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HYPERION: Excerpt from Rock This! by Chris Rock. Copyright © 1997 by Chris Rock. Reprinted by permission of Hyperion.

RICHARD PRYOR: Excerpt from the album That Nigger's Crazy by Richard Pryor. Reprinted by permission.

UNIVERSAL-SONGS OF POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND HAL LEONARD CORPORATION: Excerpt from “Gangsta's Paradise,” words and music by Doug Rasheed, Artis Ivey Jr., Larry Sanders, and Stevie Wonder. Copyright © 1995 by Jobete Music Co., Inc., Black Bull Music, Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc. (BMI), Madcastle Muzic,T-Boy Music Publishing, Inc., Boo-Daddy Music, 2 Fargone Music, and Large Variety Music. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Contains elements of “Pastime Paradise” by Stevie Wonder/Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. Reprinted by permission of Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc. and Hal Leonard Corporation.

WARNER BROS. PUBLICATIONS INC.: Excerpt from “Ride 4 My” by Roosevelt Harrell and Dwight Grant. Copyright © 2000 by W.B.M. Music Corp. (SESAC), One Shot Deal Muzak (SESAC), Hitco South Publishing Co. (ASCAP), Shakur Al-Din Music (ASCAP). All rights o/b/o One Shot Deal Muzak administered by W.B.M. Music Corp. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Warner Bros. Publications Inc.