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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.

Ice Cube

The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it’s already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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Eyes Hard Present Reality Record Yourself
Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It’s not racism and “this-ism” and “that-ism”; it’s our thirst and hunger for money. And that’s where all the bodies are buried.
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Body Bury Money Race Root
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 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 have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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Build Challenge Greatness Myself People Present
I been all around the world and I haven’t found a city that I’d rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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Myself Travel World
When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.
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God Image Man Myself Television White
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
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 make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Coffee Ingredient Myself Right
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
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
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 grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Growth Influence Music Myself
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
There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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Limitation Planning Start Wrong Yourself
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
I’m always happy. I’ve just got a mean face.
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Face Happiness Myself
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
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
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 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
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
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
Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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Allow Choice Myself Survive
I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Freedom Frustration Music Myself

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