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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.
Vince Staples
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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
Rapper
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Long Beach
California
Vincent Jamal Staples
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We have bad things happen, but it's not like Syria, which we ignore and pretend doesn't happen. We've got it pretty good, no matter who the president is, to be honest.
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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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Drugs are horrible I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life.
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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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The world sucks, man. But Tesla does have a mid-size sedan now, and that's very important to the future.
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I feel like that's the reason a lot of pop music doesn't have that grasp that other forms of music do, because it's more rooted in only the happier aspects of life - there's not really a connection.
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I don't care at all. I don't know the difference from one president to the next.
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