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"english": "Yes Sir, even in Buckingham Palace. We have to smoke marijuana! The healing of the nation needs to be smoked ... Hey man, I'm going to leave before the cops get here, you know what I mean?",
"ref": "2011, Marcus Bethel, Scars and Stripes: The Lasting Impression, page 83",
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"ref": "1987, Paul McGilchrist, Black Voices: An Anthology of ACER'S Black Young Writers Competition, page 110",
"text": "“[...] Black man can't live in a Babylon yu nah see it, we must return to our own land, back to Africa ; the Black man won't get no power , no justice inna Babylon [...]”",
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