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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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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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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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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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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going how are you doing?
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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 want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.
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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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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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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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