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"If I ruled the world Imagine that..."
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"Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words."
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"I'm going to be honest, I would love for Flava Flav to be president. It would bring a lot of excitement to the country."
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"Swallow my words. Taste my thoughts. And if it's too nasty, spit it back at me!."
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"You can make something of your life, it just depends on your drive."
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"Last time I failed is when I fell in love with distractions."
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"The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to."
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"Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up When the temp goes up to the mid 80's."
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"Never let no one know how much dough you hold."
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"It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy."
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"My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop."
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"But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam"
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"When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was trying to make you experience my life. I wanted you to look at hip-hop differently. I wanted you to feel that hip-hop was changing and becoming something more real."
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"in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape"
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"Memories have to be our most painful blessing."
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"Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow."
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"I'm usually homeboys with the same ni**as I'm rhyming wit/But this is hip-hop and them ni**as should know what time it is/And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale/Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake/Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller/I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you ni**as/Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you ni**as/They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you ni**as"
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"Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff."
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"No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile."
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