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:26:00
"The way it's supposed to be
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"Chains that bind him are hard to see
:26:06
"Unless you take this walk with me
:26:10
"The place where he lives
:26:14
"It's got plenty of names
'Slums"'

:26:18
Ben Buford used to live here.
He live here anymore?

:26:22
No, why?
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I'm looking for him.
:26:25
I am, too. He owes me six months' rent.
:26:30
Take it easy.
:26:34
"Any kind of job is hard to find
:26:37
"And that means an increase
in the welfare line

:26:41
"Crime rate is rising too
:26:45
"If you are hungry, what would you do?
:26:49
"Rent is two months past due
:26:53
"And the building is falling apart
:26:57
"Little boy who needs a pair of shoes"
:27:05
Hello, ma'am. I'm looking for a guy
named Ben Buford. You know him?

:27:08
Yeah, I know him.
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- Seen him around here lately?
- Not in a long while.

:27:12
"Some of the brothers got plenty of cash
:27:16
"Chicks on the corner gonna see to that
:27:20
"Some like to smoke, some like to blow
:27:24
"Some even strung out on a $50 jones
:27:29
"Some are trying to ditch reality
:27:33
"By getting so, so high
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"Only to find out
that you can never touch the sky"

:27:42
I'm looking for Ben Buford.
You seen him around?

:27:44
No, I ain't seen him.
:27:47
Thanks.
:27:49
Know what the number was today?
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"Every Sunday morning
:27:54
"I can hear the old sisters say
:27:58
"Hallelujah, hallelujah

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