9788
1933DCB_se2_ag1_f_012166.4282[<laugh> Right.]2167.1277
1935 2168.7643[I just] got my- I got my learner's-2170.4243 
1936 2170.8522got my learner's- and my mom and dad, they let me drive- they-2172.8152
1938 2173.0344This is the only destination. The Boys and Girls Club is the only destination I've driven to2177.3371 
1940 2178.0785since I've had my learners permit. (laughing)2179.9670 
1941DCB_int_012180.2048And that's a long way.2181.3285
1942DCB_se2_ag1_f_012181.3047<laugh>2181.5057
1943 2181.9021It's like fifteen minutes, yeah.2183.2672
1944DCB_int_012183.3697That's like- I mean, [but in DC] like, [everything is fifteen minutes.]2185.8224
1945DCB_se2_ag1_f_012184.1065[Yeah.]2184.5401
1947 2185.0297[And then /it's like-/] it's like, the Parkway, and then they- they put me on the Parkway, so.2188.7554 
1948DCB_int_012190.4189Already?2190.9924
1949DCB_se2_ag1_f_012190.9924Yup! That was the first thing that they did.2193.2073
1950 2193.6223They were like, okay,2194.2192
1952 2194.4197get in the car.2195.0200 
1954 2195.3138Seatbelt on.2196.0179 
1956 2196.3629Let's go.2196.9411 
1958 2197.5100So-2197.7571 
1960 2198.0136And that's another thing. I got my license in DC because in Maryland you have to go through like, driving [school.]2202.7696 
1961DCB_int_012202.3303[They- mm-hm.]2203.1510
1962DCB_se2_ag1_f_012203.7385No.2204.0509
1963DCB_int_012204.3353So do you have to have a DC-2205.3938
1965 2205.7249So who /?/ you?2206.8428 
1966DCB_se2_ag1_f_012206.0408You have to have a D- DC address. Mm-hm.2207.8920
1967DCB_int_012208.0645[Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.]2208.7360
1968DCB_se2_ag1_f_012208.0878[I used-]2208.5308
1970 2208.7266No.2208.9971 
1971 2209.1183[I used] my grandparent's ad- well, [not my grandparents.]2211.5337
1972DCB_int_012209.1230[Oh.]2209.4121
1974 2210.5685[Oh, cause they still live in-]2211.4684 
1975DCB_se2_ag1_f_012211.7902My s-2212.3031
1977 2212.7402My father's2213.6215 
1979 2214.0086parents.2214.5448 
1981 2214.6893My other father- my step dad. Okay, I'll say that.2216.9275 
1982DCB_int_012216.6058[You-] /RD-NAME-2/'s2217.6503
1983DCB_se2_ag1_f_012217.6410Yes.2218.0560
1984DCB_int_012218.8755[parents.]2219.4910
1985DCB_se2_ag1_f_012218.8801[I use his-] his [granddad-] his grandfather's address.2221.5582
1986DCB_int_012219.6915[Okay.]2220.0272
1988 2221.4774Oh, okay.2222.0089 
1989DCB_se2_ag1_f_012222.1582One one four /RD-ADDRESS-2/. [<laugh>]2224.3357
1990DCB_int_012223.7669[Okay- amen.]2224.5083
1991DCB_se2_ag1_f_012224.6656It's up the street.2225.4443
1993 2225.8407Yup.2226.0692 
1994DCB_int_012226.4375Okay. So you- oh, Lord. Let me watch out.2229.0488
1996 2229.9114Oh God.2230.5083 
1997DCB_se2_ag1_f_012230.7402[What?]2231.2858
1998DCB_int_012230.7496[And so when do] you get your full lic- it's a year right?2233.0437
1999DCB_se2_ag1_f_012233.1650And you said, [let me w- no, it's six months!]2235.2353
2000DCB_int_012233.8271[<laugh> Let me watch out.]2234.9418
2001 2235.4824[It's only six] [months?]2236.6202
2002DCB_se2_ag1_f_012235.4964[/inaudible/]2235.9627
2004 2236.3451[It's only] six months. You have to do- you have to t- well, your parents have to train you like, driving and stuff2240.2607 
2005 2240.7364for six months.2241.5430
2006DCB_int_012241.7669Oh God.2242.2658
2007DCB_se2_ag1_f_012242.6563And then, you can2243.7708
2009 2243.9433go get your provisionals.2245.1603 
2010DCB_int_012245.9763We had a full year.2247.7156
2011DCB_se2_ag1_f_012248.0326Uh-uh!2248.6108
2013 2249.3138[/I'm-/]2249.5889 
2014DCB_int_012249.4164[Do you] g- get to take- if you take classes do you get stuff off your drivers- like,2252.5079
2015 2252.6804is your insurance cheaper? Like we- if we took a drivers ed at our school,2256.1111
2017 2256.5075your insurance would be [cheaper.]2258.2514 
2018DCB_se2_ag1_f_012257.6779[Oh, I don't-] I don't know.2259.1374
2019DCB_int_012259.1653So one of my classes I took- it was a A- it was a easy A,2261.8827
2020DCB_se2_ag1_f_012262.0319Mm-hm.2262.3536
2021DCB_int_012262.3816and2263.0950
2023 2263.6219my mom was like, yes, and we got insurance, all that.2266.3870 
2025 2266.6796Yup. [Wow.]2267.6961 
2026DCB_se2_ag1_f_012267.1179[I don't think it's] the same now. That's why we trying to put me on my grandparent's insurance.2270.5452
2027 2270.7830Cause insurance [is expensive for a] seventeen [year old driver.]2273.8717
2028DCB_int_012271.4125[Is expensive.]2272.2611
2030 2272.8848[It i- but it's] better for girls. It's more expensive for boys.2275.8084 
2031DCB_se2_ag1_f_012275.8131Oh, for real?2276.3820
2032DCB_int_012276.3913Mm-hm.2276.7643
2034 2277.6410[So-]2277.9767 
2035DCB_se2_ag1_f_012277.6503[/That-/]2277.9534
2036 2278.9174[<laugh>]2279.5936
2037DCB_int_012278.9361[Yes, because] I think2280.3116
2038 2280.4748they say because boys have more accidents, but generally like, if we think about chivalry, right? Chivalry is not dead.2285.1319
2040 2285.5003But guys usually are the ones who drive on dates and all this and-2289.4031 
2042 2289.6969but they're also usually the ones who gonna get in trouble with the racing and doing all these like, [reckless things, so]2295.3752 
2043DCB_se2_ag1_f_012294.5079[Oh, yeah. That makes] sense.2295.7296
2044DCB_int_012295.6736their insurance rates are a lot [higher.]2297.7288
2045DCB_se2_ag1_f_012297.2392[Oh, wow.]2297.8827
2046DCB_int_012298.2277But, we don't have to worry about that, so.2299.9483
2047DCB_se2_ag1_f_012299.5053[Alright.] Right. [<laugh>]2300.8110
2048DCB_int_012300.4892[But you tryna] get on your grandparent- okay. Well, [be safe.]2303.1238
2049DCB_se2_ag1_f_012302.4197[Yeah.]2302.7507
2051 2303.0527Mm.2303.3418 
2052DCB_int_012303.6122And you want a car?2304.7033
2053DCB_se2_ag1_f_012304.7033Uh-huh.2305.2069
2054DCB_int_012305.7338Do you have a particular car you want?2306.9135
2055DCB_se2_ag1_f_012307.3892I want a Volkswagen Beetle.2308.9372
2056DCB_int_012309.6961And your momma works for Toyota so I'm not sure if that's gonna [happen.]2312.6617
2057DCB_se2_ag1_f_012311.8131[<laugh>] No, but she- she works for um-2314.4803
2058 2315.1179it's like different Toyotas,2316.4562
2060 2316.9178different2317.3375 
2062 2317.5240dealerships. They c- they have multiple different types of cars.2320.4616 
