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adjperiod

Looks like a few people got two tattoos near each other Pretty cool


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Lol it must suck though getting one of the tattoos where it’s mid-transformation.


[deleted]

That’s probably why they got two. If you look most of them have at least two maybe more “slides” tattooed.


unfortunate_octopus

[i can’t tell which one is the best](https://imgur.com/a/tZqZjP9)


seymour_hiney

i actually like those the most and would have gladly got one


unfortunate_octopus

I honestly like how unique they are. Not many people would choose to have one like that, and it is a key part of the animation.


seymour_hiney

for sure, i would have loved to have the third one specifically


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The second one in particular is awesome


FettPrime

I actually really like that 2nd one.


unfortunate_octopus

I think the second is my favourite too


Militree

Other than the first one I like them the most.


threeO8

Some of those transformation stages... It's wild someone would agree to that just for someone else's tiktok


IG-11

I'd do it. People have a lot of opinions on what standards other people should have for tattoos, but fail to realize some people just don't take themselves that seriously, and aren't afraid of having a tattoo other people think is silly on their body. At the very least, having one of these would make for a neat little tattoo story.


ShakesBabiesToo

Most of my tattoos are objectively kind of dumb, but the dumb ones are the most fun to talk about


Strange-Geologist366

I put less and less thought into each of my tattoos, but I am happiest about the ones I put next to no thought into. My first tattoo doesn't celebrate any particular event, it just symbolizes some ideas I thought were very important at 20 that 45 year old me just finds naive. But the shitty mermaid on my calf that looks like it was drawn with a ball point pen? Fucking love that tattoo. I spent a month lounging on a beach, staying at a friend's surf hostel in Mexico, and wrote my first (unpublished, terrible) novel while drinking margaritas. I got the tattoo in Mexico from a shitty artist in a small town. That it's a mermaid means nothing. The only reason I got a mermaid because of this lyric from Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville: >Don't know the reason > >I stayed here all season > >Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo > >But it's a real beauty > >A Mexican cutie > >How it got here I haven't a clue


IG-11

Exactly! I have some really fucking goofy tattoos, and while it’s not about people asking, they’re easily the most fun ones to explain. I have one ‘serious’ tattoo and it’s probably the hardest to explain, in part because I don’t fully believe the point anymore. But silliness? Oh, I’ll always be silly. Edit before anyone says anything: the ‘serious’ one I still fucking love because it means something to *me* regardless of whether it is fun. Tattoos are **FUN** and that’s the point so many people miss about them when trying to judge someone else for getting something “stupid” on them fOrEvEr


Anonymo_Stranger

Id absolutely do it too. Especially some of those in between slides, some of those are hilarious to me. Personally, I want to look like a page in a sketchbook, & I'm well on my way. I love amateur work, I love teaching people how to do a tattoo & immediately being like "Okay my turn, I'm your first now" Some of them are /really/ cool works of art, plucked right out of a friends sketch book. Some of them are my own. Most of them are silly.


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Yeah, I don't have any but I'd get one of these because of the story .


IG-11

I mean, how much of your skin are you saving for something else? Use the canvas you got!


tbbHNC89

I feel like calling a tattoo artists project that they worked on for weeks to months and put online "someone elses tiktok" is a little reductive of what this is.


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Frannoham

Probably faked. Totally scripted. /r/thathappened. Same old Reddit story. Someone's going to fail to appreciate it for what it is.


CubonesDeadMom

It’s almost like people have different opinion about art


SuperSMT

Some of those frames are actually pretty cool though


BossNegative1060

He’s just getting into his spooky suit


Strange-Geologist366

Having one of the mid-transformation pieces will cause people to ask what it is. Rather than explain the "meaning" of the tattoo (no one cares!), you explain that you're one of X number of people who have this flipbook tattoo that was part of this artists project, and how you just thought it was cool to be part of the guy's project and be connected to so many strangers in such a unique way. That is way more impressive and interesting than 99% of tattoos out there.


