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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.

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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth. Not the biased truth, Not the liest truth, But the highest truth.
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