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Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth

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Saul Williams
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 29
Actor
Composer
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Newburgh
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Saul Stacey Williams
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I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.
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The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence
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