Black Star Quotes
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I look at the deejay thing as a tier thing. If I'm not going to compete on that level, I'm just going to do it as a hobby.
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It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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Back in the day they stole our smile, so we clothe our teeth in gold.
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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Those who would trade in their freedom For their protection deserve neither
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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.
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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up to me, would be very, very quiet. I'd be like a shopkeeper, a book collector, or something like that. I'm not like this. Myself as a performer and an artist is totally different from who I am.
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I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.
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Just because no one can understand how you speak, Don't necessarily mean that what you be sayin is deep.
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You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative.
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Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?
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I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough