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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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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
I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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Been Country Music never Talk
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
I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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Already Course Down Go Kind Know Lay Rapper Talk Thing
Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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Almost Before Believe Deity Know Man Marley Mean Someone Time
I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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According Change Life Regret Some Tattoo
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
I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Doing Nothing Quality Time Unless Work
Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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Anybody Dating Music Talk Want
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
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
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
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
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
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
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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Conversation Country Hear Kind Know Rhythm

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