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I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.

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When you’re growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you’ve let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.
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Dad Fall Grow High Once Put Someone Such Superhero Yourself
I collect art, and I drink wine… things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, ‘I’m going to buy art to impress this crowd.’ That’s just ridiculous to me. I don’t live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?
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Art Been Buy Collect Crowd Drink Expose Impress never Said Thing Wine
My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was ‘coded’: it was called ‘Reasonable Doubt.’ So the things I was talking about…
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Album Call Code Deal Doubt First Issue Mainly Reasonable Stress Talk
I don’t think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller – I mean, really good jobs, and people are still gonna look at you and be like, ‘You used to rap; what happened?’
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Any Back Bank Good Job Look People Rapper Teller Think
People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap, and it’s good water. But they’re OK paying for it.
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Feel Like Music Pay People Realy Water
If just the presence of Tidal causes other companies to have better pay structure or to pay more attention to it moving forward, then we’ve been successful in one way. So we don’t really view them as competitors. As the tide rises, all the boats rise.
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Attention Better Cause Company Forward More Move Pay Presence Structure Ther Tidal
When I listen to Amy Winehouse, I believe that her heart and soul is in the music, or if I listen to other British artists like Duffy or Estelle. The aesthetic of it is different, and it’s my point of view. It’s not anything formulaic.
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Artist Believe Celebrity Country Heart Listen Music Other People Person Soul
I’m a mirror. If you’re cool with me, I’m cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don’t like what you see, then you’ve done something. If I’m standoffish, that’s because you are.
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Cool exchange Mirror Reflect See Sometimes Start
I don’t profess to be a political rapper, like groups such as ‘Dead Prez’ or ‘Public Enemy’, but I think social commentary should make its way into your music. Speaking on your neighbourhood is social commentary – what happens, what’s going on.
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Commentary Enemy Group Make Political Profess Public Rapper Social Such Way
Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great.
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Belief Everything Foundation Great Know Mean Oneself
I’ve talked to Bill Clinton – he’s the ultimate rock star; no one’s more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant when he finishes dinner! I don’t get that treatment. I get it when I walk onstage, but not when I have dinner.
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Charming Fun More Person President Rock Star Talk Ultimate
I’ve never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people.
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Around Certain Look Myself Need never People Said Sort Way
People wanted to make products based on our child’s name, and you don’t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby’s name.
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Anybody Baby Benefit Child Make Name People Want Product Try Want
We wasn’t allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.
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Allow Gallery Inside Make Music Stadium Street Writing Yankee
I think relationships are broken up because of the media.
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Broken Media Relationship
You don’t have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It’s that fear of going back down.
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Back Boz Down Fear People Stuck Think

I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.

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