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(Knocking)
"Inmate, get up! Wake up!" I went, "Oh! Ah damn,
it was all a dream." I remember Booker T said, "Nah, bro, ain't nobody gonna
kick your bunk. You wide awake." ♪ Hassan Assad was born Alvin
Burke Jr. and grew up in Miami in a neighbourhood known for
violence and crime since the rise of the Miami cocaine
trade in the 1970s and '80s. Alvin and his
two younger brothers were raised by their mother. His father, a police officer,
was only an occasional presence in his life. My mom worked a full-time job, a part-time job,
and went to school
"Inmate, get up! Wake up!" I went, "Oh! Ah damn,
it was all a dream." I remember Booker T said, "Nah, bro, ain't nobody gonna
kick your bunk. You wide awake." ♪ Hassan Assad was born Alvin
Burke Jr. and grew up in Miami in a neighbourhood known for
violence and crime since the rise of the Miami cocaine
trade in the 1970s and '80s. Alvin and his
two younger brothers were raised by their mother. His father, a police officer,
was only an occasional presence in his life. My mom worked a full-time job, a part-time job,
and went to school
Full Transcript
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(Knocking)
"Inmate, get up! Wake up!"
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I went, "Oh! Ah damn,
it was all a dream."
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I remember Booker T said,
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"Nah, bro, ain't nobody gonna
kick your bunk. You wide awake."
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♪
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Hassan Assad was born Alvin
Burke Jr. and grew up in Miami
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in a neighbourhood known for
violence and crime since
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the rise of the Miami cocaine
trade in the 1970s and '80s.
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Alvin and his
two younger brothers
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were raised by their mother.
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His father, a police officer,
was only an occasional presence
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in his life.
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My mom worked a full-time job,
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a part-time job,
and went to school.
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