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How you doing, bro?

What's up, brother?

What are you selling?

Just artwork or anything, like, you know, like this one.

I just finished.

There's some music note right here.

How much is that?

I tried music.

30 bucks.

30 bucks?

Yeah.

Well, actually, I'd be grateful for anything, really.

And I just f*ing, this is still wet right here.

You did that this morning?

Yeah.

What's your name?

Joey.

Zack.

Nice to meet you, man.

What's one that you think would be good for my mom's birthday?

Your mother's birthday?

Yeah, I haven't seen her in like a year, so.

A year?

I'm going back home to Canada later today.

Oh yeah?

I'm excited to see her, man.

I miss her so much.

Let's see, we could put this one right here, and I could put her name on it.

Oh, that's beautiful, man.

How much did this one cost?

35. 35?

Be honest, though, I'd even take 20 for it.

Why?

Because right now I'm playing catch up with the position I'm in.

I can't just be like, I want this much and be like greedy about it, you know what I mean?

So even though I want 35, it's for your mom.

I love, I miss my mom.

Where's your mom?

My mom, she passed away in 2017.

Sorry.

I'm a mother for it, man.

It's like, I wish I could give something to my mom.

So like, why would I do that if it's my mom?

So like, I'd do it for 20, yeah.

Your mom's love never dies, man.

It's unconditional.

Yeah, damn.

My mom, she, that was rough enough, man.

And it's almost over ten years now.

Some nights I woke up and I just like felt like I just like found out.

How'd you find out?

I was taking care of my mother because her husband took off to Florida with money he saved up.

She was a 13 year dialysis patient.

She missed three dialysis appointments and died.

Sorry man.

The last thing she said to me at the hospital was it's okay to be okay.

Because sometimes life it won't feel like it is, but it's okay to be okay because it is okay.

That's why that means a lot.

I should be proud of you, man.

You're a great human.

Thank you, bro.

I really appreciate that.

Are you from here or where you from?

Yeah, I've been living out here 10 years and I have a place in Glendale.

And I've been in Skid Row in between all back and around.

Where you at now?

He's standing in his bar.

I was tolerating a lot of sh that I didn't.

Have a good day.

Encouraging other people.

Thank you.

You're nice to everybody like that?

Always.

There's no reason to not be, you know?

Even when you're going through stuff, you still wake up like that every day?

Yeah.

What makes me stop crying is what makes other people smile.

You know what I'm seeing when other people are happy?

It breaks me from that and it shakes it off.

I got no money on me right now.

All I got is these Pringles.

So I don't know what I should do.

I can come back and pay you for it if that's okay.

Hey, at the end of the day, the only thing I care about is the fact that somebody you love, that loves you, got something.

But you don't know me.

I don't have to.

I have a mom.

And I know what it's like just in general to want somebody else to know

that I love each other and have a good day.

Welcome.

Amazing, bro.

Thank you.

Welcome.

I don't have any money on me, though, bro.

I'm not even worried about that.

I'm not.

I just want to make sure your mom gets left.

You sure?

Yeah.

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I got Pringles.

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Take them.

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Love you, bro.

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No, for real.

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Thanks for your mom.

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Can I get one Pringle with you, too?

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Hell yeah. Are you kidding me?

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A thousand dollars.

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Are you kidding me?

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You're amazing.

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I'm sorry.

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Are you fucking for real bro?

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Love you brother.

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I love you too man.

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Damn, thank you.

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Jesus loves you.

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I don't know what you're going through, bro.

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I'm alive, bro.

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Just thank you.

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Can you hug a proper hug, bro?

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Yeah.

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Hell yeah.

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Love you, bro.

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Hell yeah, man.

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Thank you, bro.

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God bless you, man.

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Bye, Joey.

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See you soon.

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Happy birthday.

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After meeting Joey, it reminded me that your circumstances and what you're going through doesn't define your character.

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Even while facing homelessness, he kept encouraging complete strangers walking by without expecting anything in return.

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So when we shared Joey's story with all of you, your response was incredible.

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Together you raised over $100,000 and our friends at Angie, who have helped us make moments like this possible before, wanted to be part of Joey's story too.

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Together we have one last surprise for him.

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Joey!

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Oh, what's up dude?

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How are you bro?

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How are you?

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Yeah.

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Oh, it's so good to see you.

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Hey, this one's special though for you.

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What's this? Be kind, love always.

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That's my saying.

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Yeah.

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You made this for me?

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Yeah.

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Thank you bro.

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You see the video?

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Yes, I did.

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How did it make you feel?

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Good.

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It made me feel like...

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I don't know, it's more than I've felt.

