Are Covid Unemployment Benefits Making People Lazy 

This the one

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Facts

Yup.

That part! It would also be leisure if you borrowed against your own 401k to take a yr off.

EXACTLY! And then McDonald's got the nerve to put up on the marquee that they're offering $12/hr and $150 sign-on bonus and "still, they can't find people that want to work". Gotdamn right. All this national conversation about a damn $15/hour and they call themselves 'stepping up' with $12/hour like they doing something. GTFOH. As high the fuck food is at McDonald's for that calorie-dense, nutrient-deficit-ass food, they need to be paying more and offering health benefits to the CUSTOMERS.

exactly! But people are so indoctrinated into this corrupt system that they can't see what's really going on!

AGREED!!!

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Right! I can’t blame people honestly. People would work 40 hours a week, be away from their families and end up with LESS than unemployment provides. The system is broken.

Not only that but working just to pay bills. No family time no leisure time....the issue is folks want to overwork employees while employers play crazy. The big wigs are worried bc they see their businesses shuttering.

Absolutely

Its not for people to live off of. What will you do when it stops be broke?

@@user-cn8br6vh9q get a job. Tf? Yall really trying to act like folks are about retire off this money. If it's not enough for folks to live off of then why aren't folks rushing back to work? Bc they were making a way with less money working to barely make end meet. Now it's turnabout. Fair game

That part!

Facts

My exact words working smarter not harder get the fuck over it. Oh well🤷🏽‍♀️

Indeed

Exactly!!!

I used to manage a major restaurant and would allow my employees with older children let them sit in the lobby. Childcare was simply too expensive and everyone doesn’t have family to help them. It’s crazy. But “other people” swear these workers are living off the system carefree 🙄

@@adrienneconner5744 Thank you for allowing that!🙂

My cousin use to have to do that in miami at BK but I got her to move to Ga where she's at a better job now. Now I'm in AZ lol but she's doing better, with her own place, not catching buses n having her kids at work. You ain't lying baby, true story

@@adrienneconner5744 thank you for bringing up the childcare costs. Not everybody in the family is willing to help, which makes me sad.

@@Munkeishia1nOnly thank u for actually helping her to change her circumstances. 🙏🏾

Amen

Amen

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Booooom!

precisely

Bingo☝🏽

Right!!

That’s the true tea! God forbid you have to be fair.

I agree and all these Billionaires can afford to pay their workers at least 18 dollars an hour and good medical benefits...and 6 months maternity leave..

@@lisac6399 but they are about self & will work & pay people for pennies. SMH.

The problem is that when the unemployment runs out it will be beneficial for the employers to low ball their salaries, since people will be desperate with no $$$ Right now is the time to be in a position to demand better wages since the employers are struggling to get employees. People need to be wise and take advantage of their desperation right now. Get the $$ you deserve! My job is experiencing a shortage of medical assistants because many of them get paid low like McDonald’s workers in most regions in US! These people draw blood, blood pressure check, screen patients health history, so EKGs ect and they get the lowest wages in the healthcare industry (also home health aides ect ). Who take care of human beings , not flipping burgers. Most are low income minorities. But the hospitals or doctor offices refuses to pay living wages for these hard workers! It’s horrible but now they are feeling it because a lot are living off their unemployment and not returning to the workforce! Most live with their parents, so there is not motivation or incentive to return to work! 🙄

@@armyvetgrl2731 those ppl are ignorant. And probably won’t ever think to renegotiate

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I could never just sit and collect unemployment. Yall pay so many taxes in the US it makes it hard for yall. What happens when the benefits run out?

Amen. 👍

Yes I do understand over work n under paid

@@jacquelinetucker2424 with no benefits, bonus or hazard pay

Congratulations ❤

Congrats but don't put all your biz out there boo

Amen

I'm so Proud of you! You go girl!👌🏾👌🏾

Preach

BUT UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOT FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE OFF OF. IT IS TEMPORARY AND IT ENDS SOON AND WHEN IT ENDS UNEMPLOYMENT WILL BE LOW WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND A JOB SO PLEASE DT JUSTIFY BROKE BEHAVIOR. ENJOY IT BUT DT GET CAUGHT UP WHEN IT ENDS BECAUSE YOU CANT PAY BILLS WITH $300 every 2 weeks

If wages are not levelling out with the cost of living, then pay increases are useless!!!

