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So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

Tracy Chapman

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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
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Shiny
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Tempted
Justice
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Truth
Apples
Soul
Bitter
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Hunger
World
Fruit
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The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.
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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
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I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
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When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.
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I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.
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I don't want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we'll rock through the night.
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You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way.
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it.
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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.
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There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.
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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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