>> dicky: from hollywood -- it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- earvin "magic" johnson. from "sonic the hedgehog," ben schwartz. and music from charlie wilson. and now, you know what, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: i am the host of the show you are watching. thank you for coming. we have a lot to get to tonight. magic johnson is here. first, i want to wish a happy birthday to our beloved security guard and friend and more friend than security guard. happy birthday guillermo. you turned how many years old

yesterday? >> 49. >> jimmy: for the big one next year, i think we should go on a trip together, just the two of us, you know. maybe to venice or something. we can get one of those gondolas. >> italy. >> jimmy: that is a fantastic idea. think about where we want to go. we have a football pool at the office for the super bowl and we have the squares. i noticed one particular square signed guillermo r. i know there are other guillermos in the world but why the r? is there another guillermo i don't know about? not many people know about it. guillermo's last name is guillermo rock and roll, right. happy birthday guillermo. >> thank you. >> jimmy: keep rocking and rolling. in washington, the president's lawyers wrapped up their opening

arguments early and only used half the time they were allotted today. i guess there are only so many times you can lie in a role. the president assembled quite a legal team including alan dershowitz and kenneth starr. he shows up dressed up like the bad guy in the movie that wants to kill the friendly alien the kids found in the wood. yesterday starr said like impeachment is hell and like war donald trump is doing everything that he can to get out of it. one of trump's other lawyers, his main lawyer, he checked off every wacky conspiracy theory is there. the biden struck and even claimed trump made peace in the middle east. the only thing he did not mention is hillary's pedophile

pizza parlor. he is seems to be a terrible lawyer but in fairness he is a terrible musician too. ♪ say it again. again. again. n yeah. that's the jay secculo band. maybe you recognize that band from every erectile dysfunction ad. this is a real band. that i have a facebook page and even original songs like this one titled "undemocratic." ♪ >> jimmy: thank you three dorks down. so, anyways, during the trial kentucky senator mitch mcconnell has been a major presence taking charge of what is his most important duty asth majority leader. >> i suggest we go ahead and get

through the debate before we take a 30 minute recess for dinner. i think we are looking at a 45 minute break for dinner. accommodate a 30-minute break for dinner. it is 6:00. a break for dinner. what i was going to suggest is a break for dinner at 6:30 for about 30 minutes. that work? >> jimmy: yeah. sit down, please. break for dinner is code for i have a prostate the size of a watermelon. now the opening arguments are over, we move to the q&a portion of the trial and on friday, the main event as the senate is expected to vote whether or not to allow witnesses. that answer was a probable not until the contents of a book written by trump's former national security advisor, john bolton, leaked to the "new york times." the book claims that the

president personally told john bolton that he was holding up military aid to ukraine in exchange for an announcement into the bidens. of course, investigation into the biden which is is the opposite of what trump and his lawyers have been claiming. the president and his hench people are pushing back on this. now he believes that bolton, the book is due out in march called about the room where it happened. i am not sure why a book about how he lost his virginity is in the impeachment trial. about you it was especially weird at thanksgiving when the turkey that trump tried to pardon was the country instead of the bird. the white house is reeling from this. officials were said to be blindsided. why, i don't know. john bolton, look at this. every photo of john bolton he is writing a book. he is constantly writing a book.

there are not more books about trump'sincompetent ence than the goose bumps seesries. he said he saw what trump is accused of doing what he is said to do firsthand. the coalition is tracking. mitch mcconnell told a group of republican senators today he no longer has the 51 votes he needs to block witnesses. democrats need 4 republicans to join them and they may have one already in this guy. >> i think it is increasingly likely that the other republicans will join those of us that think we should hear from john bolton. i have spoken with others that opined upon this as well. it is important to hear from john bolton for us to be able to make an impartial judgment. >> the mitt is about to hit the

tan. by the way, who would have ever thought that the most rebelious senator would be mitt romney. i want to say that i applaud you for taking a stand when most of your fellow republicans in the senate won't. it is a good first step. we have many more to go. the man who is on trial, because he is the president of the united states is in the position of deciding which evidence gets shared with the jury, the defendantant in the trial gets to withhold evidence if he wants to and that is insane. but you, senator romney, are not insane. you are a religious man. you are a family man who seems like you would like to do the right thing. and the right thing is to insist on having a fair trial with witnesses and evidence. but we can't have that without you. the future of our democracy is in your soft, creamy hands,

