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Monday, October 30, 2017

Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem (Video & Analysis Of Selected Comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that features the children's Rap song entitled "Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem by Joel Carter and his daughter Dream Carter.

This pancocojams post provides an analysis of categories of comments from the YouTube discussion thread for this video. This analysis pays particular attention to the use of African American Vernacular English terms and grammar as well as the use of internet/text writing by commenters who appear to be children or pre-teens.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/rake-it-up-kid-remix-back-to-school_29.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases the video and includes lyrics for this song.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, linguist, and onomastics purposes.

Thanks to the Carter family for writing and performing this song and for publishing this video. Thanks also to all those who are featured in this video.

*WARNING: The original "Rake It Up" song contains profanity and isn't suitable for children.

Click the tag "children writing on the internet" for other pancocojams posts on this subject.

Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/analyzing-comments-from-youtube.html for the related pancocojams post "Analyzing Comments From The YouTube Discussion Thread For "I'm Not In Daycare" (Kid Remix Of Cardi B - Bodak Yellow)"

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem



The Carter Link, Published on Aug 13, 2017

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Statistics [as of October 30, 2017 10:40 AM]
total number of views - 1,182,193

total number of likes [thumbs up] - 15K

total number of dislikes [thumbs down] - 1K

total number of comments - 1,170

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ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES OF COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR "RAKE IT UP KID REMIX: BACK TO SCHOOL ANTHEM" by Azizi Powell

Editor's Note:
I read A LOT of the comments in this discussion thread as of October 29, 2017 (8:17 AM EDT). I also determined these categories, and selected what I believe to be representative comments from the discussion thread.

Based on a number of factors, I believe that many of the commenters on this discussion thread are African American children or pre-teens. Those factors include the video itself, the content of many of these comments, and the fact that many of the commenters' names (i.e. the fact that many of the commenters' first names are usually only associated with African Americans.)

I also believe that some children/pre-teens may consider posting on YouTube as another form of online social networking, with all of the dangers that could be involved with those communications. However, YouTube posting may be a way of developing and improving internet skills which can be a very positive outcome. For some children/pre-teens, even seeing one's name online may be an act of self-expression and self-promotion. And videos like "I Don't Want To Go To Daycare" which feature young African American children can also have help Black children develop and reinforce their self-esteem and group esteem by featuring people who look like them who are engaged in positive activities that they can identify with. And so, for the most part, I applaud such videos and recognize the positive opportunities that their discussion threads provide for young internet users.

That said, I believe adults need to be more vigilant when it comes to how children/pre-teens of all races/ethnicities use the internet. And we need to help children/pre-teens to learn how to be safe while using the internet.

Furthermore, if this compilation of YouTube discussion thread comments is not unique, and I don't think it is, we need to help children and pre-teens learn the differences between internet/telephone text writing and more formal forms of written communication. My concern is that high value that has been placed on posting speed and the low value that is being placed on writing for clarity (for instance by correctly and consistently using punctuation marks and by using verbs with statements) is probably also found in school reports. Perhaps these comments are written this way out of carelessness that was caused by focusing on speed rather than spelling, punctuation, or grammatical rules. But it's an understatement to say that such writing would be problematic in school and elsewhere.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/facebooking-youtube-video-comment.html and http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/11/children-posting-on-youtube-discussion.html
for previous pancocojams posts on children writing on the internet.

Note: Selected comments below often fit in more than one of these categories. I've added definitions for some of the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) words/phrases that are found in some of these comments. While I looked for certain types of comments that were posted to that discussion thread, I believe that the comments in this pancocojams compilation are representative of the entire discussion thread as of the date that this pancocojams post was published.

All of these comments are from August, September, or October 2017. These comments aren't presented in any chronological order and these sub-categories are given in no particular order.

If you are interested in the study of personal names (onomastics), many of the comments in this compilation from the discussion thread of the "Rake It Up Kid Remix Back To School Anthem" video and certain other names from commenters on that video's discussion thread provide a treasure trove of examples of non-standard first names (according to White America's definition of "standard").