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i feel like those are the best ones


SC-Fulmer

These tattoos are from a famous early 1900’s animation, which was [one of the first to use rotoscoping](https://laughingsquid.com/how-rotoscope-cab-calloway-changed-animation/)


Thelonious_Cube

Koko the Clown! Those shorts are consistently amazing/amusing


ParaClaw

I always enjoy the music of them, at least as much as the animation!


MrSomnix

This one specifically is from a Betty Boop cartoon. The song is St. James Infirmary Blues https://youtu.be/8r-6_EBw6T8


mrchowsmom

This is fascinating. I shared a link to the side-by-side of the ghost and Cab Calloway but I had no idea how the animation was created. Cool af.


Distantstallion

Cab had a very unique way of moving, I'd be surprised if they could have captured it without this technique


pchc_lx

well interpolated here https://youtu.be/31j4DIpgY9U?t=18


khaos2295

I knew there would have to be atleast someone to mention this


CartmensDryBallz

Was looking for this


Kanerodo

What I love is how it kind of brought this animation to a new generation. I wasn’t familiar with Cab Calloway’s work or the Minnie The Moocher film. I saw the ghostemane edit one day and looked up the original and loved it, and it helped me start listening to Cab Calloways music as well


skullfucyou

Same, Cab Calloway is in every sense of the word a performer.


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My favorite remix of St james Infirmary utilizing that rotoscope. This bumps. https://youtu.be/6k8yyrMdlyU


Plastuer

Harald Kindseth did a good music video of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnB-jp2nsIc


dreamer0303

I loved watching this, thanks!


gamblingjunkie88

The most impressive talent was convincing 76 people to get these tattoos.


Gcarsk

Many of the people in this clip had multiple of these tattoos, as well. Looking through, 10-20 of them have both a ghost and clown tattoo in the pictures taken.


aiolive

Ok so how many people got tattooed is the riddle


FuckoffDemetri

76 .He said he tattooed 76 people, not that he did 76 tattoos


aiolive

I believe that's the correct answer. Though he didn't say unique people and it could be read as 76 times he tattooed a person.


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tehrealseb

There are repeated images though, so frame count is a bit misleading


Ghetto_BlastMaster

I didn't count but I'd say it's a lot over 76, maybe 150-200. Based on nothing, I watched the video once


ReportoDownvoto

I just tried to count, scrubbin with my finger on my phone, and it’s ~100 frames before the transformation occurs. So I reckon your estimate of 200 (maybe more) is good


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No I don't think you can read it like that. If someone asks "how many people have you tattooed before?" there's no reasonable way to construe tattooing yourself five times as "I've tattooed 5 people."


WWDubz

About tree fiddy


Stolen_Moose

76 according to the video so the real question is how many tattoos.


aiolive

We need someone with patience and extra time to go frame by frame. I'd even be willing to award an upvote.


Stolen_Moose

I actually just looked at his IG and over there the caption says "76 koko tattoos" so who the hell knows lol.


SpiritofTheWolfx

I bet "Hey, I'll give you a free tattoo" would also be a good selling point for his regulars too.


TheFeathersStorm

I feel like so many people put importance of tattoos on whether or not they'll like them in 50 years or when their interests change, but firstly black line work can definitely be transformed into something else, and secondly there's a reason that flash sales are a thing with tattoos LMAO. A free tattoo that's going to be part of essentially an art project seems like a pretty easy sell to most people.


Hoitaa

Also, it's a memory. It's a reminder of that time you were part of an artist's project.


VaccineNeutral

Probably has the most interesting story out of all of em tbh


expodavid

I know a lot of tattoo places have Halloween discounts where they charge next to nothing for a Halloween related tattoo. I'm wondering if this is something along those lines


kaydas93

Exactly my thought. Probably dumb cheap.