okay. now i know you want to do this. i know it. i know you don't like donald trump. i know you have principles. in fact you look like a principal of a high school. the president deserves a fair trial. all we want is for you to give it to him. if you do, not only are you going to be a hero but i am going to sweeten the pot. we know other than water senators are allowed to drink one thing in the trial, you know what that is, milk. my guess is chugging more of that milk than you. we know that mitt romney loves twinkies. so much so his staff got him a twinkie birthday cake which he then weirdly put out candle by candle. but forget about that. blow out the candles however you like senator romney. if tomorrow you go to work, you march the pleaded dockers into the senate chamber and talk old fashioned common sense into a few of your fellow republican

senators, i am go to send you a gift. i am go to send you two gifts. your own milk cow and number two, all the delicious twinkies that you can eat. see that. oh, look at that beautiful milk. my gosh. 2%, just how you like. go ahead, have a cow. be the hero you were meant to be. don't just do it for yourself. do it for your grandchildren, all 3,000 of them. because no grassroots movement is complete without a hashtag, i am encouraging all-americans, including this cow who want senator romney to demand a fair trial with witnesses like every other fair trial, post about this with the hashta hashtag #mittorgetoffthepot. twinkie the kid, ride this cow

which now i am becoming threatened by. ride the cow to washington and fill mitt romney with cream. there they go. looks like we have a full tank too. all right. sunday, as you know the super bowl is happening in miami. the kansas city chiefs are playing the san francisco 49ers. we like to have fun. we went to san francisco with a camera and we told fans passing by we were shooting promos for both teams and asked fans in niners jerseys to put on chiefs jerseys so we didn't have to travel to kansas city. this is how it went in a super bowl edition of traitor smoes.

>> are you a big niners fan? >> i am. >> how do you feel about the 49ers? >> we feel great, baby. >> that is good after the last couple of years. >> how long you been a niners fan? >> since 5 years old. >> father-son. big 49ers fans? >> obviously. >> they always had a great quarterback throughout my lifetime. what is not to love. >> look right in there and say the 49ers will reign supreme on super sunday. >> the 49ers will reign supreme on super sunday. >> we only root for the san frien 49 fran 49ers. >> we need to shoot the other side of it. any chance i can get you to throw kansas city gear on top of that and pick up a couple of lines for you as if you are kansas city fans? >> i can't do that. >> it will be fine. nobody knows you guys. that's great. >> yeah.

almost. >> how important is loyalty to your team do you think? >> very. >> very. >> it is like loyalty, to me, is like no matter if you are having a bad season or good season, you still ride. >> got support your team. >> we only root for the kansas city chiefs. boo. >> i see you are wearing a faithful shirt. >> 100%. >> you are a huge 49ers fan? >> my entire life. >> look into there and say i would never turn my back on the san francisco 49ers. >> i would never turn my back on the san francisco 49ers. i would never turn my back on the kansas city chiefs. >> let's see a tomahawk chop. how does that feel? >> not good. >> jimmy garoppolo is full of bull crapoppolo. >> i would rather hang out with

harvey weinstein than cheer for the 49ers. >> i would rather hang out with harvey weinstein than cheer for the 49ers. >> we are go to eat you up chiefs. kansas city, home to the chiefs and the greatest barbecue in the world. we are going to eat you up san francisco. >> there you go. >> whoa! >> kansas city seagulls are something else. >> my dad raised moo me to be a loyal fan of the 49ers. >> yes, i did. >> my dad raise moody d me to b loyal fan of the chiefs. >> yes, i did. >> we are 49er fans, not kansas city. >> who is that blonde lady? >> that's my mom. >> we bleed red for the san francisco 49ers. >> do you mind if i throw chiefs' gear on you. >> chiefs gear? >> a couple of pro chiefs lines.