@@user-cn8br6vh9q And you also can't pay bills with $8/hr either! These employers need to up their wages. The people are finding all kinds of side hustles that pay them more than these jobs. There's no excuse for these multi billion dollar companies to not be paying a living wage.

Congress members got 7300 when they were on a break and we got 1400 so if people lazy let them Congress lazy 🦥

@@user-cn8br6vh9q it helps I doubt people are using it cause they don't want a job every little bit helps think about your grandparents and people with disabilities. Congress members got 7300 when they were on a break and we got 1400 so if people lazy let them Congress lazy 🦥

Amen, experienced it first hand.

So many small business owners got DUST from PPP. It's infuriating because they did nothing wrong.

@@MsmissesOfficial While it ain't right the corporations got the money, I will say from my POV all the shitty spots closed. For example, we have a few Chinese restaurants the one that closed was the one with the worst food ever. Greasy. You could only eat it after the club with no clubs of course they closed. It's a few places like that around my city I've noticed from Jamaican food to Pizza the garbage food did not make it. If you didn't go a grab some tents and firepit you effed yourself up here. All those bar and grills stayed opened and was packed to capacity most of the quarantine.

Yep! God don’t like ugly! I don’t feel bad for these greedy ass companies.

ABSOLUTELY!!!

This right here! I have paid into them, so when I need them, I should be able to utilize them, period.

Sheettt...EDD hasn't paid thousands of tax paying workers in months. Some not since December of last year. Welcome to mf Socialism!!!

Right. Same here

Employers pay into unemployment

Ummmm, you don't "pay into unemployment". 😮 But I understand using a benefit you are qualified to use.

That is poverty wages. Wages have been stagnant for way too long.

PREACH!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

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That part

Would y'all mind sharing what certifications you both have obtained?

That's how you do it.

Absolutely right! And congratulations!

Congrats to you! I’ve been telling others to do the same. Get those certs and diplomas!!! Use this time as a stepping stone. 💯

@@sunseedsthoughts592 States have a Workforce Center that offer Allison Online learning and Metrix Online learning for free if you're on unemployment. You can get Cisco, Oracle, Human Resources, Customer Service Curriculum, Inbound Call Center Management, etc... So if you were working for minimum wage here's your chance to break out.

This! Folks getting paid pennies are finally able to leave shitty jobs and do better for themselves and folks are mad about that!

Well get a degree then people wont have to live in poverty. When it ends they will be back broke making less in unemployment. It is a temporary benefit not for people to live off of.

@@user-cn8br6vh9q did he not explain in the video that he was making 40k out of college and still barely making it. And please don’t try and direct any notions of laziness my way. I worked throughout Covid, but Americans just flat out don’t get a fair return on what we’re required to put into this country.

@@JustinRamelMusic EXACTLY THIS!🙏💜👊

Exactly! Most of these jobs do not even provide health insurance.

No ma’am Karen can kick rocks ain’t nobody being stressed out AND underpaid Do Jesus pick a struggle!!

Amen!!! Why don't they give workers $20.00? That way they can pay bills. They are gonna keep on, and there will be anarchy!!!

That part! Best of luck on the bar exam!!!!!

Yasss!! I used to it too and passed!!! Wishing you good luck

Love it! Congrats on passing!

Congrats young lady, you've got !

Best wishes my dear-) All the best!! 🎊🎉🎊🎊🎉

What type of business are you opening?

@@lolao8818 a body care line and a catering business

@@justbecause9434 That's amazing! My dream is to start my own business, but I don't know where/how to start. What helped you figure out things like where to buy your materials, packaging, etc and how to market your business? At the beginning of the pandemic, I was so stressed about COVID that I couldn't function well (friends, colleagues dying) and very soon after (like by mid April 2020), they deemed us essential and had us going to work every day! So I haven't had the mental space to clarify my goals and move forward on my business (to open a ghost restaurant). What I HAVE clarified for myself is that being someone's employee for the rest of my working life isn't the future I want.