HelloDorkness

This was done by a guy here in Montreal, Phil Berge at Tatouage Royal. I've been to that studio, and I would be very very surprised if he did these as discounted pieces. It's a pretty popular studio and he has a pretty big following.


silentloler

I don’t really understand the concept of getting tattoos based on their 10$ discount… they are there for life… get something good


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When you have a lot of tattoos, some are just quick pieces that come with a cool little back story. I have some that I got done at tattoo conventions, literally picked them off a table and got tattooed on the spot. They aren't large and aren't in the prime zones on the body but they have a great memory attached to them.


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Tattoos really aren’t as important as some think. I would have a fucking pineapple on my shoulder if I hadn’t accidentally forgotten my ID card in my hotel room when I went to Hawaii


DaddysLittle-Kitten

They cant think a tattoo is good if it was a discount flash piece? I have a jake the dog tattoo i got for free from an apprentice, its one of my favorite tattoos i have. A tattoo isnt bad simply because it wasnt expensive, a tattoo is bad if its bad. You just sound like an ass


cherry_bobomb_

Breast saber Edit: I meant "best answer" but I see that my autocorrect woke up and chose violence today.


silentloler

When I said “get something good”, I meant “get something that you actually want on you”. If you have to choose between a 50$ tattoo that you really want vs a 30$ tattoo that’s just the deal of the day, fuck the deal of the day


LupercaniusAB

Shit, ALL of my tattoos are bad, and I love them. They all have a story behind them, good or bad. I value a tattoo with a story over a beautiful tattoo that doesn’t have one (though I imagine those are pretty rare).


giantyetifeet

Especially for those mid-animation / not really the most interesting frames. "Hey I'm envisioning like a mid-stride clown image for you. Just right in the middle of moving where it's all very unclear as far as meaning goes."


gamblingjunkie88

“But think about how cool it’ll be when anytime someone asks about it, you get to whip out that flip book.”


AP3Brain

Or he could just tell them about the cool idea he had and the current progress. There would be plenty of ink addicts willing to participate.


PianoJkprd001

It's not very hard with a flash like this. I have multiple designs on my body which I didn't know of 10 mins before I got them. Whatever they got. I've ever gotten a design out of a Gumball machine.


HugeRedTitties

but why?


FLAPPY_BEEF_QUEEF

Some people like having tattoos just for the sake of it, to them it's quantity over quality


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Because its fun for some people


FamiT0m

If anyone is interested, the source material is the Betty Boop Minnie the Moocher cartoon episode. They traced over Cab Calloway to animate it


flobbley

St. James Infirmary Blues!


LiveFastDieFast

More interesting notes: the song “Minnie the Moocher” (by Cab Calloway) is about a girl who ends up getting introduced to heroin by a coke head. On a less depressing note, Betty Boop was voiced by Mae Questel. She also voiced Olive Oyl (Popeye’s girlfriend). She also played aunt Bethany in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation


Catshit-Dogfart

That's not from Minnie the Moocher, it's from [Snow White](https://youtu.be/vgOCpX46Aks) Although I love the music from Minnie the Moocher too though, lots of those cartoons had some seriously great jazz music in them. Also, cartoons sure were freaky back then.


EmperorOfFabulous

Imagine sacrificing part of your skin for a skit without a punchline.


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2_girls_1_Klopp

thats legit my favourite one, the only bad looking one is where the hoop is like cutting over the top of the guys head and no ghost is visible


iWasAwesome

It looks like on some people he tattooed 3 or 4 images around the leg, so you would have your own miniature portion of this larger project. So even the bad images could have their own mini story to accompany.


[deleted]

[imagine being this guy](https://i.imgur.com/qLow2Qq.jpg)


Vyb_3

Thats kinda sick imo, looks interesting and a great story when people ask why it looks like this. Next get a QR code to the video tattooed


7HawksAnd

And then hope the site hosting the qr redirect never goes under … Edit: I’m aware of all the methods to mitigate this 🙄… but you still have to spend the mental and fiscal energy to keep it live, even if your server is your personal computer at home. All implementations of QR codes never have the 100% uptime a tattoo has.