2063DCB_int_012320.6668Oh, okay.2320.9559
2064DCB_se2_ag1_f_012320.9221So they might sell a Kia or something like that2323.2256
2065DCB_int_012323.2582You know I [roll with a Kia.]2324.4985
2066DCB_se2_ag1_f_012323.5939[or a Jeep.]2324.2701
2067 2324.9742I-2325.2073
2069 2325.8508I wouldn't mind having one of those.2327.6775 
2070DCB_int_012327.6775[Okay.]2328.1065
2071DCB_se2_ag1_f_012327.9992[<laugh>]2328.2883
2072DCB_int_012328.4282You [know-]2328.9085
2073DCB_se2_ag1_f_012328.6754[I just] want a small car. I don't want anything big.2331.2959
2074DCB_int_012331.3612I used to drive a pickup truck, and it's-2332.8440
2076 2333.0293in DC, it is hell.2334.2697 
2077DCB_se2_ag1_f_012334.4748[Right.]2334.8945
2078DCB_int_012334.6567[Parallel] parking?2335.5100
2079 2335.8318The [worst.]2336.5452
2080DCB_se2_ag1_f_012336.2701[I will] not. [I shall not.]2337.9720
2081DCB_int_012337.3892[The narrow streets?]2338.4896
2082DCB_se2_ag1_f_012338.5491[I shall-]2339.1086
2083DCB_int_012338.7729[The worst.]2339.6682
2084DCB_se2_ag1_f_012339.3324[Right.]2339.6169
2085 2339.8827I will not.2340.4562
2087 2340.8665And it- and it-2341.5193 
2089 2341.9157But also with me living in DC for so long,2344.0641 
2091 2344.8895when I- like, when I went to Maryland- when I got into Maryland, it's m- and like- busses in DC come like,2349.0301 
2093 2349.2073every fifteen minutes.2350.1819 
2095 2350.3870We're good.2350.8766 
2097 2351.1786Busses in Maryland come once an hour!2353.3328 
2099 2353.7758So like, when I come to work and stuff- when I come to the Boys and Girls Club,2356.6062 
2101 2357.2485um, I have to be there- I have to catch the2359.1789 
2103 2359.4914hour earlier bus because if I miss that bus,2362.1446 
2105 2362.5969then I would be okay2363.9479 
2107 2364.4842because the bus don't come for a hour.2365.9110 
2109 2366.2934It's crazy.2366.9369 
2111 2367.5710Like, for me, Maryland is like the country.2369.4210 
2113 2369.9526It's- it's no- it's not city like.2371.6546 
2115 2372.0136I like seeing all these people, hey! How you doing?2374.1352 
2117 2374.5642You know?2374.9221 
2119 2375.1226Let's get to the train station. Let's walk here. Let's do-2377.4121 
2121 2378.7643Maryland is not my thing. That's why I'm always in DC, I sleep in Maryland.2382.0972 
2123 2382.6007<laugh> [That's- that's h- that's how I f-] that's what I feel like. I sleep in Maryland,2385.5850 
2124DCB_int_012382.8572[That's pretty much all you do?]2384.0789
2125 2386.2518So-2386.5083
2126DCB_se2_ag1_f_012386.5362but I live in [DC.]2387.5329
2127DCB_int_012387.2905[Let me] ask you this because people say2389.1323
2128 2389.6126um, that-2390.5405
2130 2391.0488if you're in DC, do you consider people like, in the DMV part of DC or-2395.5147 
2131DCB_se2_ag1_f_012395.5100No.2395.9390
2132DCB_int_012395.9810No? You- [You not from] DC.2397.6783
2133DCB_se2_ag1_f_012396.7643[No.]2397.3006
2134 2397.7995You're not from DC2398.8999
2136 2399.4630because you- you don't have the full DC experience.2402.9621 
2137DCB_int_012402.9229What's [the full DC] [experience?]2404.9979
2138DCB_se2_ag1_f_012403.1700[Like if you-]2403.7109
2140 2404.3451[If your parents] drive you everywhere that you go, you do not have the full DC experience.2409.4451 
2141 2409.6456You need to catch the train everywhere you go.2412.1904
2143 2412.4795If you haven't been to the Smithsonian museums every single year2416.1632 
2145 2416.4383of your [schooling, then you do] not have the full DC experience.2420.2468 
2146DCB_int_012417.0573[<laugh>]2418.0738
2147DCB_se2_ag1_f_012420.5219If you have not heard No Child Left Behind2422.9046
2149 2423.1739and put it all over the school board,2424.7173 
2151 2425.1323you have not2426.0369 
2153 2426.4379had the DC experience.2428.0280 
2155 2428.3078At all.2428.8626 
2157 2429.4490[Like- (laughing)]2429.8873 
2158DCB_int_012429.4490[What do you] think some other things that are unique to DC?2431.8830
2159DCB_se2_ag1_f_012432.3260Uh, let's- let's-2433.5430
2161 2433.6549let's see.2434.1026 
2163 2434.5922When you get to carry out your carry out, you ha- But- [but Maryland- Maryland, M-]2439.1747 
2164DCB_int_012437.2862[What's- Well tell me about the carry out cause somebody] else said this the other day, and I was t- What do you say when you get your carry out? [What's carry] out for you?2443.3421
2165DCB_se2_ag1_f_012442.3863[Mm.2442.8339
2166 2443.4447It's chicken wings, Mumbo sauce, you know. Fried rice or rice. I like fried rice. I get fried rice.2447.8099
2168 2448.3303But yeah, Mumbo sauce,2449.2815 
2170 2449.6079and th- that's what- that's what's so funny when people outside of DC say, I don't know what- What's the Mumbo sauce? [I'm like, it's] [Mumbo] sauce.2455.4587 
2171DCB_int_012454.0738[Me, I-2454.4515
2173 2454.6241[Me.]2454.8805 
2174 2456.2141Right! What [is it?]2457.1700
2175DCB_se2_ag1_f_012456.7317[It- But you] don't know how to explain it. It's kind of like-2458.9466
2176 2459.8267I don't know! <laugh>2461.3515
2177DCB_int_012460.8525It's like hot sauce and ketchup-ish, [sort of, but it's not.]2463.6700
2178DCB_se2_ag1_f_012462.7597[No, it's n-]2463.4731
2179DCB_int_012463.9301[It's sweet.]2464.7181
2180DCB_se2_ag1_f_012463.9347[It's n-]2464.3870
2181 2464.8160It's good.2465.6822
2183 2465.9433That's all I can say is good. <laugh>2467.6732 
2184DCB_int_012467.6779Where you get- Where is the best Mumbo sauce?2469.2605
2185DCB_se2_ag1_f_012470.2798I don't know.2470.9885
2186DCB_int_012471.1040Where do you go?2471.8733
2187DCB_se2_ag1_f_012472.5215[The carry] out! [<laugh> Any] carry out. It's just- it's- it-2475.8461
2188DCB_int_012472.5308[/Everywhere/.]2473.0997
2190 2473.5380[Any carry out.]2474.3353 
2191DCB_se2_ag1_f_012476.2751<ts>2476.4383
2193 2476.6517Majority of the carry outs, it taste the same.2478.4842 
2195 2479.2582So2479.6452 
2197 2480.5498it's-2480.8296 
2199 2481.0907the- the Oriental food. It's them. <laugh> They know how to make it.2484.2231 
2200DCB_int_012484.2697[<laugh>]2485.2023
2201DCB_se2_ag1_f_012484.5961[/Ev-/]2484.8759
2202 2485.3048r- t-2485.8224
2204 2486.4379[We don't know] how to make it, but they know how to make it. [So we eat it.]2489.1364 
2205DCB_int_012486.6058[/You-/]2486.8669
