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were showing up
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To compete in something they eventually called,
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"the streets."
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It became the hub,
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and I got a front row seat to history.
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I wanted to glide and spin and fly like they did.
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But it didn't come easy.
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My mom would tell me, "don't give up, just be you,
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Cause life's too short to be anybody else."
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She was right.
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When I was 16 my mom got sick.
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Within a couple of months, she was gone.