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“You can actually take your pain and processes it into…” quote by Chuck D — Download Open image

“You can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always been able to do that, but also I've always been able to give myself perspective - or, you know, older people always give you perspective.”

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