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I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout We belong Here. We belong.
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Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf to a tree / Nor the wind to the atmosphere / I know where I am meant to be / And I can't be satisfied here
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I think I'll paint roads
on my front room walls
to convince myself
that I'm going places
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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Born:
May 21, 1967
(age 57)
Bio:
Lemn Sissay MBE is a British author and broadcaster.
Known for:
Rebel Without Applause (1992)
Morning breaks in the elevator (1999)
The Emperor's Watchmaker (2000)
Listener (2008)
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