My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious – like, I don’t remember them ever being together.
J. COLEI’d rather be happy being myself than sad trying to please everyone else.
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And the strongest drug of them all – Love.
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I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.
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In a game full of liars it turns out that I’m the truth. Some say that rap’s alive. It turns out that I’m the proof.
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Anything I do, I want to do it well.
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Nothing lasts forever, but at least we’ve got these memories.
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My life accelerated, but had to wait my turn. But then I redecorated, that means my tables turn.
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You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life’s lessons are learned in pain.
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I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.
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Tupac was just so passionate about what he believes in and not afraid to say anything.
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Keep grindin’ boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it’s dark out, the sun is shining somewhere.
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Time will tell who is on my side.
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I keep my head high, I got my wings to carry me. I don’t know freedom, I want my dreams to rescue me.
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In this life ain’t no happy endings. Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance.
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Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.
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I don’t like to think of it as being fired. Instead, I prefer to think of it as being on indefinite leave with a sabbatical flair.
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I went through a lot of heartbreak the first half of my career, maybe even longer, cuz deep down I needed that validation that I thought the awards could bring.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people’s eyes before you even put out an album.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That’s the biggest risk I’ve taken so far.
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The music becomes more pure and soulful when it’s true, and it has to be true.
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It’s beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success.
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I don’t wanna be propped up by tearing somebody else down.
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Every time you go to sleep you look like you in Heaven.
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You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.
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To appreciate the sun, you gotta know what rain is.
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Catch me, I’ve fallen in love for the first time.
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