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Prince would become so fascinated with the story that he felt he had to make it into a song, on one condition: the phrase "pee pee" had to be replaced with a different word, which would become "coffee". Susannah agreed, and after writing down what she had told him on a piece of paper, he went to his
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used to know at their school. Cynthia was often ignored by classmates, but
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