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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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Bless Good Guy Life Message Music Opportunity Pass Think World
Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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Artist Caught Especially Hip Hop Mainstream Older One Phenomena Worldwide
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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Abck Couple Day Feel Element Hip Hop Music Speak Street Urgent
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Associate Every Fulfill Generation People Power Prophecy Try Witness
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Ask Black Green Matter Mean Thing Way White
Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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Artist Attitude Bigger Country Man Mess Pass
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Age Come Common Sense Wisdom
Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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All Competitive Get Hand Hip Hop Number One Out Really Sometimes Standoffish Time
I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Bad Enough Morning Opportunity Put Really Smile Wake Up
DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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Big Control DJ End Day Hip Hop Own Play Responsible
I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Divorce Easy Get Long Not Pretty Public Realy Though Time Took
I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Country Crazy Different Grow Help Life Reflect Side Talk
I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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Able Being Career Focus Longest Record Sell Still Strength Think
Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Career Confidence Experience Great Learn Make Move People Work

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