Way I sees it is dis. If’n ya gots to hab a rule to tells y… - Percival Everett

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Way I sees it is dis. If’n ya gots to hab a rule to tells ya wha’s good, if’n ya gots to hab good ’splained to ya, den ya cain’t be good. If’n ya need sum kinda God to tells ya right from wrong, den you won’t never know.

Percival Everett

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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

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