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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

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Wale
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: September 21
Musician
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
Washington
District of Columbia
Olubowale Victor Akintimehin
Olubowale Akintimehin
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I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ?
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I'm never satisfied, man. I'm Virgo. We overanalyze and we're never satisfied. So I'm gonna keep going 'til the wheels fall off.
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I just wanna affect the culture and wanna be able to support young people with goals that aren't just limited to rapping and producing.
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I could have easily got T-Pain or anybody like that, but let me just get somebody very left. That'll wake them up. Gaga. She's never done a rap record before. Pay attention. It's a method to my madness.
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Failure is not an option. Success is just a process.
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You never wanna see yourself there. Like, ever. I'd rather go to jail than see myself on Step Your Rap Game up because I take a lot of time with my stuff.
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I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.
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There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to get an opportunity to pursue greatness and pursue careers outside of D.C. Not everybody is going to make it. I think there's a connotation that there's a lack of rappers out there.
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It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons.
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Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you cant fake. Im not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
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If I woke up tomorrow and didn't have a dolla, as long as I have my heart, I can get it all over.
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The Loudest person in the room, is usually the brokest
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The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.
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I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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Riding in another drop, ain't talking Enterprise They try to see me, get diabetes from humble pie
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You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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