@@lolao8818 I absolutely agree with you! I was also motivated my the stress from my job. I have been discouraged many times because I see others doing it and I didn’t believe I’d be successful at it. I honestly began looking on RU-vid for videos on how to make my products, different methods that work best & etc. I’d also just search for articles and videos pertaining to the products I wanted to sell and just tried to get insight from someone who is currently doing what I hope to do. Also , vision helps. Whether it’s a vision board or constantly searching through Pinterest, keeping the idea and dream fresh motivates me to continue to work on it. I know life kicks our ass but it’s important to stay motivated! I listen to red talks or motivational videos to help remove self doubt. Try not to get discouraged if things don’t take off immediately. Most of the time it never does. But taking the risk to follow your dreams or passion is so worth it. We only get one life & we don’t wanna look back and regret not going for it because we didn’t think we could make it happen.

@@justbecause9434 Thanks so much! Your words are my injection of daily motivation for today. I'm going to keep at it, and I wish you divine prosperity in your businesses.

Because its a temporary benefit and it ends in 6 months so then what be broke?

@d. Max thats their fault not having a degree to get a higher paying job. When it ends yall all will panic.

@@user-cn8br6vh9q My friend got renewed for Benefits last year and had it way longer then 6 months so what are you talking about?

@@user-cn8br6vh9q yes when it ends, they will be scrambling for jobs and be right back in the same predicament because employers will take advantage of their desperation and low ball their salaries again! I have a sister who has a master’s degree in accounting and got fired last year ( not laid off) , in South Carolina. She was making a decent salary for South Carolina. She is 50 years old and was bragging to my mother about getting $600 a week and her unemployment ends in September 2021. She was telling my parents she is looking ( relocated to NY) but can’t find a job, I told them that’s BS ! She is an educated skilled professional with 20 plus years experience in a high demand field, she is lying and not trying hard to find a job! Accountants without a CPA license can get from $70,000-$100,000 plus in NY! She is not in the same league like a McDonald’s or Target entry level employee with limited skills. So it’s not just the entry level workers who are not looking for jobs. She is paying for a room in a family friend’s home. So she is not hurting for rent. Some people are foolish, like her who has tons of debt and loans. But that wave will cease soon and she will have to sink or swim like most who will be in for a rude awakening when that unemployment benefit stops! 🤷🏾‍♀️

@@user-cn8br6vh9q you expect people to work at fast food restaurants to have degrees? Because they were laid off too and that is a very hard hard demanding job.

Mental health above ALL! You can't put a price on peace of mind!

That is so messed up! 😔

Same thing happened to me! They keep the lazy and fire the hard workers

😔😔🙏🏾🙏🏾Gods got you covered.

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 I pray you do as well!!

Was it racial

I agree. I’ve been off for 8 months. I am accountant in industry. I’ve been able to go to doctors appointments as needed without someone being upset and office chatter. I’ve lost weight; lowered blood pressure and thyroid numbers; no longer pre diabetic; acne is gone; no more hair loss, or nose bleeds. I dread going back to work, and ,in fact, I’m seeking therapy. I’ve worked at companies that valued the bottom line over people and as ,generally, one of 1-3 black people in finance at these companies, I wasn’t taking care of myself because I was always saying yes and working from home late nights. When I needed to take off for a cornea transplant, one company was planning to let me go because I had “too many” doctor’s appointments, but couldn’t because of FMLA. I found a new job and went back to work 2 wks after cornea transplant with a a significant salary increase, but I had taken steps back in the value of the work I was doing. I was laid off because the role was eliminated. I was burned out before the Pandemic, and wanting to take time off from work. The unemployment benefits have allowed me to focus on my physical and mental health. Im literally just starting to find my way, and I’m afraid of entering back into unhealthy habits and stressful work environment. I’ve been cooking, cleaning, and that’s it. I’m not lazy; I’m healing. Everyone recovers differently.

No lies! I hate my job, the demands have increased during covid and i feel trapped

@@honeycomb485 Right! We had a layoff literally a month before the shutdown last March and I got stuck with my job, their job and part of my supervisor’s stuff….shoot making $50,000/yr out here in the Bay Area we are considered higher lower income…I’m finally getting a week off next month after basically working thru this pandemic….

