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You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see
KRS-One
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KRS-One
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 20
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If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS has introduced the concept of being hip-hop, not just doing it. The concept of rap as something we do, while hip-hop is something we live. The concept of living a culture. Don't just look at hip-hop as rap music, see it as a culture.
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Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw.
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Stop the negativity and control our creativity
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When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a platform for all people, religions, and occupations to meet on something. We all have a platform to meet on now, due to hip-hop. That, to me, is beyond music. That is just a brilliant, brilliant thing.
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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop
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If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.
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Rebel, renegade, must stay paid.
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Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.
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I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.
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I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital H, and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.
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The true word of God is written in our heart.
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I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought.
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Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the other one's culture, Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.
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Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent
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Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement.
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Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.
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Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.
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There's a Universe Instrument, where we apply Hip-Hop to astronomy, and we flush out the chemistry of Hip-Hop. We also flushed out the astronomy, to see where Hip-Hop is read in the stars.
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Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.
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Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.
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