2207 2488.4803[So you don't-] When you get your Mumbo sauce, you don't go to like, a black restaurant you have to go like a Chinese2493.2353 
2208 2493.5664carry out [place.]2494.3264
2209DCB_se2_ag1_f_012494.0326[Mm-hm.]2494.3544
2210DCB_int_012494.7029That's where you get Mumbo sauce cause [if I go like a] little black place and be like, /this [ain't real]/.2498.5732
2211DCB_se2_ag1_f_012496.0972[Yes.]2496.5868
2213 2497.9996[You're gonna get barbecue] sauce. [<laugh> You're not gonna get Mumbo sauce.]2500.9046 
2214DCB_int_012499.3472[Ah. And it's- Ah.] Okay.2501.8034
2215DCB_se2_ag1_f_012501.9526[Mm.]2502.4655
2216DCB_int_012501.9619[Alright], I'm'a have to-2502.9878
2217 2503.7059I never-2504.5219
2219 2504.9975When I was at Clubhouse Two, you know, in New York?2507.1364 
2221 2507.2905[The one]2507.9806 
2222DCB_se2_ag1_f_012507.2998[Mm-hm.]2507.7708
2223DCB_int_012508.3909um,2508.9458
2225 2509.1370right by three ninety five, where you get on the highway,2510.9182 
2227 2511.3612and some kids- Every day w- some kids would come in, and I was like, what are you eating? Like, I thought it was like, sweet and sour sauce, or [like],2516.4612 
2228DCB_se2_ag1_f_012516.0696[Oh.]2516.3680
2229DCB_int_012516.8250you know, barbecue sauce that just looked weird?2518.5875
2231 2518.9454They're like, nah, that's Mumbo sauce. I'm'a put it on my fries, and I [was like, oh. Okay. I don't know what you're talking about.]2523.4498 
2232DCB_se2_ag1_f_012521.1183[Do you- y- d- just- If you gonna try it], y- go ahead and first start it with your fries2525.5749
2233 2525.9386and then you gonna wanna put it on everything.2527.4867
2235 2527.8318[<laugh>]2528.4426 
2236DCB_int_012528.0229[So try it] on my fries first? [Cause I've never had it.]2530.4430
2237DCB_se2_ag1_f_012529.3472[Try it on your fries. /Yeah/.]2530.3777
2238 2530.5829Mm.2530.8440
2239DCB_int_012531.2065[Okay.]2531.6075
2240DCB_se2_ag1_f_012531.3791[It's] good.2532.0272
2241DCB_int_012532.2883Mkay.2532.7080
2243 2533.4634Alright. I'm'a- I'm'a report back. Let you know.2535.6223 
2244DCB_se2_ag1_f_012535.6503Mm-hm. [Mm-hm.]2536.2938
2245DCB_int_012535.9627[Alright], so then you moved to Fort- How was your situation- So you didn't have this2539.9203
2246 2540.4752/RD-SCHOOL-4/ experience. You went to-2542.9512
2247DCB_se2_ag1_f_012543.0806[<sigh>]2544.6381
2248DCB_int_012543.7055[So you've been at /RD-SCHOOL-3/] since you moved there? [/RD-SCHOOL-6/.]2548.0326
2249DCB_se2_ag1_f_012545.6639[Yes, uh, for eleven- for eleventh] grade.2548.5922
2250 2548.8382[I-]2549.2112
2251DCB_int_012548.8615[How was] that transition?2549.9666
2252DCB_se2_ag1_f_012550.0599It was horrible2551.1743
2254 2551.6499[/actually/.] Because it was kind of like,2553.7762 
2255DCB_int_012551.6779[Oh, okay.]2552.2421
2256DCB_se2_ag1_f_012554.3031I was going from a very lenient environment where I could be an individual to a school where it's all ROTC- JROTC based,2560.9606
2258 2561.5003where I have to wear this green uniform2563.3328 
2260 2563.4634every day and these /base/ that hurt my feet. Those shoes2566.1725 
2262 2566.4523hurt.2566.8195 
2264 2567.5656And then now- with my- and then my hair is like extra long so now my hair has to be above my collar,2572.2425 
2266 2572.4710got to wear a ponytail every single day.2574.5122 
2268 2575.2595And then the kids like at the school, they didn't really care about their education. Like, at /RD-SCHOOL-1/, everyone cared about their education.2580.1964 
2270 2580.4482I went to study groups.2581.6512 
2272 2581.8937They don't do that at /RD-SCHOOL-3/. They don't go to study groups.2583.9733 
2274 2584.3464The- the2584.9432 
2276 2585.3582education is kind of like mediocre2587.0404 
2277DCB_int_012587.2735Mm.2587.5859
2278DCB_se2_ag1_f_012587.9263there.2588.2994
2280 2588.6398So, it's kind of-2589.5397 
2282 2589.6749it w- It was just a real bad transition. And also,2592.0903 
2284 2592.4389like,2592.6534 
2286 2592.8306now with me going into my senior year,2594.6631 
2288 2594.9289I don't have those programs like-2596.4490 
2290 2596.6914In DC, they have a lot of programs set up for children can have scholarships.2600.0336 
2292 2600.4393In Maryland, they don't really have that.2602.1645 
2294 2602.5749D- So, that's why I stay in the Boys and Girls Club because I can get so many scholarships2606.4859 
2296 2606.8496from the Boys and Girls Club.2607.7728 
2298 2608.1226At school,2608.5329 
2300 2608.6914I can-2609.1391 
2302 2609.5261I have not heard about one2611.1010 
2304 2611.3295scholarship in my junior year.2612.8169 
2306 2613.4091And that's the same thing2614.2112 
2308 2614.4023with um, college visits. When- when I was at /RD-SCHOOL-4/,2617.7631 
2310 2618.1875any college that came to visit, you would just had to sign up. It didn't matter what grade you were in.2622.3701 
2312 2623.1663At /RD-SCHOOL-3/, you ha- you were in the twelfth grade,2625.2972 
2314 2625.8614shouldn't you already know2626.8873 
2315DCB_int_012626.9805Mm.2627.2976
2316DCB_se2_ag1_f_012627.2510what colleges you have in mind by the twelfth grade.2629.5067
2317 2630.6957It did- did not make sense to me2632.2671
2319 2632.6355at2632.9852 
2321 2633.3582all.2633.7173 
2322DCB_int_012633.6986So have you done your ACTs or [SATs?]2635.7445
2323DCB_se2_ag1_f_012635.1243[My SAT], [yes I have.]2636.5512
2324DCB_int_012635.9916[Oh, okay.]2636.5698
2325DCB_se2_ag1_f_012636.9848I have to take it again.2637.9034
2326DCB_int_012638.3790Mkay.2638.6914
2327DCB_se2_ag1_f_012638.6914And that's because- And then2639.6800
2328 2639.9458that's also where I was /at fault at/2641.5953
2330 2641.9310because um,2642.9475 
2332 2643.1434my-2643.5957 
2334 2643.9454They set me up2644.9246 
2336 2645.4701to have my SAT prep class after I took my SAT.2649.6190 
2337DCB_int_012650.7381Mm.2651.1484
2338DCB_se2_ag1_f_012651.1391I took my SAT in the first semester2653.0590
2339 2653.3854of school,2653.8844
2341 2654.5605and then I took my SAT prep class in the second semester of school.2657.6240 
2343 2658.9238That doesn't [make- That doesn't make] sense at all.2660.9522 
2344DCB_int_012659.4134[Make sense. Yeah.]2660.3646
2345DCB_se2_ag1_f_012661.3812I- And then, I would have known2662.6961
2347 2663.0598maybe2663.5121 
