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No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 4
Actor
Businessperson
Composer
Drug Trafficker
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Film Director
Film Producer
Investor
Music Executive
Brooklyn
New York
Shawn Corey Carter
Shawn Carter
Jigga
Jigga Man
JayZ
Jay Z
Hova
Hov
Jay
Jayhova
J-Hova
Shawn
Young Hov
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As kids we didn't complain about being poor we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
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You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.
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Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.
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My tears is tatted, my rag in my pocket / Im just looking for love, I know somebody got it
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I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
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I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'
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I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me
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I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter.
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The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden.
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I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.
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It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day.
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A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
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Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.
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Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.
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Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
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The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.
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I'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration.
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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.
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That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.
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They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am.
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