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I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.

Ice Cube

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
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
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 grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Growth Influence Music Myself
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
I always want to read the script before I totally commit.
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Commitment Myself Reading Scripture
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 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
You pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
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Goodness Pay Place School Time Yourself
I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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Different Myself Play Seen
Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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Allow Choice Myself Survive
Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.
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Planning Start Time Yourself
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
Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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Laughter Reality Time Yourself
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 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 love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Freedom Frustration Music Myself
I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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Beautiful Father Life Myself Reason Work
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 feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
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Book Feeling Life Live Myself Thinking
I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Coffee Ingredient Myself Right
Our household is built on love and respect. And we don’t really let negative vibes stay too long. It’s worked out. I got a great family, great kids.
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Family Greatness Love Myself Respect Work
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 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
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
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
The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
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