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Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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