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 think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that’s how I started my career.
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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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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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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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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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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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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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Don’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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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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Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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I’m always happy. I’ve just got a mean face.
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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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Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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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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