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public class DrawableText
{
   private String text;
   private int duration; //in MS
   private int x;
   private int y;

   private final static int Y_SHIFT = 1;


   public void render(Graphics g)
   {
      g.drawString(text, x, y);
   }

   public void update()
   {
      //Calculate time here - however you want
      duration -= 1000/60; //hopefully will decrement based on 60 FPS. You'll want to do this in a better way, obviously, but shows you the general idea of what I'm talking about here.

      y -= Y_SHIFT; //how much it moves "upwards"
   }

   public boolean isValid()
   {
      return duration > 0; //if 0 or under 0, then this is no longer valid and can be removed.
   }

}