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Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.
Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
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Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
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Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
Jr.
Bill Smokey Robinson
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Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.
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I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.
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Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.
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As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.
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With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful.
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Songwriting is my gift from God
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The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.
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They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
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You know what, life is full of temptations
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Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
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I don't like you, but I love you.
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And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
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I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is my gift from God.
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Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.
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