it is better to be a dead hero than to be a live coward

CITM_3164f4c05bf0 · 1 source instrument · 1 surface variant

Normalized stem

it is better to be a dead hero than to be a live coward

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  1. It is better to be a dead hero than to be a live coward.

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It is better to be a dead hero than to be a live coward.

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