I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.
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See I'm not interested in appealing to the larger masses of people, because what the White man shows us is that he will do anything to make money.
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I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.
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