Some of these "non-standard" American names can be identified by the use of certain prefixes such as "La" or "Ja" and/or certain suffixes such as "iya" and "isha". A few of these names can also be identified by the use of a hyphen or by the use of an apostrophe, and/or by a capital letter for the second syllable of those names.

NOTE: Some of these commenters probably aren't from the United States. However, I think it's likely that most of the commenters are from the USA. I don't mean to imply that all the commenters in this compilation are African Americans. However, as I noted above, I believe that most of these commenters are African Americans and many of them are children or pre-teens.


PART I - WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT

A. POSITIVE COMMENTS
1. Comments that praise the singing or rapping in the video
a)Soultronics
"Lmao lil girl can rap better than most rappers on the radio πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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b) Adore.Honesty. Love
"That lil girl can rap better than most of these rappers even without autotune πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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c) Tamica Dennis
"Those girls that was singing to rake it Up remix they can sing better than Bruno Mars"

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d) Nikki Henderson
"I bet she is rich she can rap better than all the rappers but Sept cardi b and 2pac
-snip-
I think that "but Sept" probably means "except"

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e) Denisha Walker
"Sang it girl"
-snip-
"Sang" is an African American Vernacular English term that usually means "to sing very well, especially to sing soulfully very well". It the context of this comment, the present tense word "sang" means "to rap very well".

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f) rap queen
"She can sing better than the people in the radio

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2. Comments that consist of the words "so cute" or "too cute" or include those words:

Note: A number of the comments in this discussion thread consist of or include the two words "so cute" or "too cute". These comments refer to the video itself and/or to the children in the video.

The phrase "too cute" appears to be used in this discussion as a compliment, with the adverb "too" probably meaning the same thing as "very" or "really" instead of the negative meaning of "something that is more than what is acceptable or expected.)

Examples:
a) AIZHALEE PERFECT
"So cute !!! Go dad !"

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b) Chris Schutz
"Aww so cute #familygoals"

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c) Jackie Peters
"The baby is so cute"

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d) quailca farris
"I like the kids remix it is so cute"

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e) Nyasia Jones
"Facebook brought me πŸ˜‚. And this IS SOOO CUTE! πŸ˜˜πŸ’–πŸ’–"

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f) Vandia Williams
"she's so cute"

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g) IamAlayah Johnson
"I love this it's soooooo cute"

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h) viola arrington
"OMG... I love it !!!! Too cute & Goooo Daddy / Coach !!!!"

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i) chenelle Nelly
"Soooooo cute! Goo oo dadπŸ’š"

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j) Tiyanna Hodges
"They are so cute and can rap"

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k) Princess B loved
"I love this not innapropiate and they are so cute"

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l) ashley aneika
"Sooo cute awwwww there all so cute 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘"

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3. Other complimentary comments about the children in the video

Examples:
a) nia mitchell
"she so pretty"

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b) Jontez Walker
"Your girl's hair is cute"

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c) Elijah Bradley
"She looks nice"

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4. Complimentary Comments about or directed to the father in the video

Note: Some commenters indicated that attended the father's school where he worked as a Physical Education teacher and coach and other commenters wrote complimentary comments to the father.

Examples:
a) Tyme Morrison
"Coach carter it is tyme"

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"Hey Tyme! Still love you! Go Rake It Up!"
-snip-
The Carter Link responded to a number of commenters in this video's discussion thread.
This reply and the one immediately below are just two examples of those replies.

