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Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody's throat. For those who don't want it, I have nothing to defend.

Lauryn Hill

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Lauryn Hill
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 26
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Rapper
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
East Orange
New Jersey
Lauryn Noelle Hill
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We have these images, these icons before us that are not reality.
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I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.
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