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" When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems. "

Jorja Smith

Walls

Finish

Never

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Brother

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People

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Voice

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Care

Amazing

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School

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Bit

Maybe