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1DCB_se1_ag3_m_010.5763Alright /RD-NAME-1/ um,2.1610
3 2.4830how long have you lived in DC?3.6777 
4DCB_se2_ag3_m_034.7582I've been in6.3469
6 6.7043the DC and Maryland area9.3696 
8 9.6817for at least I wanna say-11.9964 
10 13.0805I say all my life.14.0312 
12 14.2170/What am I now/ thirty-seven?15.4010 
14 16.2059/Then/ thirty-seven years.17.2953 
15DCB_se1_ag3_m_0118.6297How long have you specifically lived in the21.0148
17 21.3870DC area?22.1233 
18DCB_se2_ag3_m_0322.2794<ts> um, I was born in DC, stayed /here/ til I was five.26.3128
20 27.1290Uh, grew up right across the line29.3820 
22 29.6822in Maryland30.3465 
24 31.2681til I was eighteen.33.2015 
26 33.8814Um, moved back to DC when I was37.5751 
28 37.6563I wanna say38.3526 
30 38.5607twenty-39.3051 
32 40.0975twenty-five.40.8898 
34 41.5221I stayed there for another43.0314 
36 43.9285four years44.7749 
38 45.5252and then move46.4176 
40 47.0899out of Upper Marlboro.48.3593 
41DCB_se1_ag3_m_0150.9169[Mm-hm.]51.3571
42DCB_se2_ag3_m_0350.9979[/Yeah/.]51.3662
43 52.4696But always been back and forth.54.1544
45 54.4986Always55.1028 
47 55.3082been in DC always56.8569 
49 57.8533traveling through DC.59.0859 
51 59.6102That was where most of the fun was at.61.0988 
53 62.0845That's where uh,63.1112 
55 63.5132all the homies used to64.5532 
57 65.7542gang up and everything.67.0302 
58DCB_se1_ag3_m_0168.0485Tell me about68.7008
60 68.9569um,69.4183 
62 69.8013what you remember elementary school.71.2494 
64 71.7462What elementary school did you go to in DC and tell me about it.74.0605 
65DCB_se2_ag3_m_0374.7568E- elementary school, I went to a Maryland ele- elementary school.77.6182
67 78.0504[My el- es-] elementary school was /RD-SCHOOL-3/ Elementary.81.1341 
68DCB_se1_ag3_m_0178.1127[Oh, okay.]78.8331
69DCB_se2_ag3_m_0381.3943And stayed right there off of um, /Suitland/ Road.83.7832
71 84.5035Which was only probably like four miles from DC89.0742 
73 89.9873actually.90.5833 
75 91.6933And uh,92.4176 
77 93.3061tell you the truth, it was- it- it was really-95.5406 
79 96.1714it's no difference between97.3666 
81 98.3816uh, Maryland99.3550 
83 99.7142and DC schools.100.8788 
85 101.1149Different lingo,101.8402 
87 102.7849a couple of different things,103.9476 
89 104.1495you know but104.9419 
91 105.2020people basically the same.106.4495 
93 107.3750<laugh>107.8537 
94DCB_se1_ag3_m_01108.3167Give me an example of the different lingo.110.0735
95DCB_se2_ag3_m_03111.1700Uh,111.9023
97 112.4786we use113.2879 
99 113.5191the word young114.3675 
101 114.7409a lot.115.1222 
103 115.2811<laugh> like,116.6377 
105 117.0860New York people use the word yo,119.2229 
107 119.3390or son.119.8672 
109 120.5208Actually them little cats nowadays they-122.8699 
111 123.0019they saying son124.2025 
113 124.8228which came from126.0753 
115 126.6368you know, New York I think128.2816 
117 128.5337I wanna say but129.4750 
119 130.0984You know like, what's up, young?131.3230 
121 131.5551Know what I'm saying?132.5035 
123 132.9250Ain't nothing, yo.133.6213 
125 134.4437That's life though.135.2100 
127 136.4866You know some of the words, um,138.3119 
129 139.3972uh, go go lingo.140.7698 
131 141.7383You know that was used a lot143.0869 
133 143.7548when talking about144.7308 
135 145.1126you know,145.5300 
137 146.0611that particular147.1051 
139 147.7578form of music.148.8263 
141 149.5547You know like,150.2720 
143 150.8393pockets and sockets and-152.8756 
145 153.8659and stuff like that and cranking.155.6265 
147 155.9549You know,156.3775 
149 156.5952people157.0274 
151 157.7009in other areas don't really use159.5898 
153 160.3221those terms when they talking about music.162.4471 
155 162.5832<laugh>162.9553 
157 164.3092I'll say.164.7972 
158DCB_se1_ag3_m_01166.4742How would you describe go go music?168.1229
159DCB_se2_ag3_m_03169.3395Go go music170.6173
161 170.8854is171.9654 
163 172.3741basically a beat174.1069 
165 174.2350a constant beat.175.3675 
167 176.6093And um,177.5813 
169 178.3781<ts>178.4902 
171 178.6182I don't know it just179.7628 
173 180.1990kind of goes through you.181.3790 
175 181.8570Once you hear it you really can't stay still.184.2341 
177 184.9024The congos is one of the main186.6192 
179 186.8193uh, instruments played188.3329 
181 188.7374that189.1027 
183 189.4737you know everybody will190.4462 
185 190.7343come to hear.191.4552 
187 192.1870And uh, also193.4476 
189 193.6169just to hear194.3902 
191 195.1336their name,196.0616 
193 196.3781their neighborhood197.3994 
195 197.6947being basically shout out or put on the tape you know like,200.8894 
197 201.0375it'd be a whole crew of dudes just go to put they name on the tape.204.8979 
199 205.3835Buy the tape,206.0478 
201 206.1771and ride around so they could just hear that particular name being209.4710 
203 210.0349shouted210.4991 
205 210.7272all night.211.5476 
207 211.7809<laugh>212.3092 
208DCB_se1_ag3_m_01212.7894[<laugh>]213.2936
209DCB_se2_ag3_m_03213.1696[So] you know what I'm saying the go go scene was um,215.8348
210 217.2847it- it w- it was a really fun scene.219.2074
212 219.5257You know, females220.9057 
214 221.0745and different things that you've seen,222.5038 
216 223.0806different things that used to go on in a lot of the clubs225.7459 
218 225.9459you know being a youngin actually getting /in/ them drinks.228.4831 
220 229.5408You know I mean,230.6894 
222 231.0215that- that was- that was it.232.4188 
224 232.7183You know,233.2130 
226 233.3986I mean once you got old enough to be into go go,235.4876 
228 236.3332it's like,236.8105 
230 237.5097I don't know, it was- it was just tight.239.4511 
232 239.7188It was going to every night,241.0314 
234 241.1486you know what I'm saying like dudes to go242.8094 
236 243.4137certain clubs you know what I'm s- it was- it was a every day thing almost and whenever the-247.7899 
238 248.7854whenever the jont was over,249.8414 
240 250.6783Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday or whatever253.3915 
242 253.5408you was going.254.0901 
244 255.1936Save your little money up,256.2981 
246 256.5302get in the club,257.2382 
248 258.0949party in that jont.259.0554 
250 259.9570meet girls from all kinds of neighborhoods.262.0780 
252 262.2776You know what I'm saying263.1380 
254 263.3754holler at dudes that you knew.264.6560 
256 265.9206So.266.3648 
258 267.0491It was just a tight scene, man.268.4737 
260 268.5978It was a beautiful scene.269.5391 
261DCB_se1_ag3_m_01272.0846Ah, okay.272.9290
263 273.8414Have you ever had any altercations at a go go before?276.4159 
264DCB_se2_ag3_m_03276.6440<ts> Oh yes indeed.277.8165
266 278.5328Indeed.279.0411 
268 279.7934And I wasn't even with a crew.281.0844 
270 281.8396<laugh> That's the whole thing about it.284.6689 
272 285.3772I wasn't even with a crew I mean most of my altercations came later on in life.289.7060 
274 290.3888You know dudes getting a little bit too drunk292.6138 
276 293.7556and we got into a little squabble.295.4169 
278 296.4248My cousin got knocked out.297.8494 
280 299.1393I got snuck299.8436 
282 300.4119but I ain't get knocked out.301.4683 
284 302.5008Uh,303.3012 
286 303.4092that was one.304.1936 
288 304.6498Another time, things got squashed real quick.307.1162 
290 307.8405This dude308.5805 
292 308.8010I guess he thought I was by myself, and um,311.5182 
294 312.1918he wanted to313.1522 
296 314.4728I guess uh,315.4613 
298 316.2736make space between him and me even though we're in a club and it's320.0846 
300 320.2287like320.5969 
302 321.3452not really a lot of room whatsoever.323.3862 
304 324.1998And uh, once he seen uh, all the peoples that I with327.4172 
306 327.4973he w-327.8066 
308 328.6110he uh,329.1884 
310 329.5555kind of walked away.330.4115 
312 331.2442You know I wasn't one to start nothing in the clubs and everything I was chill.334.8579 
314 335.7275I was just336.0757 
316 336.1837came to party,337.0001 
318 337.2162get my drink on.338.0286 
320 338.6769Freak a little bit.339.5036 
322 339.9215You know what I'm saying, so I could341.2713 
324 341.4874leave342.0368 
326 342.9881in one piece.343.6708 
328 343.9486<laugh>344.4648 
329DCB_se1_ag3_m_01346.3589How do you um- how would you describe how people talk?348.7536
331 349.2602You know specifically in you know DC and the differences between DC and Maryland.352.9232 
332DCB_se2_ag3_m_03354.4759Um,355.5044
334 356.9130It's just particular words being used.359.0980 
336 359.6275I mean-360.2715 
337DCB_se1_ag3_m_01360.2598Like give me a word that someone in DC would normally use and someone in Maryland doesn't normally use.365.5862
338DCB_se2_ag3_m_03367.8485Tell you the truth,368.8965
340 369.2932it's really no difference because371.3144 
342 371.5074Maryland, outside of Maryland372.9554 
344 373.7965like,374.1246 
346 374.5568I know-375.1129 
348 375.3972You have Baltimore, Maryland376.7979 
350 377.5595but377.9596 
352 378.6159Baltimore is a whole nother380.7792 
354 381.8494place to us you know what I'm saying we don't really affiliate ourself with Baltimore, Maryland it kind of stops at387.5840 
356 388.4537you know uh, what do you say, like Greenbelt or something like that, anything that was past Greenbelt off of BWI to me was395.6151 
