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"ref": "1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, page 6",
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"ref": "2018 October 26, “Bars at the Sesh”, J.B2 aka Mr.Affiliate (lyrics), Farrokh Beats (music), 0:23",
"text": "Give up the name, I pattern them / Why you der life, your smoking blem",
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"ref": "2019 July 29, “Trips”, #CGE Mobz X TT X S13 (lyrics), SK-Beats (music), 1:31",
"text": "I pop my cherry on the opp block, holding a four-ten, / corn for days, corn for them, / can’t single, we out like blem, / been bad since when, / [incomprehensible or probably censored] back then, / now I am tryna lurk with friend plus skeng",
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"ref": "2020 May 13, “Respawn”, Cillian (lyrics), 1:27",
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"ref": "2020, Arlo Parks, Gianluca Buccellati (lyrics and music), “Caroline”, in Collapsed in Sunbeams, performed by Arlo Parks",
"text": "Watched his world dissolve in his hands / Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees",
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"text": "I pop my cherry on the opp block, holding a four-ten, / corn for days, corn for them, / can’t single, we out like blem, / been bad since when, / [incomprehensible or probably censored] back then, / now I am tryna lurk with friend plus skeng",
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"ref": "2020 May 13, “Respawn”, Cillian (lyrics), 1:27",
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},
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