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What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
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Jazz Musician
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
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