His body walks out onto the darkened stage , and a roar goes up from the crowd. He stands in front of the mic, and he can feel his face twist in a sneer-the Elvis sneer from his dreams-though he never told it to move. He is powerless now, a spectator at his own moment of glory.
This writing thing, it ain__ like that hip hop shit, City. For li__ niggas like you,_ he told me, __his writing thing is like a gotdamn porta potty. It__ one li__ nigga at a time, shitting in the toilet, funking up the little space he get. And you shit a regular shit or a classic shit. Either way,_ he said. __ity, you gotta shit classic, then get your black ass on off the pot._ He actually grabbed my hand. __ou probably think I__ hyping you just for the money. It ain__ just about the money. It__ really not. It__ about doing whatever it takes for you to have your voice heard. So I don__ know what you__e writing in that book you always carrying around, but it better be classic because you ain__ gonna get no two times to get it right, you hear me?
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This writing thing, it ain__ like that hip hop shit, City. For li__ niggas like you,_ he told me, __his writing thing is like a gotdamn porta potty. It__ one li__ nigga at a time, shitting in the toilet, funking up the little space he get. And you shit a regular shit or a classic shit. Either way,_ he said. __ity, you gotta shit classic, then get your black ass on off the pot._ He actually grabbed my hand. __ou probably think I__ hyping you just for the money. It ain__ just about the money. It__ really not. It__ about doing whatever it takes for you to have your voice heard. So I don__ know what you__e writing in that book you always carrying around, but it better be classic because you ain__ gonna get no two times to get it right, you hear me?
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