Hoop Dreams
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that I wasn't on then.
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And trying to live month-to-month
on something like that is very hard.

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You have three growing kids
that need this...

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and you have bills to pay...
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and it's just not enough
to make ends meet.

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Man.! Sweetie, is Man in there?
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I was never raised on welfare.
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My mother and father both worked.
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We was cut off for three months.
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We was cut off aid complete
with no income.

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So, therefore,
do you know what happened?

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Our lights were cut off.
Our gas was cut off.

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And we were sittin' in the dark.
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They had cut me offbecause
I failed to meet an appointment.

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It hurt everybody.
It changed everybody's attitude.

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That you can have something today
and it's gone tomorrow.

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So you know what the system
is saying to me?

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Do you know what it's saying
to a lot of womens in my predicament?

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They don't care.

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