>> are you serious? i am positive i can't put it on. >> you are doing this to die hard fans. i can't do this. i can't put it on. >> you refuse to put this on. >> i am not doing this. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. come on! >> thanks everybody. >> jimmy: thanks for being so accommodating. we have a good show tonight, we have music from charlie wilson. ben schwartz is here and we will be right back with earvin "magic" johnson. ♪

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♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. tonight from the forthcoming movie sonic the hedgehog ben schwartz is here. he plays the hedge hog and then his song is called "forever valentine," charlie wilson from the mercedes-benz stage. tomorrow night on the show, jessica simpson and lakeith stanfield will join us with music from orville peck and on thursday oscar nominee renee zellweger and curtis "50 cent" jackson. i can't think of any human better suited to cheer us up is the co-owner of the dodgers, sparks, please say hello to five-time nba champion earvin

"magic" johnson! it is very good to see you. >> you too. >> jimmy: thank you for being here. you have been booked for a few weeks. i appreciate you keeping the booking coming. >> you know, kobe would not want me to cancel. >> jimmy: that's right. >> kobe would want us all to carry on and be great in our lives. we should do something positive, you know, whether it is making sure that we love our family or giving back to an organization in his name. you know, we should do something great because he was such a great man, great husband, great father, incredible basketball player.

for 20 years, you know. >> jimmy: a long time. >> to wear the laker purple and gold, man. >> jimmy: and never take it off. >> no. no. and loved playing the game. then to see him just become a great father and husband. you know, he was enjoying life. he went way too early. >> jimmy: yeah. you were his idol, i mean that is something. >> we idolized each other. >> jimmy: yeah. i think that is very interesting. because you both called each other the greatest laker of all-time. and it did not seem like either one of you was just being nice about it. it seemed like you both meant it. i could understand you think his idol. him calling you the greatest laker of all-time. to be honest i think of you as the greatest laker of all-time. >> thank you. >> jimmy: it is so unusual to me that you would give that title to him. >> well, because we both poured

our heart and soul into performing every night in los angeles for the greatest fans on earth and we both were committed to basketball. we were married to basketball. we were married to winning and playing the game the right way. and then every night that you came to the forum, because that is where he first started. then he was actually able to build staples center. every night you came to staples center, you knew you were going to see some special and something great you have never seen in your life. that was kobe bryant. then he made no excuses. that is why we all should never make excuses. kobe never made an excuse. whether he was tired, hurt, he played through everything. the man gave us everything that he had. >> jimmy: who do you think hated losing more, you or him? >> both of us. >> jimmy: yeah. >> we both hated losing. we both enjoyed winning and

especially winning in los angeles for the lakers. >> jimmy: this is a great photo of you guys. you posted this. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what do you remember about this, anything? >> well, we actually one time played one-on-one and he got so mad at me because i would call a foul on every play. >> jimmy: can i tell you something, he said that here on our show. we have a clip. one of the things with magic is that you only played with magic once. >> one time. >> jimmy: in a practice. >> that was it. >> jimmy: how did that go? >> he called every single foul, even the ones that were not there. hey, that it was a foul. >> jimmy: all right, you're magic. >> what's the score, 10-6. no it's not. it's 10-9. what? >> jimmy: is that an accurate account of what happened?

>> of course. i was older. he was in his prime killing me. i am like i got to cheat. i got to do something. >> jimmy: like you were on the houston astros almost. >> oh. >> jimmy: we can't talk about that. >> the last time we did i got fired. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah. yeah. you could be the first man fined in two different sports. >> only you and i. >> jimmy: i didn't get fined, weird thing. no fine for me. >> no fine for me. all that money went out of my wallet. cookie wasn't happy. that meant she couldn't shop as much as she wanted to. be careful. >> jimmy: i will be careful. i won't mention it again. we will talk about it the next time you are here. >> hopefully the dodgers will have a great season. >> jimmy: i am sure they will

have a great season. hopefully it will be a fair season. in your basketball career did you ever cheat or deflate the ball a little? >> the lakers, we never cheated. but the celtics -->> jimmy: they cheated, yeah. that sounds right. >> red auerbach, it was in june. it was like 90 degrees outside. they cut the heat up in our locker room. to make us tired. it worked. >> jimmy: didn't they turn off the heat in your water in the hotel. >> yeah. they pulled the fire alarm at 3:00 in the morning. >> jimmy: would that make you more motivated to win? >> yeah. we wanted to beat them so bad, and we did. >> jimmy: and you did. most of the time. all right. we are go to take a break.