358 395.8076considered Baltimore.396.8289 
360 397.3243And I know their words are399.0491 
362 399.1651totally different than ours um,401.2025 
364 401.4714growing up in- in DC and growing up in Maryland404.1767 
366 404.6849everybody in Maryland was affiliated with somebody in DC, mostly your family,408.7840 
368 409.3123was from there410.0766 
370 410.2167you know.410.6849 
372 410.8607I mean, at one point412.2136 
374 412.4417anybody in Maryland413.7676 
376 414.5519was- li- lived in DC.416.6293 
378 417.1091It's like once you got money in DC once your people got money in DC they would move to Maryland and when you got /two/ houses because you know it was lot of-423.7814 
380 424.7671a lot of apartments426.3238 
382 426.5079in DC.427.6292 
384 427.9966And that's who used to live around.429.1393 
386 429.8574And was like430.5898 
388 430.7831particular places in432.1878 
390 432.7440you know433.2402 
392 433.5844uh,434.2247 
394 434.3808what do you call it?435.0808 
396 435.6173This side of Maryland.436.5578 
398 437.0992You know, I mean come on, you go walk down the street and be in DC coming from Maryland on Pennsylvania Avenue once you pass443.5742 
400 444.1837you know, Southern Avenue445.7171 
402 445.8765that's DC.446.7685 
404 447.5093And um,448.3160 
406 449.8316you know, I mean they450.8721 
408 451.1362really didn't get along cause anybody that's from DC that stayed in DC and455.8276 
410 456.5519was in DC their whole life458.4848 
412 459.2772really didn't consider Maryland being461.9953 
414 462.6280an affiliate.463.3373 
416 463.4964<laugh> But464.2070 
418 464.8330you know I mean465.8823 
420 466.8231i- it's- it- it was really no different to me you know what I'm saying growing up from my470.7936 
422 471.2932perspective /in-/ and- and- and my473.4034 
424 474.4519you know uh, things that I went through with it476.7729 
426 477.0731you know what I'm saying like I lived in478.8691 
428 478.9992Suitland479.4845 
430 480.1197and my grandmother lived in Southeast at the time we used to be over that jont every day.484.1130 
432 484.3175You know what I'm saying, sit outside,485.9863 
434 486.3425my uncle486.9628 
436 487.4282sitting there you know what I'm saying watch him drinking beers and just talking490.4376 
438 491.0859you know what I'm saying,491.8632 
440 492.0143and that was back in the day.493.2410 
442 493.4842And they would use words like chump,495.1050 
444 495.6172you know what I'm saying, sucker, jive turkey, and all of that shit, you know.498.4946 
446 498.7987Oh I cursed, I'm sorry.499.9244 
448 500.7288My bad.501.0610 
450 501.1810[<laugh>]502.1255 
451DCB_se1_ag3_m_01501.4852[Oh you're] good, you're good.502.6958
452DCB_se2_ag3_m_03502.8258/?/503.1459
453DCB_se1_ag3_m_01504.3985Oh, okay.505.1959
455 506.2406So um,506.9352 
457 507.7013you're-508.0494 
459 508.1935what508.4295 
461 508.8938part of Maryland- Where do you live at now?510.4885 
462DCB_se2_ag3_m_03511.3149I live in southern Maryland now.513.6803
463DCB_se1_ag3_m_01514.6777In southern Maryland, [okay.]515.8783
464DCB_se2_ag3_m_03515.8062[Yeah.]516.2104
465DCB_se1_ag3_m_01516.0984[So] how long have you lived in Southern Maryland?518.0873
466DCB_se2_ag3_m_03518.2566I been in Southern Maryland519.7725
468 520.9779since like two thousand seven I wanna say.523.8272 
469DCB_se1_ag3_m_01525.2491Two thousand seven?526.3037
470DCB_se2_ag3_m_03526.4576Yeah.526.9523
471DCB_se1_ag3_m_01528.9668Are you married d-530.0165
473 530.3847single, divorced?531.3411 
474DCB_se2_ag3_m_03531.5132Married.532.0372
476 533.1459And that's when I moved to534.5113 
478 535.1308um,535.7095 
480 536.3967southern Maryland.537.0567 
482 538.1975Moved in with my wife.539.1179 
484 540.9708Been /ever there/-541.6203 
486 541.8684been there ever-542.9089 
488 543.0810ever since I married her.544.1303 
490 545.5061Had kids and everything they grew-547.4150 
492 547.5042they growing up in southern Maryland.548.9256 
494 549.7206You know550.1606 
496 550.3496I mean,550.7749 
498 551.2580it's quiet out here.552.1365 
500 553.4842It's real quiet.554.2006 
502 556.0534Ain't too much happening.557.1121 
503DCB_se1_ag3_m_01559.1389What do you know about mumbo sauce?560.6571
504DCB_se2_ag3_m_03561.9974The band? Or563.3700
506 563.5021the food?563.9554 
507DCB_se1_ag3_m_01564.9868Tell me a little bit about both.566.2354
508DCB_se2_ag3_m_03567.4051Uh, I know the band.568.8971
510 569.6061I never seen 'em570.5808 
512 571.4682you know live572.5802 
514 572.6728but573.0315 
516 573.2491they did have a song,574.4296 
518 574.7057I think they575.4781 
520 575.6382have a song called Welcome to DC.577.7311 
522 578.4727/That/ I used to listen to on the radio like they used to play it on ninety-three point nine, ninety-five582.8753 
524 583.8964and um, they were pretty cool, I know one of the dudes actually went to Suitland and /??/589.8524 
526 589.9445the high school that I graduated from.591.6612 
528 592.7177Um,593.4444 
530 594.4906as far as mumbo sauce on the chicken596.6088 
532 597.8333uh,598.5933 
534 598.9939that599.3072 
536 600.1704particularly is a mystery I don't know what (laughing)603.9534 
538 604.1775a [mumbo sauce is] but it's just so good.606.8978 
539DCB_se1_ag3_m_01604.3376[<laugh>]605.4949
540DCB_se2_ag3_m_03607.4030And608.0470
542 608.4327When you get a five wings with fries you get mumbo sauce612.1624 
544 612.6546on the ketch- I mean mumbo sauce on the chicken, mumbo sauce615.8178 
546 616.3576on the fries sometime, salt, pepper, ketchup.618.2468 
548 618.8467You know what I'm saying with a half and half.620.3034 
550 621.1210At any622.0414 
552 622.7618you know623.3671 
554 623.6061carry out.624.2341 
556 624.4585You know what I'm saying it's a difference between a Chinese restaurant and627.5805 
558 628.0294a carry out, carry out got like American food630.9548 
560 631.2389but631.6629 
562 631.7524you know Rucker's Subs633.2324 
564 633.6692you know they sell Chinese stuff but you know what I'm saying you don't really636.9948 
566 638.3566indulge in that too much but640.2255 
568 640.5336you know what I'm saying like when you get that-642.4665 
570 643.7404that five wings with fries, three wings with fries, any number of wings with fries, salt, pepper, ketchup, you know what I'm saying, yeah you doing something.651.0330 
572 651.8533I don't know what it's made of653.4181 
574 653.6942or what654.2184 
576 654.3785but I know655.2913 
578 656.4927all-657.3034 
580 658.5216it's- it's- it's-659.4683 
582 659.6942it's like four or five different661.3990 
584 661.6243kind of mumbo sauces.662.7448 
586 663.3011You know what I'm saying, one of 'em's sweet,664.8698 
588 665.2980and there's like-665.8022 
590 665.8783there's bright red another one that's like a dark red.668.6603 
592 669.0450It's not as sweet.670.1095 
594 670.7457Sometimes they make it into like a- a672.9548 
596 673.1228barbecue-ish674.0725 
598 674.2086type of mumbo sauce so it depends on which jont you go to.678.2064 
600 678.9505You know what I'm saying, who- who- who- who making the- the mumbo sauce but682.4001 
602 683.3805it's like a necessity.684.4703 
604 685.3827<laugh> After you taste it you don't- you don't want just regular fried chicken anymore.689.6487 
605DCB_se1_ag3_m_01690.6063<laugh>691.3837
606DCB_se2_ag3_m_03691.7749But it's bomb though.692.6695
608 692.9994That jont bomb.693.6434 
609DCB_se1_ag3_m_01696.8144Ah, okay.697.7718
611 698.9834Um,699.5941 
613 700.4201I wanna aks you about your neighborhood when you702.4383 
615 702.6263lived in DC?703.5788 
617 703.8869Has it changed?704.8154 
618DCB_se2_ag3_m_03705.3716<ts>705.4997
620 705.6157[Uh-]706.3040 
621DCB_se1_ag3_m_01705.8278[Um can you] describe it at- what- w- how you remember it708.4663
622 708.9305from now- I mean from then til now?710.8385
623DCB_se2_ag3_m_03711.2436[Um-]712.1676
624DCB_se1_ag3_m_01711.8318[To how it] is now?712.6082
625DCB_se2_ag3_m_03713.4378The neighborhoods I stayed in-715.2138
627 716.0630I actually visited my neighborhood that I718.7843 
629 719.4566was- was born in because I didn't know too much about it. We722.7073 
631 723.3436moved away from there before I was725.8328 
633 726.5463able to you know go out,728.5312 
635 728.7393meet friends and-730.1820 
637 730.9163and- and- and- and just do stuff. Like we used to live around Southview.734.3391 
639 734.9994Southview really didn't change too much other than up the street738.9073 
641 739.9790uh, before you hit like Wheeler Road741.8851 
643 742.2680they put some townhouses there which weren't there whatsoever.745.3147 
645 745.7629It used to be746.6149 
647 747.1955wood-747.5837 
649 747.7038wooded area.748.4851 
651 748.7082And my father used to749.9048 
653 750.9385j- uh, go out and hunt752.7633 
655 753.4997squirrels754.4881 
657 755.1537in that jont, you know what I'm saying, come back home and make like squirrel hats.759.0003 
659 759.6357And I used to be pressed for the- for- for him to go like that, you know what I'm saying, you going to get some squirrels today?764.5725 
661 765.1070He like, yeah man so I can make some hats, I need to skin 'em and- and- and make like these769.1750 
663 769.4491Daniel Boone looking hats771.3552 
665 771.9514with the squirrel tail hanging off.773.5981 
