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I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.
Tom Morello
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Tom Morello
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 30
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Thomas Baptist Morello
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Well, I don't care for Paul Ryan's sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting revenue more radically to the one percent is antithetical to the message of Rage.
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