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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.

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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
I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Beautiful Fun Get Learn Life Lose Up
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
It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Artist Been Bunch Consistent Far Gone Kept never Outside Seen Street Venture Want
I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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Anything Business Easier Easy Know Much Music Nothing Wish Worth
Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Appreciate Make Once Point Struggle
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Beat Go Instrument Like Marry Rhythm Sound Start Voice Want Word
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
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 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 think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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Head Life Look Problem Someone Talk Think Through
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
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
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
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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Crazy Everybody Out Please Some Take Thing Time Try Yourself
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
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
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 love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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Channel Discovery Good Grew Had History Love Pbs Say Up
We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Balck Country Everyone People White Yellow
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own 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 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
Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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Artist Caught Especially Hip Hop Mainstream Older One Phenomena Worldwide
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
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 get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Each Other Hate Jealous never People

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