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Now I've been crying lately, Thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating? Why can't we live in bliss?

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Cat Stevens
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 21
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Steven Demetre Georgiou
Yusuf Islam
Yusuf
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