2349 2663.9120if- /RD-NAME-3/ coulda got a higher score on her SAT if I didn't know I2666.8916 
2351 2667.0641shouldn't answer all of the questions2668.7894 
2353 2669.3349on the SAT.2670.0577 
2355 2670.4342I answered all of the questions.2671.5160 
2357 2671.7911I still got a good score.2672.9195 
2359 2673.2832I got a uh- I got a fourteen fifty.2675.1577 
2361 2675.5914And that's basically what a average score, with people not checking all the bubbles.2679.3159 
2363 2679.6469So I probably coulda got way higher,2681.4655 
2364DCB_int_012682.0285Mm-hm.2682.4016
2365DCB_se2_ag1_f_012682.4715if I would have known2683.2735
2367 2683.7678not [to check a- Right.]2685.1480 
2368DCB_int_012684.0196[The strategies and the tips] now. And so when you taking it again? You [taking it again?]2687.4095
2369DCB_se2_ag1_f_012686.7847[I'm- I'm taking it] in Oc- in October.2688.5879
2370DCB_int_012688.8352Okay.2689.1430
2371DCB_se2_ag1_f_012689.1476Yeah.2689.3994
2372DCB_int_012689.7538[And then] that's the- But that's the score you can report [to /Temple/.]2692.4163
2373DCB_se2_ag1_f_012689.7771[R-]2690.0009
2375 2691.6842[That's- I can-] I can res- report either score.2694.3841 
2376DCB_int_012694.8166[Okay.]2695.1010
2377DCB_se2_ag1_f_012694.9331[I feel] like-2695.3668
2378 2695.6139And that's also where I'm kind of nervous /at/. I feel like- Cause a lot of people tell me, you're okay. You're gonna be okay cause you're-2700.1836
2380 2700.4389You have like, Youth of the Year status. You have like a lot of community service and this, that and the third.2703.8335 
2382 2704.1785I'm like, but y'all, you has- you have to also factor in my grades.2706.9285 
2384 2707.2689My grades are okay. I have like-2708.6351 
2386 2708.9289I have a three point- I'm three point oh student2710.9059 
2388 2711.1810now because I messed up my tenth grade year.2713.1336 
2390 2713.5253And now I have to make up for that my [eleventh and twelfth] grade year-2716.4070 
2391DCB_int_012715.5397[Mm.]2715.8474
2392DCB_se2_ag1_f_012716.8779Well, the beginning of my twelfth grade year2718.2255
2393DCB_int_012718.4948[/Right/.]2718.8072
2394DCB_se2_ag1_f_012718.5415[to make sure] that I can get into a school.2720.2807
2395DCB_int_012720.7237[No, get into] [the school.]2722.3790
2396DCB_se2_ag1_f_012720.7936[/Unintelligible/]2721.3812
2398 2721.8614[The school.]2722.4023 
2399DCB_int_012722.5665[It's only really one school-] [Exactly.]2724.3757
2400DCB_se2_ag1_f_012722.6499[Temple University.]2723.7351
2402 2724.0026[Temple] [University. Ah! <laugh>]2726.0450 
2403DCB_int_012724.6928[It's only one school that you really] [trying to] like-2726.8232
2404DCB_se2_ag1_f_012726.2583[<laugh>]2726.5801
2405 2726.9484Right.2727.4380
2407 2727.7697Yup.2728.2593 
2408DCB_int_012728.6883[So], do you have a back up?2729.9555
2409DCB_se2_ag1_f_012728.7618[So-]2729.1395
2410 2730.3192Yes, um, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.2732.8511
2411DCB_int_012733.4340Oh! I love [that- I love that campus.]2735.7989
2412DCB_se2_ag1_f_012734.2407[That's my- that's my s- that's] my second- that's my second choice.2737.4616
2413 2737.9186And then like, my way way back up schools is like, Morgan,2741.5871
2415 2742.2213and then like, [University of Del- and like, Del- Delaware.]2744.8371 
2416DCB_int_012743.1212[No, we- we won't pass number two.] Let's-[we good. One or two, one or] two.2746.8702
2417DCB_se2_ag1_f_012745.1729[<laugh>]2746.6184
2419 2746.8655Right.2747.1919 
2420 2747.6850/Cause it's-/2748.0441
2422 2748.1840it's something- it got- Something's2749.9652 
2424 2750.5201gotta give.2751.1915 
2425DCB_int_012751.4153Some- You're gonna be [fine. You gonna be fine.]2753.1301
2426DCB_se2_ag1_f_012752.1381[Yeah, I- I feel like- And] that's- and that- When everyone says that to me, I feel like I'm gonna be fine,2756.1284
2427 2756.5154[/but like-/]2756.9957
2428DCB_int_012756.6506[Because it's] not just about the grades. You know what I mean? It'd be different if you were going into like,2761.2704
2429 2761.6201not even just Harvard. Cause Harvard doesn't just look [at] [grades. They look at] the whole [thing.]2765.9182
2430DCB_se2_ag1_f_012763.6438[Yeah.]2763.9562
2432 2764.1381[<laugh> Somebody-]2765.2327 
2434 2765.6757[Somebody] said that to me. My grandma was like- My-2768.1750 
2435 2768.2962Well my-2768.7625
2437 2768.8605uh,2769.1356 
2439 2769.3827/RD-NAME-2/'s- his- his mom.2770.5065 
2441 2770.8317She was like, /didn't/ I hear you talking about you going to Yale.2772.9393 
2443 2773.0513And I was like, Grandma, I'm black. <laugh> And the- I [said that! And] she was like (laughing)-2778.2399 
2444DCB_int_012775.1869[<laugh>]2776.4085
2445DCB_se2_ag1_f_012778.9020And I- I had to f- I had to think about when I sa- I was like, ooh. She was like, at least you know who you are.2783.4565
2447 2784.0347I was [like, mm.]2784.7342 
2448DCB_int_012784.2819[You could go to Yale.]2785.2991
2449DCB_se2_ag1_f_012784.9720[<laugh>]2786.7252
2450DCB_int_012786.4734[But] no, Temple is-2787.5039
2451 2787.6158Temple is a good school, [but they-]2788.9017
2452DCB_se2_ag1_f_012788.6638[Yeah.]2789.0089
2453DCB_int_012789.2047You do have a well rounded- you know what I mean- like, experience.2792.5667
2455 2793.0376The community service,2794.1847 
2457 2794.5379you- the arts, like, with the poetry and the photography, which we gonna talk about. Don't think I forgot,2798.3088 
2458DCB_se2_ag1_f_012798.2869[<laugh>]2798.7066
2459DCB_int_012798.5480[and] um,2799.9935
2460 2800.1847so like, I think that is- it's not- they not just gonna look at, oh,2803.3030
2462 2803.5595well you have a three point oh. First of all, a three point oh is a good2806.1055 
2463DCB_se2_ag1_f_012806.4412[Right.]2806.9401
2464DCB_int_012806.4458[GPA.]2806.9156
2465 2807.0788So2807.5591
2467 2807.7130they not gonna say, oh well,2809.0233 
2468DCB_se2_ag1_f_012809.0139Yeah.2809.2657
2469DCB_int_012809.2657it's not good enough. [Goodbye.]2810.5107
2470DCB_se2_ag1_f_012810.1424[Yeah.]2810.5294
2471 2810.7812It's just- And I also think because like,2812.5344
2473 2812.7198with my scholarships,2813.5498 
2475 2813.8902like, no one is my family-2815.3637 
2477 2815.5269in my immediate family, like my dad,2817.5739 