@@FallenGod9 Bless you.

@@FallenGod9 Bless you🙏🏾... I pray you’re able to say No, I can’t, I will finish it tomorrow. Prepare to reverse the work force by having a cut off from work/personal life.

Walmart cut their hours so people don't have the option to make overtime and to be paid they cut their hours so the companies can save billions once again screwing the f****** workers

It’s myyyy money and I want it nooooow!😁

exactly! I've been working since 15. I earned my coins leave this topic alone Q lol

Exactly!!! Your putting in your time you most definitely should get a check the maximum amount. This system is so jacked up . United States needs to take care of home first, and stop this wasteful spending. 30years ,and 1month , I retired . I was not waiting until I was 67 . I wanted to enjoy my money .

You should.

As you should

As you fucking should lol

When it ends you will be broke

@@user-cn8br6vh9q And the way these jobs pay will have you broke, so what is your point? You sound like a broke and dusty idiot. Did you read what she said? She has a DEGREE, and STILL has to live with roommates??? Maybe if everyone rallied together and stopped working at these low paying companies, they will figure it out. Or maybe they should put a cap on how much money one can charge in rent because surely you can't buy a house now when corporations are your competitor. Corporations that are going, and paying cash for single family houses, just to turn around and rent them for a ridiculous amount of money.

Amen

Pandemic hit everyone especially those who worked through it!!!!

ok! pay me for my pain as funky says

As you should 💅🏽

You deserve that break!!!!!

Same here 💯

Same here! Whew chiiillle!

I'll be transparent enough to say that I wish I would've been deemed eligible for unemployment after wrongful termination, so I was salty seeing people who barely worked 2 months in 3 years bring in up to $1,000/week on UI. Hell, I would've been cool with a piece of that before I started working again. I've seen people who actually worked and rightfully benefitted, I've seen people who are now completely dependent on it with no plan of what to do when the gravy train ends.

Good point.

You see why “gold diggers” want a man that will let them stay home? 🤣

So true 💯and they didn’t give their employees a raise but received money to keep them hired .

@@shehound1778 nothing but facts they didn’t even give us a bonus lol that’s when I knew I was quitting soon

Right the money that was supposed to go to pay employees now they mad they got no employess 😂🙄

And criticized!

@@DoWaTiWaNnA 💯

So what if they dont you will live off of unemployment forever when the extra. $300 stop?

@@user-cn8br6vh9q even tho it’s a pandemic, I look at this as a blessing for some lokey. I just hope the ppl that are receiving it took the time out to figure out some type of business plan or a power move to change their families lives for the better🤷🏾‍♀️

Those bills don't care

@@miranatural5261 lol

I understand

The politicians are creating jobs for THEIR PEOPLE not THE PEOPLE. Politicians arent interested if they dont get something out of it

@@aliciatimmons780 bringing in labor from foreign countries, cuz the can’t find Americans who can do the job. Really? Americans can’t write software, program computers, provide health care?

@@BuffyNoir140 Americans absolutely CAN do anything with the proper effort and motivation. My statement alludes to Politicians who base their decisions on what immeditaely benefits their interests rather than the people they were elected to represent.

Damn...where you stay?

That sounds like Alaska or Hawaii price

They do pay over min wage

That part

Those jobs pay good as far as minimum wage, but you’re not going to get full time hours at a job like that unless you’re management or you are coming up on 52 years of employment.

Fast food and retail are some of the hardest jobs to work. Those companies work folks like dogs all hours of the day and night. I hate when people reduce fast-food workers to flipping burgers. Those people do way more than that.

Facts

I think corporations should be penalized for increasing wages but cutting hours. They are still cheating the employees. Slave wage should be illegal.

That’s why I left retail/restaurant management. I remember back in 2012 when we were directed to cap our fixed labor, who is supposed to have 40 hours automatically, at 37.5 so the company wouldn’t have to offer them health insurance

@@adrienneconner5744 yes, I remember a lot of companies doing that

Same! At first I felt lucky that I'm a nurse and didn't feel any ill effects of covid financially. But I wanna sit on my butt for a lil while too. I'm tied.

