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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.

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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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Faithful Girl Girlfriend Lot Loyal Meet Respect Teenager Unaware Want
There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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Change Game Gona Knew Many People Respect Side
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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Curious Grow Matter Respect Subject Thing Whatever Young
Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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Decay Great Human Little Mad Mistake Moment Thing Truest
I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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Based Been Conemind Mind Month Past Rhythm Start Weak Word Write
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
I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Feel Grown Hip Hop Involve Like Politics Up Way
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Associate Every Fulfill Generation People Power Prophecy Try Witness
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way
N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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Again Become Brave Country Enough Gotta Hip Hop New Something
My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Do Easy Fun Work
I 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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Any Dollar Get Hopefully Little Make Man Perfect Say Somebody Time Try
Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Every Fun Some Studio Time Wanna
Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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All Credit Give Hip Hop Survive Year
I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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Chance Collaborate Great Happen Know Something
I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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Achievement Amazing Enough Fact Made Moise Remember Think World

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