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Raw Passion With BILLIE-JADE · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Night show you. So, my name's Billy Jade. I have a new
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  debut EP out this Friday called eleven eleven, which was like produced by Mitch
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  Marlow. So he's done bands such as New Year's Day in this moment,
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  Stitched Up Heart, a lot of female fronted heavy metal. So yeah,
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  I'm really excited to show the world. Yeahful Jane, thanks for joining us
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  today. I've got to say you're a bundle of joy. Some people I
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  talk to you on here that you're so maroa and going through the motions so
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  much. So you're releasing your debut EP, eleven eleven on this Friday,
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  April the nineteenth, which is only a couple of days away, mate,
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  So how you feel and you You're nervous, You're anxious, excited, happy,
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  sad, all of the above. I'm so excited. This has been
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  a long time in the making. I did try to go over for another
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  writing session during COVID and got sent back, So it's been a long time
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  and I'm just so excited to put out the ideas. There was one song,
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  one track I wrote in a writing session with Mitch when I first met
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  him, which is Scream. So that's the first track on the EP and
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  the rest I wrote with him later on, But I'm just so excited to
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  get all those ideas together out together as an EP. So yeah, the
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  first release called the EP unapologetically honest and raw. Would you agree with that?
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  And why? Yeah, I think it's just me. Like I I
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  think I'm a very honest and raw person, like when I'm talking, like
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  if you get to know me, that's the way I am. So I
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  think it's a little bit of my personality in there, a little bit of
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  a diva attitude. I'd say it for heavy metal. So I guess,
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  you know, like I'm trying to bring across something that's a little bit more
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  honest and raw than a lot of the stuff that is being played because I
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  think a lot of it is just a recycling of ideas. So I'm trying
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  to think of, like I guess on the last writing sessions, I was
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  trying to think of ideas that haven't really been put out there or I always
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  have little ideas that you know, grow, So yeah, where you're coming
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  from with honestly, Like I tell people, if you don't want the answer
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  to a question, don't ask me, because really the ship but say's a
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  lot of hassle. Yeah, exactly tells a bit more about eleven eleven musically
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  and what you're going for with it. Yeah, I guess I'm really into
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  the modern metal sound. I know a lot of people do love the old
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  school metal, which I'm a big fan of as well. But with Mitch,
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  he writes a lot of that kind of hard hitting, big choruses,
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  you know, does his own mixing of things, and yes, it's definitely
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  got I guess my own twist to his sound. So he has that modern
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  metal sound. I love that modern metal metal sound. That's why I work
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  with him. And also I have, I guess a bit of a blues
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  element to my voice, so he kind of picked that up in the first
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  song, Scream, and he wanted to incorporate it straight away, so he
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  did in the chorus He's like singing that like with a bit of swing,
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  you know. So it was it was really cool to work with him and
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  him embraced the elements that he could see came naturally from me. So yeah,
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  I didn't have this as a question, but it's just sort of come
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  up now. Like you mentioned Mitch your producer quite a few times, and
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  the band between Advansity's work with But a lot of people outside of music wouldn't
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  understand, like how important is the right producer in making your record the way
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  it should be. It's everything, Like I know from where I've come from.
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  Being my first single, I did the recording on my own, so
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  it was me playing guitar, bass, vocals, keys, and my brother
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  on the drums. And you know, as much as I love that process,
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  because it was a really big tick on achieving something, Uh, it
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  was hard work and to get the sound that I wanted was I would say,
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  almost impossible. So I think to have someone who sees your vision and
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  bring it to life with you is so important in them to understand you as
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  an artist, isn't Like I've worked with big producers before, and yeah,
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  them to understand you as an artist and your strengths is like so important,
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  very true. I highly recommend. I Actually remember I was talking with Alice
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  Cooper once and he was talking about his producers, and at the end of
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  it, I asked him for for a couple of chips I think for uh
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  the top three commandments of metal I think it was, And what first one
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  he said was listen to your producer because he's there for a reason. And
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  as much as you don't want to sometimes they're always right. I don't want
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  to hear it, but it's true. Well you can't tell yourself sometimes.
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  Now there's there's songs on the exactly. So we've only got four songs on
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  the EP, as you said, so I want to run through them one
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  time and you can tell us a bit more about the song. So it
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  starts off with Yeah, scream. That was the first song we wrote together
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  and it did take about an hour. I already had a concept for the
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  song. It's a very sexually empowering song. I love it. It's hard
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  hitting, big chorus. Yeah, definitely one of my favorites. And yeah,
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  it was. It was definitely. I think it's I think it's the
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  song that metal needs. It needs a you know, a little bit of
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  an almost hip hop lyrical edge, a bit of attitude. Yeah, it's
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  second. U you've got a cover of the James Brown song It's the Man's
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  Man's World, which is an interesting choice a cover, but it's also definitely
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  and tastefully done. So tell us about that, and yeah, I chose
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  that song. I My mum's actually a professional singer. I've been listening to
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  her since I was a kid, and that's actually my favorite song that I've
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  ever heard her sing. So it's like, I guess, a homage to
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  my mum. But also every time i've heard it, I just thought,
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  damn, that'd be cool if it was a metal song I had a woman
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  singing it. Yeah, exactly, So I guess that's the you know,
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  thought behind it. It's a really well I like the way you've done it,
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  like you've changed the original but you've still respected it. So I've done
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  it really well. Thank you so much. Next to the song that I'm
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  not even going to try to pronounce, but it's got the capital letter is
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  d G A F A Y. Firstly, tell us what that stands for,
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  then tell us more about the song. If I can swear, it's
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  don't give a fuck about You? I got don't give a part right,
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  But I wasn't going to say that because I wasn't sure in front of you.
