I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. (Tyler Perry)

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.

Tyler Perry

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