when we come back i want to talk to you about our vacations together. >> that's right. >> jimmy: i have some things to ask you about. magic johnson is here with us. more with magic after this. ♪ >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by lipton iced tea. ♪ chili's 3 for $10 steak, cooked how you like ♪ ♪ it's tender and juicy and aged to perfection ♪ ♪ that may sound fancy, but it's chili's fancy ♪ ♪ so come as you are and just bring 10 bucks ♪

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♪ >> jimmy: we are back with earvin "magic" johnson who was owns the dodgers, the sparks, the l.a. football club. >> it has been great. we had the best record in mls last season and we lost in the playoff. we are building something special. i think we are going to win a championship here soon. i love womens' basketball, just like kobe did. kobe loved womens' basketball and i love being an owner of the sparks. we have candace parker, a tremendous hall of fame player. >> jimmy: one of the all-time greats. >> exactly. >> jimmy: you are easily the most important man in los angeles sports. you were a huge part of bringing lebron james to the lakers and now you are not working with the lakers. so even there you are having a

major impact. it is taco tuesday by the way. >> a taco tuesday. >> jimmy: i feel like he is so taco crazy he doesn't want to share them with anybody else. i have never seen so excited about mexican food. >> you have to remember, he was playing in cleveland and then miami. not the best. he comes here, he gets the best. >> jimmy: speaking of the best, you had every year you would go on a vacation in europe. you cruise on a yacht around italy. sam jackson always comes with you. who else always comes with you on the trick? >> john and vicky palmer, anthony anderson. a lot of people came out this summer to hang withus a us and

celebrate our 60th birthday. >> jimmy: charlie wilson performed. >> earth, wind and fire. the best. >> jimmy: yes. that is who i would have at my 60th. >> yes. >> jimmy: on that note, i have not just asked but implored you repeatedly to let me come on this vacation with you. >> that's right. >> jimmy: so this summer i started to look at your instagram, checking it out. i am like there they are again. >> my beautiful wife. >> jimmy: beautiful wife. i decided that i would put myself and my beautiful wife on the trip. >> i like that. >> jimmy: and then as you continue to post photos, i continued to put myself in the photos. >> ll cool j right next to us. >> jimmy: there is me back there. >> yes. >> jimmy: there are many, many

more. now anthony anderson, he texted me like are you here. what is going on. >> not just him, a lot of people thought that you were really there. >> jimmy: many people, my relatives thought i was there. they are like this is the greatest. you finally got on vacation with magic. i am like no, i didn't. i am at home right now. >> we are waiting on you. >> jimmy: you are waiting. >> you have an open invitation. >> jimmy: do i really? >> you work every night. >> jimmy: in the summer time i will come. here is what i will do. i have a dinghy and i will tie a rope on the back of your yacht and when it is time i will come on. >> you check with your wife and you can come on. >> jimmy: i know i am forcing myself on you. >> you're good. >> jimmy: are you going to go

home to cookie and say i got bad news. i have very bad news. >> what is great, she will be watching. she gets to see it herself. >> jimmy: right now she is calling the travel agent and canceling the yacht. >> exactly. j jimmy is coming, cancel it. >> jimmy: suddenly magic has the flu. >> we will take your wife, just leave you at home. >> jimmy: that's fine. i can use some alone time. all right. you have a lot going on, the dodgers. you go to spring training. will that happen? >> yeah. go to spring training, watch a couple of games. >> jimmy: do the teams get jealous with how much time you spend with each of the many clubs you have? >> no. i think they understand. we are all here in los angeles. they want to do well. the city loves the dodgers. they are starting to love lafc. we sellout every game and the

sparks have their fan base. i think everybody understands l.a. just wants a winner. they want guys that come out and play the game the right way and women, and so hopefully the lakers, this will be the year. looks like it will be the year of the lakers playing the clippers for the western conference title. >> jimmy: wouldn't you love that? >> i would love it as long as we win. as long as the lakers win, i will love it. >> jimmy: would you rather lose to the clippers or any other team? >> i don't want to lose to nobody. >> jimmy: all right. i am a laker. you know me better than that. we will get to know each other a lot better on the yacht. >> yeah. >> jimmy: magic johnson everybody. go to dodgers.com and lafc.com to get tickets for the game. we will be back with ben schwartz. ♪ look closely at the perfection that is the quarter pounder and you'll see it's actually made of countless imperfections. those randomly and impulsively placed sesame seeds...

