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I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you. It's very competitive.
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Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.
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Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.
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in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape
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