GETO BOYS = GOATS?
Leo
[{'start': '0.041', 'end': '2.585', 'text': "Hello everybody, it's Leo once again."}, {'start': '3.211', 'end': '3.962', 'text': "Today I'd like to talk to"}, {'start': '3.962', 'end': '5.964', 'text': 'you guys about the Ghetto Boys,'}, {'start': '6.256', 'end': '8.591', 'text': 'the 90s rap group and'}, {'start': '8.591', 'end': '10.176', 'text': 'why I think that they are'}, {'start': '10.260', 'end': '14.180', 'text': 'the best rap group of all time possibly.'}, {'start': '14.556', 'end': '15.265', 'text': 'And this is coming from'}, {'start': '15.265', 'end': '17.434', 'text': 'a pretty big Wu Tang fan.'}, {'start': '17.934', 'end': '18.601', 'text': 'Before we continue,'}, {'start': '18.893', 'end': '20.520', 'text': 'please hit that like button,'}, {'start': '20.979', 'end': '22.355', 'text': 'comment and subscribe, it'}, {'start': '22.355', 'end': '23.815', 'text': 'helps more than you know.'}, {'start': '24.441', 'end': '25.483', 'text': "So today we're gonna"}, {'start': '25.483', 'end': '27.235', 'text': 'talk about the Ghetto Boys.'}, {'start': '27.485', 'end': '30.822', 'text': 'The Ghetto Boys are a pretty well known'}, {'start': '30.822', 'end': '31.990', 'text': 'group at this point.'}, {'start': '32.365', 'end': '34.200', 'text': 'I think everyone is familiar with them'}, {'start': '34.200', 'end': '34.659', 'text': 'through their'}, {'start': '34.659', 'end': '36.244', 'text': 'appearances in popular media,'}, {'start': '36.244', 'end': '37.162', 'text': "which we'll get into in"}, {'start': '37.162', 'end': '38.246', 'text': 'this slideshow here today.'}, {'start': '38.705', 'end': '40.790', 'text': 'But the Ghetto Boys were'}, {'start': '40.790', 'end': '42.083', 'text': 'a group of three rappers,'}, {'start': '42.083', 'end': '42.876', 'text': 'you can see them here,'}, {'start': '42.876', 'end': '45.086', 'text': 'you know, most abrasively.'}, {'start': '45.420', 'end': '47.172', 'text': 'You know, we have Bushwick Bill here,'}, {'start': '47.172', 'end': '48.381', 'text': 'who was a little person'}, {'start': '48.381', 'end': '49.466', 'text': 'from Jamaica, you know,'}, {'start': '49.674', 'end': '51.217', 'text': 'and of course, Willie Dee and Scarface.'}, {'start': '52.177', 'end': '52.969', 'text': 'Bushwick Bill died'}, {'start': '52.969', 'end': '55.013', 'text': 'recently and Scarface, I think,'}, {'start': '55.138', 'end': '56.806', 'text': "is the one who's had the bigger career"}, {'start': '57.599', 'end': '58.391', 'text': "since the group's hated."}, {'start': '58.767', 'end': '60.560', 'text': 'The Ghetto Boys are very,'}, {'start': '60.769', 'end': '62.228', 'text': 'very important in my mind,'}, {'start': '62.645', 'end': '64.439', 'text': 'not really because of the music,'}, {'start': '64.773', 'end': '67.108', 'text': 'but I think, sure, the music is great.'}, {'start': '68.026', 'end': '72.572', 'text': 'Their lyricism, cynicism and unorthodox'}, {'start': '73.490', 'end': '76.951', 'text': 'and probably unseen political positions'}, {'start': '77.911', 'end': '80.622', 'text': 'in the rap sphere and even'}, {'start': '80.622', 'end': '82.165', 'text': 'the wider popular culture'}, {'start': '82.582', 'end': '83.583', 'text': 'until very recently.'}, {'start': '84.542', 'end': '85.585', 'text': 'The Ghetto Boys are a'}, {'start': '85.585', 'end': '87.170', 'text': 'very, very important,'}, {'start': '87.337', 'end': '89.631', 'text': 'transgressive and subversive group'}, {'start': '89.964', 'end': '91.007', 'text': 'that do not get their due.'