2479 2817.8770my um,2818.4179 
2481 2818.9261/RD-NAME-2/, he did- he didn't graduate2820.9440 
2483 2821.2424from high school.2821.9605 
2485 2822.6786But that was because he was doing other things2824.6743 
2486DCB_int_012824.7664Mm-hm.2825.0042
2487DCB_se2_ag1_f_012825.1441that weren't really- But he's smart. He's a smart man,2827.5082
2489 2827.8393but he was like, he was bored in school,2829.5599 
2491 2829.9096and they were just doing the same thing over and over every year.2832.5523 
2493 2832.9627And it wasn't really progressing.2834.5154 
2495 2834.8698So, and then my mom2835.9329 
2497 2836.2267who had a child at fifteen,2838.0720 
2499 2838.5104she didn't finish school. But then she went back- She went back to school2841.6065 
2501 2841.9796and got her GED- Well she went-2843.6431 
2503 2843.7736I-2843.9834 
2505 2844.0954Yeah, she got her GED,2845.2051 
2507 2845.7274and then she went on to try to- She got her Associate's degree2848.7583 
2509 2849.0742I think in Communications.2850.2865 
2511 2850.6129But no one has got like a Master's degree. My older sister,2853.1029 
2513 2853.4713she um, went to /Medtech/,2854.8608 
2515 2855.3586and she d- Like she doesn't have- Like she didn't go to a university,2858.2869 
2517 2858.6739a college. So I want to be that one, and I think that- ever since- everyone before me2862.5104 
2519 2862.8974hasn't really had that experience. Like, my grandparents, great grandparents,2865.9236 
2521 2866.2034nobody.2866.7303 
2523 2867.4426So it's like, I wanna be that one to show my younger siblings that you can do it.2871.0889 
2525 2871.3827Or even my big sister, if [she wanted to go back to school.]2873.6943 
2526DCB_int_012872.2547[That's right. She can go back.]2873.7214
2527 2873.9741[Yup.]2874.5337
2528DCB_se2_ag1_f_012873.9788[And the- my] dad, and I try to kind of encourage my dad. Like, you need to go back to school2877.6998
2529 2878.0961and get your um,2878.9075
2531 2879.5078<ts> get- and get your d- d- get your GED at least.2881.7600 
2533 2882.1237But I mean he does-2882.8978 
2535 2883.0610He kind of does really well at his job,2884.8655 
2536DCB_int_012885.0602Mm-hm.2885.3679
2537DCB_se2_ag1_f_012885.3493and he has a good position at his job, so he doesn't really2888.0118
2538 2888.3009feel like he needs to go back,2889.8676
2539DCB_int_012889.9329Mm-hm.2890.2780
2540DCB_se2_ag1_f_012890.2873you know?2890.5951
2542 2890.8888But also, sometimes, w- we kind of teach him still2893.2471 
2544 2893.6714when we try to get him to help my brother and sister with their homework,2896.7629 
2546 2897.1115and he's like, I can't really help them because I don't really know- I'm like, kind of, that's because you're kind of older now.2901.6905 
2548 2902.0215You don't really remember everything, so we not gonna say that it's because you didn't graduate.2905.1632 
2550 2905.5409It's because you don't [remember.]2906.8651 
2551DCB_int_012906.3475[Mm-hm.]2906.8465
2552DCB_se2_ag1_f_012907.4946So I can help them2908.5811
2554 2908.6930in that aspect too,2909.8296 
2555DCB_int_012910.0021Mm-hm.2910.3472
2556DCB_se2_ag1_f_012910.4637[so.]2910.7482
2557DCB_int_012910.6223[So],2910.9813
2558 2911.0839talk about um-2912.3335
2560 2912.9164Because I think- Well two things. One, I'm- This is not even a question. This is like- The Boys and Girls Club, I do think2917.4429 
2562 2917.6481is really for people, especially in your situation where nobody in their co- family has gone to like, a four year university2922.8647 
2564 2923.2005or had that exper- Cause there's a [lot that] goes into that.2925.6158 
2565DCB_se2_ag1_f_012924.5061[Right.]2924.9444
2566DCB_int_012925.8117So I think that this has like- d2D and stuff like that, [Keystone and being] able to [s- do all these-] Youth of the Year even2931.2102
2567DCB_se2_ag1_f_012928.6502[Yeah.]2929.1212
2569 2929.4942[Definitely.]2930.1983 
2570DCB_int_012931.5133[helped you kind] of realize,2932.9168
2571DCB_se2_ag1_f_012931.5552[Yeah.]2931.9702
2572DCB_int_012933.3353you know- This is what college is- This- [I need] to do these things to get prepared,2937.0563
2573DCB_se2_ag1_f_012934.8134[Right.]2935.1771
2574 2937.4806[Right.]2937.7417
2575DCB_int_012937.4899[um],2938.0915
2576 2938.3246and so I'm glad [you had the opportunity.]2940.0720
2577DCB_se2_ag1_f_012938.8644[Yeah, and that- and that's the same] thing like, cause my older sister,2941.7087
2578 2942.1051she- she was gonna go- she was gonna go to Clark Atlanta,2944.6790
2579DCB_int_012944.8737Mm-hm.2945.1208
2580DCB_se2_ag1_f_012945.1721but it was some things that were like, messed up with her room and board,2947.8486
2582 2948.1610and she never went- She never went to school. She had plenty scholarships.2951.0613 
2584 2951.6291She had plenty /thing-/2952.1979 
2586 2952.4311And I think that's where kind of I'm at fault because I'm not in those programs,2955.6065 
2588 2955.9003like the achievements programs2957.0089 
2590 2957.3260where people basically get their2958.9720 
2592 2959.0652t- tuition paid off.2961.0470 
2594 2961.3454And it's kind of like,2962.1801 
2596 2962.8364people like me are at fault because2964.2865 
2598 2964.5243we wanna go to school.2965.5875 
2600 2965.7927I wanna do these things. I wanna work hard in order2968.2313 
2602 2968.5578to get to a university. I wanna work for what I-2971.0652 
2604 2971.2051what I want to earn.2972.2356 
2606 2972.7952But it's some people who are just getting stuff handed to them,2975.1499 
2608 2975.4426and they're not really going to use it.2976.8368 
2609DCB_int_012977.3637What do you- What do you mean it's- you're at fault?2978.9770
2610DCB_se2_ag1_f_012979.2894N-2979.5646
2611DCB_int_012979.5412Why are you feel like you're at fault?2980.7349
2612DCB_se2_ag1_f_012980.8842Because I don't- Like, I'm not in DC anymore. I feel like that's [my-]2984.1330
2613DCB_int_012983.9745[But] that's not your fault.2984.9257
2614DCB_se2_ag1_f_012984.9211Huh?2985.0889
2615DCB_int_012985.2195That's- Mommy made that decision.2986.5344
2616DCB_se2_ag1_f_012985.3407[It's not- it's not- Yeah, you're] right.2986.8781
2617DCB_int_012987.0555But you did go get your hair done, so.2988.4497
2618DCB_se2_ag1_f_012988.4404[<laugh>]2989.4243
