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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.

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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Television Actor
Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
Jr.
Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
Jr.
Bill Smokey Robinson
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Hands
Shops
Around
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Hand
Long
Asks
Freedom
Family
Girl
Mama

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