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The First Eight Years Of Schooling Was With All White People. So That Helped Me To Understand How White People Think. I Think That Transition Is What Helped Me Bridge The Gap, Because That's What My Success Has Really Been About: Bridging The Gap Between The Black Community And The White Community.

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The First Eight Years

Will Smith

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The First Eight Years Of Schooling Was With All White People. So That Helped Me To Understand How White People Think. I Think That Transition Is What Helped Me Bridge The Gap, Because That's What My Success Has Really Been About: Bridging The Gap Between The Black Community And The White Community.

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Marvin Gaye Said There's A Song Inside Of Me And I Can't Get It Out. And I Know It's In There, And I Can Feel That It's In There, And I Can't Get It Out. There's So Much That I Want To Say, And I Haven't Been Able To Figure Out How To Say It In My Art. I Can Only Say It In Ham-fisted, Clumsy, Nonpoetic Ways, And I'm Trying To Figure Out How To Talk About Life And Talk About Love And Talk About Pain And Trials And Tribulation In An Artistic Form.

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