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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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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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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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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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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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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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Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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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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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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