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BLACK HAT

Fine, fine, you win.
I'm the bad guy.
I wear the black hat.
I am ritually insane.
Yeah, that's me: I'm the insane man.
I'm nutso.
I'm the one who's done everything wrong.
I'm the one wearing the black hat
it's me
you got it
fine!

Yeah. whatever. I'm the villain of the piece.
I'm the dark crusader against justice.
I buried Jimmy Hoffa – whatever you say.
You're the victim, you're the hero,
I am all that is wrong
all that is evil
all that is untrue…
you got it.
I admit it
are you HAPPY?

Yes, yes yes!
I raped your mother when she was four.
I was the second shooter
– hell, I was the first shooter!
I made a clone of Lee Harvey Oswald,
just to throw Warren off my scent.
You found me out.
You discovered all of my evil schemes
and you've gotten me to admit them
so you are the greatest person of all time
and I am the worst.
Are we finished yet?