}, {'start': '91.591', 'end': '93.176', 'text': "So let's get into it here,"}, {'start': '93.176', 'end': '96.846', 'text': "let's see what I'm talking about here."}, {'start': '97.514', 'end': '98.681', 'text': "So look, let's start"}, {'start': '98.681', 'end': '99.641', 'text': 'here with who were they?'}, {'start': '100.099', 'end': '100.892', 'text': 'The Ghetto Boys, as I'}, {'start': '100.892', 'end': '101.810', 'text': 'said, were Willie Dee,'}, {'start': '102.101', 'end': '103.436', 'text': 'Scarface and Bushwick Bill.'}, {'start': '103.937', 'end': '104.687', 'text': 'They were active in the'}, {'start': '104.687', 'end': '106.898', 'text': 'late 80s and in the early 90s,'}, {'start': '106.940', 'end': '107.649', 'text': 'which is a very'}, {'start': '107.649', 'end': '109.317', 'text': 'interesting period to be active'}, {'start': '109.317', 'end': '110.151', 'text': 'and have the political'}, {'start': '110.151', 'end': '111.152', 'text': 'positions that they have.'}, {'start': '111.611', 'end': '112.237', 'text': 'You know, the Ghetto Boys'}, {'start': '112.237', 'end': '113.363', 'text': 'obviously came up at a time'}, {'start': '113.488', 'end': '114.030', 'text': 'where Reagan was'}, {'start': '114.030', 'end': '115.782', 'text': 'president who is not well-liked'}, {'start': '115.782', 'end': '116.449', 'text': 'in the African'}, {'start': '116.449', 'end': '118.451', 'text': 'American and Latino community'}, {'start': '118.743', 'end': '119.744', 'text': 'for several reasons.'}, {'start': '120.119', 'end': '120.954', 'text': 'I think even in the'}, {'start': '120.954', 'end': '122.163', 'text': 'white American community,'}, {'start': '122.664', 'end': '123.998', 'text': 'Reagan does not have the same'}, {'start': '123.998', 'end': '125.834', 'text': 'reputation that he had before.'}, {'start': '126.626', 'end': '127.836', 'text': 'Reagan was probably one of'}, {'start': '127.836', 'end': '129.128', 'text': "America's worst presidents"}, {'start': '129.379', 'end': '131.506', 'text': "for various reasons, whether if you're a"}, {'start': '131.506', 'end': '132.257', 'text': 'social conservative,'}, {'start': '132.674', 'end': '136.177', 'text': 'you know, legalizing no-fault divorce,'}, {'start': '137.011', 'end': '139.639', 'text': "you know, if you're a black American,"}, {'start': '140.306', 'end': '140.640', 'text': 'you know, the'}, {'start': '140.640', 'end': '142.392', 'text': 'controversy over Iran-Contra'}, {'start': '142.559', 'end': '144.352', 'text': 'as well as drugs in'}, {'start': '144.352', 'end': '145.311', 'text': 'the black neighborhoods.'}, {'start': '146.187', 'end': '146.896', 'text': "You're Latino, you"}, {'start': '146.896', 'end': '147.981', 'text': 'know, lots of interventions'}, {'start': '148.314', 'end': '149.983', 'text': 'in Latin America that were'}, {'start': '149.983', 'end': '151.317', 'text': 'probably not very fruitful.'}, {'start': '152.318', 'end': '154.112', 'text': "I'm really stressed to think of one."}, {'start': '154.988', 'end': '157.282', 'text': "Probably Grenada was Reagan's height."}, {'start': '157.991', 'end': '160.535', 'text': 'Reagan did a good job there, honestly.'}, {'start': '161.244', 'end': '161.953', 'text': 'But besides that, no'}, {'start': '161.953', 'end': '162.829', 'text': 'successful interventions.'