667 774.3325Um-774.9528 
669 776.1026uh, Savannah Street was actually the name of the street that I was born on.780.0719 
671 780.9981And uh,781.6608 
673 782.0226they started knocking down the houses and putting in townhouses and everything.785.7483 
675 786.1417It's a lot of stuff that really787.4564 
677 787.7384really changed in DC from what I used to know from when I used to791.2561 
679 791.8616kind of like roll around, like we used to793.8480 
681 794.4868just squad up on-795.8194 
683 795.9474on- on a Thursday and a Friday and just ride around DC all day.799.8625 
685 800.4908We in the car, you know what I'm saying, and we smoking, we drinking or whatever just listening to804.5277 
687 805.0021like805.2102 
689 805.3022old music,806.1866 
691 806.6909rap music,807.5553 
693 808.0275rack of go go, you know what I'm saying, any one of the810.4486 
695 811.0981/unintelligible/812.8589 
697 813.0951um,813.8164 
699 814.6743<ts> Backyard, Junk Yard,816.8313 
701 817.5236uh- uh, Chuck,818.9202 
703 819.8139you know, even older bands, Petworth,822.3911 
705 823.0754um,823.7407 
707 824.1239like,824.5121 
709 825.0895when I was coming up,825.9059 
711 826.2661you know what I'm saying around that time I even had a band myself.828.9954 
713 829.8317Um,830.4304 
715 830.6013it was a rack of bands like,832.4062 
717 832.5742any833.0476 
719 833.9229anywhere you went834.7913 
721 834.9994you know what I'm saying, any neighborhood had least like four or five bands coming from it you know what I'm saying there's a lot of talent in DC, you know what I mean, it- it- it-842.4200 
723 842.7414it doesn't get exposed844.0147 
725 844.4582a lot. But these youngins /out/ this jont man be tight.846.8953 
727 847.2395You know847.6597 
729 847.8437I used to play with a band848.9883 
731 849.0855called uh, Superior Groove.850.6365 
733 851.6267Um,852.2190 
735 852.8673used to stay around Simple City854.7894 
737 855.1216um,855.8789 
739 857.1065<ts>857.1945 
741 857.4827uh, used to play at859.1190 
743 859.3395this859.7477 
745 859.9158club off of Division Avenue, I forgot the name of the jont.863.3536 
747 864.1550But uh,864.7923 
749 865.3675you know,865.8117 
751 866.4693that- that- that- that was my-867.9179 
753 869.0625my scene869.7411 
755 869.8788right there.870.5391 
757 871.7557And actually I felt872.7010 
759 873.0415a lot more comfortable874.4482 
761 874.6743being with a band875.9823 
763 876.9954that was from- actually from DC versus a band that I played in Maryland, you know what I'm saying we played a lot of Maryland spots but883.6557 
765 884.2679you know that DC had just that raw-886.3821 
767 887.1865that raw sound you know what I'm saying, them dudes was just raw you know.890.9425 
769 891.2336They went hard891.8443 
771 892.3581you know what I'm saying it was like,893.5395 
773 893.8908this who I am, I'm down to die for mine896.1214 
775 896.7534and ain't nobody about to change that.898.4942 
777 898.6022You know what I'm saying, I'm from DC ain't nobody gonna /chump/ me.900.8473 
779 901.2875Period.901.5676 
781 902.1759You know902.5452 
783 902.9162that actually was-903.7659 
785 903.9139it was- it was- it was kind of-905.2185 
787 905.4867that was a good feeling right there.906.5632 
789 906.9593You know them kind of dudes got your back.908.5745 
791 909.1696<laugh>909.4389 
792DCB_se1_ag3_m_01913.4596<clears throat>914.1956
794 914.8174Tell me about um-915.7699 
796 915.9459tell me about your parents.916.8739 
797DCB_se2_ag3_m_03917.9109Uh, my father-919.0514
799 921.3777my father922.2861 
801 922.6263um,923.3356 
803 924.8793he grew up in- in DC.926.7778 
805 927.0495He was uh,927.7975 
807 928.5022a DC dude and actually my mom931.1040 
809 931.5836was born and raised in DC also.934.2621 
811 934.4862They met on Savannah Street and they was together-937.1421 
813 937.7437I think Dad met Mom when she was like941.3626 
815 942.5872I wanna say943.6352 
817 943.8157fifteen, sixteen.945.3304 
819 946.1220Dad was like946.8944 
821 946.9984eighteen, nineteen or something like that.949.0554 
823 950.0158And uh, he951.7258 
825 952.1981grew up around953.7468 
827 955.4636um,956.2182 
829 957.3497<ts957.4217 
831 957.6378ah what is the name of that place?959.2866 
833 960.5151Right there off of uh,962.7789 
835 963.9179Suitland it's like the bottom of Suitland966.6472 
837 966.8113Parkway.967.5113 
839 968.2479Right before you hit969.2364 
841 969.9139East Capital970.9024 
843 971.8868Street.972.2588 
845 972.6952Um,973.4035 
847 974.5253<ts>974.5973 
849 974.6974it's a-975.0054 
851 975.1136it's a big name um, everybody b- uh, Barry Farms matter of fact.978.6989 
853 979.2635Dad was a Barry Farms cat.980.5715 
855 981.5458And uh, Barry Farms is one of the hoods you know what I'm saying that's basically known in DC.986.0879 
857 987.0335Southeast side.987.9419 
859 988.3581You know,988.9448 
861 989.0545one of them989.6758 
863 990.6192like, yeah you gotta be hard to live in992.8123 
865 993.1216Barry Farms993.9820 
867 994.6463type of jont.995.3396 
869 995.6988Dad was no nonsense.997.0834 
871 997.9718You know998.4625 
873 999.2376the thorough dude1000.2123 
875 1000.9384you know.1001.3624 
877 1001.6027Kind of like showed me things as I got older1004.1799 
879 1005.2813you know. My mother1006.5062 
881 1007.4346she was smart.1008.2710 
883 1008.6192I mean just real smart, she was a dietician1011.5525 
885 1012.3021and she also was a florist1014.2830 
887 1015.1594um,1015.7994 
889 1016.9095damn near1017.6668 
891 1017.9419you could say she was a scientist also.1019.7526 
893 1020.6632You know she just did a lot of things, she- she- she put a dude on.1024.0323 
895 1024.3338And that was1025.2736 
897 1025.4199where my smart side came from.1027.2346 
899 1028.4182You know what I'm saying, and I remember them just-1030.5780 
901 1030.7679you know I grew up in a two parent house1032.4812 
903 1033.2209and it was real cool, father was never home for real.1035.8480 
905 1036.4927You know he was out doing his thing.1037.9778 
907 1038.2172You know what I'm saying, he couldn't shake- shake the beast1040.2610 
909 1041.0169that every man got basically.1042.5366 
911 1043.2548You know1043.6775 
913 1044.1149kind of got of age and- and1045.9237 
915 1046.0877understood the way that he flowed more.1048.4238 
917 1049.7421You know when I was young I just was pressed to be with him all the time.1052.7552 
919 1053.5517But uh, he used to make me be with my mother.1055.2940 
921 1055.6265You know what I'm saying it was, stay with your mother, stay with your mother.1057.5994 
923 1058.5392But um, he was uh-1060.0859 
925 1061.1075he was a challenging dude.1062.3355 
927 1063.3286A great dude though you know what I'm saying, he showed me by- a lot of things by example how he just1068.4539 
929 1069.2617you know, would fight1070.1395 
931 1070.7868and come out of adversity and everything. He had uh,1073.0508 
933 1073.9624dropped out at um, the seventh grade.1076.0237 
935 1076.5736You know, he didn't know how to read.1077.9575 
937 1078.7681He uh,1079.4021 
939 1080.2768got to a certain age I think in his forties and I guess he just got tired of it you know what I'm saying, and started um,1086.3061 
941 1087.4956taking classes on reading and everything.1089.4995 
943 1090.0625And see he also was a uh, martial artist.1092.9708 
945 1094.0361Um, he love guns.1096.1375 
947 1096.4479<laugh>1096.8159 
949 1097.0641The dude had a rack of pistols.1099.1300 
951 1100.2029Um,1100.8456 
953 1102.3988he w- also was in church, he was a minister.1105.1341 
955 1106.6827Uh,1107.4960 
957 1108.2122but just uh, all around like, lovable person like, everybody loved my father.1113.2706 
959 1114.0744You know.1114.4912 
961 1114.9256And in the house you could see why.1116.4596 
963 1116.8054You know he was a quiet dude but he worked hard.1119.3680 
965 1120.2292You it was one thing he installed in me, that work ethic.1122.6365 
967 1123.8202And um,1124.5176 
969 1125.9660you know1126.3295 
971 1126.4935just1126.9103 
973 1127.6874was one of them dudes man, you know what I'm saying, that you just love to be around. I miss that cat.1131.9213 
975 1132.9955He got killed in uh, two thousand six I wanna say.1137.3421 
977 1139.0658Yeah, two thousand six he actually uh,1141.5443 
979 1142.4265got killed in a car accident.1143.8585 
981 1146.7149Lived three days after it,1148.0050 
983 1148.3508and uh, perished after that.1149.8094 
985 1150.9532My mom1151.6581 
987 1152.7132like I said just smart.1153.9958 
989 1154.6120Lovable.1155.1014 
991 1156.6292Crazy as hell.1157.6559 
993 1159.1385Uh,1159.7491 
995 1160.3147raised two boys, two girls.1161.9284 
997 1163.5199My siblings.1164.2115 
999 1164.4598I'm the youngest.1165.1292 
1001 1166.5138And um, she just1167.8216 
1003 1167.9546put a lot of- lot in us.1169.4037 
1005 1169.5285You know,1169.9498 
1007 1170.0871how to1170.4462 
1009 1171.1156stand tall for yourself, make a name for yourself.1173.4267 
1011 1174.4996You know,1174.8689 
1013 1175.3596wake up with a purpose.1176.3660 
1015 1177.5408It's like, there's no purpose for you to be here if you don't have a purpose to wake up.1180.3250 
1017 1180.6101<laugh>1181.0487 
1019 1181.5987Basically.1182.1480 
