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    "comment": "A rat done bit my sister Nell.\n(with Whitey on the moon)\nHer face and arms began to swell.\n(and Whitey's on the moon)\nI can't pay no doctor bill.\n(but Whitey's on the moon)\nTen years from now I'll be payin' still.\n(while Whitey's on the moon)\n\n\nGil Scott-Heron, a singer, poet, and author, wrote many spoken-word poems and songs about social, political, and economic issues in the United States. In this 1970 spoken-word poem, titled \"Whitey on the Moon,\" Scott-Heron commented on racial economic disparities in the United States. He contrasted the 1969 moon landing with the realities African Americans faced while living in cities like New York, Detroit, or Los Angeles.",
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