}, {'start': '164.247', 'end': '165.206', 'text': 'And they also lived'}, {'start': '165.206', 'end': '166.082', 'text': 'through Bush the Father.'}, {'start': '166.291', 'end': '169.419', 'text': 'Now, Bush the Father, this is not,'}, {'start': '170.211', 'end': '171.129', 'text': "I don't wanna say controversial,"}, {'start': '171.337', 'end': '172.547', 'text': "but it's not a common position here."}, {'start': '173.047', 'end': '175.341', 'text': 'I actually got this from a buddy of mine'}, {'start': '175.675', 'end': '177.886', 'text': 'whose dad had this position.'}, {'start': '178.303', 'end': '180.138', 'text': "It's pretty interesting if"}, {'start': '180.138', 'end': '181.139', 'text': 'you give it the time of day.'}, {'start': '181.139', 'end': '182.265', 'text': 'Bush the Father does'}, {'start': '182.265', 'end': '183.099', 'text': 'not get enough credit.'}, {'start': '183.349', 'end': '184.642', 'text': 'I think that Bush the Father'}, {'start': '184.767', 'end': '187.520', 'text': 'was a pretty good president, honestly.'}, {'start': '188.062', 'end': '190.982', 'text': 'He did a lot of stuff that at the time'}, {'start': '191.149', 'end': '192.734', 'text': 'seemed to not make sense.'}, {'start': '193.318', 'end': '194.694', 'text': 'But given who followed him,'}, {'start': '195.320', 'end': '196.446', 'text': 'Bush the Father, despite'}, {'start': '196.446', 'end': '198.072', 'text': 'being a former CIA head,'}, {'start': '198.531', 'end': '199.657', 'text': 'that actually made him'}, {'start': '199.657', 'end': '201.200', 'text': 'a pretty good president.'}, {'start': '201.242', 'end': '202.160', 'text': "And I think that there's a case"}, {'start': '202.160', 'end': '203.995', 'text': 'that if Bush had been president'}, {'start': '204.203', 'end': '205.997', 'text': 'when the Rwandan genocide happened,'}, {'start': '205.997', 'end': '207.624', 'text': 'he would have stepped in and stopped it.'}, {'start': '208.750', 'end': '210.543', 'text': 'Bush was a very underrated president.'}, {'start': '211.127', 'end': '211.836', 'text': 'And he was the only'}, {'start': '211.836', 'end': '213.004', 'text': 'guy who really came out'}, {'start': '213.004', 'end': '213.630', 'text': 'of the Cold War'}, {'start': '213.630', 'end': '215.632', 'text': 'understanding how power actually worked'}, {'start': '215.715', 'end': '216.925', 'text': 'because of his CIA days.'}, {'start': '217.550', 'end': '219.135', 'text': 'And he was a nerd,'}, {'start': '219.510', 'end': '220.887', 'text': 'and he was pretty good at what he did.'}, {'start': '221.471', 'end': '222.221', 'text': 'And this is in sharp'}, {'start': '222.221', 'end': '223.431', 'text': 'contrast to who followed him,'}, {'start': '223.431', 'end': '225.016', 'text': 'which was Clinton, where it'}, {'start': '225.016', 'end': '227.602', 'text': 'was also a very corrupt guy'}, {'start': '228.019', 'end': '229.103', 'text': 'who had done some very'}, {'start': '229.103', 'end': '230.480', 'text': 'sketchy things in his past.'}, {'start': '231.898', 'end': '234.776', 'text': 'Was a very neoliberal, bad'}, {'start': '234.776', 'end': '236.778', 'text': 'president on multiple fronts.'}, {'start': '237.278', 'end': '238.571', 'text': 'If you were very wealthy,'}, {'start': '238.571', 'end': '239.572', 'text': 'you probably liked Clinton'}, {'start': '239.572', 'end': '241.240', 'text': 'because Clinton was very good for you.'}, {'start': '241.240', 'end': '242.450', 'text': 'But for everyone else,'}, {'start': '242.450', 'end': '243.534', 'text': 'Clinton was kind of a disaster.'