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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.

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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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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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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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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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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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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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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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