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I want a better world, I want love and harmony amongst people no matter what color you are, what race or what background you come from or sexual orientation.
Common
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Common
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 13
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Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn
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We as people have a purpose here to contribute to the Earth, to contribute to people's goodness and good life.
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Sometimes you come from your community, and then you rise. It's like, okay, when do you get back rooted into your community? A lot of times you can rise in the ranks and maybe leave the core of where you come from.
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I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap.
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I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.
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I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win.
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Even through the unseen, I know that God watches, From one King's dream, he was able to Barack us.
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God created me to be an individual. And I am a Chicago dude that grew up the way I grew up and was named Rashid and was given a certain purpose and mission. So, I am rare for those reasons.
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When you see people that lived their purpose and sacrificed, who are everyday people - teachers, sanitation workers, and just people from all walks of life - that said, I'm standing up for what I believe in. I'm standing up for my community. That reaffirms what you can do.
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When you have style, it doesn't matter what other people are saying.
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I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics
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Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.
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Never lookin' back or too far in front of me the present is a gift and I just wanna be.
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I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes
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I felt like I had experienced a lot of things in the first chapter of my life, and I wanted it to inspire and motivate people, so I just started writing.
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It's hard to see blessings in a violent culture
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Education is what you get from reading the small print experience is what you get from not reading it.
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I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet.
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The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.
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I started digging into parts of myself that I probably ignore and don't really get to express because Common is an artist that is conscious and is aware and is trying to put a positive energy to the world.
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One day it'll all make sense.
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