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Lauryn Hill
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 26
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Lauryn Noelle Hill
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I get out, I get out of all your boxes. I get out, you can't hold me in these chains. I'll get out. Father free me from this bondage. Knowin' my condition is the reason I must change
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I can do what you do, easy, BELIEVE ME Frontin' niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
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I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.
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As long as I remember that the glory is His and not my own. When I confuse that, I get in trouble. We think that we glorify ourselves, and the object is to glorify God first, and in doing that you become glorified, you get glorified.
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How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again
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We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.
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I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.
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If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
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Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?
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You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
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Whether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile...
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Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
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We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.
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I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.
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I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
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Let me break it down for you again, You know I only say it because I'm truly genuine: Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem.
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Everyone is in the same situation, at different levels and in different places.
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I ran very fast in the wrong direction.
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For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers the stories don't need to be true!
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