}, {'start': '244.160', 'end': '245.745', 'text': "And it's important to know this"}, {'start': '245.745', 'end': '246.621', 'text': 'because the ghetto boys,'}, {'start': '247.038', 'end': '247.914', 'text': "the songs that we're"}, {'start': '247.914', 'end': '248.748', 'text': 'gonna analyze here today,'}, {'start': '249.248', 'end': '250.124', 'text': 'are coming at that'}, {'start': '250.124', 'end': '251.918', 'text': 'moment at the end of Bush'}, {'start': '252.418', 'end': '253.294', 'text': 'and before Clinton,'}, {'start': '253.294', 'end': '253.753', 'text': 'but the Clinton'}, {'start': '253.753', 'end': '254.837', 'text': 'campaign has been going on.'}, {'start': '255.213', 'end': '256.130', 'text': "It's important to remember that."}, {'start': '256.464', 'end': '257.840', 'text': 'A lot of these songs are from 92.'}, {'start': '258.675', 'end': '259.634', 'text': 'And so these guys,'}, {'start': '259.759', 'end': '260.301', 'text': "when they're making"}, {'start': '260.301', 'end': '261.260', 'text': 'their social commentary,'}, {'start': '261.260', 'end': '262.637', 'text': "don't think of it on the timeline as,"}, {'start': '262.637', 'end': '263.471', 'text': '"Oh, Bush is president."'}, {'start': '264.180', 'end': '265.723', 'text': 'We have Bush is president,'}, {'start': '265.723', 'end': '267.767', 'text': "but also Clinton's coming."}, {'start': '268.351', 'end': '270.061', 'text': 'And they know about this.'}, {'start': '270.061', 'end': '271.145', 'text': "They know they've"}, {'start': '271.145', 'end': '271.896', 'text': 'lived through the campaign.'}, {'start': '272.563', 'end': '274.065', 'text': "So that's the political"}, {'start': '274.065', 'end': '276.567', 'text': 'context of the ghetto boys,'}, {'start': '276.567', 'end': '276.985', 'text': 'in my opinion, the'}, {'start': '276.985', 'end': '278.361', 'text': 'historical and political context'}, {'start': '278.361', 'end': '279.237', 'text': "that's relevant here."}, {'start': '279.904', 'end': '280.989', 'text': "They're from Houston, Texas."}, {'start': '281.239', 'end': '282.407', 'text': 'Shout out to the South.'}, {'start': '282.407', 'end': '283.574', 'text': 'The South made some'}, {'start': '283.574', 'end': '285.076', 'text': 'great rap to this day.'}, {'start': '285.702', 'end': '287.537', 'text': 'You gotta support Texas if'}, {'start': '287.537', 'end': '288.329', 'text': "you're from Florida, right?"}, {'start': '288.413', 'end': '289.789', 'text': 'Because Southern hip hop'}, {'start': '289.789', 'end': '292.083', 'text': 'was very poorly looked on'}, {'start': '292.458', 'end': '293.668', 'text': 'by West Coast and East'}, {'start': '293.668', 'end': '294.752', 'text': 'Coast for a long time.'}, {'start': '295.044', 'end': '296.004', 'text': 'But they were one of the'}, {'start': '296.004', 'end': '297.130', 'text': 'first guys to put us on the map.'}, {'start': '298.548', 'end': '301.801', 'text': "For Florida, it's"}, {'start': '301.801', 'end': '303.594', 'text': 'modern day Denzel Curry,'}, {'start': '303.594', 'end': '304.762', 'text': 'but before that, Two Live'}, {'start': '304.762', 'end': '307.473', 'text': 'Crew and a lot of Uncle Luke,'}, {'start': '308.725', 'end': '309.225', 'text': 'these groups.'}, {'start': '309.225', 'end': '310.059', 'text': 'But these guys were from Texas'}, {'start': '310.059', 'end': '310.977', 'text': 'and Texas has produced'}, {'start': '310.977', 'end': '311.936', 'text': 'some great hip hop artists.'