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I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence

Lupe Fiasco

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Lupe Fiasco
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: February 16
Businessperson
Composer
Dressmaker
Peace Activist
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Chicago
Illinois
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco
Double J
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Worse
Silence
Violence
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The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it, they all look like Chief Keef.
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I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our apartment, there was blood from some guy who got shot but inside, there was National Geographic magazines and encyclopedias and a little library bookshelf situation.
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I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change that is the conversation you must have.
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If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's is here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh oh yeah If you are what you say you are Then have no fear
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You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.
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When I write, it's intimate. I write in the car, and I don't even hear, like, ambulances driving past me because I'm in my car, listening to the music, writing. I record in an attic with no booth. It's not like I'm in the dark with candles, but it's like a house, a home, and I record like that. I think that plays into the music.
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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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That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity my index of success is happiness.
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When you look out into the world and you turn on the news and it's just so dark, it's still there. But it's the battle, it's the struggle with that, and at the same time to recognize that happiness and love and all those things exist as well.
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Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesnt seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.
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The point of Islam is to promote peace.
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Most things that are politically right are morally wrong
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People don't understand that where I come from, everyone is either a convict, been in jail, been in a gang, is a hooligan of some sorts, but those are my brothers, my family and the people that I travel with. Those are the people that I roll with.
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For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.
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Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years old or 200 years old. And people can listen to whatever they want.
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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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Know the weapons of the weak, kill weakness of the heart and never fall asleep.
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I always say that you define what success is to yourself.
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