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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 the “less is more” guy when it comes to a scene. So I’ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I’m still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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Crazy Ground Minimalism Myself Reality Voice
Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Book Success Way Yourself
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
I never was in the Nation of Islam… I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, ’cause it’s just me and God.
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Call God Myself Nation Religion
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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Bad Goodness People Small Yourself
Don’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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Confusion Human Life Movie Myself
You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
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Myself Seeing Tired Treat
Any time there’s racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything’s supposed to be fair.
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Fair Place Race Sports Time
You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.
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Legacy Mess Scare Yourself
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 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
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
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
Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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Government Myself Problem
The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
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Crazy Creativity Flow Hard Juice Writing Yourself
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

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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