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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all I think most of them are going to die.

Nina Simone

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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
Composer
Jazz Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
Black
Going
Think
Thinking
People
Rise
Rich
Dies
Poor

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