Sampa the Great - Let Me Be Great (feat. Angélique Kidjo)
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Let Me Be Great Because I Am Great
I love the song because at this young age, she already quickly understanding that in order to make an impact, you have to be deeply knowledgeable about yourself. And so I'm like, hmm, I might as well ask her to be on my album as well. When you're an African artist and you're a woman African artist, people have some, you cannot be modern. It's like we have to be put on a shelf on a museum. Modernity is too advanced for us. That song was like, no, Let Me Be Great because I am great.
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