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Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"Everything will eventually come to an end, So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it? The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better, Cause nothin' lasts forever."

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Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"If the truth is told, the youth can grow Then learn to survive until they gain control Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes Read more learn more, change the globe"

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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
Rap

"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'"

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Kendrick Lamar Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role ...To the faith that you'll die alone"

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Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth. Not the biased truth, Not the liest truth, But the highest truth."

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
Rap

"You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game."

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The Notorious B.I.G. Rapper, songwriter
Rap

"Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on, Just keep on pressin on. Sky is the limit and you know that you can have what you want, be what you want."

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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
Rap

"Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good, Tell the homies I'm in heaven, and they ain't got hoods. Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook, Drippin' peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke."

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Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand."

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The Notorious B.I.G. Rapper, songwriter
Rap

"If I wasn't in the rap game, I'd probably have a key knee-deep in the crack game. Because the streets is a short stop: Either you're slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot."

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J. Cole Rapper, songwriter
Rap

"You hate it before you played it. I already forgave ya."

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Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Rap

"Niggas hate what they can't understand, fear what they can't conquer"

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