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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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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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Hear Know Like Rap Right Slave Sort Talk
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Art Galleria Love Mean World
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
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
When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Basically Country Dead Hip Hop Music Political Say View Voice
You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Anything Being Faithful Girlfriend Loyal Respect
I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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All Criticize Hip Hop How Just Pursuit Think Through Us
I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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Country Help Hip Hop Hopper Once Own Rebuild Think
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 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
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Age Come Common Sense Wisdom
No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Matter No Out Song
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
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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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Country Life Make Music Style Talk Universal
I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Care Country Matter never People Politics President

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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