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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.

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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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Daughter Fatherhood Help Important Mother Raise Single Son Very
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
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’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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Big Common Fan Music People Respect Scarface
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 don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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Anything Biggest No Promise Radio Record Sell
Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Country Dela Lot Place Unfortunately Unnecessary Violence
Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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Conscious Do Gangsta Just Lane People Rapper Some Stomping
Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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Country Going May Much Nation Other Stand Through Time Up Year
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
There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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Come End Everybody Happy Out Thing Time Work
I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Better Country Do Little See Want
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
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
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Get Hip Hop Lot Make More Noise Some Spotlight
Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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Can Forget Front Gotta Let Record Sell Time
Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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Acceptable Baby Mama Country Man Only People Person President Target Tell
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Enjoy Just Life Morning Now Up Wake
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
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
Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Beautiful Dramatic Good heavy Life Moment Most Represent
My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Beg Company Filminm Music Project Record Stop Video
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Age Come Common Sense Wisdom
I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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Always Going Love Matter Rap
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 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

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