Inside-out empty olive wallet beside folded blank pale mint sheets

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Lawrence

Well, you don’t need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he’s broke, don’t do shit.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that idleness is available to anyone, whatever their bank balance. Pointing to a penniless relative who manages to accomplish nothing, they treat doing nothing as a cheap, easy skill, and the casual tone makes laziness sound almost like a proud, low-budget lifestyle.

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