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If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.

Assata Shakur

Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people’s political and social consciousness.
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Consicious Help Hip Hop People Politics Powerful Social Weapon Young
We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
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Practice Success Truth
I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade.
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Believe Death Life
The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Believe Business Planning Practice
Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory.
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Incomplete Motivational Practice Theory
Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.
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Change Movement Racism Social
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was unnecessary.
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Born Hate Honesty Struggle Unnecessary War World
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
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Education Freedom Hero History Knowledge Teaching
The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abrasive.
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Attention Capable Effective Method Peace People Protest Reality
We are pregnant with freedom.
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Freedom Pregnant
Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.
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Oppression Resistance
I can’t do nothin except try to find cloud nine.
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Cloud Execpt Try
Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.
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Oppression Resistance
When you go through all your life processing and abusing your hair so it will look like the hair of another race of people then you are making a statement and the statement is clear.
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Abuse Hairs Life People Process Race Statement
I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, sea sick sailors, can still be guided home to port.
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Believe Birth Fire Home Live Love Sailor Ship Sweat Truth
Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.
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Action Dreams Motivational Opposite Reality

If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.

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If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.

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