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c) thebeast mode
"Coach it is your student Jason from lake forest in 5th grade"

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Reply
d) The Carter Link
"Hey! Appreciate you for checking us out! TY"

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e) SHAWT LOWE
"Cutest I've seen in a while... I luv it! Good job dad πŸ˜€πŸ˜€

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d) Kandra Leonard
"positive brother and that's what's upπŸ€”πŸ˜Š"

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e) Shar-day Campbell
"Brrrruuuhhhhh this is sooo live. Love the message."
-snip-
"Brrrruuuhhhhh"= an extended spelling of "Bruh" ("Brother"- which means a man or, probably more specifically, a Black man)

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f) Bridgemans
"Big tune Bro.
My Daughters will have it on repeat"

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g) Adam Hippolyte
"Clap for the coolest dad ever😁"

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h) Judith Jennings
"He got 6 kidsπŸ˜“πŸ˜“πŸ˜“πŸ˜“πŸ˜“"

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Reply
i) The Carter Link
"No, I only have two biological kids! But I consider all of students my children! 😎"

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5. Complimentary comments that consist of the word "Aye" or forms of that word or include the word "Aye" or forms of that word

Note: The word "Aye" (also written "Ayeeee"!, "Ayye!" etc.) is a AAVE originated, relatively recently given meaning for a yell that conveys excitement and approval. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/07/theories-about-african-american-uses-if.html for a pancocojams post about this word.

Examples:
a) Meet The Chambers
"Ayeee! Love this! Such a positive message. Keep spreading positivity to the kids."

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b) Nae’s Slime boutique
"Ayyye"

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c) Kayla Cunningham
"Aye"

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d) Queen Winter
"Ayeee that's my P.E teacherπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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e) derrionna hope
"Ayy"

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f) Crystal Graham
"ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"

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6. Complimentary comments that include the AAVE term "lit" or forms of that word:

Note: "Lit" is an African American Vernacular English (AAVE) term that means "very good", is a relatively recent member of the "hot", "smoking", "fire", "the bomb" etc. "family" of AAVE superlatives.)

Examples:
a) Roshelle Kitchen
"Love it. Its littπŸ’–πŸ’–"

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b) Soleil Curl
"I love this all the kids on the video was lit"

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c) kaye harris
"The Carter Link that lil baby was litt"

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d) Kiwanna Lynn
"Lit she can rap better than most people on the radio"

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e) CupcakeMine
"Why don't they have more subscribers this lit but educational"

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f) Latrina Rowser
"This song litty"

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g) Tina Brown
"The Carter Link yall lit"

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h) miyah wornner
"This is so lit"

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i) aerial ross
"This song is lit as stuff πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†"

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j) Jkyra Mccray
"that eas lit and educational"

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k) Malaihjia Green
"They llllliiiittt"

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7. Complimentary comments that include other African American Vernacular English (AAVE) terms and phrases

Examples
a)Gabrielle Henry
"I love your song is cool"

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b) Jailah Newsome
"THEY KILLED IT πŸ”₯πŸ’₯"

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c) Baby Riri
"All the people who disliked this were so turnt that they thought that the dislike button was the like button."

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d) Zion Riley
"Yo this is why school is awesome"

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e) Tameisha Donaldson
"They dissing and hating on ud"

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f) Cayden Powell
"do ya'll thing"

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e) Mary Schupeta
"Who disliked this vid..THIS IS THE BOMBBBπŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯"

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f) brogers827
"love you sis xoxo"

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g) Renieka McDonald
"get it girlfriend"

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h) Ronylah Batiste
"This go hard"

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i) K&K sisters
"Bruh this lowkey fire"

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j) Denisha Walker
"Get it y'all"

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k) Michelle Rhem
"I raked it up yo"

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l) T.J. T.J.
"So dopeπŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ’―πŸ’―❤️"

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m) peepsanai
"FINNA go viral. Them natural cuties πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ™ŒπŸ½"

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n) Monae Butler
"Go y'all❤πŸŒΉπŸ’™πŸ’œ"

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o) Fye gamer kay
"Straight bars"

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p) Nicole Ernest
1 month ago
This my jam love it so much πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ˜‚

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q) Monique Allen
"Girl shoes is on fleek"

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r) THE GREEN XSAVAGES
"I wasn't expecting to it be a hit but her verse is actually fire πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸš’"

