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+import sqlite3
+import time
+
+import faker
+from faker.providers import misc
+
+fake = faker.Faker()
+fake.add_provider(misc)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    song_time = """One, two, three!
+My baby don't mess around
+'Cause she loves me so
+This I know fo sho!
+But does she really wanna
+But can't stand to see me walk out tha door
+Don't try to fight the feeling
+Because the thought alone is killin' me right now
+Thank God for Mom and Dad
+For sticking to together
+Like we don't know how
+Hey ya! Hey ya!
+Hey ya! Hey ya!
+Hey ya! Hey ya!
+Hey ya! Hey ya!
+You think you've got it
+Oh, you think you've got it
+But got it just don't get it when there's nothin' at all
+We get together
+Oh, we get together
+But separate's always better when there's feelings involved
+Know what they say -its
+Nothing lasts forever!
+Then what makes it, then what makes it
+Then what makes it, then what makes it
+Then what makes love the exception?
+So why, oh, why, oh
+Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh
+Are we still in denial when we know we're not happy here
+Hey ya! (y'all don't want to here me, ya just want to dance) Hey ya!
+Don't want to meet your daddy (oh ohh), just want you in my caddy (oh ohh)
+Hey ya! (oh, oh!) Hey ya! (oh, oh!)
+Don't want to meet your momma, just want to make you cum-a (oh, oh!)
+I'm (oh, oh) I'm (oh, oh) I'm just being honest! (oh, oh)
+I'm just being honest!
+Hey! alright now! alright now, fellas!
+Yea?
+Now, what cooler than being cool?
+Ice cold!
+I can't hear ya! I say what's, what's cooler than being cool?
+Ice cold!
+Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright!
+Okay, now ladies!
+Yea?
+Now we gonna break this thang down for just a few seconds
+Now don't have me break this thang down for nothin'
+I want to see you on your badest behavior!
+Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!
+Ah! Here we go now,
+Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
+Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
+Shake it like a Polaroid picture! Hey ya!
+Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
+Shake it, shake it, shake it, suga!
+Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
+Now all the Beyonce's, and Lucy Lu's, and baby dolls
+Get on tha floor get on tha floor!
+Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
+Oh, you! oh, you!
+Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)
+Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)
+Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)"""
+
+    song = song_time.split('\n')
+    claim_id = '2aa106927b733e2602ffb565efaccc78c2ed89df'
+    run_len = [(fake.sha256(), song_time, claim_id, str(int(time.time()))) for k in range(5000)]
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect('database/default_test.db')
+    with conn:
+        curs = conn.executemany("""
+        INSERT INTO COMMENT(CommentId, Body, LbryClaimId, Timestamp) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
+        """, run_len)
+        print(f'rows changed: {curs.rowcount}')