"It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap."

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"It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap."

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"Will the veiled sister pray for Those who walk in darkness, who chose thee and oppose thee, Those who are torn on the horn between season and season, time and time, between Hour and hour, word and word, power and power, those who wait In darkness? Will the veiled sister pray For children at the gate Who will not go away and cannot pray: Pray for those who chose and oppose."

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