1021 1182.4011Have something on your agenda.1183.8518 
1023 1184.6355Or something on your plate1185.5710 
1025 1185.8636you know what I'm saying, every single day.1187.5629 
1027 1188.2057You don't just get up1189.0613 
1029 1189.3052and just lounge, and you know, there's no space for you in- in the world1193.8892 
1031 1194.0812for real, you need to1195.0920 
1033 1195.8679not be here1196.6665 
1035 1197.5658if you don't have1198.6520 
1037 1198.7805some type of purpose or some type of meaning1201.2095 
1039 1202.0714or- or want.1202.8207 
1041 1204.2305Every day.1204.7291 
1043 1207.8095Yeah that's my lady.1208.6474 
1045 1208.7893She's still living.1209.4680 
1046DCB_se1_ag3_m_011211.9591Mm okay.1213.0896
1048 1214.0663Sorry to hear about your1215.1623 
1050 1215.4273father.1215.9340 
1051DCB_se2_ag3_m_031216.3140Yeah.1216.8633
1052DCB_se1_ag3_m_011218.4198What um-1219.1292
1054 1219.6935Did your sisters grow up in DC?1221.0723 
1055DCB_se2_ag3_m_031221.7373Uh yeah, my sisters-1223.5550
1057 1223.6614my two sisters and my brother grew up in1226.2947 
1059 1226.9478in DC. My brother graduated from1229.2549 
1061 1229.8694I wanna say /RD-SCHOOL-2/.1231.2214 
1063 1231.7846My two sisters I think they graduated either from /RD-SCHOOL-2/ or /RD-SCHOOL-2/.1235.5281 
1065 1236.4409Not really sure if they even graduated or not.1238.6532 
1067 1239.1009You know times was wild back then.1240.7914 
1069 1241.8510<ts> Um,1242.5936 
1071 1243.5844they could probably tell you a lot more1245.4647 
1073 1245.7315than I could.1246.4984 
1075 1246.6625Especially in that era1248.0235 
1077 1248.6752when uh, DC was the best, it was the best back in the day.1252.6053 
1079 1253.6508Nowadays it's uh, it's a little1255.4152 
1081 1255.6546crazy out there.1256.5666 
1083 1257.8358Um,1258.4958 
1085 1258.6604my brother taught me a lot of stuff.1260.2963 
1087 1260.7499You know, he was a DJ,1262.1472 
1089 1263.2281he was a young entrepreneur.1265.1344 
1091 1265.5157You know he was a1266.6741 
1093 1267.5209worked for um,1268.5689 
1095 1268.8553a car1269.6090 
1097 1270.2208dealership back when he was in his twenties as a manager so he just had money.1274.5375 
1099 1275.3028And when we lived in Maryland he used to just come home with1278.0514 
1101 1278.9824all types of females and1281.5517 
1103 1282.2822all kinds of1283.5146 
1105 1283.8560vicious gear and gold chains and all of that stuff you know, he kind of like inspired me, I just wanted to be with that dude all the time.1291.5048 
1107 1292.2200My sister, one of my sisters you know, she was- she was wild you know. She had1296.7021 
1109 1297.4424four boys.1298.3198 
1111 1298.9320She moved back to DC, she used to live off of B Street.1302.0012 
1113 1302.2096And that was kind of wild1303.4110 
1115 1304.1913cause um,1304.9193 
1117 1305.4947dude she was married to was a crack head.1307.9227 
1119 1308.7900And um,1309.6820 
1121 1310.3683he was uh,1311.1087 
1123 1311.5077a abuser.1312.2569 
1125 1313.3976I used to go over there and stay from time to time, I never wanted1317.0997 
1127 1317.3344to stay but they used to make me kind of like stay, and I never spent the night.1320.6806 
1129 1321.3657But they would take me over there just to be with my sister to kind of like you know what I'm saying I guess break the monotony up from her1327.1303 
1131 1328.3588husband doing1329.3692 
1133 1329.7903crazy stuff.1330.6415 
1135 1331.7366And he just1332.4991 
1137 1332.6897recently1333.2262 
1139 1333.9324passed also, that was1335.3200 
1141 1336.0560wild.1336.5215 
1143 1337.7273Yeah, I never got to1338.7825 
1145 1339.0188really tell him how I felt about him.1340.8428 
1147 1341.7010<laugh> He sent me a request on Facebook, I ain't even accept that jont.1345.0969 
1149 1346.2287Then I heard he was- he was1348.0375 
1151 1348.2149dying.1348.8509 
1153 1349.5981I was like, Eh, I should go on1350.9990 
1155 1351.2251Facebook and re-1352.1489 
1157 1353.3323get his uh,1354.1126 
1159 1354.3786accept his friend request.1355.6376 
1161 1356.1741And just holler at the dude just ask him, you know what I'm saying like,1358.7498 
1163 1359.7265you know just,1360.5692 
1165 1360.6708what he was thinking back then, you know.1362.3377 
1167 1362.7766But1363.1402 
1169 1363.5480you know, when you on crack1364.5987 
1171 1364.8692I guess1365.5696 
1173 1366.7458you ain't really thinking about too much.1368.3898 
1175 1369.4856You know.1369.9336 
1177 1370.4964I guess he was a recovering crack addict but it- at the end it-1373.4105 
1179 1374.0666it caught up to him1374.9267 
1181 1375.8665and shut his body down.1377.0279 
1183 1378.0300Kind of wild.1378.6019 
1185 1381.5337/Yeah/.1382.0604 
1186DCB_se1_ag3_m_011384.6193What um,1385.2139
1188 1385.5915what kinds of traditions can you remember growing up1387.9235 
1190 1388.7835with your family?1389.5727 
1191DCB_se2_ag3_m_031391.1509Um, one of the biggest traditions that we had1394.1720
1193 1395.1024was our family1397.3501 
1195 1397.8643cookouts.1398.5737 
1197 1399.2622And our family reunions.1400.7385 
1199 1401.3281We was sitting on- When my father bought the house in Maryland,1404.1433 
1201 1405.0034you know1405.5885 
1203 1405.9343like-1406.3077 
1205 1407.0884me I really couldn't1408.6134 
1207 1408.6977tell cause it was just a house but seriously you know people looked at us like we jai made it.1414.1033 
1209 1414.8863You know what I'm saying, four bedroom house1417.1958 
1211 1417.7202uh, had a pool in the backyard.1419.5556 
1213 1420.0951And we was sitting on like a acre and a half.1422.4292 
1215 1423.1036So,1423.7023 
1217 1424.0573you know we would take up the whole block1426.2913 
1219 1426.6815with nothing but cars, cars in the front yard, cars parked in the backyard and everything.1431.7310 
1221 1432.3482And like1432.8796 
1223 1433.8933at least1434.5841 
1225 1434.7558I wanna say about a hundred people used to show up.1436.9807 
1227 1437.1442You know, all family members.1438.5463 
1229 1439.1226And we used to do that1440.2293 
1231 1440.4143every1441.1133 
1233 1441.2972single1442.0902 
1235 1442.3000summer1442.8001 
1237 1442.9172at least two to three times.1444.7076 
1239 1445.3207You know for a big1446.6287 
1241 1446.9108um, family reunion.1448.5335 
1243 1449.0948As far as our cookouts we would always have cookouts cause dad had paper, you know what I'm saying.1453.4400 
1245 1454.0449He had a good job he used to work for Blue Plains1456.5028 
1247 1456.7195in DC.1457.3701 
1249 1458.2360<ts> Which was a sanitation plant.1459.8015 
1251 1460.4446And um, at that-1461.2702 
1253 1461.7403at-1461.9692 
1255 1462.0959at-1462.3126 
1257 1463.1792those points in um,1464.4559 
1259 1465.1617in time and everything you know what I'm saying he used to bring home a-1467.6482 
1261 1468.0978a pretty good dollar1469.0298 
1263 1469.2342until he hurt hisself, he hurt his back in a accident.1471.8012 
1265 1472.3870And then he um, couldn't1473.7483 
1267 1474.3817work it anymore.1475.3587 
1269 1475.8614But uh,1476.6401 
1271 1477.6968those1478.5401 
1273 1478.6954times um, we used to have1480.8794 
1275 1481.3278little get togethers at our house1483.0651 
1277 1483.7354after church.1484.6661 
1279 1485.2123You know um,1486.3855 
1281 1487.0150I had a church over in Landover1489.0136 
1283 1489.4880called Wayside Holiness.1490.9391 
1285 1491.5167And uh, at-1492.5427 
1287 1492.7389at1493.0087 
1289 1493.1640any point1493.7526 
1291 1493.8671I don't know whenever Dad felt like it he would go get some crabs,1496.8224 
1293 1497.5512go get some chicken, you know what I'm saying, put some stuff on the grill and everything.1500.9113 
1295 1501.7492And uh, people would just show up from the church and just you know,1504.6036 
1297 1505.0001congregate,1505.5408 
1299 1505.6501have a good time.1506.4880 
1301 1507.1788You know,1507.5882 
1303 1507.7674everybody's sitting around talking about1509.6927 
1305 1510.2335good old times and1511.7895 
1307 1512.2978you know, he was a musician, they used to talk about music,1514.9671 
1309 1515.2462you know, new material that they wanted to do.1517.7682 
1311 1518.8474All kinds of stuff so those were s-1520.9280 
1313 1521.0874the traditions that we had. Um-1523.3207 
1315 1524.3097<ts>1524.4037 
1317 1524.6817Uh,1525.3763 
1319 1525.7076he would always decorate the house and everything for Christmas, you know regular stuff, Christmas, Thanksgiving was always good.1532.1305 
1321 1532.8745Uh, my birthday-1534.2234 
1323 1535.0830my birthdays were events1537.3110 
1325 1537.5193at the time, before1539.0848 
1327 1539.8014uh, him and my mom actually split.1541.8686 
1329 1542.6382You know I remember one time uh, my fifth1545.1235 
1331 1545.5731birthday1546.3425 
1333 1546.8007when uh, we first kind of like /walked and/ g- got to the house1549.9522 
1335 1550.7125you know Dad had1551.7875 
1337 1552.1689all the bells and whistles1553.6009 
1339 1553.8244going, you know what I'm saying, I had1555.2142 
1341 1556.3015uh,1556.8166 
1343 1556.9106like four or five eight foot tables1559.8631 
1345 1560.2882in the backyard all in a row I mean filled to the top1563.1250 
1347 1563.4397you know what I'm saying with nothing but gifts. I got at least1566.1552 
