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just remember leaving the beach behind

just remember leaving the beach behind and then driving back to Caracas

it was like hectic everywhere in the

it was like hectic everywhere in the mountains you can see these shanty

mountains you can see these shanty

mountains you can see these shanty houses that was just horrendous I’ve not

houses that was just horrendous I’ve not

houses that was just horrendous I’ve not seen that in my life and I thought

seen that in my life and I thought

seen that in my life and I thought Christ I felt like I’d entered a

Christ I felt like I’d entered a

Christ I felt like I’d entered a third-world country that was my country

third-world country that was my country

third-world country that was my country I shouldn’t have been there they took us

I shouldn’t have been there they took us

I shouldn’t have been there they took us to this apartment and the apartment just

to this apartment and the apartment just

to this apartment and the apartment just look dingy like nothing I’d expected I

[Music]

[Music] remember the meeting and thinking reward

remember the meeting and thinking reward

remember the meeting and thinking reward you eating the glamour associated with

you eating the glamour associated with

you eating the glamour associated with pop stars you associate that with

pop stars you associate that with

pop stars you associate that with cocaine then you look in the apartment

cocaine then you look in the apartment

cocaine then you look in the apartment there is no glamour there

it was the most scariest part of my life

it was the most scariest part of my life in that I’ve ever experienced

in that I’ve ever experienced

in that I’ve ever experienced I didn’t understand what they was

I didn’t understand what they was

I didn’t understand what they was talking about I didn’t understand what

talking about I didn’t understand what

talking about I didn’t understand what they had in mind I didn’t understand

they had in mind I didn’t understand

they had in mind I didn’t understand what their next moves were we was

what their next moves were we was

what their next moves were we was virtually puppets there’s no way you

virtually puppets there’s no way you

virtually puppets there’s no way you could have argued with them kind of

could have argued with them kind of

could have argued with them kind of people you just gotta do what they say

people you just gotta do what they say

people you just gotta do what they say unless you wanted that bullet in your

unless you wanted that bullet in your

unless you wanted that bullet in your head you couldn’t do anything I was just

head you couldn’t do anything I was just

head you couldn’t do anything I was just there to do what I got to do and then go

there to do what I got to do and then go

there to do what I got to do and then go I could wait to get out the apartment

I could wait to get out the apartment

I could wait to get out the apartment just remember feeling like I’ve got to

just remember feeling like I’ve got to

just remember feeling like I’ve got to do two guys caught me into the room and

do two guys caught me into the room and

do two guys caught me into the room and I stood there and I’d take my shirt off

I stood there and I’d take my shirt off

I stood there and I’d take my shirt off [Music]

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[Music] he produced a vest I just remember being

he produced a vest I just remember being

he produced a vest I just remember being really really heavy when he put it on my

really really heavy when he put it on my

really really heavy when he put it on my back it was like and I stood with my

back it was like and I stood with my

back it was like and I stood with my arms out and they put the jacket on me

arms out and they put the jacket on me

arms out and they put the jacket on me and I felt the weight put on my

and I felt the weight put on my

and I felt the weight put on my shoulders I knew there was far more in

shoulders I knew there was far more in

shoulders I knew there was far more in the jacket and what the Russian guy sent

the jacket and what the Russian guy sent

the jacket and what the Russian guy sent us to collect they pulled the cords at

us to collect they pulled the cords at

us to collect they pulled the cords at the top here sewed the shoulders they

the top here sewed the shoulders they

the top here sewed the shoulders they made it so it was tight around your

made it so it was tight around your

made it so it was tight around your stomach there was no way that I could

stomach there was no way that I could

stomach there was no way that I could have took this vest off myself I

have took this vest off myself I

have took this vest off myself I remember thinking this is where you come

remember thinking this is where you come

remember thinking this is where you come to get kitted up

to get kitted up

to get kitted up I remember thinking people have been

I remember thinking people have been

I remember thinking people have been here before me but I knew now I was

here before me but I knew now I was

here before me but I knew now I was gonna see for myself I just looked at

gonna see for myself I just looked at

gonna see for myself I just looked at myself in the mirror and I thought to

myself in the mirror and I thought to

myself in the mirror and I thought to myself would have her got myself into

myself would have her got myself into

myself would have her got myself into but it’s already on me now they’ve sold

but it’s already on me now they’ve sold

but it’s already on me now they’ve sold it up they’ve paid for my holiday

it up they’ve paid for my holiday

it up they’ve paid for my holiday they paid for everything else it’s just

they paid for everything else it’s just

they paid for everything else it’s just like walking into a brick wall and

like walking into a brick wall and

like walking into a brick wall and there’s no there’s just one way forward

there’s no there’s just one way forward

there’s no there’s just one way forward now there is no turning back

now there is no turning back

now there is no turning back that’s it you’re there and we waited

that’s it you’re there and we waited

that’s it you’re there and we waited till the lady go than not you’re okay go

till the lady go than not you’re okay go

till the lady go than not you’re okay go and then they walked us down to the taxi

and then they walked us down to the taxi

and then they walked us down to the taxi paid the guy and walked off and that was

paid the guy and walked off and that was

paid the guy and walked off and that was the last time we’ve seen them it feels

the last time we’ve seen them it feels

the last time we’ve seen them it feels like a straitjacket to be honest with

like a straitjacket to be honest with

like a straitjacket to be honest with you you can’t get out of it but it’s

you you can’t get out of it but it’s

you you can’t get out of it but it’s just strapped to you and you can feel

just strapped to you and you can feel

just strapped to you and you can feel the packages digging into the side of

the packages digging into the side of

the packages digging into the side of your ribs and you just want to get it

your ribs and you just want to get it

your ribs and you just want to get it off as fast as you can I remember Jim

off as fast as you can I remember Jim

off as fast as you can I remember Jim turning around to say to me this stinks

turning around to say to me this stinks

turning around to say to me this stinks I was scared that people would smell the

I was scared that people would smell the

I was scared that people would smell the drugs on us I was scared that people

drugs on us I was scared that people

drugs on us I was scared that people were watching us all the way to the

were watching us all the way to the

were watching us all the way to the airport was paranoid completely we

airport was paranoid completely we

airport was paranoid completely we stopped talking because we didn’t know

stopped talking because we didn’t know

stopped talking because we didn’t know the cab driver was in on

if this taxi driver is involved and we

if this taxi driver is involved and we do make a wise move we will get shot

do make a wise move we will get shot

do make a wise move we will get shot you get outside the airport and you just

you get outside the airport and you just

you get outside the airport and you just see all the police around you in all the

see all the police around you in all the

see all the police around you in all the national guards and you think

I was scared but I couldn’t show that I

I was scared but I couldn’t show that I was scared so I was trying to hide it

was scared so I was trying to hide it

was scared so I was trying to hide it but just remember my heart pounding and

but just remember my heart pounding and

but just remember my heart pounding and just feeling skirting it what we gonna

just feeling skirting it what we gonna

just feeling skirting it what we gonna do now

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