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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.

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
I am only 33, I’ve got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I’m looking forward to the future and I’m proud about the past.
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Age Career Future Myself Past Proud
I’m not actually from Compton – I’m from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I’m there all the time.
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Father Myself Time
A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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Gratitude Hands Worth
I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Growth Influence Music Myself
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
I know my flavor’s going to work because I just know there’s not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what’s that about you.
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Different Figure Original 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
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
If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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Forever Stay Thinking Young Yourself
I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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Coward Myself Person Stand Thinking
I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.
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Freedom Greatness Listening Myself People Willing
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Career Instant Love Moral People 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
The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
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Black Home People
I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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Better Fake Myself Thinking

A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.

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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.

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