"Strugglin' and striving, that's how the dough come."
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"Can the Lord forgive me? Got the spirit of a thug in me."
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"Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in."
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"Don't live to fight, fight to live."
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"Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious."
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"We are being wiped off the face of this earth At an extremely alarming rate And even more alarming is the fact That we are not fighting back"
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"The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold."
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"Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician."
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"Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address."
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"Stay in the game until the end of time."
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"If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play"
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"If we're all saying that rap is an art form then we gotta be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you're saying, it don't matter that you didn't make them die, it just matters that you didn't save them."
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"Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I`m not the thief who grabs your purse. I`m not the guy who jacks your car. I`m not down with the people who steal and hurt others. I`m just a brother who fight back."
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"Now up and atom it's on, I was raised to be strong, and mama told me be a thug since the day I was born. The fame was a plot to try a change me, and what's strange is nobody knew my name."
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"The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone"
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"June 16, 1971, mama gave birth to a Hell rasing heavenly son."
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"If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers are worth a million."
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"This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity."
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"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared."
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"I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!"
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