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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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Immortal Technique
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 31
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Felipe Andres Coronel
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Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.
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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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A man who walks with God, can walk anywhere. Hence, I fear nothing.
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A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.
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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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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'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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I'm a business man and I'm a grown man. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to restructure my life, support my family with this music... I don't have time to deal with the repercussions of breaking somebody's jaw or breaking their nose.
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I feel my body weakening but my spirit is fine, ready to go to war with devils at the drop of a dime
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The average ordinary person, in the worst slums of America, someone who might even hate the law and disagree with the government, they would do something about that [abandoned child]. But in Afghanistan, people hardly have the means to take care of themselves, let alone a random child on the street.
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In a world of regret, sacrifice and hardship, laughter and music are medicine.
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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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I have a strong army I keep with me and we don't go out there looking for problems. A lot of people have this perception... but I don't have a superiority complex about me because I'm from New York or because I'm Peruvian/Black. I think some people get caught up in that stuff.
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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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The mind of a child is where the Revolution begins.
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I'll throw ya gang-sign up, and then I'll spit on my hand.
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You will learn a lesson repeated through history, that no matter what you think, occupation is not victory!
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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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