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  But I've been sitting there all morning going what what can I stand for?
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  And so you put it into a love song of sorts. It's any
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  love song definitely, but that one. Yeah, I've had an idea for
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  a while to write a song like that that's a bit like, I guess,
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  you know, just a tongue in cheek kind of kind of anthem.
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  So that's what it is. I went through a terrible breakup before I wrote
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  that. Songs empowered by that complete the EP with the track no Way Out.
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  M M yeah, that one. That one's a bit of a lyrical
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  twist to it. So the song itself, I would say, with more
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  radio friendly, a bit of a power anthem. But the song is basically
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  a twist on what you think it's about. So No Way Out is basically
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  thinking, you know, I guess people when they hear no Way Out are
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  thinking there's no way out for them. But the song is actually about being
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  in some kind of abusive a relationship. And the twist is that what it's
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  saying is like, thank you to those people, because if you leave you,
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  they have no way out from themselves. You're free. So I guess
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  it's trying to empower people in those situations to like see the way out.
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  Good now. Yeah, there's no song on their card eleven eleven, which
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  means the title has got greater significance, So tell us, tell us what
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  it is. Yeah. So I I actually lost my father two years ago,
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  which was around when all this was coming together. I kind of fell
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  apart. But strangely, everything happened at the perfect time, and it just
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  kept popping up on the clock eleven eleven, eleven eleven, and my dad
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  said to me, He's like, I know, I know this is hard.
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  Like before he passed away, he said, I know this is hard
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  for you, but I need you to finish that fucking music. Yeah,
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  motivation, so you know, like I guess it's like a bit of a
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  you know, ode to my dad kind of thing. But also the message
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  that I was getting was eleven eleven, eleven eleven. Everywhere. It was
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  like I couldn't escape. You know, the clock was telling you it's time.
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  It's time. So why did you change it to Roman numerals? And
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  there's got to be a story behind that too. I just love the look
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  of them. Really, it's a fuck out of people, so you enjoy
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  doing that. Everyone's confused, but I think there was also a lot of
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  songs called eleven eleven EPs things like that before, so I wanted it to
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  be unique. It definitely makes you stand out. Well, yeah, thank
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  you. Thanks Chris, So we run through all four of the songs individually
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  on eleven eleven. So overall, how would you sum up the album musically?
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  I would say it's definitely a journey for four songs. It's pretty hard
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  hitting it, you know, like it's a ride for sure. I'd say
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  it's powerful and I think it's definitely brings something unique, especially to Australia.
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  I know a lot of girls in America are doing kind of solo things like
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  poppy and things like that, but there isn't really anyone in Australia who's coming
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  to the surface with that stuff. So I would love to, you know,
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  I guess show show that we can do that here too, bring bring
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  forth the solo female artists, and yeah, and I think the I guess
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  musically it's it's pretty strong in all aspects. And yeah, I can't wait
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  to do more. Really very nice. And have you got any launch shows
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  played or any any chores coming up? Not yet. I definitely will have
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  some shows coming up in the future, but at the moment it's just me.
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  My brother plays drums for me, so he's always on call, and
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  my best friend plays guitar for me. So I'm very lucky in that respect
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  that I can call on them any time I need and you know family's not
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  going to let you down as well. Yeah yeah if they do. So,
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  if anyone wants to get themselves on a hold of the copy or pre
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  order it before it comes out, where do they go? I'd definitely jump
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  onto. There's a link in my bio on Instagram for the to pre save
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  it, so you can pre save it on Spotify, any digital music outlet.
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  It's there to pre save. So I've got the link on Facebook,
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  Instagram and it'll basically be out in a few days now, which is crazy
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  made it is. Best of luck with it. I've been honest, I've
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  only listened to half of it so far before this, but I really enjoyed
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  what I did here, so I'll be listening to the rest of it.
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  But eleven eleven is out this Friday, April nineteenth, and get behind your
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  local artists. Mate, good on you. It sounds like you're doing it
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  so much. Chris, appreciate it uside I show you just to feed the
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  obsession, because I teach you just to cure the oppression. Takes a submissive
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  deep press makes it's a pleasure in suitcase. Let me show you. I'm
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  gonna make you. I'm gonna make you down when if you're gonna go get
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  yourself, I'm gonna make you somebody you thank God and give him. Thank
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  you getting yourself. So see I'm tempting. This is what you have been
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  missing. Say, I can't help it. Submit. You're in my possession,
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  my bay to my lover inside. Okay turns intoo vesons to hey.
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  So I'm gonna make you. I'm gonna make you sound when God, I'm
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  getting yourself, make you. Don't you thank you? If you got God,
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  I'm giving yourself. I'm gonna make you give me yourself something you got
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  God, I'm giving yourself something. I'm gonna make you scream. I'm gonna
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  make you. I'm gonna make you. I'm gonna make you down with me.
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  You got God, I'm giving said, I'm going to make you.
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  I don't want to be mating you. Thank you. You got to go
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  give me yourself. You got give me yourself. I'm going to make you
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  give me yourself