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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
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