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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Blinded By The Sun 4:08 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Broken 4:23 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 White Trash Beautiful 4:01 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Sleeping Alone 4:07 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 The Warning 3:06 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 This Kind Of Lonely 4:40 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Soul Music 3:32 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Angel 3:12 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 God Wanna 4:26 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 Lonely Road 3:17 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 Two Pieces Of Drama 4:10 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Pain 4:38 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 14 Kicking Away 3:47 ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 15 Maybe 3:13 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Everlast has the blues. Not like on his ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ multi-platinum 1998 album Whitey Ford ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Sings the Blues or even its follow up, ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 2000's Eat at Whitey's. No, this time ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ you're goddamn right Whitey has the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ blues ... and he's not afraid to shed ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ a couple of tears singing about them. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ "Honesty is my only armor," Everlast ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ explains of nakedly emotional songs like ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ "This Kind of Lonely" and "Sleeping ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Alone," from his long-awaited fourth ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ solo album, White Trash Beautiful. ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Inspired by everything from the Neil ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Young and Waylon Jennings records his ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ construction worker dad used to listen ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ to when Everlast (born Erik Schrody) was ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ a kid, to his mother's Motown albums and ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ classic '80s rappers, White Trash ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Beautiful is hip-hop the way only ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Everlast can do it: raw, bluesy and with ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ his broken heart pinned to his sleeve. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "The bulk of these songs are inspired ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ by a relationship I was involved in ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ over the past few years, which I ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ managed to screw up, just like most of ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ them,"Everlast explained of moody tracks ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ like "Broken" and "Lonely Road", both of ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ which touch on the album's unofficial, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ but consistent theme of loneliness. "I ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ guess that's just where the good songs ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ come from, you're either dealing with ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ love or death. Chuck D once said ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ something that affected me a lot. He ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ said, it ain't hard to act hard, it's ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ hard to buck the odds and express your ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ soft side. 'Whitey Ford' gave me the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ confidence to let it all hang out. If ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ you're not comfortable in your own skin ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ by the time you're 30, I feel bad for ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ you." ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ But showing that soft side and going ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ soft are two very different things. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Everlast, who survived a nearly fatal ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ heart attack in 1997, said he's stronger ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ for the trials he's been through, which ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ is why he's not afraid to whip up some ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ old school skull-cracking drama for his ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ faithful, "knucklehead" fans. The rapper ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ brings his hard side on the sinister ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "Warning," a bouncy, gun-blazing series ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ of boasts in which Everlast cautions, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ "Back of the liquor store, trying to ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ break these chumps/ bunch head in a ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ circle, daddy's handin' out lumps." ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Lest you not get the message, he snipped ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ a screaming sample from an old House of ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Pain song for the grinding acoustic ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ rocker "Pain," and he turns out to be less ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ than a holy roller on "God Wanna," in ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ which the rapper struggles to balance ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the devil on one shoulder with the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ angel on his other. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ "I'm a pimp, I'm a thief, I'm a killer, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ I'm a dealer, I'm a holy man preacher, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ I'm a teacher, I'm a healer, I'm a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ mover, I'm a shaker, I'm a giver, I'm a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ taker, I'm a long time, bona fide big ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ money maker," he sings in his gravelly ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ roar, never quite deciding which side ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ he wants to land on. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Since leaving House of Pain in 1997, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Everlast has consistently reinvented his ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ sound, traveling from the thuggish, good ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ time drinking hip-hop of the group's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Irish-themed anthems to the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ introspective hit "What It's Like" from ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ the multi-platinum "Whitey Ford." The ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ journey continues on White Trash ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Beautiful, on which he tempers his ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ more streetwise hip-hop side with raw ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ acoustic tales about loneliness and ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ heartbreak, including the lush, humble ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ ballad Broken." Recorded mostly on his ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ own dime in New York and Los Angeles ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ between record deals, White Trash ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Beautiful is the sound of Everlast making ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ peace with his past, admitting his ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ weaknesses and trying to put his life ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀▀███████▀ "A lot of what's on this album is ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ growing up," he said of songs like album ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ opener, Blinded by the Sun". That song ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ reinvents the traditional country ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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█████▌ ███▌ lyrical inspiration from Public Enemy ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ and Neil Young. "If Johnny Cash had ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ written it," he said, "he would have had ▀█████████
