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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.

Immortal Technique

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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 don't think the war is going to end, but the war is just going to change. So we talk about change all the time, well that's what's going to change. You know, we tried having an idiot try and justify the war and give us these rationales and now we're going to have a very articulate and capable black man say it.
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In a world of regret, sacrifice and hardship, laughter and music are medicine.
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I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.
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Plastic metaphors and carbon copy similes that aren't going to do anything for anybody and it doesn't showcase creativity it showcases the fact that the soul of the music has been compromised to control the industry.
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I would love for [Jesus] to come back because I would love for him to face what is happening and to really have some sort of perspective. In that same respect, I'm sure that Prophet Muhammad would be disgusted by what some people use his name to justify.
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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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A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.
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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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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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Hip-hop is about the human condition it's about people's lives.
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Read about the history of the place that we live in and stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children
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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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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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It's not like America's view of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle is going to change. There are some things that are going to change and some things that are not going to change.
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Pharoahe Monch is a long time supporter of my music and I'm a long time supporter of his music so when we met each other it was almost like a natural occurrence.I met him before a few years earlier and we were just politicking with each other and we had a conversation about possibly doing something but our schedules have always been in conflict.
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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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Read between the lines and free your mind
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I'll throw ya gang-sign up, and then I'll spit on my hand.
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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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The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system it's the system that will eventually change you.
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