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I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

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Emmanuel Jal
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 1
Actor
Musician
Rapper
Singer
American
Sound
Trying
Way
Like
Rapping
African
Rap
English

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When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.
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If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.
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I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.
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The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye
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I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.
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Education is the only solution for peace.
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Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper
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Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.
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To tell my story, to touch lives.
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[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere manipulating the system, and using religion to get what they want to get out of us, which is the oil, the diamond, the gold and the land.
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A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.
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It’s no longer about the Lost Boys. They keep trying to make their way out, then they meet other people and empathize with them. It’s a story that a lot of people are going to discover their purpose from. When someone doesn’t know their purpose, they get lost.
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I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.
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Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.
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Music is actually where I see heaven.
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In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.
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