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This nation was founded by rebels and revolutionaries, and its flags were carried across the battlefields by people who were very, very against the status quo and who questioned and criticized.
Lupe Fiasco
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Lupe Fiasco
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: February 16
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Wasalu Muhammad Jaco
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Just be yourself and one day you will find someone who loves you for everything you are, flaws or no flaws.
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Know the weapons of the weak, kill weakness of the heart and never fall asleep.
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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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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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