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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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I'm not going away fast I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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