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Better think while it's still legal.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
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Jazz Musician
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
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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.
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Breathing becomes really easy when you're laughing. It kick starts that feeling of joy.
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I know the community mostly for its art and culture... and of course its food, I eat at their restaurants. They make you feel like taking off your shoes... it feels like home.
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I bring the staple of my culture.
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Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.
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But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.
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Honey isn't really that good for you.
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I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.
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Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.
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I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.
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