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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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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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 think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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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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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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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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Live now for the promise of the Infinite
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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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