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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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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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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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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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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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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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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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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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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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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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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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