"In trouble waters I had to learn how to float"
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"Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose."
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"Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron."
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"Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly."
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"Men lie, women lie, numbers dont"
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"Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations."
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"I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying"
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"We change people through conversation, not through censorship."
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"New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the same sirens, ride the same subways, see the same headlines in the Post, read the same writings on the walls. That shared landscape gets inside of all of us and, in some small way, unites us, makes us think we know each other even when we don't."
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"Don't make decisions based on the fear."
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"I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair."
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"just when i thought i had everything, i lost it all"
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"I ain't lookin' at you dudes -I'm lookin' past you."
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"Everything evens up, you just wait, Even a garbage can gets a steak, You ain't even a garbage can, you have faith!"
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"I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth"
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"I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!"
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"My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever direction I'm heading in. And hopefully, everyone follows."
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"As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it."
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"Difficult takes a day Impossible takes a week I do this in my sleep"
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"Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet."
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