In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.
Richard Rodriguez - Brown: The Last Discovery of America, 2003
Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.
I love Sacramento. I consider this home.
I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento I will pump up Sacramento.
Around 1988 in Sacramento, it was a time of a real good growth spurt. I mean, people were buying houses, and new developments were coming about.
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Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.
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Just like everybody else
But instead of letting go of it
I can't forgive myself
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From where I was
When did I decide
To lose my way
Who have I become
From where I was
When did I decide
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Who have I become
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Now I find seriousness to be rather ridiculous.
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Live by the gun, get bodied, or it's hella time in that cell
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When I had to double back from them Ls
Bet he don't double back when he tell
'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell
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When I had to double back from them Ls
Bet he don't double back when he tell
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Minimum wage, I remember them days
Digital clocks, see what it physically say
Now we sippin' this paint, uplifted through rank
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I look the other way because it's too horrific to vision
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