1349 1566.6007like a hundred, two hundred gifts that year.1568.8487 
1351 1569.4375Uh, we had ponies. <laugh> Dad got the ponies out.1573.5877 
1353 1574.2949Uh,1574.9611 
1355 1575.4394it was1575.9749 
1357 1576.1425one of my m-1576.6739 
1359 1576.8999most memorable uh, moments.1579.7613 
1361 1580.0719One of my most memorable birthdays actually cause uh,1583.1532 
1363 1584.6636we had a dog1585.4409 
1365 1586.1269named Duke1586.7496 
1367 1587.1570that got out and chased1588.4063 
1369 1588.6993the freaking ponies around the house and we had to call the-1591.5353 
1371 1592.1819he called the pound on him and got rid of him on my birthday.1595.6632 
1373 1596.0746Which was sad,1596.8386 
1375 1597.6074but1598.0857 
1377 1598.3350you know we had ponies and1599.7412 
1379 1600.5710I had to open at least about1601.8550 
1381 1602.1459a hundred fifty to two hundred1603.4131 
1383 1603.7565<laugh> presents so it kind of1605.7880 
1385 1606.3276buffered my um-1607.6036 
1387 1608.9285my pain.1609.5779 
1389 1610.1957I [would say.]1610.7763 
1390DCB_se1_ag3_m_011610.4328[<laugh>]1610.8170
1391DCB_se2_ag3_m_031611.2421<laugh>1611.3821
1393 1611.9616That was- that was some good times.1613.3473 
1395 1614.3091That was some good times, man.1615.6703 
1397 1617.6201And uh,1618.2659 
1399 1619.4145I don't know man it was just-1620.7851 
1401 1621.7498he used to hunt a lot.1622.7758 
1403 1623.2173That was- that was something else.1624.8506 
1405 1625.3809You know he never t- I never was able able to go with him hunting.1628.2299 
1407 1628.7409Cause I guess he just didn't think that I was mature enough for it but1631.6594 
1409 1632.3351you know, that was one of the things that uh, he1634.5016 
1411 1634.7918used to do all the time.1636.1611 
1413 1636.5740And just to get with his g- hi- his mom1638.9829 
1415 1639.1627and his brothers1640.3440 
1417 1640.8509and bring everybody to the house like, Dad kept the family tight.1644.0070 
1419 1645.0542And um,1645.8289 
1421 1646.3336when we moved away from the house,1648.0668 
1423 1648.6636that's when it all kind of stopped.1650.1351 
1425 1650.4756I mean he still kept his brothers tight and his mom and everything but1653.8970 
1427 1654.5714just as far as everybody from the family I'm talking about people from South Carolina, North Carolina,1659.3842 
1429 1660.0133Tappahannock, Virginia1661.7587 
1431 1662.1156from everywhere used to come.1663.3622 
1433 1663.9182And those was just some good times, man.1665.7454 
1435 1666.8736Very good times.1667.9176 
1436DCB_se1_ag3_m_011669.5849Do you keep the- um, any of them traditions live- alive1672.8795
1438 1673.9832with your own family?1674.8458 
1439DCB_se2_ag3_m_031675.5622Um,1676.3471
1441 1678.2274my cookouts1679.1007 
1443 1679.3719that I have,1680.1119 
1445 1680.7425when I have money to.1682.0546 
1447 1682.2140I don't have money like my father do but1683.9635 
1449 1684.4663you know I would throw something at the house and have all my cousins1687.4707 
1451 1688.0442you know that I grew up with1689.2623 
1453 1689.6997the ones that can-1690.7584 
1455 1691.1549can come,1691.8589 
1457 1692.5746I would do that.1693.3471 
1459 1694.0461Um,1694.7614 
1461 1695.2356I really-1695.9060 
1463 1696.0490stopped really doing Christmas1698.0315 
1465 1698.6038all like that so I didn't carry that on but I- I- I try to do it at least with the kids.1703.1319 
1467 1703.8862And um-1704.6384 
1469 1705.9681um, my mom1707.0174 
1471 1707.8607actually has a cabin1710.1326 
1473 1710.8650in Virginia1711.6621 
1475 1712.1539from a time share that we all go to, all my brothers and all my sisters and everything.1716.2170 
1477 1716.9814you know and I- I keep that part tight still visiting my grandmother, still keeping my brother-1721.4667 
1479 1722.6358me and my brothers tight, and my sisters1724.7054 
1481 1724.9220and everything, make sure that I checked up on them.1727.0680 
1483 1727.4482That's like one of the things I know my father like-1729.3326 
1485 1729.4810every single day we used to go over my grandmama house and see her.1732.5344 
1487 1733.2170You know.1733.6064 
1489 1734.4556And um,1735.2822 
1491 1736.0919you just sit down and talk with just brothers and everything I- I keep that up1739.6358 
1493 1739.8934as much as possible.1741.0052 
1495 1741.8432You know.1742.2898 
1497 1742.8500I st- I still don't hunt.1744.2939 
1499 1744.9673Um,1745.6113 
1501 1746.1732I haven't /tooken/ my sons- taken my sons1748.3805 
1503 1748.5698hunting or anything like that.1750.0045 
1505 1750.4460That's one thing I would like to do.1751.9100 
1507 1752.9394Kind of crazy that my daughter1754.3538 
1509 1754.6330is the one that wants to go shoot guns and shoot at stuff.1757.7783 
1511 1758.5530<laugh>1759.9673 
1513 1760.7288But um,1761.5729 
1515 1762.3353you know,1762.8217 
1517 1763.0384I keep those that- that type of stuff going1765.2304 
1519 1765.8997from what I remember.1766.8752 
1521 1767.6750And uh, just the1768.7670 
1523 1768.9953fun times,1769.8218 
1525 1770.4218you know.1770.8965 
1527 1771.2721Always smiling.1772.2227 
1529 1772.6835That was- that was- that- that was Dad.1774.3145 
1531 1775.2751Always you know1776.5177 
1533 1777.0409talking, joking and everything.1778.5587 
1535 1779.3190I'm a lot like him.1780.1056 
1537 1781.5345Yeah, I miss that dude.1782.7465 
1539 1783.2267A lot.1783.5854 
1541 1784.5879I miss him a lot.1785.2959 
1542DCB_se1_ag3_m_011787.4423What part of DC was your dad from?1788.9717
1543DCB_se2_ag3_m_031790.1851Southeast.1790.8064
1544DCB_se1_ag3_m_011791.3064Southeast?1792.0424
1545DCB_se2_ag3_m_031792.0299Yeah.1792.6099
1546DCB_se1_ag3_m_011793.4483And your mom?1794.0451
1547DCB_se2_ag3_m_031794.2535Mom was from Southeast also.1795.8600
1548DCB_se1_ag3_m_011796.1011Southeast?1796.6625
1550 1798.0849Okay.1798.8595 
1551DCB_se2_ag3_m_031799.1926And my grandmothers used to beef.1800.6420
1553 1800.7786<laugh>1802.9246 
1555 1804.0076That was funny.1804.6657 
1557 1805.1971And they were old.1805.9983 
1559 1809.2083<laugh>1809.8750 
1561 1810.4877Even in church. It just- it was just funny.1812.9611 
1562DCB_se1_ag3_m_011813.5330<laugh>1813.8210
1564 1815.0181Where does the rest of your family live at?1816.5100 
1565DCB_se2_ag3_m_031817.3398Um, we're all spreaded out now.1819.3428
1567 1819.6493My sisters1820.5282 
1569 1821.2488live in uh,1822.1942 
1571 1822.8594Landover.1823.5887 
1573 1824.4658I got a sister in Virginia.1826.1191 
1575 1826.9850My brother actually live in Landover.1829.2536 
1577 1829.9363I got another sister lives in um,1832.3561 
1579 1833.8902<ts>1833.9802 
1581 1834.1191uh-1834.7527 
1583 1834.9816uh, where's that?1835.8932 
1585 1836.3878Like1836.7025 
1587 1836.9723Clinton area.1837.9523 
1589 1839.6223Another sister she just moved back to Southeast.1842.6343 
1591 1843.9920Um,1844.6174 
1593 1845.3503I had found out I had two more sisters from my father1847.7579 
1595 1848.2076when I got uh- when I turned eight years old. /And/ kind of showed up to the house on the front door.1852.2109 
1597 1852.8283Like, hey open the door, w-1854.0383 
1599 1854.4552we your sisters, and I'm like, nah, I only got two sisters.1857.4241 
1601 1857.9350They're like, yes it is,1858.9446 
1603 1859.0754so it was kind of like a shock.1860.4244 
1605 1861.1479But um, they1862.1399 
1607 1862.3958grew up in DC also.1864.3092 
1609 1865.4207Yeah.1865.8621 
1611 1866.2423And now we're just-1867.3746 
1613 1867.9072we're just scattered.1868.5499 
1615 1868.9986You know, I mean we're not that far from each other.1871.4961 
1617 1872.2850Southern Maryland,1873.2930 
1619 1873.6965uh, Clinton,1874.8405 
1621 1875.0495Landover,1875.9120 
1623 1876.0387it's only twenty, thirty minutes, you know1878.2574 
1625 1879.1535from each other1880.0037 
1627 1880.4996driving, so.1881.3795 
1629 1882.1959I start- stay-1883.1732 
1631 1883.5898I stop past my sister house on- on my um,1886.0873 
1633 1886.7058ways home1887.3351 
1635 1888.3654from work.1888.8027 
1637 1889.3300You know I pass it every day- every day.1891.0346 
1639 1892.0986You know my brother1892.9399 
1641 1893.7991he comes over1894.7764 
1643 1895.7979and um,1896.6113 
1645 1896.8484I stop past his house also1898.3527 
1647 1899.1224a lot. My other two sisters I don't see that often but we- we1902.2167 
1649 1902.4170make sure we communicate.1903.6277 
1651 1904.2810Make sure everybody good.1905.3560 
1653 1905.9540And my sister in VA, I don't really get to see her whatsoever.1909.8046 
1655 1910.4014It's actually uh, a surprise.1912.5772 
1657 1913.1740You know it's a blessing when I get to see her.1915.0134 
1659 1915.4753Any chance that we get.1916.7016 
1661 1917.8351You know.1918.2112 
1663 1918.7712Make sure that- that actually happens. /Well/ she's a1921.5753 
1665 1922.8629she- she- she stay rolling.1924.2213 
1667 1925.5375She don't touch down too much.1926.8655 
1669 1927.3973She'll come up here for a hot1929.0896 
1671 1929.3062minute.1929.6169 
1673 1930.5910You know what I'm saying like,1931.6579 
1675 1932.8555sh-1933.7209 
1677 1934.7481sh- just out of the blue.1936.2548 
1679 1936.9035Like, yeah I'm in town,1937.9990 
1681 1938.2565yeah I'm leaving town.1939.1859 
1683 1939.4174Like, damn yo. You ain't even1940.9707 
