“No don't you know my daddy told me,
Told me right from the start
About youth.
He said no matter how old a man is,
He's partly a boy in his heart.
Yeah, and that's the truth.”

—  Smokey Robinson

You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You (1964
Song lyrics, With The Miracles

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American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer 1940

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