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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
Michael Jordan on the court is a completely different guy. If the play requires him to leap out all the way and grab the ball, that's what he'll do. He may be a completely shy, withdrawn sort of person [off the court].
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
God gave us music, so we play with our words.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Crunk Feminist Collective, I think, is a noble endeavor, and any group of young women coming together to uplift women, especially being run by women of color, I have no choice but to support that. But they're dead wrong on me.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the '70s.
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Yo, it's 1 universal law but 2 sides to every story, 3 strikes and you be in for life, mandatory. 4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years, I ain't tryin to be the 5th one, the Millennium is here. Yo, it's 6 million ways to die, from the 7 deadly thrills, 8-year olds gettin' found with 9 mill's. It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal?
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
We commute to computers Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors We survivalists, turned to consumers.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
We get high on all types of drugs when, all you really need is Love
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The thing is, allies is people who are friends, people you can rely on in the struggle. You're not always going to agree with your allies. For instance, Stevie Wonder I feel like is my ally when it comes to this Florida situation, but I don't agree with his strategy. That doesn't mean he isn't an ally.
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The way I feel about Crunk Feminists. Here you have a bunch of bloggers who are not even quoting any feminists' works who are telling me what I can do better when I've been doing this as my life's work while y'all still in college! What are you talking about? And their criticism was of the idea that we should approach people like Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne with love when they have lyrics that we don't like, as opposed to approaching them with hate. That's their issue: How dare I say I approach Rick Ross with love!
Talib Kweli Black Star