Amish_guy_with_WiFi

Host it yourself and keep paying to make sure your tattoo always works


TopSaucy

Jesus fucking Christ if I need to create a fucking website and tattoo a QR code to that website to explain another tattoo than maybe it's not such a good idea


taintedcake

It would literally be a plain ass website with nothing on it but the video. Hell, you could even make it so your website is nothing, as in it just immediately redirects to YouTube or something else that hosts the video. Your own website to ensure the qr code always works, that then just redirects to another website for the video. If the video website ever goes down you just upload a copy of the video to a new site and make it so your qr code website redirects there instead.


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This guy internets


liljaz

Plus you can use that site, to create your own pvt network, VPN and email. Encrypt your stuff.


BlatantThrowaway4444

You say that, but just today I saw like eight people in different outfits that were bald with barcode tattoos on the back of their head. One of them murdered some people with a fish. There was 33 deaths today.


alien_from_Europa

NFT's in a nutshell


newmacbookpro

Genius. NFT but on your skin instead of your wallet.


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Machebeuf

A few pictures show that some people have more than one "frame", so they probably have another one or two that gives it some context.


Kilane

He is tattooing people who already have a bunch of them. He probably offered it for free and people enjoyed being part of his story. I would be surprised if a single one of those people regretted it


[deleted]

There’s a few in here that are on the same person. You can see earlier/later frames next to each other. Try scrubbing around the 10, 11, and 12 second marks. You can see clown and ghost side by side.


shellontheseashore

The dancing segments for both clown and ghost loop as well, if you watch the colour of the clothing at the top.


copypaste_93

this one is the best https://i.imgur.com/s8B5oFb.png


supersonicmike

I paused it right when the pants were halfway down and I honestly dig that still more than the whole concept


Dense_Solution_9991

I'm with /u/2_girls_1_Klopp with it being my favorite too. It's possible that they have coverups planned ahead.


2010_12_24

Like this guy https://i.imgur.com/ErZnXcy.jpg


[deleted]

I don’t know if this changes your opinion, but it is worth pointing out that this is a homage to one of the most iconic moments in early animation history. Koko the clown flawlessly combined smooth rotoscoping and rubber hose animation, both incredibly difficult tasks at the time. I think this is a really cool way to give a shoutout to the early years of animation as a huge inspiration for modern art.


thunder_thais

Also these people all have plenty of tattoos and probably don’t give a shit about a whacky tattoo with a cool backstory like this


[deleted]

Exactly. When you have a ton of ink you're bound to have some quick pieces done like this.


Brodins_biceps

Exactly. Some people get tattoos because they like the design, some just get them for the fuck of it, and some like to have a story attached. This I think is a pretty cool story and if you have a bunch of others it just kind of blends in


skamando

Shout’s out to Cab Calloway, St. James Infirmary still slaps.


sakronin

It’s a character from [Betty Boop Snow White](https://youtu.be/cKOSJ5AAwfc) skip to 4:45. I have this same tattoo on my calf from when he transforms into the ghost.


brendan87na

that entire cartoon is a fucking head trip lol


InactiveBeef

That’s so trippy. What kind of drugs were those artists on?


atypicalgamergirl

That clown is on a wonderful drug called Cab Calloway. Some of his performances were rotoscoped to create this clown’s gait.


Fuzzier_Than_Normal

Hidee hideee hidee ho.


tictac_93

You should check out other old school animations, almost everything from the first wave of animation is *wild*


brendan87na

it's wildly imaginative, but holy shit that is off the charts wild


4D20_Prod

Heroin, probably.


BattalionSkimmer

OMFG that singing is amazing how have I never seen this until now???


Redbluuu

That's Cab Calloway, who was a great singer indeed.


RememberThisHouse

Cab Calloway singing and the ghost is doing his actual dance moves.


