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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Cleveland
Ohio
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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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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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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
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