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♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. charlie wilson is on the way. our next guest a very funny gentleman you know from "parks & recreation" and "house of lies" who gives voice to the title mammal in sonic the hedgehog that opens up valentines day and what a romantic night that will be. please say hello to ben schwartz. how are you man. ben, who in your imagination

will see sonic the hedgehog on valentines day? >> the best people in the universe. magic johnson was right here. magic johnson was right here. >> jimmy: did you meet him? >> yeah. i was waiting and i am like he is going to walk by really soon. i am like going to be really cool. he is a lovely gentleman. >> jimmy: i met him when i was 17 years old at the airport in lax. not only did he stop to talk to me, we were in the middle of traffic. >> what do you mean. >> jimmy: we were in the street. i saw him, flipped out and said hello. we stopped and chatted and i realized we were in traffic. >> that is amazing. that is how famous he is. he can stop traffic. >> jimmy: no honking at all. are you a knicks fan? >> huge knicks fan, sorry l.a. >> jimmy: that's all right. they haven't been a threat. >> no. we have not done much damage at

all. >> jimmy: this is a photograph, you and billy crystal. >> cool when you pick the picture when i am picking up my armpit. >> jimmy: billy looks happy. adam looks like somebody boxed his ears. but kevin garnett looks great. did you guys uber together? >> yeah. we took a uber pool. i did a movie with billy crystal and we sat down and out of nowhere adam sandler sits next to him and then kevin garnett. we found out it was jewish heritage night 30 minutes later. everything bagels and cream cheese. we had no idea. this is our face when we realized it was jewish heritage tonight. garnett is the happiest out of all of us. >> jimmy: here we are on jewish heritage tonight. >> it was very exciting.

>> jimmy: is your l.a. team the clippers? >> yeah. i will do clippers and then lakers, knicks, clippers, lakers. >> jimmy: that is weird. odd. >> that's weird? >> jimmy: a little. you can't like both. >> lakers are incredible this year. >> jimmy: no nets? >> no. they were new jersey. we were from riverdale in the bronx. >> jimmy: people would bring their wives or girlfriends to sonic the hedgehog on valentines day. >> this is what i am thinking. sleepless in seattle, you've got mail, sonic the hedgehog. bring your loved one. that gentleman that just yelled really loud, are you coming on valentines day? yeah, he is. get him on camera. he earned it. he earned it. great. >> jimmy: i love you. i love you very much. i loved sonic since i was 8

years old. >> what are you saying honey, what are we going to do. >> jimmy: i think if i took my wife to see sonic on valentines day, there would be a lawyer and process server to give me a divorce on the way out. >> right then? i believe in your wife. i know she can handle it. i will go with you on valentines day. it would be incredible. what are you guys going to do? get a really fancy meal and then sonic the hedgehog. >> jimmy: sonic was the most important person in my house to my son, kevin. sonic was everything. >> great. >> jimmy: it must be cool to be the star of the movie. >> it is crazy. jim carrey is in it. i can never be called the star. >> jimmy: you are sonic, jim is not. >> i played it in 1991. i was a huge fan of the game. they asked if i would do the

film and now it is a dream come true. just like your son, maybe some watch it now and i will be the way they are introduced into the character joom character>> jimmy: you are spreading the sonic love. >> on valentines day. >> jimmy: this is great. explain what is going on here. >> this is a book by anthony daniels. >> jimmy: fantastic. >> i am c-3p0. there is a bunch of them now. j.j. abrhams is the director of two of the "star wars," he wrote the forward or the prologue and here is the picture of it. give me an enhance. enhance. enhance. enhance. give me an enhance. give me an enhance. >> jimmy: scratching your neck. >> i am in the background. this is my claim to fame. i am in the background of a shot of what looks like j.j. doing

