Common

My raps ignite the people like Obama.

— Common

It's hard to see blessings in a violent culture

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This is my inception, I'm writing my dreams.

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Hip-hop is supposed to help you elevate, or go higher.

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I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win...

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Money is the root of all evil.

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“i stay fresh like i'm wrapped in plastic.”

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Yeah you know how we do, we do it for the people.

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Visions realize, music affected lives. A gift from the skies, to be recognize.

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Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.

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I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being around people.

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The judge called for order the court reporter makin her words shorter.

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She walk into the court her knees buckle Saying for a man to survive he needn't hustle

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The corner where struggle & greed fight. We write songs about wrong cause it's hard to see right.

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This is just a letter to better your development...Situation delicate.

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Can tell the real by how the real interact. In the middle of whack my soul sticks to a track.

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I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the…

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Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies,…

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Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I…

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What America was built on was being able to say, 'Hey, we're going to come in and use our resources to build…

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“Maybe I write because I’ve learned to show certain parts of my heart on the page that I still struggle to capture…

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To have my name said like, "Common and John Legend, Golden Globe nominees," is one of the greatest achievements I've ever had…

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Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from…

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I felt like I had experienced a lot of things in the first chapter of my life, and I wanted it to…

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You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger…

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When you see people that lived their purpose and sacrificed, who are everyday people - teachers, sanitation workers, and just people from…

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Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm…

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Technically, my first acting job was in one of my videos for a song called 'Retrospect For Life,' which Lauryn Hill directed…

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As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized... I am the hopeful black woman who was…

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Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with…

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To me to be a storyteller is you got to be able to speak the truth. You've got to be able to…

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I think and speak clearer since I cut the dairy out. I can breathe better and perform at a better rate, and…

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I think Lil Wayne is definitely a dope rapper.

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While he trying to hustle that white Up all night wondering if hes alive.

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Acting all hard when he hardly like that. You gon' mess around and make me catch a body like that.

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Now I roll in a "Olds" with windows that don't roll. Down the roads where cars get broke in & stole

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One of the great aspects about [Barack Obama] is who he is as a human.

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Black church services, murderers, Arabs serving burger its. Cats with gold permanents move they bags as herbalist.

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Raised by game where niggas ain't phased by fame. Come to the crib, get banged, they take your chain.

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Why white folks focus on dogs and yoga. While people on the low end trying to ball and get over.

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