}, {'start': '312.979', 'end': '314.439', 'text': "They're pioneers of Southern hip hop."}, {'start': '314.689', 'end': '316.190', 'text': 'And we have to be thankful'}, {'start': '316.315', 'end': '318.026', 'text': 'just on a musical level for that.'}, {'start': '320.153', 'end': '321.279', 'text': 'Were the ghetto boys famous?'}, {'start': '321.279', 'end': '322.071', 'text': 'Are they famous?'}, {'start': '322.071', 'end': '323.239', 'text': "I think that it's a"}, {'start': '323.239', 'end': '325.158', 'text': 'pretty easy question to answer.'}, {'start': '325.158', 'end': '326.159', 'text': 'The ghetto boys and their'}, {'start': '326.159', 'end': '328.036', 'text': 'music were from my reading'}, {'start': '328.036', 'end': '329.162', 'text': 'of the ratings and'}, {'start': '329.162', 'end': '330.997', 'text': 'the album sales embraced'}, {'start': '330.997', 'end': '332.790', 'text': 'by the black community, as'}, {'start': '332.790', 'end': '334.000', 'text': 'well as the wider community.'}, {'start': '334.000', 'end': '335.960', 'text': 'Because we see that'}, {'start': '335.960', 'end': '337.003', 'text': 'the ghetto boys achieved'}, {'start': '337.003', 'end': '341.966', 'text': 'a very important position within the'}, {'start': '341.966', 'end': '342.133', 'text': 'wider American culture.'}, {'start': '342.633', 'end': '347.472', 'text': 'Either because of, or we'}, {'start': '347.472', 'end': '348.848', 'text': 'see as a result of this,'}, {'start': '349.140', 'end': '350.183', 'text': 'they were famously'}, {'start': '350.183', 'end': '352.351', 'text': 'featured in the film Office Space'}, {'start': '352.351', 'end': '353.019', 'text': 'from 1999.'}, {'start': '353.227', 'end': '353.978', 'text': "If you haven't seen it,"}, {'start': '353.978', 'end': '354.937', 'text': "it's a very funny film."}, {'start': '355.313', 'end': '357.273', 'text': 'I would play some of the songs and movies'}, {'start': '357.273', 'end': '358.816', 'text': "that I'm mentioning here today,"}, {'start': '359.192', 'end': '361.569', 'text': "but I don't wanna get copyright strikes."}, {'start': '361.944', 'end': '362.737', 'text': 'So, you know, guys'}, {'start': '362.737', 'end': '363.654', 'text': 'look this up on your own'}, {'start': '363.654', 'end': '364.822', 'text': 'if you wanna learn more about it.'}, {'start': '365.073', 'end': '366.741', 'text': "The film's most"}, {'start': '366.741', 'end': '368.242', 'text': 'famous use of the song was'}, {'start': '368.242', 'end': '369.327', 'text': '"Dan It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta"'}, {'start': '369.327', 'end': '373.623', 'text': 'which was used at a very funny scene. The song still was'}, {'start': '373.623', 'end': '374.540', 'text': 'used in the end credits.'}, {'start': '374.999', 'end': '376.501', 'text': "Still's a pretty good song."}, {'start': '376.667', 'end': '378.127', 'text': 'But "Dan It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta"'}, {'start': '378.127', 'end': '379.629', 'text': 'was a very funny, ironic,'}, {'start': '379.629', 'end': '382.215', 'text': "but also what's important"}, {'start': '382.215', 'end': '383.925', 'text': 'about the ghetto boys and'}, {'start': '383.925', 'end': '385.009', 'text': 'why I think it resonated'}, {'start': '385.009', 'end': '386.219', 'text': 'with Mike Judge enough to'}, {'start': '386.219', 'end': '387.387', 'text': 'be included in this film.'