Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes

I'm not an executive. I can do it, I have the mind for it, but there's a life that you have to lead, and you have to give up your creative freedom. That's what I don't want to give up.

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• I'm not an executive. I can do it, I have the mind for it, but there's a life that you have to lead, and you have to give up your creative freedom. That's what I don't want to give up.

  

  Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions
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