2619DCB_int_012988.7248[It's kind of your fault] cause that one day. No, [I'm just] kidding.2990.7672
2620DCB_se2_ag1_f_012990.2123[Right.]2990.5527
2621 2990.9817Yeah, but um,2991.9422
2623 2992.1194I feel like because they have- DC has so many programs2995.3124 
2625 2995.7553and so many different things for their students. It's so much set up for their students, so that they can be successful,3000.8601 
2627 3001.2704and now that I'm in Maryland, it's kind of like,3002.8558 
2629 3003.2708<ts>3003.4014 
2631 3004.0915I got the short end of the stick, and I have to work like,3006.2073 
2633 3006.4078extra extra tra-3007.4103 
2635 3007.6388extra hard.3008.2683 
2637 3008.4688Because I want it,3009.2615 
2639 3009.4340so I'm gonna work for whatever I need to do- /I mean/ do whatever I need to do, [so I can]3013.2518 
2640DCB_int_013012.8216[Right]3013.2518
2641DCB_se2_ag1_f_013013.5222progress in life.3014.4268
2643 3014.6879But it's kind of like, it could have been easier for me3016.6743 
2644DCB_int_013016.8877Right.3017.1954
2645DCB_se2_ag1_f_013017.1441type [thing.]3017.7596
2646DCB_int_013017.4146Do you feel like your family's financial status will help you get some financial [aid though?]3020.8558
2647DCB_se2_ag1_f_013020.3196[No.]3020.6693
2648 3021.1915My [mom] makes too much money.3022.2453
2649DCB_int_013021.3594[Do Y-]3021.5226
2650 3022.5799Oh.3023.8622
2651DCB_se2_ag1_f_013024.2725And then my dad also makes too much money.3025.9186
2652DCB_int_013025.9745Because now you have a two-3027.0237
2654 3027.1449you have two [income] [household.]3028.6716 
2655DCB_se2_ag1_f_013027.6718[I have-]3028.0308
2657 3028.2360[U- Yeah.] I have a tw-3029.1733 
2658DCB_int_013029.1581Even though there are four kids?3030.5430
2659 3031.4243No?3031.7227
2661 3031.8160You're over [the-]3032.4921 
2662DCB_se2_ag1_f_013032.1564[I'm-] FAFSA is not gonna give me3033.6578
2663 3033.8956anything (clap). Like I-3035.0893
2665 3035.4938I promise [you.]3037.0932 
2666DCB_int_013036.6083[Mm.]3037.5688
2667DCB_se2_ag1_f_013037.9932Like-3038.3662
2668DCB_int_013038.8232Yeah.3039.3641
2670 3039.9516That's what I was think- I was- I was, like, hm, maybe, but-3042.4124 
2672 3042.5756Cause I was thinking the four kids, but I3043.8719 
2674 3043.9885didn't even put two and two together that y'all have a3045.7977 
2676 3046.0681two house- two income household.3047.9368 
2677DCB_se2_ag1_f_013048.0487Right.3048.3751
2678DCB_int_013048.4684So,3048.7855
2680 3048.9720mm.3049.2704 
2681DCB_se2_ag1_f_013049.2984I'm not getting- I'm not gonna get any money. [<laugh>]3051.4293
2682DCB_int_013051.1822[And then] you're going out of state.3052.4039
2683DCB_se2_ag1_f_013052.4831Mm-hm.3052.9588
2684DCB_int_013053.2514But you-3053.5964
2686 3053.7690you know-3054.1047 
2687DCB_se2_ag1_f_013054.0720But then, I'm probably gonna use that DC address,3056.6553
2688 3056.9677so that [I can get in state] tuition.3058.7536
2689DCB_int_013057.1822[Hey.]3057.9283
2690DCB_se2_ag1_f_013059.2933[So-]3059.7410
2691DCB_int_013059.4519[I'm not] mad cause there's no- Yeah. You can be wherever you are.3062.3988
2692 3063.0237Hm.3063.1915
2694 3063.5552Hey Grandpa!3064.3199 
2696 3064.4505Thanks. Sign this for [me.]3066.0114 
2697DCB_se2_ag1_f_013065.8949[Right.]3066.3332
2698DCB_int_013066.3238Um,3066.8694
2699 3067.2518so,3067.6201
2701 3067.9325how did you- Okay. Let's go back, cause one of the things that I absolutely3071.0800 
2703 3071.6897adore about you- I admire about you, is that3075.1169 
2705 3075.4853you're a poet. You- Because I study3077.2327 
2707 3077.3913words. I study- So,3078.9860 
2709 3079.4802it fascinates me-3080.8185 
2711 3081.0190fascinates me. So talk about how you got into poetry,3083.7550 
2713 3084.0347and kind of where you-3084.8834 
2715 3085.0839give me the like,3085.7134 
2717 3086.0305/RD-NAME-3/'s poetry life.3087.3174 
2718DCB_se2_ag1_f_013087.9096Um,3088.4039
2720 3089.1255it started when I was in like,3090.4404 
2722 3092.0957sixth or seventh grade. I don't-3093.6019 
2723DCB_int_013094.3106After you [emceed] the kindergarten [program. Right.]3096.4684
2724DCB_se2_ag1_f_013094.8282[My-]3095.0334
2726 3095.7223[<laugh>]3096.4171 
2727 3096.8041My- Actually my first poem b- goes back to two thousand eleven.3099.7790
2729 3100.6184So, I was-3101.8482 
2731 3102.0021<ts> I'm seventeen. <laugh> Math!3105.0470 
2732DCB_int_013105.3034I know- Whoo.3106.0075
2733DCB_se2_ag1_f_013106.0215Right.3106.2640
2734DCB_int_013106.2640So five years, [four year- six years.] Where we at? Five years? Four years? Okay.3110.0071
2735DCB_se2_ag1_f_013107.0695[So four-]3107.7177
2736 3110.1284[Some years ago- Yeah, so]- So it was like two thousand eleven. Or may- it might have been- it might have been further back.3114.7575
2737DCB_int_013110.1377[We'll go with that. Mm-hm. We'll go with that.3111.5150
2738DCB_se2_ag1_f_013115.3310I don't really remember.3116.2496
2740 3116.5993But I still have my first poem book from when I first started writing,3119.2980 
2742 3119.6897and it was because I was3120.7062 
2744 3120.9207in a dark place,3122.0957 
2746 3122.3475and like,3122.8045 
2748 3124.2826I remember we were doing like, journaling- We were like, journaling in school.3127.7523 
2749DCB_int_013127.6807Mm.3127.9512
2750DCB_se2_ag1_f_013128.2263Like kind of doing like, journals of- like how our day was going.3130.4412
2752 3130.7116Kind of like the freedom writers type [thing.]3132.3250 
2753DCB_int_013132.1700[Mm-hm.]3132.6736
2754DCB_se2_ag1_f_013132.7342So, we were kind of like doing this-3134.5341
2756 3134.6413that type stuff,3135.3874 
2758 3136.1381and um,3136.7583 
2760 3137.1861over time, I was just like, mm, I- I write well. It's cool for me.3140.5014 
2762 3140.8278So then I started going to my room like, when I was going through something- Like when I was feeling bad or down,3144.9533 
2764 3145.3030I'd just write it out.3146.1703 
2766 3146.6973And it might- it might- it might be deep. It might not. It might just be3149.6104 
2768 3149.7363a journaling3150.3845 
2770 3150.5337entry,3150.9207 
2772 3151.2378how I'm feeling a certain day.3152.6273 
2774 3153.0423But that's how I started writing.3154.1987 
2776 3154.6732And then over time, like I started letting my teacher- Like my d- um,3157.6155 
