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Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in the future.

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Immortal Technique
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 31
Musician
Rapper
Singer
City of the Kings
Felipe Andres Coronel
Felipe Coronel
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I think that learning to read between the lines of traditional media is one way to stay informed, and also realizing that eventually you're going to have to cross-reference all sorts of different information coming from different sources.
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A man who walks with God, can walk anywhere. Hence, I fear nothing.
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You can’t stop a revolution from breathin’, so to beat ‘em they offer people the illusion of freedom.
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Changing the course of destiny, so I'm strapped with weaponry cause the government don't give a f-k about protecting me.
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I've had some confrontations after I got out of prison and I'm proud of the fact that I dealt with them differently.
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I would say that everyone that you see who is successful in the mainstream, at the top of Billboard, who has a Top 40 hit... at some point, unless they're a complete fabrication of the industry with no identity of their own and a carbon copy clone of someone else, they in themselves started out being underground.
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Love...doesn't need a complicated metaphor And sometimes nothing needs to be said at all
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The kingdoms of Africa and Mesopotamia, machine gunning your body with depleted uranium, this is the age of microchips and titanium, the dark side of the moon, and contact with aliens.
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Your fans can't just pop in whenever they want. I'm not gonna allow someone to just drop over my house whenever they want like, Hey what's up? I bought your album so what's for dinner?
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Devils used to be God's angels that fell from the top. There is no diversity cos we're burnin in the melting pot.
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I'm not trying to sell pipe dreams to people. I'm not giving them some fake utopia. I'm not telling them it's easy. If it was easy, everyone would do it. But you don't fight the fights you can win, you fight the fights that need fighting. That's the most important part.
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A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar with the scene. I mean, I'm more familiar with people coming from other countries like Latin-American MCs and African rappers... that type of stuff I'm really starting to get a hold on.
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The 'king of hip hop' is always the poster child for capitalism, no matter who it is.
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Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition.
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We're more Christian than the Pope. And, I mean, that's not our religion. We pray to the Gods of our conquerors... all black and brown people.
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A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.
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Ignorance is venomous and it murders the soul, spreading like a virus, running rampant, out of control.
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I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.
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It doesn't matter what race you are. It doesn't matter what religion you are. I always tell people: If you want to be a part of hip-hop, you just need to have a heart. You need to have the courage to tell the truth.
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Working your whole life wondering where the day went, the subway stays packed like a multicultural slaveship.
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