Talib Kweli Quotes

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Talib Kweli

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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.

Flavor Flav
- Up
- Good
- Trying
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

Ice Cube
- Up
- Music
- Society
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

Larry Page
- People
- Bad
- Think
I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.

Ice T
- People
- Art
- Think
When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and that ain't to be played with. You've got people that lost their lives and people that are doing real time. If we gon' make music, let's just make music.

Young Jeezy
- People
- Time
- Music
I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.

Barbara Lynn
- Time
- Important
- Mind