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"ref": "2020 July 2, “Stop Check”, Td of TPL (lyrics)",
"text": "Rise that heater, tap that mash\nThey don't come outside their flats\nDecamp, decamp, aim this toolie at your hat\nThey piss us off on Snap, so we rise up and load them straps",
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