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  • 4/22/2025
Augusta's Wavy Man

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00:00So tell me your story real quick.
00:02Well, I used to be homeless, and I used to be at the Salvation Army over there.
00:07And one day I just came out here, and I just started.
00:10I was on assignment when I first came out here.
00:13But God told me, like, just put the sign down and just be nice to people.
00:17Just wave at people.
00:19And so I started doing that.
00:21I started in Florida, though.
00:22And then I came down here, and I've been doing it right here on this corner now for, like, two and a half years.
00:28How long will you stay out here today?
00:30I stay out here from 7 to 11.
00:33Oh, wow.
00:33Every day except on Sunday because I'm in church.
00:37On Saturdays, I'm out here at 9 o'clock.
00:40What's your name?
00:41Napoleon.
00:42Last name?
00:43Samuels.
00:43Okay.
00:44Where are you from originally?
00:45Florida.
00:46What part?
00:46West Palm Beach.
00:47Okay, cool.
00:48And I've only been out here, like, three years total.
00:52My mom brought me down here.
00:54Since I've been here, the community done blessed me.
00:57I have my own place now.
00:59I'm not homeless anymore.
01:01I don't ask for anything.
01:02People still give me stuff, you know, out of their heart because they like what I do.
01:07And I like doing it because, and I love when the kids come because we got to school over here.
01:12The parents put their windows down so I can rave at their kids.
01:15And I got my own little shirt called The Wavy Man.
01:18I mean, I've been popular since, and I'm blessed to be here.
01:22I'm blessed to be here.

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