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Al Green: “I can't be all that I ought to be until you are all that you ought to be.”

On the recordOctober 28, 2019
I can't be all that I ought to be until you are all that you ought to be.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Al Green highlights the importance of collective well-being.

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