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The work is the understanding of the people that you're speaking for. The further you get away from that, the further you are from the work.

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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
Rapper
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Long Beach
California
Vincent Jamal Staples
Vincent Staples
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I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.
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We should focus on the things that are bad that we can immediately control, because people are always going to be people.
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I say what I have to say at the moment and when I don't want to say it anymore, then I won't.
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