the robot to c-3p0. i visited set for that one day. >> jimmy: why were you there? it was top secret. >> we did a pilot together. >> jimmy: you and c-3p0. >> yeah. we produced a pilot and it was so crazy to be on those sets. bananas. >> jimmy: did you have a sign a document saying you would never reveal anything. >> yeah. i did not see that picture until it was in the book. but i lucked out. i got a special thanks in episode nine. i wrote a couple of jokes for c-3p0. >> jimmy: how did that happen? >> j.j. asked if i would come by and punch up some stuff. >> jimmy: c-3p0 delivered your jokes. >> you know how important and and that is. >> jimmy: so much better than saying better one of your own

jokes. what joke? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that is like all the jokes he had in the movie. >> yeah. the one where he is like airline peanuts are kind of weird. droids walk like this but jedis walk like this. they come down through the sand pits and someone is like are you okay. are you okay. nobody sees c-3p0. nobody said my name but i am okay. >> jimmy: that's pretty good. i like it. wow. that is like having bruce springsteen cover a song you wrote. >> exactly. >> jimmy: great to see you. congratulations on your sonicness. again, it opens on valentines day. take your love one. ben schwartz everybody. we will be right back with charlie wilson. ♪

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>> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: thanks to magic johnson and ben schwartz, apologies to matt damon. nightline is next. but first here with the song forever valentine, charlie wilson. ♪ i don't need the 14th to show how much you mean to me the one thing ♪ ♪ that helps me keep my sanity you bring so much joy and energy ♪ ♪ whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh hold on, hold on wait a minute wait a minute now ♪ ♪ light my fire take your time electrify my lovin' ooh ♪ ♪ cross my heart hope to die 'tis the season for cuffin', okay ♪ ♪ one day of the year ain't enough for my baby no, no one day just ain't right ♪

♪ so will you be mine will you be mine will you be mine my forever valentine ♪ ♪ forever valentine forever valentine come on baby say you will and make me ♪ ♪ the happiest man alive baby, will you be mine will you be mine will you be mine ♪ ♪ it ain't gotta be february oh, no to break out some whipped cream ♪ ♪ and strawberries strawberries, ooh you already know that my girl ♪ ♪ get what she want queen of this love queen of my heart whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ hold on, hold on wait a minute wait a minute now light my fire ♪ ♪ take your time electrify my lovin' ooh cross my heart ♪ ♪ hope to die 'tis the season for cuffin', okay one day of the year ♪ ♪ ain't enough for my baby no no one day just ain't right ♪

♪ so will you be mine will you be mine will you be mine my forever valentine ♪ ♪ forever valentine forever valentine come on baby say you will ♪ ♪ and make me the happiest man alive baby, will you be mine will you be mine ♪ ♪ will you be mine ah, ah, ah, ah this the part we dance dance ♪ ♪ this the part we groove groove lemme see your hands lemme see 'em now ♪ ♪ if you feel it in the room come on, ladies if you with the one you love ♪ ♪ let me hear you sing ooh-wee, ooh-wee ooh-wee, ooh-wee and fellas ♪ ♪ if you with the one you love then sing shah-ba-duba-dupe-doo-dwee ♪ ♪ shah-ba-duba-dupe-doo-dwee so good to me ladies if you with ♪ ♪ the one you love let me hear you sing ooh-wee, ooh-wee ooh-wee, ooh-wee ♪

♪ and fellas if you with the one you love then sing ♪ ♪ shah-ba-duba-dupe-doo-dwee shah-ba-duba-dupe-doo-dwee so will you be mine will you be mine ♪ ♪ will you be mine my forever valentine forever valentine forever valentine ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh say you will and make me the happiest man alive baby, will you be mine ♪ ♪ will you be mine will you be mine will you be mine be my, my - be my, my ♪ ♪ forever valentine be my, my - be my, my forever valentine be my, my - be my, my ♪ ♪ forever valentine be my, my - be my, my forever valentine will you be mine ♪ ♪ will you be mine will you be mine will you, will you ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

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