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I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

Lauryn Hill

Whenever we submit our will to someone else’s opinion, a part of us dies.
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Death Ourselves Willing
As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.
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Art Healing Help Inspirational Opportunity Teaching Touch
Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody’s throat. For those who don’t want it, I have nothing to defend.
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Choice Defend Light
I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness
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Generosity Happiness Love Myself
Consequence is no coincidence.
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Deep One Liner Result
It’s more important to be righteous than to be right.
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Important Right
It could all be so simple, but you’d rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars.
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Battle Love Scars Simplicity Yourself
See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.
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Fantasy Myself Need People Reality
You don’t know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It’s all in the practice.
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Art Easy Practice Yourself
I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity.
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Beginning Comfortable Identity Myself
Miscommunication leads to complication.
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Deep One Liner
I have inner peace. It’s a different person.
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Different Myself Peace Person
You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
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Eyes Money Power Yourself
From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.
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Learning Oppression Thinking Time
I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That’s too much work.
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Character Myself People
Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.
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Black Love Thinking

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

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