“Oooh, oh, how many eyes
Have seen their dream?
Oh, how many arms
Have felt their dream?
How many hearts, baby…
Have felt their world stand still?”

—  Marvin Gaye

If I Should Die Tonight.
Song lyrics, Let's Get It On (1973)

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American singer-songwriter and musician 1939–1984

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