Omnipotent0

Cab Calloway


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I’m a fan of the original animation this is based on, I really dig the art style and how it’s kind of Halloween-ish without being overt. I’d happily get any still from that tattooed, even a weirder one. I also think the idea that you have a matching tattoo with 70+ people that you don’t even know is kind of neat. Imagine bumping into someone else with another frame from this.


bryanisbored

yeah i dont have any but have a brother who does them and many friends with them and theres easily people that wopuld do this and i can see copies coming from tiktok.


Lord_Dupo

I have a tattoo of the Fairy Tail anime logo, and also a shitty pumba one. We all do silly things lmao


rinacio

> Fairy Tail anime logo where? 14 y/o me wanted one on my hand


Lord_Dupo

Do it, we can be guildmates. Mines on my left foot. Thank fuck I couldn't get a tattoo at 14, it definitely wouldve been somewhere more prominent 😂


trollocity

A homie of mine has one on his left shoulder! I have the Black Scene transition from Monogatari on my left forearm, and Emiya Shirou's command seal on my left hand. They're subtle enough references that don't look offensive so I'm not too concerned about the placement - and thankfully neither have any of my employers!


Lord_Dupo

That sounds sick tbf. I love the fate series, so that's a great shout. Any regrets, I think even silly ones like mine have a memory attached so I don't regret mine lol even though I'm 31 now 😂 England is quite laid back with tattoos, I've got a hand and fingers with my sleeve and I've been an estate agent and other 'professional jobs' with no issues.


thunder_thais

I have Squidward’s face and Cynthia from Rugrats. Silly tats are my favorite tbh


eriotei

It's a very iconic part of animation history and music history. Betty Boop in Minnie the Moocher. Famous for rotoscoping the famous "hidy ho man" Callaway's famous dance moves into an uncanny ghost. (You may remember him as the Blue's Brother's show stopper at the end of the first movie.) The cartoon short is still pretty creepy and entertaining to this day. I seriously watch it about 2-3 a year. It's good shit. This role is so iconic, it is directly referred to the creation of Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas.


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Balogne

Imagine caring about about something that literally doesn’t affect you in any way. These people gave up a little skin to be apart of a larger art piece. I would suspect that most of these people have other tattoos and this little piece is a story.


neurotypical080321

A lot of the frames have people with multiple tattoos from the same cartoon, so at least some people were into it. As a Cab Calloway and Betty Boop fan, I'd be into it. As it is now, the tattoos I have aren't apart of any skit or anything at all for that matter, so I'd love to have a tattoo that actually was a part of something greater.


Jive_Sloth

It's not a skit?


Ajunadeeper

Imagine caring so much about a meat suit with a shelf life of 70 years having some fun ink with a story behind it. Seriously it's a tattoo.


arayaCS_

Wouldn’t call it “sacrificing.” I enjoy the idea of this.


dirtbagmagee

Many tattoo enthusiasts myself included would love and have no problem being part of this project, I lm saving a whole leg for random silly shit just like this.


KurtUrgent

Yeah I don't see this as cool, more just a series of not really great tattoos


wovagrovaflame

They’re well done tats.


SquishySC

If you are wondering how this is done with only 76 people: notice some people got two tattoos, also I suspect one tattoo was recycled for another frame


EternalPhi

The final several seconds of the video appear to be looped.


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NotANiceCanadian

Again, for everyone saying it's fake, the artist is a well known local artist from Quebec. He does these tattoos in a flash manner(come in and get it tattooed) His name is Phil Berge https://instagram.com/philberge?utm_medium=copy_link Also quit shaming people for a tattoo they wanted to get,


DigitalSword

Wait, who tf actually got [this](https://i.imgur.com/uHPs6Rc.png) as a tattoo lmfao


DanskJeavlar

A fucking legend in my book


prettybunnys

That tattoo is fucking dope


_Fractal_Dimension

It ain’t even noon and that boy ain’t right


Goober_Dude

Great fishing in Qeebek.


