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-My name is Thomas Alexander Bruso in Chicago, Illinois.
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-Everyone's calling you Vietnam Tom.
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-Is that right?
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-Yes, so did you serve in Vietnam?
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-I did.
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-There have been millions of people that have seen this by now. Millions all around the
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world.
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At the beginning of the video, when you guys are having a words with one another, there
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was something about spit-shining.
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-I was talking about the clothes I was gonna wear to my friend Bob, who was my freakin'
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passenger friend on the bus. We were going to Frisco to get some weed for our Arthritis
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and pain and I was talking about, I'm gonna wear a power-blue-fuckin' suit and a white
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shirt and a red tie. He comes by and he like, "What you talkin' about, Stacey Adams spit-shining
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brother-shiners. What you talkin' about?"
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(unintelligible arguing)
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I ain't prejudice. What, you think I'm prejudice?
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"Man, you starting to piss me off. Get up in the front of the bus or I'll kick your
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ass." I says, "You know what? It's better to be pissed off than ..."
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-Get the fuck out of my face right now.
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-'Cause, I'm pissed off.
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-(indistinct) You ain't scared...
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-I'm 67 years old...you ain't scared of me. You ain't scared of me.
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-I'll put my foot up.
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-No, you won't. No, you won't.
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-(indistinct) I'll wupp your ass.
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-And you actually went to the front of the bus.
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-Then I walked away. Saw me truckin'. Truckin' means walkin'. Walked up to my seat and sat
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by Bob and I was shaking, I was so nervous and mad. "I'll beat your ass." And I told
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him, "No, you won't." You're gonna get hurt today.
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-What?
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-Nuh-uh. Stop it. Oh!
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-I told you not to fuck with me! (indistinct) He fucking hit me! He fucking hit me first!
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And his girlfriend was an accomplice, the one that stole my bag and my money. The little
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black girl that videotaped it apparently, she showed herself stealing the bag. She put
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the fucking camera right on the bag and she walked away with my wallet and my keys.
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-She did? You got ripped off?
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-She got the fucking thing on the camera.
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-I got it on video.
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(indistinct)
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-No.
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-The girl, his fiancee?
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-Yeah.
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-I talked to her and she's agreed to be on my radio show on Monday and you're saying
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she has your stuff?
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-I'll go out with you.
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-So here's the thing. His fiancee's name is Tammy and--
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-She stole my bag. Ask her about that. Ask her why she didn't return it right away. They
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got it back when they found her.
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-Really?
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he gave me my bag back with all the only thing missing was my money.
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-So, he's coming on the show on Monday.
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-The black guy?
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-Yeah, he said that he would kick your ass.
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-What?
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-You tell that motherfucker I'll give him seven chances and I'll wait another 20 years
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and still whip his ass when I'm 103.
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-And you're 67, right?
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-That's right.
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Want me to do a boxing match on the fucking live TV? I'll kick his ass in 32 seconds.
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-That's exactly what I wanted to do. That's what I wanted to do. Have you heard of Strike
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Force?
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-Yeah.
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-I know those guys.
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-I'm fucking Vietnam his ass. I'll kick in the head. Seven feet in the air.
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-All right, so we can either box or if you want to do MMA.
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-I'll beat his ass so motherfucking bad.
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-Okay, so I know the guys that put on Strike Force and I know the people at Showtime.
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-I'll do it.
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-When I come back.
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-And I think--
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-I'll beat his ass again on live TV.
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-By then, I think the YouTube views--
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-What's the price of money?
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-Well, that's what we could work on.
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-What's the prize money? I'm a prize fighter. I'm a money fighter, man. You bet on me, you
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come out seven you goin' to heaven. Talkin' about beating my ass.
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-That's what he said. He said it on video after you fit him.
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-I'll fuck you up.
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-Just since we've been talking, people have been stopping, waving, taking pictures. How
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many people have come up to you since a week ago? Since then.
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-Thousands.
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-Yeah?
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-And a teacher came up to me this morning and he says, you know ten thousand kids watch
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your video this morning on school tape TV. And everybody went into the auditorium and
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they applauded me and they said they'd like me to come to the school and be an honorary
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citizen at their school.
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-And let's be clear here. You're not a racist guy. Here's your best friend right here.
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-That's Scott, black man. And he'll beat your ass fucking with me. He's beat your white
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ass fucking with me.
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-I wouldn't fuck with you.
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-Look at his teeth. Hey, Scotty! Scotty! Scotty! Look at me, Scotty. Look, smile. He got no
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fucking--he don't like to fucking show his--I knock them teeth out when he try to fuck with
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me and that's how we got to be friends. I'd beat his ass stealing my cocaine.
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-Are you serious?
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-That's how we met and we've been friends ever since. He's homeless, I let him sleep
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on my floor.
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-Oh, well that's a good man.
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-Yeah, he's homeless. I bought him a bag of cigarettes and gave him five dollars and two
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quarts of beer for it. I got a one-bedroom. I got a color TV and a bed and a bunch of
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furniture and some money.
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-Shoe-shine guy.
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-Yeah.
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-What's goin' on, buddy?
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-So you saw -- Oh, I appreciate it. Thanks a lot, man.
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-I'm listening to you right now.
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-No, no.
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-You never thought that he would use his...
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But you pushed him and his mind went on a trip
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-Oh, snap!
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If I had to pick, I'd say he won and you got second place
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-I think for dessert you got disaster.
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-You'd never thought that you'd be dropped like you did
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-Oh, my God!
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-But he hit you so fuckin' hard, it ...
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-Damn!
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-Oh, that's awesome!
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-'Cause you've thought you'd clown on a bus downtown but he knocked you down
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Knocked you down
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When Viet Nam Tom's Around
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He'll knock you down when trying to clown he will knock you down
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-I think I owe you this.
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-When Viet Nam Tom's Around
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Just shut your mouth
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Shut your mouth and don't be a clown
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-Yeah, it's your fault, you clown.
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-She just died in the middle of August. I'm sorry to hear about that.
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-I didn't get to see her alive.
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-I'm sorry about that, man.
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-My poor mama's died.
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-Sorry about that.
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-Like, a month from now, when he returns, by then, my guess is about 40 millions people
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would've seen this bus incident. Michael, the guy that he stopped from hitting him and
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he stood up for himself. Michael says he'll kick his ass, so I wanna set something up
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through Strike Force and Showtime and maybe the world will end up seeing this. And I appreciate
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it.
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get your ass kicked, Michael on Strike Force. You will get your ass kicked worse than Muhammad
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Ali and Frazier. You will get your ass whipped.
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-So, you obviously saw the clip.
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-Yeah.
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-What did you think about it?
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-Umm...I thought it was pretty nice to see, you know... a guy came up and you walked away
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from the fight and, you're like, "I don't want to mess with you. Don't mess with me."
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Went and sat down. He came up and...
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-Hit me in the face.
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-Hit you in the face and...
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-When Viet Nam Tom's Around
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He'll knock you down when trying to clown
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He'll knock you down
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When Viet Nam Tom's Around
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Just shut your mouth
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Ride the bus and don't be a clown
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Transcribed by SpongeSebastian