Exactly healthcare workers are tiredt

HELL THE F YES ME TOOOO I'M JUST COMING OFF FROM A DOUBLE SHIFT NOT COMPLAINING BET YES I NEED A F N BREAK

I am rolling my eyes I have to take my ass to work tomorrow but I will be on vacation after that fuck that job

I work for the state of Florida as a case worker for Food Stamps and let me tell you we NEVER GOT A RAISE , a slap on the back or Nothing

Exactly!!! They should.

Exactly

Thank you!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

EXACTLY! Same with the PPP

wow. amazing take- literally you hit the nail on the head. ‼️‼️👏🏾👏🏾

U said a whole word nothing but the truth

Exactly 💯

Nailed it.

Exactly! The people at the top never sacrifice anything and people are tired of it!

Lately I stop going all out for these jobs I'm gonna start my own company and 💯

Let me tell you 😩 I never received more pay but got my hours cut down I went from making 6 hundred dollars to 380 every 2 weeks I was p*ssed lol I mean I was going to ask them to put my hours down but they did it with in a week

Best comment so far

Like fr!!

Yes God. Rental places are just plain greedy. Housing is garbage and overly priced. Seems like each renovation is an additional $200.

I just love to hear him say that!

Hey Morgan, you’re not lazy. You clearly stated that you worked your fingers to the bone before getting on unemployment and maybe your body is finally getting the rest it needs to sustain itself. Be gentle with yourself and take all the time you need. ❤️

@@Makini50 you have no idea what this comment means to me, thank you so much.❤

Collect Collect Collect. Don't feel guilty at all. These corporations/CEOs don't feel guilty about all of the tax breaks and bonuses they receive. Take the time you need to help your physical and mental health. Sending {{hugs}}

Life should not be about working hard for long extended periods of time. Imagining being born just to work all your life. Naaaahh. Enjoy your time to yourself!

Overworked and underpaid 🥵🥵🥵

I live in SC mines is $317 🤦

Wishing you a full recovery 🙏🏾

Wishing U a full recovery.... why don’t U get ya $300 if they didn’t stop giving it to y’all , just call them let them know U didn’t get ya $300 U will get it within 72hrs

@@teebrown8644 Idk... I need to check on that

Take care of yourself, the job won’t.

@@theblackestbeauty girl you should get the extra 300. Most definitely check into that. Although I know it’s hard to get them folks on the phone.

Not sabotaged lol. I'm obvs not laughing at the sitch (I'm a college grad who is covid unemployed getn this lil lunch money check, so I get it) but that was sooo funny to me lol

We really do except for Japan.

You are right about that. The Europeans work way less than Americans. The people in India always having some kindda festival. Americans work longer hours and more days per year.

Huh?? 1) I genuinely don't understand your statement and 2) most doctors I know of are considered "essential" and have still been working.

FACTS. I'm tired of having to choose between these temp jobs (which many more companies are doing to avoid paying benefits) and my doctor's appointments for my medical condition. If you're lucky enough to have a decent- paying job with benefits, then it looks like "warnings", "talks" and "write-ups". These temp jobs look like "they just call the temp agency and you don't have a job the next day, messing up any stability that you were TRYING to get". And maybe I'm not comfortable sharing my condition(s) with you: likely some privileged white person who can't relate, anyway. Who needs that extra stress when you're already sick??

That's what I told someone else. Every state is different. My husband went back to school full time and unemployment gave him 36 months to stay home complete and his education. Everyone's situation is different.

@Keyunna Gibbs You hit it right on the nail. My husband saved more money than he did when he was employed and he had a six figure income. I kid you not, he's opening up a multilingual daycare center with his unemployment money. He has his biolingual staff and everything. He qualified for damn near everything and he's basically going to school for free. Since I take care of the overhead and he's not on my lease, things are GOOD for us. My bff works for the city and she process unemployment benefits and public assistance cases. She told me to file for everything that we can get because the Jewish community are eating up the benefits so, why not? 🤷🏾‍♀️

I'm proud of you. This is the answer that tptb do not want to hear. Covid exposed a lot. I'm happy you were able to use unemployment and stimulus to be able to study and be student loan free and stress free. This is why so many young people drop out of college to make ends meet. I worked my way through school, while raising children. My children have it so much harder., almost 3 decades later. Blessings to you.

