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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

Mos Def

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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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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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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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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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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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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 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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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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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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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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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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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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