I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
NASI don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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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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