}, {'start': '387.387', 'end': '388.096', 'text': "I can't confirm this,"}, {'start': '388.096', 'end': '389.388', 'text': 'is that the ghetto boys'}, {'start': '389.388', 'end': '391.474', 'text': 'and their music have a lot of angst,'}, {'start': '392.433', 'end': '396.062', 'text': 'which was odd if we think nowadays,'}, {'start': '396.062', 'end': '396.896', 'text': 'because nowadays we think, oh, the 90s was a great period,'}, {'start': '396.896', 'end': '398.356', 'text': 'but if you were smart, you know, the 90s was a great period,'}, {'start': '398.356', 'end': '400.316', 'text': 'but if you were smart in the 90s,'}, {'start': '400.316', 'end': '401.150', 'text': 'if you were intelligent,'}, {'start': '401.818', 'end': '403.486', 'text': 'you understood that there was a problem'}, {'start': '404.195', 'end': '405.321', 'text': 'that had come or was'}, {'start': '405.321', 'end': '408.574', 'text': 'already brewing and was very bad.'}, {'start': '409.659', 'end': '410.493', 'text': 'You know, in the 90s we got'}, {'start': '410.493', 'end': '412.286', 'text': 'films like "Office Space",'}, {'start': '412.286', 'end': '413.037', 'text': 'like "Fight Club",'}, {'start': '413.579', 'end': '415.623', 'text': 'like "American Beauty",'}, 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these guys were angry,'}, {'start': '442.275', 'end': '444.068', 'text': 'people who worked in cubicles in the 90s'}, {'start': '444.068', 'end': '444.694', 'text': 'that were making good'}, {'start': '444.694', 'end': '445.653', 'text': 'money, they were angry'}, {'start': '445.736', 'end': '446.946', 'text': 'because they were living'}, {'start': '446.946', 'end': '448.239', 'text': 'through the end of history,'}, {'start': '448.239', 'end': '448.823', 'text': 'the beginning of the'}, {'start': '448.823', 'end': '449.699', 'text': 'end of history, you know,'}, {'start': '449.699', 'end': '451.951', 'text': "Francis Fukuyama's end of history,"}, {'start': '451.993', 'end': '453.661', 'text': 'meaning that Cold War'}, {'start': '453.661', 'end': '455.580', 'text': 'was over, things were fine,'}, {'start': '456.038', 'end': '456.873', 'text': 'there was nothing you'}, {'start': '456.873', 'end': '457.748', 'text': 'could complain about,'}, {'start': '458.166', 'end': '459.542', 'text': 'but clearly something was wrong.'}, {'start': '459.917', 'end': '460.585', 'text': 'Things were boring,'}, {'start': '460.877', 'end': '462.420', 'text': 'things were getting worse'}, {'start': '463.087', 'end': '463.546', 'text': 'because of the'}, {'start': '463.546', 'end': '465.339', 'text': 'neoliberal policies of the 90s,'}, {'start': '466.048', 'end': '467.842', 'text': 'and there was no struggle,'}, {'start': '467.842', 'end': '468.885', 'text': 'there was nothing to be'}, {'start': '468.885', 'end': '471.262', 'text': 'really taking out this anger on,'}, {'start': '472.096', 'end': '473.556', 'text': 'but people were angry, you know?'}, {'start': '473.848', 'end': '475.349', 'text': 'And I think that rap music,'}, {'start': '476.392', 'end': '477.852', 'text': 'especially music like the ghetto boys,'}, {'start': '477.852', 'end': '479.395', 'text': 'was embraced heavily in the 90s'}, {'start': '479.395', 'end': '481.856', 'text': 'by a wider American audience,'}, {'start': '482.690', 'end': '484.525', 'text': "and before we continue, I'd like to say,"}, {'start': '486.694', 'end': '488.529', 'text': "you guys know I don't like conservatives,"}, {'start': '489.071', 'end': '490.406', 'text': "not right wingers, I don't like"}, {'start': '490.406', 'end': '491.741', 'text': 'conservatives, okay?'