Yasiin Bey Quotes
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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 don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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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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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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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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I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle
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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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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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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'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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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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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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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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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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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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You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative.