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KATE: "You should be much more careful when you're talking about the sensitive subject of race."
KATE: "No, we don't want people like you."(GO ON)
EVERYONE'S A LITTLE BIT RACIST[Rev. 4/06]
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Music and Lyrics byROBERT LOPEZ and
JEFF MARX
Orchestrated bySTEPHEN OREMUS
Avenue QPiano/Conductor
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