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Life is a beautiful struggle.

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
Talib Kweli Greene
Struggle
Beautiful
Life

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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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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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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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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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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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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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The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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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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I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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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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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place in Asia, Germany, Africa, it becomes something where you can still go and work. Hip hop is an import culture. We're spoiled by it here. It's homegrown.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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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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