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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.

Ice Cube

I’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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Criticize Different Honesty Myself Open
Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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Laughter Reality Time Yourself
Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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Creation Doubt Path Talent Yourself
Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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Comedy Darkness Fantasy Funny Ourselves Protest Record
My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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Advice Creation Doubt Follow Talent Yourself
If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
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Correct Criticism Lyrics Observation Thinking Yourself
There’s a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don’t have that chance to show it.
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Brilliant People Potential Smart Talent
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Goodness Stars Work Worry Yourself
The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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Flow Life Roll Stay Yourself
When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.
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God Image Man Myself Television White
You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don’t matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it’s all said and done.
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Change Impact Live Myself Remember
I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
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Book Feeling Life Live Myself Thinking
I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
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Career Different Energy Fight Myself Negative People
I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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Beautiful Father Life Myself Reason Work
I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Coffee Ingredient Myself Right
I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Growth Influence Music Myself

I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.

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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.

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