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Songwriters
BARBARELLA BISHOP, JEROME EUGENE BRAILEY, GEORGE III CLINTON, GEORGE JR CLINTON, WILLIAM EARL COLLINS, RONALD FORD, JASON RICHARD HUNTER, WALTER MORRISON, REGGIE NOBLE, ERICK S. SERMON, GARRY MARSHALL SHIDER, LINDA J SHIDER, CLIFFORD M SMITH, PHILIPPE ESCALANTE WYNNPublished by
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