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In his book Moonwalk, Michael expresses that he felt stress in 1977 in terms of balancing the responsibilities of both music and acting, given he was filming “The Wiz” at the time. He says that the song “That’s What You Get for Being Polite” which he co-wrote with his brother Randy, “was my way of letting on that I knew I wasn’t living in ivory tower and that I had insecurities and doubts just as all older teenagers do.”

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