Cousin Randy

[00:03.67] "Many people have many definitions of what family is.
[00:08.11] Some say it's blood, some say it's a bond,
[00:12.65] Some say it's a bond made with blood.
[00:16.38] Well, this is the story of Cousin Randy.
[00:18.13] Cousin Randy, six-foot-seven cyco muthafucka,
[00:23.59] Locked down half his life.
[00:26.25] He's my family, family by blood.
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[00:32.56] And if you see him, don't look at him long,
[00:36.11] 'Cause he'll kill ya, in a second, and it wouldn't be the first time.
[00:41.68] Cousin Randy..."
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[00:56.97] He'd disappear for years, then one day he would
[01:02.39] Just show
[01:05.11] Dad would buy him shows, give him $50 and he'd go
[01:10.50] He talked about the good old days of war in Vietnam
[01:16.82] Did two tours of duty with his new love heroin
[01:23.19] You knew he'd be convicted before he was ever tried
[01:29.56] Did his time in Chino, then Folsom and Wayside
[01:36.72] But every day was prison, molested as a kid
[01:43.03] Abused by his stepfather, hard to believe the things
[01:47.65] He did
[01:49.40] We call him Cousin Randy
[01:56.61] Couldn't get up in the morning, couldn't get to sleep
[02:00.24] At night.
[02:02.00] Swore the room was full of Demons, but nothin' was in
[02:07.54] Our sight.
[02:09.32] No one was safe when Randy came out to play,
[02:14.77] He would leave you for dead and then just walk away.
[02:21.92] We call him Cousin Randy
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[02:59.03] One time while at Grandma's, it was getting kind
[03:02.62] Of late.
[03:04.43] Randy stayed outside 'cause his odor was so great
[03:10.81] He walked out the door and I told him "good night"
[03:17.14] He charged me, grabbed my neck and he started
[03:21.68] Squeezing tight.
[03:24.40] Dad and Jim and Grandpa jumped on to his back
[03:29.88] He screamed "What's so good about it" before he let
[03:34.38] Up his attack.
[03:37.05] The next day, while we were swimming, he tried to
[03:40.64] Drown my sister.
[03:43.49] Laughing as she struggled, then he pulled her up and
[03:47.94] Kissed her.
[03:49.71] We call him Cousin Randy. To us, he's just
[03:58.79] Cousin Randy.
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[04:22.26] "Yeah, so when Cousin Randy wasn't in jail,
[04:24.02] He used to trip around, sometimes showin' up at
[04:27.72] The relatives house, hangin' for a while then leavin'.
[04:29.54] You know, everybody feelin' sorry for him and shit,
[04:32.29] 'Cause, you know, his mom died when he was so young of leukemia.
[04:35.84] Well one time while he was staying at my grandfather's house,
[04:39.48] You know, they were trying to help him out, gettin' him jobs, but you know,
[04:43.04] Randy wasn't too much on workin'.
[04:45.75] He had a one job he did longer than ever.
[04:48.59] He never worked more than two days, but this job he lasted a week!
[04:52.19] Yeah, it was taking the heads off o'chickens.
[04:54.85] So one day my grandfather had to ask him, seein' how Randy
[04:58.44] Would get up early in the morning, make his lunch and he'd even go to
[05:02.01] Work early, he was like 'Randy, what's so great about this job?'
[05:06.53] He says 'It makes ya think,
[05:08.36] It makes ya wonder, i's just so expanding of the mind.
[05:11.15] Ya see, there I am, I rip the head off the chicken, and then the chicken
[05:15.65] Starts flyin' all over. Then he comes back at me, and I wonder is he flyin'
[05:20.10] Back at me 'cause he's mad 'cause I ripped his head off, or is he flyin'
[05:23.76] At me 'cause I'm holdin' his head in my hand, or is he flyin' at me 'cause
[05:28.20] He can't see where he's goin'?'
[05:30.99] Yeah, ain't no one seen Cousin Randy in many years..."
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