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> [somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/ hard times sing her song of life she's been dead so long closed in silence so long she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/somebody-anybody-sing-a-black-girl-s-song-bring-her-out-to-know/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

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> [I was obsessed with what a song was and what the possibilities of language in a song are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-longstreth/i-was-obsessed-with-what-a-song-was-and-what-the-possibilities-of/)

[David Longstreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-longstreth/)

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