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    Botanically, a tomato is a fruit: the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant.

    This argument has had legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance.

    The U.S. Supreme Court settled the controversy on May 10, 1893 by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304)).
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Check the finesse that we got without tryin’,
Underground hip-hop is where we’re relyin’,
To resuscitate the rhymes that you hear,
Is like breathing underwater without scuba gear.
Here’s a life lesson listen close and sit near,
Driving drunk is dumb don’t do it, deadly deaths,
These alliterations are at their best.
Sitting down people still look up to me
Cause there is not act I put on you see.
Staying true to my self is what I’m all about,
Why change yourself just to fit within a crowd?
Freeze up, you need to relax and ease up,
Stuff your bra so you can be a C-cup.
Madness, that’s sadness, ready here we go…

I know you failed to do what I told ya,
I’m a corduroy phoenix not a buffalo soldier,
Alex on the keys with Turb on the strings,
When we weave together, we make great things,
Sink your teeth in and snatch a big bite,
There’s no method to the madness I write.
Travel to your land of music it’s not far
Take it from Bach, Beastie Boys, Ravi Shankar

Calm down, you’re just a little too forward,
Mr. Cheetah chasing after the whole herd.
This metaphor may seem absurd,
Just like a penguin, it’s a flightless bird.
I’m never too tired or too weary,
I’m not strung out like the great string theory.
People just need to keep it real,
Break on through your name brand seal.
Think for yourself, lose your Rubber Soul,
Swallow your pride, spit out original.
Conformers and non-conformers,
You’re all the same.
Identical orders, just different names.
I give more than two cents to try to rearrange.
I’m not a panhandler, but I’m asking for change.

The feeling I get from this, like a barbiturate
Can’t stop, won’t stop, never gonna quit.

#Louis Armstrong sample#
Ahh, you like tomatoes, I like to-mat-oes
you like potatoes, I like po-tat-oes,
Tomato, To-mat-o, Potato, Po-tat-o, Let's call the whole thing off.
But oh, if we call the whole thing off...

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from The Gettysburg Address, released October 7, 2008

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