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" I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing. "

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" The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was. "

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" We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people. "

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" In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still. "

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