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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
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Brooklyn
New York
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Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.
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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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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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War is not civilized.
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The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. I have enough rhythm to blend one song into another. But man, I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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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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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, You can help by coming down here you can tweet.
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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
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Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.
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I was always rhyming and doing it for the love before I found out I was gonna have children and when I found out, doing it for the love wasn't enough.
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But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.
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