Kendrick Lamar Quotes
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I'm selfish.
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If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don't want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you've got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what's gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that's in the industry has lost their edge.
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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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As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.
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My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.
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Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.
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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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I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.
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I don't vote. I don't do no voting.
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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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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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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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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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I like to let things breathe.
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Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.
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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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I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.
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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'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.
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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.
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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.