Mos Def quotes

Young bloods can't spell but they can rock you in Playstation. (Mos Def)
Restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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Peace before everything, God before anything / Love before anything, real before everything / Home before anyplace, truth before anything / Style and stay radiate, love power slay the hate.
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Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it.
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Reservations, exclusive arrangements / Dinner with the patrons, the scenery is amazing / It's so outrageous, they whisper when they say it / When it's really real it's even realer than "The Matrix"
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Universal ghetto life, holla black you know it well.
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Steer the course, make a way / And come ashore on a greater day.
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Hip Hop is prosecution evidence/ The out of court settlement/ Ad space for liquor.
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Flow greatest like the greatest lakes / Capes on great estates, quiet water major waves.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective. (Mos Def)
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.
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I've always loved rhyming. I love language.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
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I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it. (Mos Def)
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.
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To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.
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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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