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You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can even call their own. so the first thing that they see, that allows them the right to be, why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck.
-Lou Reed
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You Know, Some People Got No Choice,

Lou Reed
You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can even call their own. so the first thing that they see, that allows them the right to be, why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck.
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