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Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.

Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick Lamar
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 17
Music Artist
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Compton
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The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk about it. You don't need the news or the Internet to watch it. You can walk outside and just feel it.
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I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.
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I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey...
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I don't even have kids. But at heart, I'm a kid myself.
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I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.
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I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.
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You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.
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I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery.
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From what I remember, I remember always being a big fan of Kardinal Offishall. He just had that different flow and different flavor. He put himself on the record and that's the type of energy that we love.
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Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.
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Color don't tell if people Black. It's the soul.
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The Universe energy doesn't lie.
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Believe in God, it's only one God. F*** all that religion s***. Believe in one God, and do right. Try your best to do right, we ain't perfect. Just do that and everything will be straight.
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I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.
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Tell me how I stay positive When they never see good in me
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God to me is love. It's the ruler of all things, whether it's with a person or with music or with your TV. I feel like it's this energy. God is energy, love is energy.
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I wanted the next family to hurt, because you made my family hurt. Them emotions were still running in me... Whether I'm a rap star or not, if I still feel like that, then I'm part of the problem rather than the solution.
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We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.
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I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night.
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I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me.
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