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s) Teris Harmon
"This song clean foreal"

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t) Janiyah Springfield
"The Carter Link you and your daughter killed that

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u) JORDAN QWEEN
"RACK UP THEM A'S BOO πŸ˜πŸ’™"

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v) annaika desruisseaux
"Love it you go girl"

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w) Thomasia Lloyd
"I'm not going to lie y'all killed it πŸ’―"

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x) Abby Byrd
"I don't know if this is SAVAGEπŸ’―πŸ”₯ or the CUTEST thing I have ever seen! Maybe both!πŸ˜‚"

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y) Princesschloe 08
"Why so many dislike you and your kids have TALENT πŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎ"

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Reply
z) Tameisha Donaldson
"They hating"

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8. Complimentary comments comparing this song with the original "Rake it Up" song

Examples:
a) mary bright
"Dare I say..... I am enjoying this more than the original! :) Thank you for the motivation!!!!"

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"mary bright We're glad that you like it! The original song was good, but we wanted to flip it into something that was also something good for our kids! πŸ˜ŠπŸ’―πŸ‘πŸΎ"

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c) Golden Emerald
"Better than the orginal. Positivity these days is soo refreshing. Hope restoring."

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d) Ava Lyles-Parker
"better than all the cussen and better than the real song"

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e) Jonathan Lozada
"This is better than the real song and vid good job πŸ‘πŸΌ 😊"

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f) Ayana Pizarro
"This is better than the original one no lie"

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9. Other complimentary comments about the song and/or the video

Examples:
a) Chamela torrence
"Wow We need more positive rap like this today. Awesome video."

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b) destinysigns23
"I love this!! Much respect!! Will definitely be encouraging my nieces and nephews as well my son to rock this!"

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c) Briana Hardy
"Beautiful! ❤ How can you possibly dislike this. Great job to all of you. Keep it up! 😊"

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d) Janiyah Henderson
"You are a cute family"

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e) Ciara Paris
"Keep it up that was some good work that means tears come out of my eyes"

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f) Andrielle Hasegawa
"That a good song for kids"

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g) a.c's world and toy review
"Love this my brother loves this even tho he is 2 so good"

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h) crazy_drama queen_latejah
"I am not even singing this song




Ayyy rake it up got all my A's ayy yeah ay



Ummmm that was not me


Lol"

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h) Divida Gilrcrest
"I love you guys videos, you redo the rap songs so us kids listen to it πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€ Thanks 😁"

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i) Saiyah Goin Famouss S.
"Need waaay more sub's for how positive y'all are😭😍"

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j) Randy Atwater
"This made me smile inside and out!!! Great Job!!!!"

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k) JuaQueshia Williams
"My daughter absolutely loves this song. It's turned out to be her motivation song. We listen to it everyday"

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B. COMMENTS THAT MENTION SCHOOL (GRADE LEVEL) OR OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT SCHOOL
Examples:
a) Verranius Gold
"This made my cry all really made my day even thought its night but anyway thxx cause I thought my last year in elementary was gonna be hard but listening to this made my realize its gonna be easy

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b) Verranius Gold
"I love it so.so so so so much"

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Reply
c) The Carter Link
"Verranius Gold you can do anything you put your mind to. Stay focus and have a great school year. :)"

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d) Michelle Torres
"They showed this at my school"

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e) Slimeyy Lo
"I used to see this type of thinking by little kids I knew then they got to middle school🀦🏾‍♀️πŸ˜‚"

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f) xxgamerman54
"i had to watch this.....IN CLASS...and im in 6th grade"

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g) Kendra Mears
"They are trying to make fun of me because I got a B C and only one D."

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h) ariel Davis
"go girl she is getting let and I past all my grades her"
-snip-
I think the sentence that begins after the word "girl" means that She is going to get left back (going to have to repeat a year in school because of failing grades) and I will get better grades than she does (or and I will be in a higher grade level in school than she is).

