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I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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Many have forgotten what we came here for, Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor. Just growin' not known' about your past... Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.
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If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.
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The best American is one who considers themselves as a citizen of the world.
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I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.
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I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
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There's people who feel that, Well, if I could profit off of sellin' sex to an eleven-year-old kid that comes through some kind of virtual portal, then I'm not really doin' it in actuality. I'm just kind of co-signing or fostering it, 'cause it can't be attached to me. I'm like, Yes it can, 'cause people are livin' through their avatar.
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Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious of everybody else in the world too. You just can't be drunken with constitution and hear, okay we're gonna do this and then you hear well, we're gonna go kill this guy 'cause he's a terrorist and you keep gettin' it.
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