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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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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
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I'm a beat hoarder. I'll record five songs in a year and I still hoard beats.
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I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.
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Whenever you have people in power, they try to control people. It's not necessarily a bad thing to control people - you can control people for good, you can control people for bad, but you're gonna try and control people.
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