CII. That Football. May 18, 2022

>driving Lyft

>pick up this old guy

>drive him down Gaines Street

>Gaines Street is the Canyon of Heroes

>if the Canyon was a Wadi with Craft Mac and Cheese

>and Heroes meant anyone whose dad totally owns a dealership in Miami

>he says “I was born and raised just down that hill right there

> “all this out here used to be railroad tracks

>”all these apartments was storage for the trains

>”you could come out here and see boxcars, cabooses, all stacked up

>”right there on the corner, there was a nightclub called The Electric Eye

>”you talking bout hanging out? Whoo! We’d do some hanging out there, lemme tell you!

>”When I was a kid I’d go up the hill to the stadium where the football players was practicing

>”and I’d hide right over there

>”sometimes they’d kick the ball, you know, and it would come over to where I was

>”so I’d jump out, get the ball, and take off down that hill

>”they couldn’t catch me

>”and they wouldn’t never see that football again neither”