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i) sani copper baby nii
"Your always so post get A + be good not bad bad get you in jail"
-snip-
I think this sentence says "You're always supposed to get A and be good not bad [because being] bad will [cause you to be put] in jail."

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j) Christine Vanderhorst
"I need help because I am bad at school. Last time I smack my teacher."

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k) Shanika Fudge
"I make A and B to"

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l) Carma Johnson
"I'm in 4 grade"

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m) Qnique Sweet
"who never dislike this they get f's"
-snip-
I think this comment means "Whoever dislikes this song gets an "F" (failing) grade."

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n) Shaunte Jones
"I'm in 3rd grade"

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o) Eryel Hatchett
"I get 5$ for the A and I get 2$ for the B"

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p) Layton Scoggins
"my son is on his way to the 4th grade, he loves your videos, awesome message keep up the good work"

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C) OFF TOPIC COMMENTS
1. Comments that consist of just the word "hi" or just the commenter's name.

Note: I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. I refer to this way of using or attempting to use these videos' comment sections as social networking sites as "the facebooking of Youtube discussion threads." However, these types of comments may (also) be a form of self-promotion and/or self-affirmation.

Examples:
a) TJ Jenkins
"Hi. Tj"

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b) Shenette Johnson
"Hi"

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2. Other personalized or (probably) self-promoting comments

Examples:
a) Chasity Stewart
"what grade are you in I am in 4th and you got some talent and my name is Chastity what is yours"

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b) Pretty #22 LOL
"I dont know why no they dont like that was so good and you dad is cool and u and your friends are to go on my page on youtube Malea Cole"

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f) annaika desruisseaux
"Can you guys like my videos please

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g) thebeast mode
"Shout out to @thebeastmode324"

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h) Zoey Gass
"I CAN DO THAT GOODER THEN YOU"

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i) Nyaisha Miller
"hey girl
-snip-
This comment was posted 5 times in a row (probably as a way for the commenter to draw attention to herself)

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D. OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS

Note: A number of people posted comments that have nothing to do with this video or with the original "Rake It Up" video.

1. Comments that don't consist of gibberish but have nothing to do with this song or video or the original "Rake It Up" song or video

Examples:
a) Kala Norris
"you are the best mom"

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b) Safari Dawkins
"I love you Mikayla"
-snip-
No one posting on that sub-thread had that name and even if there was a Mikayla who was posting on that video's discussion thread, this comment is still off-topic.

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c) Briana Taylor
"Is that Hayden from a Singletary"

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Reply
d) Briana Taylor
"Sorry I did not spell your name right"

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e) Brittney Combs
"I'm"

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Reply
d) Brittney Combs
"Running"

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e) KIKISVLOGS X
"Hey KIKIVLOGERZ Go Subscribe To My Channel"

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2. "Gibberish comments"- Comments that mostly or only consist of a random series of letters and/or symbols

Examples:
a) Nylah Mathis
"bbbjvgjjcch
vbulltrsllekwkelgfj"
-snip-
I've included two some of the responses to this comment to further demonstrate how such comments can cause the discussion thread to continue to be "off-topic".

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b) Lovina Leonard
"Nylah Mathis what do you mean"

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Reply
c) tony arrington
"Nylah Mathis what"

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d) Lasgidi Guide
"Hi. πŸ˜±πŸ€‘πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜œ"

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3. Comments that consist of a word or words that isn't a complete thought

Example
a) Denisha Walker
"None"

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4. Comments in which the commenter shares or asks for personal information, including online or offline contact information

Examples
a) Shay Mayes
"Can I get two hundred dollars to this address 3292 North West 209 ter"

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b) Nevaeh Harrison
"is your name London"
-snip-
This comment doesn’t appear to be written in response to a previous comment.

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5. Comments that just consist of the word "hi" or just consist of the commenter's name.

Note: I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. Seeing one's name online may be a form of self-promotion or self-affirmation.

