It's Almost Like A Lot Of Black People In America, A Lot Of Young Black Men, Are Born With This Cloud Over Their Heads. It's Their Penitentiary Cloud, This Philosophy We All Have, That It's Harder For Us. - SearchQuotes

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It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

Erykah Badu

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