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Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Brooklyn
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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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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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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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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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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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My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.
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And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.
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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.
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But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.
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Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
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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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If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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