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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Best Firsthand Friend Kill Other Plenty Relate Seen Somebody
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Basically Country Dead Hip Hop Music Political Say View Voice
Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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Acceptable Baby Mama Country Man Only People Person President Target Tell
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Album Collaboration Definitely Future More Plan
I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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Based Been Conemind Mind Month Past Rhythm Start Weak Word Write
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Enjoy Just Life Morning Now Up Wake
I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Country Grimy Grind Hustler Rapper See Sound Street
No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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Anything Biggest No Promise Radio Record Sell
I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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All Criticize Hip Hop How Just Pursuit Think Through Us
I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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Anything Business Easier Easy Know Much Music Nothing Wish Worth
I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Each Other Hate Jealous never People
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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Curious Grow Matter Respect Subject Thing Whatever Young
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Ask Black Green Matter Mean Thing Way White
Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Anybody Artist Classical Rapper
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way

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