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Paying my rent and being able to support my family from making music.
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Having a family and still loving each other.
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When I have a to-do list and finish it in the time I intended to.
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People who make you wait around for them.
Skydiving: the parachute got tangled around my legs.
When I see videos of animal cruelty.
He came, he laughed, he left.
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