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When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.

Mos Def

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job.
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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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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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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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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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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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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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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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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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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 don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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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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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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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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