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Glenn Lewis (born Glenn Ricketts on March 13, 1975) is a Canadian neo soul singer–songwriter, best known for his singles "Don't You Forget It" and "It's Not Fair". His father was a member of the Columbia recording group Crack of Dawn. Lewis has cited Stevie Wonder as his biggest inspiration, and Lewis has often been compared to him because of the similarities in their tones.
Lewis was born in Toronto to a Trinidadian mother and Jamaican father, who is a singer and musician known as Glen Ricks Who was a former protege of the late Donny Hathaway. From the age of eight to fourteen, he lived in Trinidad before moving back to Toronto. Originally planning to pursue a career in animation as a teenager, Lewis instead decided to focus on music. After moving back to the city, he attended high school at Eastern Commerce Collegiate, where he won a talent contest by covering Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You". After high school, Lewis began recording demos and performing at nightclubs, eventually becoming a respected act in the city.
I always pretended for your sake So you wouldn't know how you made my heart break I tried so hard to save you from yourself But I never could cry out loud for help
All I did was help you tell a lie You never even knew it when I said goodbye I ran so far and I don't know why
You never even knew who I was You saw about as far as a blind man does I carried you with me everywhere I went I carried everything till my back was bent
All I did was help you tell a lie You never even knew it when I said goodbye It keeps on raining and I don't know why
All our words are written down in chalk Out in the rain on the sidewalk If all our heartaches were in a stack They'd go all the way up to heaven and back