}, {'start': '492.283', 'end': '493.534', 'text': 'Conservatives are an'}, {'start': '493.534', 'end': '495.411', 'text': 'artless, horrible bunch,'}, {'start': '496.412', 'end': '498.247', 'text': 'and conservatives, especially lately,'}, {'start': '498.915', 'end': '500.791', 'text': 'have been very critical of rap music,'}, {'start': '501.709', 'end': '502.752', 'text': 'and I understand why.'}, {'start': '502.960', 'end': '504.253', 'text': 'Rap music is not what it used to be.'}, {'start': '504.253', 'end': '505.588', 'text': "It's not as good as it used to be,"}, {'start': '505.588', 'end': '506.547', 'text': 'I wanna do a video about'}, {'start': '506.547', 'end': '507.465', 'text': 'that one of these days,'}, {'start': '507.465', 'end': '509.800', 'text': 'but we have to be clear here.'}, {'start': '510.760', 'end': '512.345', 'text': 'Rap is one of the'}, {'start': '512.345', 'end': '513.679', 'text': 'great American art forms.'}, {'start': '513.971', 'end': '518.434', 'text': 'It was not founded by stock Americans,'}, {'start': '518.851', 'end': '520.561', 'text': 'it was founded by descendants of slaves,'}, {'start': '521.103', 'end': '521.896', 'text': 'black Americans, as'}, {'start': '521.896', 'end': '522.813', 'text': 'well as with contributions'}, {'start': '523.022', 'end': '524.774', 'text': 'from Caribbean blacks and'}, {'start': '524.774', 'end': '526.734', 'text': 'Hispanics to a certain extent,'}, {'start': '527.652', 'end': '529.904', 'text': 'but it is a great art form,'}, {'start': '530.279', 'end': '532.740', 'text': "and just because it's not great today"}, {'start': '533.449', 'end': '534.825', 'text': "does not mean 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'text': "Before you tell me that I'm wrong,"}, {'start': '1870.910', 'end': '1872.579', 'text': 'and say that this is different people,'}, {'start': '1872.579', 'end': '1873.663', 'text': 'because this is me and ghetto boys,'}, {'start': '1874.289', 'end': '1876.874', 'text': "I don't think that ghetto boys,"}, {'start': '1878.418', 'end': '1880.128', 'text': 'sure, it could be the group, right?'}, {'start': '1880.128', 'end': '1881.087', 'text': 'But I think it also just'}, {'start': '1881.087', 'end': '1882.297', 'text': 'means the type of person'}, {'start': '1882.380', 'end': '1883.881', 'text': "that's going out to"}, {'start': '1883.881', 'end': '1885.216', 'text': 'rob people on Halloween.'}, {'start': '1885.717', 'end': '1886.593', 'text': 'So I still think it'}, {'start': '1886.593', 'end': '1887.635', 'text': 'could be the same person.'}, {'start': '1888.720', 'end': '1890.054', 'text': 'Robbing little kids for bags'}, {'start': '1890.179', 'end': '1891.889', 'text': 'till a 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one from Office Space.'}, {'start': '2154.068', 'end': '2155.361', 'text': 'Damn, it feels good to be a gangster.'}, {'start': '2155.361', 'end': '2158.406', 'text': 'This song, again, I think is progressive.'}, {'start': '2159.156', 'end': '2160.366', 'text': "I think it's progressive in scale."