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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Singer
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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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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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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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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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like Who on top of this?
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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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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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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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 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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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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If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, This is so ridiculous.
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