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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. So before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
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They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion before you rent an apartment? Is the answer burning Korans so that we can defend Islamics?
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You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay they might just talk behind your back.
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live in a neighborhood that deals with oppressed conditions, you deserve to be treated like a criminal. In our Constitution it says you have the right to live without illegal search and seizure.
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I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.
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As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.
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A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support
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