2778 3157.8253my3158.1051 
2780 3158.2683English teacher, I started letting her read3159.7744 
2782 3160.2127what I was writing.3160.8131 
2784 3160.9623And she was like, you're really good with words.3162.4684 
2786 3162.8041Keep writing.3163.5036 
2788 3163.9559And that's what she said- keep writing. So I'm'a keep3165.8070 
2790 3165.9702writing,3166.4878 
2792 3166.9296and I just started writing poetry, and it just3168.7761 
2794 3169.1165kept going and going and going. And I think it just-3171.2661 
2796 3171.4806it just came kind of naturally.3173.1255 
2798 3173.7876It was just like a thing that I did.3175.1678 
2799DCB_int_013177.1123And so, how did you get into poetry club- Because3179.4659
2801 3179.6384you [just wanted to write.]3180.5943 
2802DCB_se2_ag1_f_013179.8762[It- Because-] because I wanted to write,3181.5129
2803 3181.8020and I was like, I wanna be on the stage and say everything, [say my-] like, [speak my] words in front of [people.]3186.0907
2804DCB_int_013184.4074[So-]3184.6685
2806 3184.8737[So you-]3185.3027 
2808 3185.7923[Perform.] In the poetry club, you all perform. [Y'all have like],3188.3802 
2809DCB_se2_ag1_f_013187.7041[We perform at every um]- At every3190.2174
2810DCB_int_013188.6040[shows or-]3189.5366
2811DCB_se2_ag1_f_013190.8364s- assembly,3191.6570
2813 3192.0192we would do a piece.3193.3202 
2815 3193.5522We would do a big piece3194.5500 
2817 3194.6992with all of us.3195.4453 
2818DCB_int_013195.5992What's- what's one of your favorite pieces that you've written?3197.9306
2819DCB_se2_ag1_f_013198.1638Uh,3198.4622
2821 3198.7466our-3199.6093 
2823 3200.1350That I've written or for school?3201.6318 
2824DCB_int_013201.7717Mm-mm. Just-3202.4105
2826 3202.6483the- d- [whatever has ever] come in from your mind to your-3205.4181 
2827DCB_se2_ag1_f_013203.4177[<sigh>]3203.9819
2828DCB_int_013205.6326your book or your phone or3206.7785
2830 3207.0816wherever you write it.3207.7903 
2831DCB_se2_ag1_f_013208.2287Uh,3208.8955
2833 3209.4457w- woo.3210.4622 
2835 3210.6627Actually,3211.1698 
2837 3211.7620um, the- my appreciate3213.7857 
2839 3214.2287[poem.]3214.6343 
2840DCB_int_013214.3406[Mm.]3214.9328
2841DCB_se2_ag1_f_013215.3431I feel like that's one of m-3216.8306
2843 3216.9751my-3217.4787 
2845 3219.1189Cause it's not sad,3220.2053 
2846DCB_int_013220.8348Mm-hm.3221.2312
2847DCB_se2_ag1_f_013221.3944and it's from a3222.0332
2849 3222.3270place where like,3223.2036 
2851 3223.3481it was heartfelt. It's not sad,3225.0769 
2853 3225.4500and it's not about strife or3227.1286 
2855 3227.5389hardship. It's about me appreciating everything that I've been through and everything that3231.8370 
2857 3232.2193everyone around me has shown me,3233.8560 
2859 3234.1544so I could become the person that I am today.3236.3915 
2860DCB_int_013236.9510That's the one you did3238.0188
2862 3238.9234at [Youth of the Year.]3239.8793 
2863DCB_se2_ag1_f_013239.2172[Youth of the Year.] [Mm-hm.]3240.3363
2864DCB_int_013240.1218[Mm-hm.]3240.5042
2865 3240.7793Do you know a few lines of it?3241.8377
2866DCB_se2_ag1_f_013242.0231Yeah.3242.5827
2867DCB_int_013242.6200Say it for me.3243.0920
2868DCB_se2_ag1_f_013243.1189Um-3243.4919
2869DCB_int_013243.5059Just- even- You don't have to do the whole thing, but.3245.2358
2870DCB_se2_ag1_f_013245.9166Uh,3246.2104
2872 3246.3922so it starts off,3247.4554 
2874 3248.2236appreciate the calmness.3250.0142 
2876 3250.2893Appreciate3251.2452 
2878 3251.6975the breath before the mic before they reveal themselves to the world.3256.6530 
2880 3257.1612Open like wounds,3258.6301 
2882 3258.9145spread open like caskets. Appreciate3262.0375 
2884 3262.8628the words.3264.0379 
2886 3264.9145Um,3265.3248 
2888 3265.6034I don't- Dang, I'm forgetting it.3267.0350 
2890 3267.6738And I remember I go into,3269.0260 
2892 3269.4503appreciate the eyes,3271.0206 
2894 3271.2817the way that my mother looks at my father3273.7204 
2895DCB_int_013273.8277[Mm-hm.]3274.5784
2896DCB_se2_ag1_f_013273.8323[to tells him] that she is okay.3276.0985
2897 3276.3876They know each other's stories.3278.0511
2899 3278.3775Appreciate the love.3279.7764 
2901 3280.2380And um, then it goes on to, appreciate the people3283.2409 
2903 3283.5160that3283.9159 
2905 3284.1070say that they're okay to hide their tears in the ducts of their eyes.3288.3410 
2907 3288.6161Have you ever seen a t- catastrophe happening in someone,3291.6644 
2909 3292.0375but blink to see if they see the same in you?3294.6720 
2911 3294.9891Like, I'm just skipping [around, but] I remember3297.0909 
2912DCB_int_013295.7713[Mm-hm.]3296.4008
2913DCB_se2_ag1_f_013297.5525um, and like, p- appreciate our lives, and appreciate3300.7653
2915 3301.1663the people that tell you that you wouldn't get this- that you wouldn't get this far.3305.3431 
2917 3305.7394Um, appreciate the fight because it only makes your story3308.6992 
2919 3308.9883way more worth telling,3310.3312 
2921 3310.7975so.3311.0633 
2922DCB_int_013311.0960Yes I remember it, and then you also did that one for um- Or you did a piece of that one for when we did- went out to um,3316.7369
2924 3317.6275the Country [Club],3318.5181 
2925DCB_se2_ag1_f_013318.2850[Yeah], I did [it.]3319.0777
2926DCB_int_013318.8632[I] remember.3319.5335
2927 3319.7806And you use a lot of metaphors with eyes. [Why?]3322.2677
2928DCB_se2_ag1_f_013321.7530[Mm-hm.]3322.2660
2929 3323.0447Um,3323.3897
2931 3324.0472they're the window to the soul! [<laugh>]3326.0884 
2932DCB_int_013325.4076[They are.] They [are.]3326.7738
2933DCB_se2_ag1_f_013326.4568[They're a] window to the soul.3327.5246
2934DCB_int_013327.7391Um,3328.4432
2936 3328.7043I'm- I love3329.8001 
2938 3330.1218the picture you sent with the eyes? I love,3332.2096 
2940 3332.4614love that picture.3333.5525 
2942 3333.7437Lo- Like,3334.6064 
2944 3335.4970I- I- I do feel like it's very telling, right?3337.8133 
2945DCB_se2_ag1_f_013338.1070[Yeah.]3338.4941
2946DCB_int_013338.1070[There's so] much3339.2261
2947 3339.5339when you look into a person's eyes [/that you/-]3341.1706
2948DCB_se2_ag1_f_013340.7882[So that's] like the same- Like when I um-3342.6860
2949 3343.2316I had pain filled [eyes with] a nothing wrong smile, a young girl who did not love herself.3348.3316
