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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
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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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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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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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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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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 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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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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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 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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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.
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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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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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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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