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Using some economic issues to make one group of people, regardless of race or religion, the scapegoat for all the problems of the country is just the stupidest, and yet, the most creative propaganda scheme that you can come up with.

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Immortal Technique
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 31
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I never tried to be Jay Z or Big Poppa, I'm underground like them dead children buried in Gaza
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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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Doubt that there could ever be...a more wicked MC. 'Cuz AIDS infested child molesters aren't sicker than me.
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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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The 'king of hip hop' is always the poster child for capitalism, no matter who it is.
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A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.
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You don't have to either choose to save the world or become a sellout. I say to people, Listen dude, how can you save the world if you can't even save yourself? Why don't you try to affect one person's life who's in your life, and that would be historic.
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