1685 1941.8128call nobody <laugh> /Let me know/.1943.4207 
1687 1943.7802I just came through to see such and such, and now I'm gone.1946.4601 
1689 1948.2982I'm like, aight.1949.1216 
1691 1949.3733<laugh>1950.0395 
1693 1951.4416Yeah we- we stay close though.1952.7701 
1695 1953.5140You know.1953.8942 
1697 1954.8683We keep in touch.1955.6616 
1698DCB_se1_ag3_m_011956.8262Are you the oldest, middle?1958.2732
1699DCB_se2_ag3_m_031958.4408No I'm actually the baby of the bunch.1960.4235
1700DCB_se1_ag3_m_011961.1440You're the baby?1961.8634
1701DCB_se2_ag3_m_031961.8716Yeah [yeah.]1962.7136
1702DCB_se1_ag3_m_011962.3253[How were you] treated differently?1963.5925
1703DCB_se2_ag3_m_031964.1729Uh,1965.5995
1705 1966.8025I got a lot of everything1969.7854 
1707 1969.9254that I wanted.1970.7266 
1709 1971.1599I wasn't a brat1972.1900 
1711 1972.4610cause I didn't want for much.1973.9037 
1713 1974.6479Um, I had two nieces1976.4219 
1715 1976.5568that I- I grew up with.1977.9248 
1717 1978.8471You know and we was inseparable.1980.7683 
1719 1981.6390It was just1982.5470 
1721 1982.8121us.1983.4089 
1723 1983.7523Um,1984.4083 
1725 1985.2005I used to get beatings every day.1986.3001 
1727 1986.7252<laugh> Cause I was just1988.4216 
1729 1988.5524a hyper1989.2268 
1731 1989.5865kid1989.9422 
1733 1990.9204you know. But1991.9657 
1735 1993.3443I guess you know1994.6564 
1737 1994.8363just to have my older siblings1996.9173 
1739 1997.2574always watching out for me.1998.6635 
1741 1999.3625Like my sister made sure that I went to school.2001.4372 
1743 2002.1707My brother made sure I ain't get picked on or nothing like that.2005.1641 
1745 2005.6996My other sisters made sure you know what I'm saying I was- I had a little bit of gear.2009.4839 
1747 2010.1236You know, I wasn't soft.2011.5052 
1749 2011.9753It was-2012.2165 
1751 2012.5271it was making sure I was- I was- I was good.2014.5085 
1753 2015.2262So I had2015.8622 
1755 2016.3708these2016.9062 
1757 2017.1392people in front of me you know what I'm saying that were older2019.8084 
1759 2020.7785that I- I used to2021.8425 
1761 2022.2663be with all the time you know what I'm saying, hang around and- and learn things from.2025.7245 
1763 2026.4807I guess that's where I get my little-2027.9808 
1765 2028.6157you know what I'm saying the way that I move and2030.1650 
1767 2030.7494move about2031.3789 
1769 2031.6895you know, chill, laid back.2033.1243 
1771 2033.3136They wasn't rowdy or nothing like that.2034.9568 
1773 2035.8111They was just real cool and knew a lot of people.2037.8958 
1775 2038.7011You know.2039.1139 
1777 2039.4749Respect,2039.9829 
1779 2040.3578you know what I'm saying, my brother taught me how to respect my- my peoples a hundred.2044.1266 
1781 2044.2737You know what I'm saying, especially my father, my father really wanted a dude to play with anyway but2048.4104 
1783 2049.0616you know.2049.4496 
1785 2050.2429Just in case I2051.1682 
1787 2051.9405got slick2052.5414 
1789 2052.6640one day or something like that you know what I'm saying, my brother would jump on me before my parents did.2056.8783 
1791 2057.8389So.2058.2523 
1793 2058.6168You know I learned a lot from-2060.0720 
1795 2060.5298from just being with them.2061.7479 
1797 2062.5818You know what I'm saying, how to handle myself,2064.2258 
1799 2064.6432how to be on the streets of- of- of DC.2066.9445 
1801 2067.7580You know cause it's-2068.9148 
1803 2069.2214it's always a certain code anywhere that you go.2071.3861 
1805 2072.7379And a certain amount of respect that you have to show people2075.1987 
1807 2075.7955in order to2076.6988 
1809 2077.5871receive respect.2078.4907 
1811 2079.3325You know that's one of them things he uh- he put in me.2081.6712 
1813 2082.5671You know what I'm saying,2083.2538 
1815 2083.8301so.2084.2661 
1817 2085.3875That's- that's the difference that I see.2086.8509 
1819 2087.0226And my mother just2088.0426 
1821 2088.2133had a lot of time,2089.2573 
1823 2089.9506you know cause she didn't have to worry about my older siblings, they were all grown.2092.9972 
1825 2093.7193You know,2094.0780 
1827 2094.2507moving out the house, uh, had they own stuff going on in school,2098.2251 
1829 2098.6012had jobs, whatever so me and my mom just had a lot of one on one time so2102.6912 
1831 2103.1520she could focus on-2104.1746 
1833 2104.8197on me a lot.2105.7677 
1835 2106.2095You know that's why I was2107.3984 
1837 2107.9153so damn smart when I was younger.2109.4313 
1839 2110.2125Like I was-2111.1159 
1841 2111.2835I was very intelligent.2112.5874 
1843 2113.2918It kind of like went south when she l-2114.9350 
1845 2115.1825uh, left and2116.1104 
1847 2116.6254um,2117.1214 
1849 2117.7413you know, Dad2118.6227 
1851 2118.8994was going through his things2120.2565 
1853 2121.1517but he let me uh-2122.2909 
1855 2123.9026he let me out.2124.5199 
1857 2124.7365He let me out the door.2125.6902 
1859 2126.9778I guess you could say I was a little sheltered.2128.7518 
1861 2129.2914You know.2129.6838 
1863 2130.6362<laugh> My mother was kind of overprotective of me.2133.5149 
1865 2134.5697But um, like I said when she um- when she rolled out2137.5549 
1867 2139.0224it was like no holds barred, it was just me and pops up in the house.2142.2877 
1869 2142.8116Dad had his females, I had my females,2145.2943 
1871 2145.9399and uh, he ain't really trip off of me being in the house as long as I checked in with him and let him know that I was still alive.2152.3034 
1873 2153.0454You know, I was out there just doing me.2154.9829 
1875 2155.9775Me and my squad.2156.9335 
1876DCB_se1_ag3_m_012160.5515Let me aks you this, um,2162.2156
1878 2163.2424<ts>2163.2996 
1880 2164.0763What about your aunts and uncles?2165.4211 
1881DCB_se2_ag3_m_032166.7741Um,2167.4981
1883 2168.2551my aunts and uncles.2169.5484 
1885 2170.2825Most of my aunts2171.3519 
1887 2172.3141that I remember, I had two,2173.9098 
1889 2175.7408they were um-2177.2573 
1891 2178.7533<ts>2178.8923 
1893 2179.1049they were2179.6730 
1895 2180.1349in2180.5003 
1897 2180.7452church2181.2725 
1899 2181.7876all the time.2182.4996 
1900DCB_se1_ag3_m_012182.8912Are they from DC? [Or-]2184.5672
1901DCB_se2_ag3_m_032184.1012[They are] from DC.2185.9665
1902 2186.6408They're from DC All of the- all my- my- my immediate family and2191.0148
1904 2191.6359most of my extended family2193.5706 
1906 2193.7668grew up in DC, I mean the ones that2195.8310 
1908 2196.4074you know are from like2197.4416 
1910 2197.5969Tappahannock and2198.9462 
1912 2200.0957West Virginia and all that other stuff you know what I'm saying, they didn't2202.8058 
1914 2203.1532they only came through at uh-2204.9861 
1916 2205.8891at uh, events that we had2207.8920 
1918 2208.0269like at the house and everything but the ones that I saw all the time like,2211.3656 
1920 2211.8296all of my family went to the same church.2213.5791 
1922 2214.6215You know what I'm saying, we was in that church from the start.2216.6326 
1924 2217.4023You know, established like nineteen sixty-something, most of the people in the church2221.7188 
1926 2221.8864seen me grow up.2222.9410 
1928 2223.9274Uh,2224.4588 
1930 2224.9329I used to see2225.7014 
1932 2225.8608both of my aunts every Wednesday, every Tuesday,2229.1718 
1934 2229.3243Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,2230.5179 
1936 2231.1760Friday, Saturday, twice on Saturday, and Sundays,2234.2499 
1938 2234.4910revival times,2235.6409 
1940 2236.1314all of that.2236.6710 
1942 2237.1697Most of my uncles2238.3183 
1944 2238.7597were street dudes, one of my uncles you know what I'm saying, he was locked up2242.0585 
1946 2242.8691and got out, he was straight hood.2245.0375 
1948 2245.3175<laugh> Straight hood.2246.6991 
1950 2246.8095Straight /chill/.2247.7108 
1952 2248.4254You know, um,2249.7854 
1954 2249.9378my other two uncles2251.1927 
1956 2251.8467one of 'em just drunk a lot,2253.5104 
1958 2253.9204and the other one he was like uh, a playboy.2256.5015 
1960 2257.1905You know.2257.6769 
1962 2258.0203And uh,2258.6629 
1964 2259.1975they used to2259.8078 
1966 2259.8977get along.2260.5476 
1968 2260.8747Him and my fathers they always used to squad up.2263.2209 
1970 2263.3518My last2264.1407 
1972 2264.8069uncle that I used to see all the time that stayed with my grandmother that got out of jail,2268.7282 
1974 2269.3904he didn't look like the rest of 'em.2270.9851 
1976 2271.7666Uh,2272.5473 
1978 2272.6740I guess he was from2273.9739 
1980 2274.2028some2274.8200 
1982 2275.0244a- a- uh, another2276.4224 
1984 2276.6840person, not my grandfather that I2278.4813 
1986 2279.1582never met.2279.6855 
1988 2280.1065You know what I'm saying, not my father's father.2281.5944 
1990 2282.3139But uh, they never ousted him whatsoever everybody was tight.2285.1725 
1992 2285.9858You know.2286.3251 
1994 2286.5376And like I said we used to go over in Southeast all the time,2289.1043 
1996 2289.8159You know, and see my uncle2291.0013 
1998 2291.4031there with my grandmother.2292.4046 
2000 2293.2834And how they used to converse with each other it was so2297.0661 
2002 2297.1884funny.2297.8301 
2004 2298.0713Like,2298.5373 
2006 2298.8397you2299.3589 
2008 2299.5960wouldn't even think that they was like2301.3933 
