It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

Erykah Badu
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  1. Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you

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  3. My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

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