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Roderick Anthony Burton II (November 25, 1987– May 18, 2009) better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. Burton embarked on his music career in 2000, with hip hop group Da Razkalz Cru, under the pseudonym Bucklyte. The group quickly disbanded, and Burton went on to work as a model for the Sean John clothing line. In 2007, Burton signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik label. Burton released three singles from 2007 to 2009. The first, his commercial debut single "Who the Fuck is That?", featuring Akon and T-Pain, charted on the Billboard Hot 100. On May 18, 2009, Burton was shot to death at the valet stand of the Beverly Center shopping mall in Los Angeles, and Aubrey Berry was arrested for his murder. Berry was acquitted on all charges.
Burton was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 25, 1987 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Burton had a twin brother, but his twin brother died at birth. When Burton was five, he and his sister witnessed their father committing suicide by shooting himself. He formed a rap group, Da Razkalz Cru, going by the name Bucklyte with Scrapp Deleon then as Scrappy and SAS. They would later make up The Gang with a rapper named Streetz. They signed with Elektra Records in 2003 and released the single "So Fly". "So Fly" did not bring the success that was desired and the group was dropped from the label soon after. That same year, he met Akon and P. Diddy, the latter of whom hired Burton as a model for his Sean John line of clothes; Burton appeared on billboards for the clothing line and modeled across the United States. Under the stage name Dolla, Burton signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik label in May 2007. His song "Feelin' Myself" was featured on the Step Up (Original Soundtrack) in 2006 and was a "bite" of the Mac Dre song of the same name.
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Plot: Donald Reagan hates his job and blogs about his weekly frustrations. However his Internet quips attract the attention of an obsessive fan with far too many resources at her disposal. One night while on a blind double date, mystery woman Nony swoops in and steal him away for her own personal enjoyment leading to alluring and often punishing circumstances.
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Plot: "Making Change" is based around the true story of the homeless newspaper of the same name. It is about a group of societies' dropouts who take up the fight against a government that wants to make criminals out of private citizens and churches who feed the hungry. It sheds light on new controversial legislation that outlaws giving food away in public, suppresses religious liberty, and violates international human rights standards.
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Plot: Abraham Ashley and his loosely pulled together gang of thieves plan a heist to rob the Federal District Reserve Bank (Memphis Branch). Little do they know that the Feds are the least of their problems. A series of pulp gangsters come out of the woodwork bringing back events from the past and debts that still have to be paid. Somewhere along the way all of the "Threads" pull together for a clever heist that seems too good to be true.
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Keywords: children, part-animation, part-live-action, surrealism[Verse 1:]
Before the fights start to kick off
I always used to trick off
And keep her in designer bags
To have her girls pissed off
Ridin' with the top off
They don't ever go out
And if a nigga pop off
You know I'm a show out
You know I'm a show out
Yeah you protected
And all of my EX's gotta respect it
You too young to get in
But I was connected
So the bouncer at the front
Let her enter through the exit
Five minutes before we get in
My song get requested
And we start throwing hundreds
Til all the strippers get naked
Damn we used to kick it
Now we disconnected
I thought we was different
But we ain't no exception
Late night texts
Keep us arguing
Used to be running through my mind
Now you're jogging
Now you're just walking
And footsteps lightly
Until they start to fade away
And all I hear is silence
But it ain't here never after no attachment
Used to be amazing
Don't know how that happened
Used to say I love her
And I would really mean it
Now I'm sitting thinking
Trying to comprehend the meaning
[Chorus:]
Where do we go from here
When we know it hurts
But we just can't seem to let go
From here
So work things out
But we both end up hurt
And it seems
To disappear
'Cause the love we had
Just ain't no longer here
And I'm lost
On a road
With no speed limit
A heartbreak collision is near
Don't pull me over
Oh I just can't take it
I just can't take it
[Verse 2:]
Before our love starts to tear up
I'd rather get the hell up
To focus on my gwap, collect a check and get some mail up
You used to fix your hair up
Put on clothes and make up
Used to put it on me
In the morning when we wake up
Used to cook and clean
And do laundry on occasion
Now you sit around the house
And I'm running out of patience
Got the nerve to be complaining
But the bills stay paid
And they ain't never late
And I ain't never laid
A hand on you
That ain't what men do
My momma taught me well
Snow boots by Chanel
She getting every fall nigga
It'll never fail
If money every funny
Bet you she can never tell
Unless I ever told her
Just to show her what it was
Like I'm out here doing all of this sh*t here for us
But that ain't no longer here
'Cause we no longer there
We looking for commitment
That we no longer share
[Chorus:]
Where do we go from here
When we know it hurts
But we just can't seem to let go
From here
So work things out
But we both end up hurt
And it seems
To disappear
'Cause the love we had
Just ain't no longer here
And I'm lost
On a road
With no speed limit
A heartbreak collision is near
Don't pull me over
Oh I just can't take it