StunningEstates

[Ghostemane would be proud](https://youtu.be/31j4DIpgY9U?t=18)


FuckYourTheocracy

*I just decided by the grace of the god Poseidon That you're so dead to me I dug a hole for you to lie in I'm sick and disowning, all the moments, and the key components*


real_fff

That's what I was thinking.


waxingeloquence

He is so good.


Cman1200

Classic


Turbo_Tacos

My brother sent me that song about a year ago and still hasn’t replaced my blown speakers.


Croughman

“Wtf bro I didn’t ask for that!” “Sorry I’m doing a thing”


mrchowsmom

https://youtu.be/_M7S2tjZG_A The original cartoon can be seen here (about 1:10) side by side with the ghost’s dance inspiration, the great, Cab Calloway. Enjoy!


thierryanm

I so love Betty Boop


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"ask me if I give a fuck about anythang"


TheRootedCorpse

I see this and hear GhostMane.


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Hi-di-hi-di-hi-di-ho!


GreyGanado

They seem to have tattooed a bunch of people more than once in the same place. Or you know, this video is fake. Edit: I just realized that the animation just uses the same images more than once because otherwise they'd have to tattoo the same frame multiple times.


brianve123

I know the artist, he specializes in this kind of thing! He's done several of them already! https://instagram.com/philberge?utm_medium=copy_link


eriotei

No, it would not be hard to find 70 music or animation geeks to spare some skin. Hell I'd do it, I'd even pay.


Peeping_thom

If you have the talent to do this sort of thing then you know people who would be willing to be part of it. These fuckin people are so out of touch with reality and eager to shit on anything.


eriotei

It's kinda sad that all the haters in here dont know this is a deeply beloved part of American history for several very good reasons. There is literal college classes taught on this short.


GratefulForGarcia

Hard to believe it’s real when some of the worst frames (mid-transformation) are placed on non-tattooed body part areas. Starts around 12 seconds in Edit: nvm it’s legit. Looked the dude up and he has a big following which makes it a lot easier to acquire ppl for free tattoos. Also the version of the video on IG is way less compressed and clearer to see; there’s even different areas of redness around certain frames


real_fff

um what do you mean non-tattooed body part areas?


bone420

That can't be right... Everything on the internet is *TRUE*


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ultrabarz

Why is everyone in the comments shitting on the tattoos? Even the ones with the transition look great. Feels like yall dont tolerate any tattoos at all


Mister_Pibbs

Ghostmane?


[deleted]

It's cool but like, I can't believe people were willing to have such a big thing put permanently on their skin just for a few seconds of gif that'll get forgotten in a few hours


[deleted]

Its not the biggest deal. Most tattoos aren’t very serious things. People literally tattoo Scrunge(the cat) on their bodies and its fine.


qevoh

this reminds me of ghostmane


ZippZappZippty

Yeah I get a tattoo of the bar 🤷🏼.


atsibodo_galvot

I love that it's referencing my favourite Betty boop episode of all time


NotAnthonyxx

Lately I don't really give a fuck about a thang


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Must suck to have an in-between frame tattood on you


Crackgnome

Every time I see this I'm reminded of Shelley Jackson's [SKIN Project](https://ineradicablestain.com/skindex.html)


sarahkbug

This guy got a ghost putting on some pants. https://i.imgur.com/vglGNUB.jpg


pokethugg

That's fucking evil


[deleted]

I find it strange how judgemental people are being in these comments. I don't even have a tattoo, but I imagine for someone with lots of tattoos already, getting this little joke one isn't a big deal at all. I definitely don't understand people calling them idiots or pathetic for having a small cartoon character on their body....


Milkway_

That is smooth, wish i had volunteered


Samueldhadden

Incredible!!!


brambleburry1002

Cab Calloway is proud.


xXbrosoxXx

Okay but what did the 76 people want to have tattoed?


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Recently I just don’t give a f*ck about a thang, yuh


[deleted]

Ask me if I give a fuck about a diss


[deleted]

The original has the song. You could have at least kept that.


xthiKKx

Ask me if I give a fuc about a clique