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All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I’m feeling at the time, whatever direction I’m heading in.

Jay-Z

No, I’m not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.
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Hope Interest No People Politics Zero
I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity.
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Authenticity Emotion Feel Integrity Make Music Something Try
If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts – but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better – but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst.
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Away Better Born Connection Die Like Real Reap Something Yeah
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’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
Obama provides hope. Whether he does anything, the hope that he provides for a nation and outside of America is enough. Just being who he is. You’re the first black president. If he speaks on any issue or anything, he should be left alone.
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Anything Country Does Enough Hope Man Nation Outside President Provide
I’ve always wanted to stay true to myself, and I’ve managed to do that. People have to accept that.
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Accept Always Manage Myself People Stay Want
The burden of poverty isn’t just that you don’t always have the things you need, it’s the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you’d do anything to lift that burden.
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Always Being Burden Day Embarrassment Every Feeling Life Need Poverty Thing
My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.
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Dad Good Huge Just Left Scare Superhero
I’m just going to make the music I love to make, and I’m going to mature with my music.
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Just Love Make Mature Music
You can feel when something’s authentic, and you can feel when it’s not: you know when someone’s trying to make the club record, or trying to make the girl record, or trying to make the thug record. It’s none of that. It’s just my emotions.
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Authentic Club Emotion Feel Girl Make None Record Someone Something Try
Providing – that’s not love. Being there – that’s more important. I mean, we see that. We see that with all these rich socialites. They’re crying out for attention; they’re hurting for love. I’m not being judgmental.
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Attention Cry Important Judge Judgment Love More Out Provide Rich See Socialite
As kids, we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could.
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Aspire Complain Kid Lifestyle Made Mean Move Poor Rich
I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.
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Artist Beginning Businessman CEO Force Record Try
Biggie was the King Of New York as a rapper. There’s a lot more dangerous guys than Biggie Smalls out there, you know what I’m saying? John Gotti was way closer to King Of New York than him.
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I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got bored.
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Bore Good Grade Raed Really Six Student Twentieth

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