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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

If you’re gonna live, then live it up.

Ben Harper

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  I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.

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  It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away

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