}, {'start': '2162.451', 'end': '2166.038', 'text': 'I think we are describing thuggery'}, {'start': '2166.747', 'end': '2168.249', 'text': 'from the bottom to the top,'}, {'start': '2168.249', 'end': '2171.502', 'text': "because I guess if you're"}, {'start': '2171.502', 'end': '2173.379', 'text': 'under the age of like 15'}, {'start': '2173.379', 'end': '2174.505', 'text': 'or something, you probably'}, {'start': '2174.505', 'end': '2175.423', 'text': "haven't figured it out yet."}, {'start': '2175.673', 'end': '2177.717', 'text': 'But this world is run by thugs,'}, {'start': '2178.259', 'end': '2180.928', 'text': 'by mafias, by bad people'}, {'start': '2180.928', 'end': '2182.763', 'text': 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description'}, {'start': '2933.972', 'end': '2937.059', 'text': "where there's no Bill Cosby in here."}, {'start': '2937.059', 'end': '2937.851', 'text': "There's no, you know,"}, {'start': '2937.851', 'end': '2939.061', 'text': 'you pull up your pants'}, {'start': '2940.020', 'end': '2940.729', 'text': 'because the people that'}, {'start': '2940.729', 'end': '2942.230', 'text': 'should pull up their pants'}, {'start': '2942.230', 'end': '2943.815', 'text': 'are the thugs like'}, {'start': '2943.815', 'end': '2946.735', 'text': 'Reagan and Bush and Clinton'}, {'start': '2946.902', 'end': '2948.195', 'text': 'who run this society.'}, {'start': '2949.571', 'end': '2951.573', 'text': 'That is the wider message here.'}, {'start': '2953.158', 'end': '2955.077', 'text': "And it's bipartisan and"}, {'start': '2955.077', 'end': '2956.662', 'text': "it's always been this way."}, {'start': '2957.954', 'end': '2960.207', 'text': 'The only thing I disagree with them on,'}, {'start': '2960.207', 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'important for that reason.'}, {'start': '2996.993', 'end': '2997.786', 'text': 'Guys, I am very tired.'}, {'start': '2999.162', 'end': '3000.372', 'text': 'I hope my energy came out okay.'}, {'start': '3000.706', 'end': '3001.707', 'text': 'Please like, comment, subscribe.'}, {'start': '3002.666', 'end': '3004.543', 'text': 'We have two more songs to analyze here.'}, {'start': '3004.876', 'end': '3005.836', 'text': 'And the reception here goes,'}, {'start': '3005.919', 'end': '3007.629', 'text': 'well, I will continue.'}, {'start': '3008.380', 'end': '3008.922', 'text': 'And we will do these'}, {'start': '3008.922', 'end': '3009.798', 'text': 'last two other songs.'}, {'start': '3009.798', 'end': '3010.632', 'text': 'So pay homage to one'}, {'start': '3010.632', 'end': '3011.925', 'text': 'of the best rap groups,'}, {'start': '3011.925', 'end': '3014.970', 'text': 'if not the best, that has ever lived.'}, {'start': '3015.637', 'end': '3016.722', 'text': 'So thank you for watching.'}, {'start': '3017.389', 'end': '3018.432', 'text': 'Again, like, comment,'}, {'start': '3018.432', 'end': '3019.015', 'text': 'subscribe, everyone.'}, {'start': '3020.100', 'end': '3021.059', 'text': 'And let me know what you'}, {'start': '3021.059', 'end': '3021.852', 'text': 'think about these songs.'}, {'start': '3021.852', 'end': '3023.645', 'text': 'Anything I miss, because I'}, {'start': '3023.645', 'end': '3024.312', 'text': 'could have missed something.'}, {'start': '3024.312', 'end': '3024.980', 'text': 'I mean, I just changed my'}, {'start': '3024.980', 'end': '3026.773', 'text': 'mind about this last one.'}, {'start': '3028.024', 'end': '3028.859', 'text': 'Let me know what you think.'}, {'start': '3029.776', 'end': '3030.652', 'text': 'Everyone have a great week.'}, {'start': '3031.445', 'end': '3031.778', 'text': 'See you.'}]