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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.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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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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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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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.
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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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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 dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.
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I got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.
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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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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.
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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
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My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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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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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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