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> [We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/we-cannot-continually-barricade-ourselves-under-some-falsified-idea/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

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## More by Saul Williams

> [Fax me a fact and I'll telegram a hologram or telephone the son of man and tell him he is done. Leave a message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/fax-me-a-fact-and-i-ll-telegram-a-hologram-or-telephone-the-son-of/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-didn-t-ever-want-to-make-a-rap-album-i-considered-it-too-limiting/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/american-culture-is-often-so-self-consumed-that-we-often-think-that/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-remember-back-in-the-day-when-chuck-d-called-hip-hop-the-black/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/if-we-re-gonna-progress-as-a-people-we-are-going-to-realise-that-as/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-ve-always-been-inspired-by-a-lot-of-work-coming-out-of-the-uk/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [My love is my soul's imagination... how do I love you... imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/my-love-is-my-soul-s-imagination-how-do-i-love-you-imagine/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/some-rather-seek-up-high-than-dig-and-grind-that-inner-truth/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I keep trying to forget, but I must remember. And gather the scattered continents of a self, once whole. Before they plant flags and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-keep-trying-to-forget-but-i-must-remember-and-gather-the-scattered/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [Books are carefully folded forests/void of autumn/bound from the sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/books-are-carefully-folded-forests-void-of-autumn-bound-from-the-sun/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [The organization of self, and all self-aligning principles would be those that I promote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-organization-of-self-and-all-self-aligning-principles-would-be/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/jay-z-and-president-bush-have-a-lot-in-common-that-same-brash/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I think it's misleading to think that art is only there for escapism, only there for our dreams of being rich and f -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-think-it-s-misleading-to-think-that-art-is-only-there-for-escapism/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-ve-never-believed-it-s-really-so-important-that-you-conform-to-the/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

> [I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-am-hoping-for-peaceful-transition-into-a-new-age-obama-has-already/)

[Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/)

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