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I'm hollin' about gruel, here's the real I f***ing top like champagne bottles to chill on nothin' but ice Now I send it up to the greatest to tell them I'm nice too Plus push some nice goals that ain't roll like deuce, man I'm OG Bobby J, and we f***in' soccer fields You respect that, or get your mind around me, get it pushed back Y'all don't want that, send them to the morgue I keep it my f***ing fountain for sure In the club with no b***h, got them takin' it off Can't help that, I'm that n***a that puts it down Once I hit that, send them up into my back Send them home in a throwback, West 44 late

I put Lamborghini doors on that Escalade Lil' pro solo look like I'm ridin' on blades In one year, man, you know I'm so paid I have a straight chick in the telly goin' both ways Touch me, tease me, kiss me, please me I give it to you just how you like it, girl You're not rockin' with the best, that thang On my hip, Teflon on my chest They say I'm no good, cause I'm so hood Bitch, folks do not like me

I'm just 25 and I'm not ready Let's make a deal, give me some time I got a few pounds to stake Got more grounds to gain Can't get stuck with the ball and the chain I need to be sure Come back and see me in two years or more I remember as a kid I used to dream I had a big crush on Sandra's kid sister Jean She was in love with Duane It's been so many years and I still feel the pain What about the girl across the street? Took the same bus I used to raise her receipt Now I'm hitting all the charts, it's so easy getting lit Living in style, I'm getting paid Booking up my peeps with the millions I've made Now I'm having girls who I knew in first grade See, I'm kind of feeling like my short is getting played So I'm digging ya Can I get a rain check? Just 25 and I'm not ready yet Let's make a deal Give me some time, I got a few hunts to steal Got more grounds to gain Can't get stuck with the ball and the chain

When you roll up in, it's too late

Your real friends won't do you wrong Real friends don't change Your real friend won't run in war, no care what the cost is Your real friends are in for all the wins and the losses But real, no question at all, I'm ready fi rise a tallest Take it to the enemies, all for one and one for allest Real friends will hear you out, no secret feelings Real friends won't sell you out, no bargain pleading For real, always looking out a meal When outside a drought, your real friend won't hide you out, no Your real friends will serve you love Your real friends won't do you wrong

Real friends don't change Made laughter from backstabbers turning tears faster I wish for you no snake shall slither past ya, you have to Keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear My surroundings got only real powerful niggas here Real men we have a code of ethics, no question No jealousies, no feminine tendencies we expecting No gossip, no phony logic, no counting your homie pocket Spare no expense for legal defense if your homie locked up No keeping tabs on who was the last who looked out Selfish niche, that's a character flaw No holdin' out, yo, what happened to the honor? You're dealin' with since it's a prima donna drama Teflon love for my dudes who solid Real friends who serve you now

My little friend don't change

I've got students to voice in And I've got news for rejoicing Now a new sun is rising I count my blessings That I'm safe when I'm resting Furniture in my nesting Not by force I'm suggesting You count your blessings I've got love and assurance I've got new health insurance I've got strength and endurance So I count my blessings And give thanks to the master That through all the disaster We're still here together after Bet I count your blessings Count your

I feel like that's what I bring to the present from my past and my parents and their dysfunction and Particularly the, you know, even when good things come, you can't take them in.

It just feels like Teflon, man.

Success, you know, for me, I'll be okay when was always about, you know, the job I wanted, the career.

When that kind of came to fruition, you know, I got married young and we've really been fortunate.

We have regular pans.

Like without Teflon on them or whatever.

Because, you know, cancer.

And...

Raven, a novel by Lindsay Faye.

I love those books that you love so much that it's like Teflon.

It doesn't matter if anybody else likes it in the whole wide world.

If there were to be critics of this, you would think, oh, well, I still love

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In this episode, we talk about defusing the bomb, having perspective versus the rawness of the moment, using an ethical reader, the empathy for her younger self, being like Teflon, arrival fallacy, delusional dreams, the best part of the process, getting to do the art, platform as ecosystem, and a whole lot more.

I'd pair this episode, if you were interested, with any of Lydia Yuknevich's appearances, Rax King, and Elisa Gabbard, just to name three.

Parting shot on why do we even still listen to these things, but for now, it's high time we cue it up.

But that really got me interested in the whole protective aspect of literacy and literacy achievement and early reading instruction being something of a buffer against adversity for young people who face already a lot of disadvantage because of the nature of their Family, home environment, the communities that they live in, you know, when you stack up risk factors, they aggregate in the same way that when you stack up protective factors, they aggregate.

And my thinking was very much that becoming a proficient reader, whilst it doesn't Teflon coat students against adversity.

It can be a protective factor because it's something that helps to keep them connected to school.

So I've had various roles along the way, worked in medical education for 10 years, which was interesting and instructive in a number of ways.

They shut those feelings down.

And, and just what you just said, project, they literally are Teflon.

They literally push everything back onto you.

What if the response isn't so much like how you were describing? What if the response from them, when you ask a question or bring something up or tell them how you feel, it's more like, Um, they take it personal and then they, you know, like, well, you really hurt my feelings when you said this, you know, I just feel like you do that.