Examples:
a) Glenn Evans
"Glenn"

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b) Janiyah Locke
"Janiyah"

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D. NEUTRAL COMMENTS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG/VIDEO

Examples:
1. General neutral comments

Example:
a) SHY GaMeR
"I don't know if I like it or not 🀷🏽‍♀️

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2. Request for information

Example:
a) Sasha Banks
"Where yaw from?"

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2. Specific neutral comment: Comment about paying children money for good grades

Example
a) Oceana SisterMoon
"Ok. I love it all but the getting paid for grades....."

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"I believe the behavior you reward, is the behavior they'll repeat! So this is my way of preparing her for the future. It's the same concept of a academic college scholarship. Those who achieve academic success and make good grades, don't have to pay tuition. Which is more than 5$, it's more like 50,000$! Just food for thought, but I appreciate the love and support! Thank you"

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E. NEGATIVE COMMENTS

1. Negative comments about the people in the video

Examples
a) Kimari Lane
"You stank you lames and biglamelos"

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b) Fli BOI
"The girl in the middle don't need lipstick ghetto ass kids..."

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c) Jontez Walker
"Yo little girl act like she's grown"

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d) lydia moise
"It was nice but that makeup"

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e) Virginia Lynn
"Im 10 and I'm not allowed to wear that much makeup until I'm 13 or 14

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2. Negative comments about the video itself

Examples
a) JOJO DA GOAT
"Th is lammee"

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b) The Black Comic
"cringe"

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c) henrietta ripohau
"i dont really like this you need to make it intresting"

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d) Reign Odom
"so weak"

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e) youene Petit Jean
"I like the song but not the dance"

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f) Kris Blk
"Dumb you ruined the song"

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PART II: THE WAY THE COMMENTS ARE WRITTEN

A. COMMENTS THAT DON'T ADHERE TO STANDARD PUNCTUATION, CAPITALIZATION, AND/OR GRAMMATICAL RULES

Note: Examples of these types of comments include "run on sentences" with no punctuation and/or no capitalization, or with inconsistent punctuation or capitalization, or with incorrectly used puntuation marks.

Examples:
1. Nadeige Decoste
"She so cute I love her and she is very nice I love her dance moves and she is very nice to i I love her a lot she is nothing but a big dance so when she grows up she will be so talented she will go to America’s got talent and I know that because she’s got some talent I love you guys love your videos thank you for anything you have the best video ever"

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2. Tameca Hillery
"I don't know what to say this is so cool I love this cold to go Dad hashtag number one dad go little mamas and little man go get them"

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3. Lashonnia Hall
"The Carter Link. they are some cute. girls"
-snip-
I've noticed a number of comments that include the multiple use of periods within those comments. I wonder how recent this custom is. I think that it is done to decorate or embellish comments similar to adding symbols of smiley faces or hearts to internet/texting comments. As such, those people who engage in this custom may think that it adds a modern, hip look to their comments. However, this custom changes the meaning of the period as a punctuation mark. Some other examples of this custom are including in this compilation.

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4. Drimaisa Smith
"they. are. all cute. to. me😍😍😍😍😍😘😘"

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5. Gladyd Gee
"Rake. it up 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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6. Aria Menton
"Is.u fat"

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7. Chantina Myers
"you say. Young money i like"

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8. Marley Horlback
"She is.all that so stop."
-snip-
This was written in response to a comment that criticized Dream Carter (the main girl who rapped in this video). In the context of this comment, "all that" is a superlative.

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9. Cathy Tymes
"Which one is your kids"

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10. Jamia Dees
"Them a lot of kids but y'all did okπŸ€”πŸ˜‚"

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11. Nani Bonane
"She is. So pretty"

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12. Herzell Mccray
"That's my daughter coach you are going. to learn so much from him"
-snip-
Given that the commenter is talking about her daughter, it appears that this custom of adding one or more periods within a sentence is being done by an adult. Notice that the commenter doesn't have a period or any other punctuation mark at the end of her sentence.

