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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'
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Peace before everything, God before anything, Love before anything, real before everything, Home before any place, shoot before anything, Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like Who on top of this?
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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