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I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
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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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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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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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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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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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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 don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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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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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
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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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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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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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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.
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I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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