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Like, I don't know.

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I don't know, I feel like my mom sent me.

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You know what I mean?

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Because I've showed a lot of good, a lot of years, and I wanted to give up, and then it's like, I just kept loving it.

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How'd you keep it going?

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Keeping faith in myself, and knowing that I'm worth it.

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My mom wanted to say hi.

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Can I FaceTime her right now?

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Oh, please.

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Yeah?

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You want to meet my mom?

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Hello?

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What's up, Mom?

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How are you, son?

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What's going on?

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I'm with my friend.

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Have you seen this guy before?

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Oh my gosh, yes, from the video.

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Hi.

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Nice to meet you, Joey.

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Nice to meet you.

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Nice to meet you.

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You have a beautiful smile.

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Oh, so do your beautiful eyes.

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Look at you.

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They match your shirt.

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Joey, I'm so happy you and Zachary connected.

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It was really meant to be, and you're a beautiful soul.

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Thank you.

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And I hope this is the start of a real turnaround for you.

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I really appreciate that.

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Thank you very much.

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He made me this one, it says, be kind, love always.

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This one's for you, yup.

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Love you.

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Okay, Sam, thank you.

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Joey, nice meeting you.

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Nice meeting you, love you, be safe.

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Bye, mom.

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Do you trust me?

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Yeah, I do.

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Can we leave right now?

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Yeah.

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I was surprised for you.

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Where are you staying currently?

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Behind a building.

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Were you surprised that people care?

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I'm not, I was surprised at how many people care.

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Yeah.

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People care about people, man.

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People care about good people.

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Man, so what's your dream right now?

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Get your artwork out to the world?

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Yes, sir.

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Do you have a gallery or a spot where you can put up your artwork?

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A gallery?

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No, I don't have one specifically.

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I have one I was talking to that, uh...

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Would you like to create one or would you like to have one one day?

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I would love to create one.

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What would you call it?

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Um, along came an artist.

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I think that'd be really cool.

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Alright, first thing first, nothing makes me feel better than when I get a fresh haircut.

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So we're going to get a nice haircut right now.

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Sound good?

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Yeah.

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Haircut, beard all that Two years yeah, you can just take it off.

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Yeah Look at this new man.

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Yeah, yeah, Danny's thank you.

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You see where Joey like there was a guy sitting here His name was Joey.

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Did you see where he went?

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When's the last time you cut it all off like that?

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Two years.

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What made you want to cut it off today?

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I had to let go of it.

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I love it.

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Great, bro.

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Thank you.

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How do you feel though?

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Really good.

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Feel good?

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Okay.

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It's got to feel lighter up top now in you, right?

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Yeah.

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I can breathe.

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Well, before you go, with your beard or your hair?

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Yeah, I just felt like I was just like holding me down.

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I just held onto it for so long thinking I needed to keep it, but I feel way better.

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I feel way better now than I do them.

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So our second surprise, although I love what you're rocking, it's time to get a new fit.

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How about them?

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You like this one?

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Yeah, it's pretty cool.

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Dope.

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Just like this.

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Fire.

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Fire fit.

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The man.

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How you feel?

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Good.

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Let's go, baby.

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What was your plans today before I saw you?

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Uh, my plans today was really just to sell art

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and try I was gonna get enough to get a room or whatnot.

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Where did you want to stay tonight?

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Anywhere with a roof.

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I'm tired of the...

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I'm grateful for waking up, but the elements and stuff like that, it's just becoming exhausting, you know?

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How do you avoid being on the streets, but going the bad route, or going a path that's obviously with drugs and violence?

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How do you stay away from that?

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Because I just can't give up on myself.

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I understand what it feels like to numb.

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And I'm just in the position of my life to where I don't need to numb things anymore.

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I need to feel things.

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What's the craziest cold you've ever seen?

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I think the craziest cold I've ever been in was negative 12, negative 14.

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OK.

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Where was that?

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Outside.

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It was in Columbus, Ohio.

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But it was like, everything was just frozen.

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Because there was already piles of snow.

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And I was stuck outside.

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Yeah, I was stuck outside.

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And I, excuse my language, I was like, the only way I stayed warm was I slept,

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I found the neighbor's house that had like the heat coming out of the steam from laundry.

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And I went over there by the laundry and just sat there with the steams coming out.

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And it literally keeps you warm, like you're inside.

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I've been on my own since 12.

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My stepfather kicked me out when my mom was in the hospital.

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He kicked me out onto the street, and I moved in with a stripper and a bouncer that sold drugs.

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When you were 12 years old.

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I was 12 and that was my splash into the world.

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If you could say something to your stepdad now, what would you tell him?