2950DCB_int_013344.2796[Eyes.]3344.7738
2951DCB_se2_ag1_f_013348.7606So I think like,3349.4041
2953 3349.8599um, people in general-3351.0723 
2955 3351.3427And l-3351.6458 
2957 3351.8090It's crazy how I'm seventeen and like, all this is coming out of my mouth.3355.5440 
2959 3355.8786But um,3356.3355 
2961 3356.6899I feel like just people in general, they always like-3359.1286 
2963 3359.2731People always smiling. People are always3361.2502 
2965 3361.5848like, <laugh> I'm good. I'm good. I'm good.3363.6458 
2967 3363.8603When you look at somebody's eyes, you can see them tired.3366.4202 
2969 3366.9005You can see them sad.3367.8517 
2971 3368.2516And you can see like,3368.9883 
2973 3369.2681maybe I was talking right now,3370.6437 
2975 3370.9561but you will never know in like a few more seconds I might break down.3373.3715 
2977 3373.7293[But you could see that] in my eyes3375.2168 
2978DCB_int_013373.7806[Mm.]3374.3029
2979DCB_se2_ag1_f_013375.3847first.3375.9815
2980DCB_int_013375.3987[Mm.] Mm-hm.3376.4571
2981 3377.4457I could, like when you were talking about Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.3379.1849
2982DCB_se2_ag1_f_013379.3143Yup.3379.6268
2983DCB_int_013380.2656Like,3380.6153
2985 3381.0816you know your words were saying one thing,3383.1286 
2987 3383.6042but your eyes were [telling a very-]3385.0777 
2988DCB_se2_ag1_f_013384.2430[<laugh> Right.]3385.0724
2989DCB_int_013385.2549I mean they were telling the same story but in a very different kind of- a deeper way.3389.1892
2990DCB_se2_ag1_f_013389.1799Right.3389.4970
2991DCB_int_013389.6415Um,3390.1498
2993 3390.9553can you-3391.4134 
2995 3391.6781I- I just love3392.5827 
2997 3392.7225this poem. The um,3393.7764 
2999 3394.0515brother. Can you just tell- Like, do the first part of that?3396.1871 
3000DCB_se2_ag1_f_013396.2710Oh, um,3396.9658
3002 3397.8646My brother was aksed in a prompt the other day what he wanted to be when he grew up.3402.1964 
3004 3402.8492I saw the gears working in his mind to have the greatest answer that ever was.3407.2265 
3006 3407.5203My brother looked at me, and said, You know what /RD-NAME-2/?3410.0651 
3008 3410.3868I want to be alive.3411.3940 
3010 3411.9535It's sad that already my brother believes that his life will come to a end3415.6967 
3012 3416.0138well before it even started.3417.5992 
3014 3417.9862No doctor, no football player, no firefighter. Just alive.3421.1150 
3016 3421.5580He just wants to be able to breathe the air that peo-3423.9675 
3018 3424.0841that people play with so effortlessly.3425.8420 
3020 3426.1218He definitely doesn't wanna be the next3427.8459 
3022 3428.1630'I just saw him about a week ago' type boy.3430.3079 
3024 3430.7929I looked at him, and I said, 'Man,3432.6394 
3026 3432.8865you will be.'3433.7014 
3028 3434.3682But I wonder if he could decode the Morse code in my voice saying, 'Dang,3437.9446 
3030 3438.2384I wonder if you'll be alive, too.'3439.6745 
3032 3440.2283But we all know that these questions come along too often in young African American young men lives.3444.8585 
3034 3445.3155We all know3445.9765 
3036 3446.1677that they're all put on the pedestal3447.5152 
3038 3447.7344of disappointment well before they're put on the pedestal of success.3451.1943 
3040 3451.9019Yeah.3452.0931 
3041DCB_int_013452.5593I love [/it/.]3453.0629
3042DCB_se2_ag1_f_013452.9464[<laugh>]3453.5292
3043DCB_int_013453.5852I-3453.8416
3045 3454.0421Did you write that for um,3455.3478 
3047 3455.8793/when y'all went/ for Our Lives Matter, or had you already written- [You- No you wrote that before cause I saw] it.3459.9535 
3048DCB_se2_ag1_f_013457.8599[I already- I wr- I wrote it-]3459.4406
3049 3460.0468Yeah.3460.3499
3050DCB_int_013460.3965That's [the one] [that you] t- um, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ sent me the link.3463.2316
3051DCB_se2_ag1_f_013460.6297[I-]3460.9001
3053 3461.0027[I-]3461.2545 
3054 3463.2456Yeah.3463.6466
3055DCB_int_013463.8366But then I remember w- at the [thing-]3465.9629
3056DCB_se2_ag1_f_013465.1609[I wrote it- Yeah], cause it- [it was real- it was real] life. It was real life.3468.6953
3057DCB_int_013466.5178[It was so perfect.]3467.5483
3058DCB_se2_ag1_f_013469.0544Cause I was just helping him with his homework,3470.8624
3060 3471.3474and my man's like, I wanna be alive. And I'm like, what?3474.1183 
3061DCB_int_013474.1917Cause [that was right after um]-3475.9159
3062DCB_se2_ag1_f_013474.4062[What do you mean?]3475.6512
3063DCB_int_013477.1935Was that right after Ferguson?3478.3639
3065 3478.8162Or it was before that.3479.6369 
3066DCB_se2_ag1_f_013479.6462It was before that. It was before that.3481.0404
3068 3481.5440It was before that.3482.1024 
3069DCB_int_013483.4453It wasn't Trayvon Martin though. It wasn't [that long] [ago.]3485.7628
3070DCB_se2_ag1_f_013485.0027[Mm-mm.]3485.3711
3072 3485.5249[It was] like- It was like, in the middle. [It was like, in the middle. Yeah], but it was just- it was just crazy. Like, before all of that- the stuff did happen- It's just sad3491.3244 
3073DCB_int_013486.6813[Oh in between /that/. Okay.]3487.7072
3074DCB_se2_ag1_f_013491.7394that my brother- He's eleven years3493.4927
3076 3493.8086old,3494.2329 
3078 3494.6339and he's not even really into the streets. Like, he- he's not even into the streets, but he's just like,3498.9238 
3080 3500.5593It's a possibility3501.6225 
3082 3502.3079that something will happen to me,3503.7628 
3084 3504.0239of me just being a young African American young man.3506.8578 
3085DCB_int_013507.7950That's crazy.3508.4571
3086DCB_se2_ag1_f_013508.5644And it's cra- You're eleven years old, man!3510.6767
3088 3510.8166Play some video games or something.3512.5547 
3089DCB_int_013512.5547Right.3512.9464
3090DCB_se2_ag1_f_013512.9743Get on your computer. Y-3513.9909
3092 3514.1820/Go on/ Youtube or something like,3515.4690 
3094 3516.0472that should not be what you're worrying about.3517.7865 
3096 3518.2096Your life- You should be enjoying your life at this point in your life.3521.1379 
3097DCB_int_013521.3384That's real.3521.8980
3098DCB_se2_ag1_f_013522.1638Right.3522.4389
3099DCB_int_013522.5636That's real.3523.0590