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The economical policies that are instigated really makes you think that the American government is a bunch of evil bastards. So just because you're black, you're still representing that government, and when Obama came into office he enacted the same policies that we would critique other presidents for.

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Lupe Fiasco
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: February 16
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You would never know if you could ever be, If you never try, you would never see.
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Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts.
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My approach is I put God first I say God willing all the time. The only way things will change is with God. So knowing that I can't really change anything, I'm just going to satire it.
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The rewards we get by being those weird guys going against the grain to me are way more massive than selling a million billion records. I like climbing mountains or going on undersea dives for whales and stuff like that.
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I look at people like Picasso and Da Vinci and Escher and Miles Davis, and they'll write or paint that one definitive masterpiece of maybe 50 that they have that's really trying to go outside the box, trying to do something that's tough. And then when you accomplish it, you look back and go, 'Yeeaaaah - masterpiece.'
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Know the weapons of the weak, kill weakness of the heart and never fall asleep.
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World is not designed for you to win it's designed to be played. It's designed for you to play your position until a certain point, when you get a chance to actually do some good, make a statement, get on your soapbox and say something.
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Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.
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Just take me home where the mood is mellow And the roses are grown M&M's are yellow And the light bulbs around my mirror don't flicker Everybody gets a nice autograph picture One for you and one for your sister Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener Every song's a favorite song And mics don't feed back.
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Sometimes I wish I never found the Internet. Sometimes I regret getting a laptop and Wi-Fi for logging into the Internet because it is such a distraction. If you have any addictive personality, the Internet will magnify it.
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You ain't got to change the whole world. You just alter it a little bit and you redefine it into something beautiful.
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My problem is I’m peaceful, and I believe in the people.
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I'm not in competition with nobody. I want to make good music for my fans who want it, who enjoy it, who learn something from it. And that's what it is.
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In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama, and the United States of America.
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Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it
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They say the streets is a demon in a dress, Wit dollar signs in her eyes and semen on her breath
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What I've learned is not to take anybody's advice. If you rely solely on your fans, it sets you up for the downfall on the industry side and if you rely on what your label is saying, it will disconnect you from your fans.
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