Kendrick Lamar Quotes
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As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.
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It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
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Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
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My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the hip crowd. So I was being exposed to all these ideas, from Big Daddy Kane to Eazy-E to the Bay Area - Too Short, E-40 - you know, back to Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers.
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When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.
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The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.
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People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.
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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.
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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.
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When I ask OGs why there's so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that everybody always mention? A woman.
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The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you're making a mistake but let you go on with it, that's when it ruins your mind state as an artist.
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Temptation is just the feeling that you're the most independent person on planet Earth. That you know everything. That's something that we all go through as a kid. Now, this lifestyle that I'm in, the same thing exists! But it's 10 times worse, because everything is at my disposal. When you're in the limelight, you can get anything you want.
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People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.
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I like to let things breathe.
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Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
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I don't vote. I don't do no voting.
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I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.
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I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.
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Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.
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It's easy to forget who you are.
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When everybody looks at our generation of kids, they always call us the misfits - you know, like we just don't give a damn.
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You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.
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I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.
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I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.