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Regardless of anything that was done to me, I'd still tell him, like, love yourself, be safe, and make good decisions.

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You don't have hate in your heart for him?

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No, because I realized, like, you know, I'm no better than him.

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He's no better than me.

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Everybody's got flaws.

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The reason why I forgave him, this is kind of hard to say, The reason why I forgave him is because my mother,

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if she was like came back to life and was able to say something to him, she would give him a hug.

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Even though like, you know, he like way distorted her.

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She would still hug him and tell him that she loved him.

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So how can I not forgive his mother, you know?

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The more I hated him, the more I hated myself.

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And when I forgave him, I forgave myself.

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I was really glad I got to meet you that day, man.

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Me too.

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I got even more creative ever since then.

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I started being more sure with what I was doing instead of like second-guessing.

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You were second-guessing what you were doing before?

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Yeah, I could never really finish too many paintings.

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I just would be stuck.

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I'm trying to figure them out.

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And you gave me the confidence that like I can finish them, you know?

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If you could say something to your mom right now, what would you tell her?

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I love you.

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I miss you.

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and I wish I called you more.

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What would be your message to maybe someone else that's going through stuff right now?

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I know times are rough right now, and they might get rougher, but just stay positive, and don't forget that it's okay to be okay, and it will be okay.

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It might not be right now, but it will be.

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You want to give me a quick prayer?

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Lord, thank you for this day.

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Thank you for the blessings, and thank you for the hardships that you helped us through, and thank you for the knowledge and understanding and knowing better

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and bless our families and our mothers and hug the ones that we can't.

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One, two, three.

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That's your brand new home.

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What?

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What, what?

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You're no longer homeless man.

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Really?

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We got you a home.

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Oh, thank you.

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Whoa.

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You want to go check it out?

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Yeah.

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I hired a handyman from Angie, and they turned your home into a studio for you too.

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Along came an artist.

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No way.

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No way.

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Now you got a roof.

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No way.

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No way.

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What?

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No way, man.

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Really?

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Really, man.

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We're gonna get you all fully furnished for you too, okay?

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Shake it over, baby.

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Love you, brother.

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No way, I love you too, man.

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It's just shaking.

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Nooo what?

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Wanna come check it out?

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Oh, oh, good, good.

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This one you even have up there, this right here.

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I've seen somebody really sad.

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Wow.

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I'm flying in and safety.

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No way.

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We're gonna get this all fully furnished for you.

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Two years fully paid for.

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I don't have to be outside no more?

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Uh uh.

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No more.

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No more.

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No more sleeping on concrete.

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Can I give you one last surprise?

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There's a double wound?

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My friends came together and I got $40,000 here for you too.

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Nooo! Are you serious?

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Nooo!

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40,000 Love you, brother.

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Oh my god.

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Thank you man so much.

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I'm sorry that he's not going to go on.

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Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
haircut zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/	kapsel
artwork zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/	kunstwerk
furnish werkwoord	/ˈfɝnɪʃ/	meubileren, bemeubelen
numb bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/nʌm/	verdoofd, bewusteloos
buck zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈbʌk/	bok
laundry zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/	was
beard zelfstandig naamwoord	/bɪɹd/	baard
bouncer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈboʊn.sɚ/	portier, buitenwipper
distort werkwoord	/dɪsˈtɔːt/	vervormen
handyman zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhændimæn/	manusje-van-alles
stepfather zelfstandig naamwoord		stiefvader
stripper zelfstandig naamwoord	/stɹɪpɚ/	stripper, stripster
unconditional bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/	onvoorwaardelijk
hardship zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/	ellende, ondraaglijkheid
flaw zelfstandig naamwoord	/flɔ/	barst, barstje

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken
find out werkwoord		ontdekken, onderzoeken
come back werkwoord		terugkomen
come out werkwoord	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	uitkomen
come together werkwoord	/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/	bijeenkomen, samenkomen
give up werkwoord		zich overgeven
go back werkwoord		teruggaan

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

You're nice to everybody like that?
How'd you keep it going?
Man, so what's your dream right now?
What's the craziest cold you've ever seen?
You don't have hate in your heart for him?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	haven't seen · I've been · have helped
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	was really meant · was just frozen · would be stuck

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 73 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: furnish /ˈfɝnɪʃ/, unconditional /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/, splash /splæʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: dialysis /daɪˈælɪsɪs/, unconditional /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: beard /bɪɹd/, turnaround /ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: dialysis /daɪˈælɪsɪs/, handyman /ˈhændimæn/, circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, splash /splæʃ/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: greedy /ˈɡɹiːdi/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/

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