2010 2301.9995<laugh> mother and-2304.0105 
2012 2304.4983and son.2305.1278 
2014 2305.7736It- <laugh> it was just funny.2307.6216 
2016 2308.3978It- it was real funny but they were really protective of they- uh, grandma- [uh],2312.2828 
2017DCB_se1_ag3_m_012312.1847[Give] me [an example.]2312.9660
2018DCB_se2_ag3_m_032312.4177[of grandma.]2312.9690
2019 2314.8797Uh, can I be explicit?2316.1223
2020DCB_se1_ag3_m_012316.6333Yeah.2317.0298
2021DCB_se2_ag3_m_032318.2356Like,2318.6650
2023 2318.8856you know what I'm saying, we sitting in the-2320.5533 
2025 2321.2045in the living room2322.0325 
2027 2323.2524and uh, my uncle, we sitting there2325.3534 
2029 2325.8398and my grandmother and him be watching TV.2327.8199 
2031 2328.1669And grandma'd turn,2329.2416 
2033 2330.2067and2330.8729 
2035 2330.9629the word nigga used to be2332.3159 
2037 2332.5379used a lot.2333.5107 
2039 2334.0339And grandma'd be like,2335.0395 
2041 2336.1063I /don't need to be/ watching this nigga.2337.3531 
2043 2337.6208<laugh>2338.0214 
2045 2338.3831And <laugh> my uncle would be like,2339.8898 
2047 2340.3914my nigga turn on which ever you wanna see.2342.2221 
2049 2343.0244I'm about to go out smoke a cigarette.2344.3282 
2051 2345.0254Ah that nigga always going outside,2346.9199 
2053 2347.4042smoking cigarettes and everything, I'm like,2349.2042 
2055 2349.9869Grandma,2350.6628 
2057 2350.9076like, Grandma.2351.8921 
2059 2352.1582Even though she went to church she- she- she was- she was jacked up.2355.9527 
2061 2356.1459<laugh>2357.5402 
2063 2358.8121It used to just make me laugh all the time how they used to just sit there and talk to each other.2363.8465 
2065 2364.3059And like yeah, I would never talk to my mom like that but I mean they were so close,2368.4356 
2067 2368.9837they just had that type of relationship.2370.7681 
2069 2371.7154There was a lot of niggas thrown out there.2373.3874 
2071 2374.3763All the time.2375.0576 
2073 2375.8505<laugh>2377.0425 
2074DCB_se1_ag3_m_012379.8381Tell me [about your cousins.]2381.0235
2075DCB_se2_ag3_m_032380.2053[Yeah.]2380.6417
2076 2381.9988Uh, my cousins2383.6805
2078 2385.4436it was2386.0450 
2080 2386.3962one particular cousin that I grew up with,2388.5782 
2082 2389.7543that was my homie.2390.7783 
2084 2391.0528That w- that was my dude.2392.3407 
2086 2392.5376He was like my brother.2393.5056 
2088 2394.1517We was around the same age he had me by a year.2396.5824 
2090 2397.3821Uh, he grew up in DC but then they moved away cause his father was in the Air Force.2403.1670 
2092 2403.6900So they moved to Virginia.2404.8608 
2094 2406.0582And um,2406.8009 
2096 2406.9842he used to-2407.6974 
2098 2408.2721we used to spend the night over each other house every weekend.2410.6579 
2100 2410.8229You know he'd come over my house,2412.4189 
2102 2412.9569we sitting there, we playing Nintendo or whatever have you, you know what I'm saying just out,2417.0024 
2104 2417.1149being with my father, doing yard work,2418.9442 
2106 2419.2383all that.2419.6534 
2108 2420.2016You know we were really close.2421.6225 
2110 2422.1227And uh, he had another little brother.2424.5335 
2112 2425.3015And he had two-2427.0364 
2114 2427.5473three sisters2428.2619 
2116 2429.0746actually at the time2430.3519 
2118 2430.4690before they had moved over2432.1347 
2120 2432.4114to um- moved up, um,2434.0346 
2122 2434.3981Virginia.2434.9061 
2124 2435.9893But, uh, they went to the same church we did.2438.4118 
2126 2439.1185I had another g- uh, girl cousin,2441.0823 
2128 2441.3713she used to come through all the time with my aunt.2443.3137 
2130 2443.9470Like our house was the house2445.5808 
2132 2445.8576to be at like2446.5760 
2134 2446.7516everybody2447.4103 
2136 2447.9011no matter what2448.6625 
2138 2449.1481it wasn't a day2450.1645 
2140 2450.5477that went past that we wouldn't get2452.0218 
2142 2452.1709a visit from2453.1235 
2144 2453.6716at least a uncle,2455.0446 
2146 2455.5342one of my aunts,2456.6156 
2148 2456.9036uh, some of my- you know what I'm saying, one of my cousins, one of my aunts uh, daughters or so.2461.9806 
2150 2462.7416You know what I'm saying, every single day somebody was coming past that jont.2466.0358 
2152 2466.5909Just to see my father and my mother you know what I'm saying, sit down2469.1496 
2154 2470.0554daddy pull out the guitar,2471.3327 
2156 2471.6839and they get to singing,2472.7163 
2158 2473.2698you know my father sung, and he was like I said he was a musician,2476.1724 
2160 2476.8210and I would just sit there and just2478.3537 
2162 2478.9338watch and look2479.9396 
2164 2480.1951and listen.2480.9135 
2166 2481.5272Matter of fact my whole family always been in- in music2484.3901 
2168 2484.5724you know what I'm saying we was2485.5238 
2170 2486.1891most of the population in the- in the choir.2488.4295 
2172 2490.0809Uh, my brother2491.2304 
2174 2491.5604he played drums for the church and he also had his own band2495.1144 
2176 2496.0307uh, with my cousin who played keyboard who's a beast on them joints.2499.9758 
2178 2500.4175Got another cousin that2501.7746 
2180 2501.9662played drums when my brother wasn't there,2503.8181 
2182 2504.2173which was my aunt's2505.4839 
2184 2505.7197uh,2506.2477 
2186 2506.8585son.2507.3747 
2188 2508.2901Um,2509.0724 
2190 2509.6365the keyboard player at my church was my cousin married into one of my-2514.6885 
2192 2514.9653my2515.2527 
2194 2515.7742aunt's daughters.2516.9343 
2196 2517.6688Uh, the bass player wasn't2519.9784 
2198 2520.7501a family member but you know him and my father were so close and they played in all the bands together and everything.2526.4407 
2200 2526.9303You know you might as well say he was family.2528.7557 
2202 2529.2044Like that church was- everybody was family.2531.4768 
2204 2531.9291You know what I'm saying.2532.5198 
2206 2533.4778And uh,2534.1698 
2208 2534.6007you know it was2535.6757 
2210 2536.5128two particular-2537.4369 
2212 2538.5671two particular families in that jont.2540.5095 
2214 2541.1588Actually three.2542.0335 
2216 2543.0374And um,2543.7931 
2218 2545.3646you know my aunts and my uncles they used to make sure they came to church2548.6588 
2220 2549.1485My grandmother, my aunts- un- uncles never really showed up unless2553.1983 
2222 2553.4538you know what I'm saying, grandma made 'em.2554.6528 
2224 2555.1690Like if one of my aunts or something like that was-2557.2233 
2226 2557.5958was preaching,2558.1652 
2228 2558.7240you know they would show up2559.6014 
2230 2560.4642and everything but2561.3317 
2232 2561.7378you know.2562.2578 
2234 2563.4674Like I have a rack2564.6009 
2236 2564.7659of cousins.2565.9899 
2238 2566.3199Extended cousins, you know what I'm saying, first, second,2568.8477 
2240 2568.9664third cousins and everything they used to2571.1643 
2242 2571.9466just m-2572.3884 
2244 2572.9525make sure they just came past the house you know what I'm saying.2575.5016 
2246 2575.6506Chopping that wood w- with pops2577.2293 
2248 2577.8502and my moms.2578.5526 
2250 2579.3403Mom would cook2580.0243 
2252 2580.3088/They'd/ be sitting there, they /wouldn't leave/ about ten, eleven o-clock at night2583.4487 
2254 2583.6296every day.2584.1310 
2256 2586.4146So yeah, family was tight.2587.8781 
2257DCB_se1_ag3_m_012589.0223Um,2589.5279
2259 2590.0387back to the- to the go go music,2591.6087 
2261 2591.9759give me your five, your top five go go bands of all time.2595.2945 
2263 2595.8305And why.2596.3467 
2264DCB_se2_ag3_m_032596.8470My top five bands2598.8480
2266 2599.0768of2599.8219 
2268 2600.9145all time would be2602.4684 
2270 2605.3369Northeast,2606.1564 
2272 2607.8434Backyard,2608.7528 
2274 2610.1388Junk Yard,2611.1508 
2276 2612.6773Chuck,2613.0605 
2278 2615.6894and2617.1467 
2280 2618.3360one more,2618.8760 
2282 2619.3897Lissen Band.2620.2252 
2284 2622.0293And why?2622.9573 
2286 2624.6120Junk Yard had that Southeast crank,2626.9909 
2288 2627.9009where2628.4582 
2290 2629.6039it was just2630.6492 
2292 2631.1685this2631.8124 
2294 2633.0487sound and- and2634.9380 
2296 2635.7096them beats that came through2637.6670 
2298 2638.4663and it was like raw.2639.9775 
2300 2640.6536You know.2641.1309 
2302 2642.2677Uh,2643.0331 
2304 2644.0346just a total different sound from2646.4720 
2306 2646.5678the other2647.1851 
2308 2647.2968four that I named.2648.7782 
2310 2649.5656Um,2650.3313 
2312 2652.2744Lead talker,2653.2157 
2314 2653.7751one of the best,2654.6532 
2316 2655.5207and they was one of the2656.9273 
2318 2657.2146bands that came out2658.2906 
2320 2658.8271when uh, go go first was in the scene.2661.1285 
2322 2662.5258Um,2663.3205 
2324 2664.9313well you know after you know all the- all like Chuck Brown and2668.6901 
2326 2669.3819uh, EU and all them dudes,2671.6490 
2328 2672.2201you know,2672.9172 
2330 2673.5612Class Band, you know what I'm saying it was a rack of bands back then but one of the ones that I remember when I was growing up.2678.9345 
2332 2679.7770You know with Heavy One,2680.6770 
2334 2681.4284and Winko,2682.1124 
2336 2682.6844you know what I'm saying them pockets that they used to2684.7918 
2338 2685.1271play.2685.4304 
2340 2685.8934And just the scene you know what I'm saying when you went to a2688.2801 
