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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.

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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

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You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.

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Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.

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I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.

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The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.

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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.

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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.

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