Yasiin Bey Quotes
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I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up to me, would be very, very quiet. I'd be like a shopkeeper, a book collector, or something like that. I'm not like this. Myself as a performer and an artist is totally different from who I am.
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Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."
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I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.
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I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.