Karamo recounts a family road trip from Hershey where his 5-year-old swears his grandfather was hiding in the truck bed the whole time. Driving back at night, he hears strange noises from the rear and keeps repeating "We ain't getting caught up" to convince himself not to panic.
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Let's start with this vacation. We get to the hotel. Immediately as soon as we get to the hotel, the kids talking about they're hungry. So I'm like, I'm gonna run out and go grab some food. On my way out the door, the 5-year-old tells me that my dad was hidden in the back of the truck the whole ride. I said, what? I said, he's hidden in the back of the truck the whole ride? Now hold on, daddy can't be in the couch, in the closet, and in the back of the truck. Right, right. But look, I'm hearing this. What am I supposed to think? I'm like, This girl got imagination, but I got a nice size vehicle. The whole time on the way back, I'm hearing like stuff shifting in the back of my car. Honestly, I don't know what it is. They're trying to say it's my dog, but my dog is up there by us. But I'm, you know, it's dark at nighttime driving back from Hershey, and I don't want to go in the back of the car and look 'cause it's dark and you don't want to, if something pop up with me, I'm hauling ass, and I'm sorry for my language, but. Listen, I'm Black and we watch the same horror movies. We ain't getting caught up. We ain't getting caught up.