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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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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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Running
Found
Riot
Someone
Pointing
Years
Shoot
Gun
Telling
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