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" My first song was 'So Sick,' which was my first number one as an artist, and I turned the mic around to the crowd, and they sang the whole song. Every lyric. That was my first experience with the power of music. "

Ne-Yo

Song

Sick

Power

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Kitchen

Cooking

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Much

Casino