“I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years, for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.” - Ray.
“A!” - Juelz, who apparently a) still exists and b) is still saying this-?
“A!” - Juelz, who apparently a) still exists and b) is still saying this-?
NY, 1966. 
LA, 1966. [Bill Ray]
Today in 1965, Ray was convicted of possession of heroin and marijuana. He was given a five-year suspended sentence and fined $10,000. Drugs, you've done wonders for my life/heart/record collection (that's all the same place).
“What'd I Say.” CADENCE.
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“Bein' Green.” Truth about life as expressed in song: Trouble weighs a ton at first, then things start looking up. Green's big like an ocean, or important like a mountain, or tall like a tree. Let's all write it down and remember it always.
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Van is a Ray Charles fan, which is another reason he's the real thing and not an insufferable, smug poser like Sting. He actually covered "Green" on Hard Nose The Highway as well. Great album, unfairly overlooked. "The Great Deception" is hip hop before hip hop existed.
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