2342 2688.9445a Junk Yard show,2689.9898 
2344 2690.7007somebody was gonna fight all the time.2692.2180 
2346 2692.7655You knew that2693.3469 
2348 2693.5425but2693.9452 
2350 2694.2237you know what I'm saying it was just a different type of party.2695.9373 
2352 2696.8154Uh, backyard was a uptown band2699.2651 
2354 2699.4567from Northwest2700.3313 
2356 2701.2182and their sound was just totally different.2703.7939 
2358 2703.9233Buggy and Sauce had2705.5263 
2360 2705.7221a different type of2707.0999 
2362 2707.4159them pockets and them sockets and2709.1759 
2364 2709.7294the music section2710.8067 
2366 2711.4536you know2712.0416 
2368 2712.5024was2712.9081 
2370 2713.1157just-2713.5984 
2372 2714.7708I don't know man it was just- made you move and the- the particular songs that they2718.6557 
2374 2720.0766choo- chose to2721.3673 
2376 2721.7333you know,2722.2213 
2378 2723.0425play you know what I'm saying it was almost like a-2725.0488 
2380 2725.6342it was just like a top forties band you know what I'm saying, you do cover music.2728.5169 
2382 2729.5580and their own material that they made you know what I'm saying there would be a whole nother2733.6877 
2384 2734.3902type of-2735.2422 
2386 2736.6376type of- of- of- of sound whole nother type of2739.9318 
2388 2740.1075scene and places they used to have.2742.3101 
2390 2742.7790They used so bring some- some nice chicks.2744.6736 
2392 2745.0531Ah, I can't r- forget about Essence either.2747.1498 
2394 2747.9055So that's actually six.2749.3809 
2396 2749.6830Like,2750.0764 
2398 2750.2844I have a lot of2751.1306 
2400 2751.7213top ones you know what I'm saying, a lot of the- the young bands out there was some of my favorite bands to actually go see also.2757.3161 
2402 2757.7419But those are the most2758.7831 
2404 2759.0085you know what I'm saying the names that you would2760.3975 
2406 2760.5907actually remember, like you could ask anybody about those bands2764.0126 
2408 2764.5022and they'll be able to tell you something about 'em. Northeast2767.0247 
2410 2767.4931was considered more like2769.4036 
2412 2770.4323a Maryland band for some odd reason2772.3588 
2414 2772.6835or something.2773.2369 
2416 2773.4232You know what I'm saying cause a lot of Maryland dudes like from Landover2776.1232 
2418 2776.8504and uh, Suitland and all them2778.7131 
2420 2779.1670you know what I'm saying, they used to go see them.2780.9189 
2422 2781.4767But2781.8500 
2424 2782.7912that2783.1478 
2426 2783.5096sound right there was totally different, the pace2785.9167 
2428 2786.5766you know2787.1153 
2430 2787.4707was totally different.2788.6320 
2432 2788.8650Like, it2789.5264 
2434 2790.2274was kind of crazy how2791.4860 
2436 2792.2390you know the speed of what they playing2794.6830 
2438 2795.1357would actually make you move different2796.7163 
2440 2797.4933and put a-2798.3160 
2442 2798.6002a whole nother2799.5296 
2444 2800.5640perspective2801.4011 
2446 2801.6034to the sound that you getting and just uh-2804.2110 
2448 2805.0732Their music section was ridiculous they had a lot of2807.7501 
2450 2808.7186you know,2809.2418 
2452 2809.5026music that they-2810.6199 
2454 2811.1151They were almost like rappers2812.5094 
2456 2812.6850to me.2813.1214 
2458 2813.3981Cause2813.8888 
2460 2814.2603some of the parts in their songs were just,2816.7202 
2462 2817.4443you know, it was- was like-2818.6737 
2464 2818.9185And the way they were formulated was just totally different, they was like one of them put together bands to me.2823.3569 
2466 2824.2137Um,2824.8830 
2468 2825.8704Essence is one of the bands that I remember,2828.4960 
2470 2829.1114you know from the- from the early days.2831.1283 
2472 2832.2033They were just2833.0708 
2474 2833.6312like some of- you know what I'm saying, to me was like one of the pioneers.2836.9467 
2476 2837.6811And uh, their sound was more of a classy sound, like a more grown up2842.6639 
2478 2843.3958type of crank2844.5159 
2480 2845.2823you know,2845.8383 
2482 2846.0699and it was like, it'll put you in a whole nother2848.6792 
2484 2849.2114mind frame when you in there. And they always had like2852.2846 
2486 2852.5429bad chicks too like, you would love to go see-2855.4415 
2488 2856.0249see Essence cause they always brought2858.2495 
2490 2858.8349you know what I'm saying, some of the best chicks out, you know what I'm saying.2861.9135 
2492 2862.4058Them chicks that was like, actually on money but2864.7384 
2494 2864.9406you know what I'm saying, they could dress.2866.2659 
2496 2866.9310And they just smelled good all the time <laugh> stuff like that.2870.8904 
2498 2871.4172Um,2872.1463 
2500 2872.3768Chuck Brown2873.3933 
2502 2873.8935the originator.2874.8242 
2504 2875.7774You know,2876.3388 
2506 2876.7141I didn't start going to see Chuck until I got older.2879.5666 
2508 2880.3399So he would bring like a lot of the older crowds2882.9559 
2510 2883.0374but2883.4212 
2512 2883.9534his2884.4934 
2514 2885.1827mix of jazz2886.4227 
2516 2886.9815with that go go beat,2887.9948 
2518 2888.2923man it'd just put you in the zone.2890.4902 
2520 2891.4268It was nothing like it.2892.4114 
2522 2893.0340First time I ever seen him was at the Carter Barron,2895.4553 
2524 2896.0195in a outside show, it just the love that he get.2898.5729 
2526 2899.0014You know what I'm saying, even white people2900.3400 
2528 2900.8853used to come see Chuck, you wouldn't really see the- too many white people coming to see Backyard and Junk Yard and stuff like that that wasn't really they scene but2907.6935 
2530 2908.1991it was so universal with Chuck you know what I'm saying, anybody could come and-2911.8499 
2532 2912.4299and- and look-2913.0566 
2534 2913.2511look at uh, Chuck.2914.3460 
2536 2915.0233See Chuck.2915.5555 
2538 2916.0823Lissen Band2916.8806 
2540 2918.2164<ts> that was just a part of-2919.1424 
2542 2919.5149part of my life at- you know what I'm saying, when I was in my twenties like, I followed them2923.1832 
2544 2923.3695consistently.2924.0655 
2546 2924.8011And they had brought a new sound2926.8544 
2548 2927.1959to go go which was like2929.1134 
2550 2929.2464a smooth type of2930.9202 
2552 2931.7849R&B type of2933.7593 
2554 2933.9349funky2934.7492 
2556 2935.1802ass beats2936.3473 
2558 2937.0285and2937.6685 
2560 2938.2738you know the music section when they had the horns and everything, man they used to just2942.4701 
2562 2943.1326put you in that zone and just the party that they created2946.2911 
2564 2946.4923you know what I'm saying, nobody was in there fighting nothing like that.2949.4406 
2566 2949.8930It was more like the grown, the sexy type scene man, it- it was a2952.6913 
2568 2953.3964lot of times-2954.4084 
2570 2955.6581good times we had2956.7701 
2572 2957.0631with that band.2957.8401 
2574 2958.3722And I knew the-2959.2344 
2576 2959.5340we knew the lead talker so we used to get our names up on the- on the tapes, CDs and everything.2965.2443 
2578 2966.0532And uh,2966.9531 
2580 2967.4385that was a ritual.2968.2847 
2582 2968.5402You know what I'm saying like, every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday2971.4508 
2584 2972.1430and Sunday2972.9377 
2586 2973.2180we were2973.7609 
2588 2974.0429going to see2974.8051 
2590 2975.0062Lissen.2975.5274 
2592 2976.5351You know.2976.9565 
2594 2977.9507So.2978.4841 
2596 2978.8980I mean you could find something that you liked about2981.2340 
2598 2982.1443all the bands you know what I'm saying, any band that you went to go see.2985.0996 
2600 2985.4455How they-2985.9883 
2602 2986.6163how they ride the beat, you know what I'm saying, how the congo player2989.4963 
2604 2989.9637you know what I'm saying was- you know what I'm saying, you got tight congo players you had some congo players that was jai like /weak/ but you'll go2995.4887 
2606 2995.6483to you know what I'm saying, see the drummer2997.3513 
2608 2997.7680cause the drummer was tight.2998.8324 
2610 2999.3273Or the lead talker was vicious and the rapper was vicious or something like that you could always find something3004.7715 
2612 3005.3623out of some band that you like.3006.8274 
2614 3007.1733And it was just our music you know what I'm saying, it wasn't like3009.8182 
2616 3010.2866rappers come in and having a DJ in the background or something, this was a live band.3015.1675 
2618 3015.6739You know, it ain't too many people3017.1640 
2620 3017.9942to this day out there doing it like that unless they like on tours or stuff like that like rappers you know what I'm saying, they got their DJs and stuff.3024.5678 
2622 3025.2388But you know, you had a percussion section, you had a musical section, you had a horn section, you had the front line,3030.5186 
2624 3031.1636you know, bass players, guitar players, you know everybody playing a part.3034.7505 
2626 3035.3731And everything was just tight,3036.6891 
2628 3037.0868you just sit back and just listen to these dudes.3039.7067 
2630 3040.4252Vicious, and I'm a musician myself anyway so you know I had a-3043.6715 
2632 3044.3420a- a certain respect3045.8428 
2634 3046.4976for3047.1217 
2636 3048.0317the bands that came-3049.0945 
2638 3049.6708came up.3050.2094 
2639DCB_se1_ag3_m_013052.8680Mm-kay.3053.5623