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13. neamiya armstead
"Everything she sing is to help children like school and get a lot of a and she is a good girl I can tell I beat she always gets a lot of A's and they are a gorgeous girl"

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14. Linda Wicker
"You is the best"

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B. COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN SPELLING ERRORS

Examples:
1. y'surah wilson
"MS BELL AT MY SCHOOL NO'S THIR DAD SHE SHOED US THE VIDOE AT SCHOOL"

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2. Ciara Plays
"FINALLY SOMETHING ON YOUTUBE THATS ATULLY GREAT"

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3. Match My Hustle
"Look at them shoes doe"

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4. Hayes Cotton
"I know were this happened in Slidell i live there"

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5. Ryaa Boo
"they played this song at are school 🏨"

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6. Ashley Moultrie
"l like thais song it is my favit song if l be good at shcool l git 5 ballers"

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7. Tonisha Harvey
"I like your songs and I like your darters hire and I subcrib"

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8. Neasia li
"I love my family to and I love my dad to and my mom πŸ˜„πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜€πŸ˜πŸ˜€πŸ˜πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ΆπŸ™„πŸ˜ΆπŸ™„πŸ˜‰πŸ˜†πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜Š"

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9. Tonisha Harvey
"If eney body is reading this do eney body like this song because I do I like it so much 😁😁😁😁"

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10. Ramonni Gordon
"To much for me"

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11. Jose Orbitz
"The ones that's gave her a thumbs down they stupid anyways"

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12. miss coca cola roblox
"Love this song πŸ˜› dose she have a musiclly"

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13. tony arrington
"she look my friend nia"

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14. Janiyah Andrade
"It's stuck in my head. Be college bomb"
-snip-
The line in the song's lyrics is "Be college bound". This may be a typo or the commenter mishearing or misremembering the lyrics and not an example of a spelling error. But I wanted to add it anyway.

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15. hailee mullins
"We watch this muisc class at school"

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16. carla venters
"Your baby is cut"

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17. Naye Bella
"How old are you if you are raping"
-snip-
The Carter Link responded with the information "8 years old" (This comment refers to Mr. Carter's daughter "Dream".)

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C. COMMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN WITHOUT A VERB

Examples:
1. Lauren Tyson
"This song lit"

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2. Ariel Hunt
"She so cute"

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3. Jania Hill-graves
"This lit"

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4. react Nation
"This funny πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ"

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5. Sadarrius Tripp
"She good"

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D. COMMENTS THAT USE AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Example
1. Halo Daniel
"We be singing this at school like I tell all my kids"

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E. COMMENTS THAT USE RANDOM LETTERS, NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, AND/OR EMOJIS IN PLACE OF WORDS

Examples:
1. Anjola Odunuga
"πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯"

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2. Tene Broomfield
"I ❤️It!!!!!!!! You did that!"

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3. Annie Y
"She so wounderful God bless her❤ Love u"
#Isubcribe Big fanπŸ’™πŸ˜˜

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4. Maliyah G
"i ❤️ the dance moves"

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5. Jolie shola Enright
"Ur kids are so cute"

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6) Jashanti Callaway
"Like how y'all πŸ‘—"

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7. Honiebun Abor
"U ain't gonna have no money when they make all them A's and B's"

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F. COMMENTS THAT CONSIST OF OR INCLUDE INTERNET/TEXT ABBREVIATIONS AND/OR EMOJIS

Examples:
1. Sariyah Robinson
"Lol"

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2. Mack Gibson
"OMG"

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3. Parris b
"Omg this song lit and that girl she can rap #kidgoals"

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4. cute girl so cute
"Lol"

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5. Ms. Jade Campbell
"Lmao they are having a blast. Look at them they are killing it."

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6. MERCY MCCLAIN
"πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚wowowowowowoπŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ’™πŸ‘„πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’ŸπŸ’ŸπŸ’ŸπŸ’πŸ’πŸ’"

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This concludes Part II of this two part series.

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