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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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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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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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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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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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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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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 went from selling crack to smoking it
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
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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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If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.
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