@@maria3t thank you so much. At least for last summer and fall I could just plunk down the money for not just the classes but any supplies I needed as well. I didn't have to budget out the cost between paychecks. I think it's past time the United States institutes a universal basic income for all citizens. Getting unemployment for a certain length of time and the occasional stimulus check in varying amounts isn't enough.

It sure doesn't come anywhere near what I bring home a week pre covid. I want my money and I want every last penny until I run out

Well said 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

The workers at the unemployment office have the nerve to chastise folks. Telling them this is not your money you paid into! They say your jobs pay it for you. Blah blah who cares. People been going thru and need a break.

Thank u

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FACTS! Tell ‘em

Yes!

I like what you said Nikki🙏🏾

That part.....

We will have one more big spike before the year ends.

I work through all this mess that was going on with no bonus no pay raise no nothing oh yeah but I got sick 🤒 from it twice I work for them 2 years

@@earondianna9353 it’s summer time. People are out partying in bars and clubs lmao. These ppl ain’t worried about covid. People traveling and going to the beach and breathing in everyone and they momma’s face. Covid seem to be over for a lot of these folks

@@jacquelinetucker2424 And that is why we will have another spike. Plus there was a new strand found overseas and with all the traveling it is bound to happen.

Exactly girl. I’ve been saving mine up cause I know it ain’t gonna last forever.

Like you said... the smart ones. They're not all smart, but hey, that's not my business.

Can you imagine working in a hospital all throughout the pandemic making under 15hr Jesus take the wheel

@@livingoodtv2136 I work as an emergency dispatcher....yes I can lmao. Then they had the nerve to say that first responders like us didn't deserve hazard pay...chile 😑

@@NoNameHere88 they need to be put on blast! God knows I wanna put mine on 💥....they need to be ashamed

I know that shit was a sham and they would flip the switch. Clearly I was right

@@NoNameHere88 I was in health care so I can understand the Frustration

Damn sure not

Never

The entire world is a reflection of what we believe ourselves to be, so it’s up to us to decide what reality we want to “see”. The world is yourself pushed out. Ask yourself what you want and then give it to yourself! Do not question how it will come about; just go your way knowing that the evidence of what you have done must appear, and it will.” ~ Neville Goddard Everything happens because of our own assumptions: how people treat us, the jobs we have, our health situation, the state of the world around us, etc., etc. Nothing happens by accident. Nothing. Once we realize (or remember) that we have the entire universe inside of us, and that we have this incredible imagination that literally projects the movie of our minds into the 3D, we start paying attention to our thoughts like our future depends on it (because it does). I think that’s why they rich. 🥺

It’s us Middle Class workers that keep this damn country running. It’s so sad.

At my job we didn’t get anything but a verbal thank you( mostly from my coworkers) but yet still getting b*tched at, overworked, burned out, and let’s not forget rude people and coworkers we didn’t even get a Walmart card, hazard pay ( mind you my coworker caught c-19) and no bonus but overworking us then cutting down hours knowing we’re under staffed but yet we’re brining in a lot of money and then when people would donate things they never asked if we wanted anything just took it for themselves smh

I feel you, but unfortunately experience trumps a degree. I have been going through the same situation.

@@AJ-xm8oo which is crazy how else would you get it if you can’t get a opportunity

What is your undergrad degree?

@@ahood2942 bachelor of science in business

@@AJ-xm8oo right, I just got my BS degree in October and I was already making $51 an hour in my HS diploma.

Girl!! Same thing here in Chicago land area!! Which is why we've decided to buy a house because if you can afford rent over 2 grand a month, why not buy?? I can get a mortgage alot cheaper than 2 grand!

You are where I am at. It’s crazy high over here and the neighborhood is just getting worst in my opinion.

Where you live? That's more than NY!

Exactly! They wasn’t making a $1000-1500 in a month before

LOOKA HERE!!! I MEAN AWFFFFFFF!!!!!

The affordable, decent housing.

Right!!! 🤣 got them turning on each other.

I died reading your comment cause I was just singing that. 😂🤣 #HustleNFlow