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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.

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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Trying
Always
Conformist
Eventually
Changes
System
Within
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I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.
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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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The mind of a child is where the Revolution begins.
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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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I'll throw ya gang-sign up, and then I'll spit on my hand.
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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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Ignorance is venomous and it murders the soul, spreading like a virus, running rampant, out of control.
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I don't need to put jewels on to make myself feel important. I'd rather drop them for the benefit of less fortunate people. I don't need to put gold on my body, and I'm not criticizing people who do, but for me, I'd rather be around my family and see them be happy because that's worth more to me than gold.
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