Hoop Dreams
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3:08:00
The other country, of course, we said-
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he thought he could sell drugs
and don't get caught,you know.

3:08:07
But he found out the hard way.
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And I told him, while
he was doing all that -

3:08:12
I wasn't hanging with Shannon then.
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I was like, man, "Shannon,
you should stop, man.

3:08:17
Stop doing that stuff. "
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We always said we weren't
gonna never do no stufflike that.

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We werejust gonna go on
and graduate and go on to college.

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But,you know, he had to be the one.
3:08:49
One week before his graduation,
Arthur is robbed at gunpoint.

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At first I thought he was gonna shoot me
because I didn't have no money.

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'Cause he kept asking me, "You got -
You got some money. Where your wallet at?"

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Be like, "What you driving
a car like this for?"

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I was, like, "I ain't got no wallet. "
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And then,you know,
he grabbed me and stuff,and I was-

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and I was about to panic and stuff,
and I just calmed down.

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I sit down
and had a long talk with him and his sister.

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Someone pulled a pistol on her
right down the street from the house.

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I said, "Do you all
understand what is going on

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out here in these streets today?'"
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Even with me, when I was out there -
you know, out there strung out -

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you know, I looked for somebody
that seemed like they had something.

3:09:54
hmm. After this, I -

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