"I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life."
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"I'm just as guilty for not doing anything as I am for doing things. Not with case (the 1994 sexual abuse conviction), but just my life. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to be at me. They're going to come 100 percent."
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"They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty."
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"If you're not dark inside and you come to this world, it'l turn you dark... and if you really have Sunshine inside you, it's not good to play in the dark. It's just gonna extinguish your fire."
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"Even the genius ask questions."
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"My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My musi is spiritual. It's like Negro spiituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome."
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"I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible."
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"I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me."
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"I turn to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family."
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"Forgive, but don't forget"
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"Will my enimies flee when they see me? Belive me, even thugz gotta learn to take it easy!"
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"Pledge allegiance to the flag that neglects us."
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"Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it has soul to it, hip hop can live on."
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"Expose foes wit my hocus pocus flows, they froze now suckas idolize my chosen blows"
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"Rollin wit a posse full of paranoid drugdealaz!"
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"I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle, I make mistakes but learn from every one, And when it's said and done, I bet this brother be a better one, If I upset you don't stress, Never forget, that God isn't finished with me yet"
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"My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we need to talk straight up and down."
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"I feel that what was done in the dark will come to light. There are secrets everybody's gonna find out about."
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"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing."
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"Dont blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it."
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