Painterly black officer cap draped with a coiled black leash and faint rising smoke against charcoal.

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Smokey

I got mind control over Deebo. He be like "shut the fuck up". I be quiet. But when he leave, I be talking again.

— Friday

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker brags of having mind control over another man, then undercuts it by describing the routine: he tells them to shut up, they go quiet, and they resume talking once he leaves. The joke is that the supposed power is really obedience, with defiance only when safely out of earshot.

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