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ giving the women a little gangsta ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ spare, programmed beats, he's still a ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ fit the floss and gloss sound of much of ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ today's hip-hop. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ "There's nothing I won't touch, whether ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ it's jazz, funk or country," Everlast ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ said. "But I still consider what I do ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ hip-hop, as bizarre as it might sound ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ further the art form. Emotion and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ feeling are what inspire me and there's ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ not a lot of that out there in hip-hop ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ these days. When I was 19, let's get ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ drunk and jump around was my emotion, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ but I'm 34 now." ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "See, hip-hop took from every form of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ music on earth to create itself and I'm ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ trying to reinject that into other ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ forms of music, because I think hip-hop ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ about it, but when I came up there was ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ alphabet -- and they were all doing ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ something different. Everyone is doing ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ everybody else's thing these days. When I ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ was 20, I found rap and it was a form of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ rebellion. Now I'm reaching back to the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ things I shunned because it was my ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ parents music." ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ The album's first single, the title ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ track, "White Trash Beautiful," is a ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ blues-based travelogue of the kinds of ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ people Everlast has observed at truck ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ stops across the country on his tours. ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ While the characters, a pregnant ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ hash-slinging trailer park queen and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ her long-haul trucking man, are mostly ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ fictional, the distance they feel is ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ real enough. "White trash beautiful, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ something you should know/ My heart ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ belongs to you," Everlast sings over a ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ slide guitar. "These people live a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ pretty fucked up life, but they manage ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ to love each other and get through it. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ That song and 'This Kind of Lonely' are ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ all real. They aren't lyrics. I ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ people-watch on the road and I take my ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ knowledge of how lonely it is out there ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ and I can write that story. They are ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ thoughts or conversations that I've had ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ in my head." ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ "This Kind of Lonely" is so real it ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ begins with the sound of actual rain ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ drops, which Everlast recorded by ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ sticking a microphone outside the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ window of his room. The song poured ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ out of him, including his spin on a ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ classic Hank Williams chorus, which in ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Everlast's hands turns into "I'm so ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ lonesome I could die." That song hits so ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ close to home that he said the album's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ co-producer, long time friend and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ collaborator Dante Ross, can't even listen ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ to it anymore. The track also features ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Everlast re-teaming with veteran string ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ arranger David Campbell (Green Day, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Evanescence, Brandy). ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Rap songs about being insecure and ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ scared? Go ahead and test him if you ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ dare, but it's just a day in the life ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ of Everlast. "I don't know if you can ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ put yourself out there too much," he said. ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "I have an ego, and you hear that in my ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ songs and see me on stage, but it ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ doesn't mean you won't catch me in the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ street crying. But ... just because I'm ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ talking about love, don't think I won't ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ bust your ass," he jokingly added with a ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ smile. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ The reality check continues on the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ funk/rap tune, "Sleeping Alone," which ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ catalogs real scenes from Everlast's ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ failed relationship: an old picture of ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ his lover washing her hair, an empty ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ makeup drawer and a $50,000 engagement ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ ring he doesn't want back. ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ He gives the knuckleheads a few more to ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ bounce to on the reggae-tinged, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ snarling "Soul Music" and offers shout ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ outs to his Latin brothers and sisters on ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "Sad Girl." But it's on the twangy ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "Angel" that Everlast gets the most ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ hardcore. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Though it's a mid-tempo rocker, the song ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ about the search for a perfect woman hits ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ like a heavy metal bomb. "She's my ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ angel, she's my lover, she's my very ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ best friend/ I hate her cuz I love her ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ so I hurt her again," he sings in a rasp, ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ realizing, "Don't want no other lover, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ wan' go do it again." The song came ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ straight out of his personal life. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "It's the search for that perfect woman ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ and that moment when you realize, fuck, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ you already had her!," he said. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Everlast doesn't know if the world is ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ really ready to accept a sensitive thug, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ but when you've faced down death, there's ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ not a lot left that will scare you. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ "I'm not afraid to die and I don't ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ want to, but at the same time, I did," ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ he says of his heart scare. "I suffered ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ through an immensely painful death and ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ thanks to technology I came back. I know ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ when death comes next time, I'm not ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ trippin' on it. I'll be ready, like, 'Is ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ it my time, okay, let's go.' These songs ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ are about how you're born alone and die ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ alone. No matter if you have a wife and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ family, there are things you have to ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ handle on your own as a man. All I'm ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ saying is I can carry the load, but I ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ wouldn't mind having a bit of company." ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ This is the Easter egg surprise RNS ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ wants to bring you, enjoy! ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Happy Easter everybody! ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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