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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.

Ice Cube

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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Flow Life Roll Stay Yourself
I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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Goodness Ingredient Movie Myself
I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
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Form Important Interest Myself Reading Thinking
I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
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Career Different Energy Fight Myself Negative People
I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Bottom Identify Money Myself
You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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Blame Escape Man Responsibility World Yourself
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
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
Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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Career Change Early Inspirational Music People Try
I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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Better Fake Myself Thinking
If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
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Live Love Myself Time
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 make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Coffee Ingredient Myself Right
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
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 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’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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