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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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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
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
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
I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.
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Act Bad Myself Person Support
You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.
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Acceptance Admission Goodness Industry Yourself
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
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
I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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Ability Myself Potential Right Self Love
If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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Believe Better Break Feeling Love Talent 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
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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Believe Black Myself Pencil People Sharp Talk White
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
I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.
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God Myself Place World
I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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Better Fake Myself Thinking
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
I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Freedom Frustration Music Myself

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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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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