Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause I'm dope, if I was wack I'd be irrelevant.

Quote by Talib Kweli

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Once you get past appearances, you can tell whose shit is fake and whose shit...

Once you get past appearances, you can tell whose shit is fake and whose shit...

Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

Black kids wishin they white kids when they close they eyelids, Like, 'I bet they...

Black kids wishin they white kids when they close they eyelids, Like, 'I bet they...

The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick, so a whole lot of fucking...

The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick, so a whole lot of fucking...

I speak to God directly, I know my God repect me, because he let me...

I speak to God directly, I know my God repect me, because he let me...

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke, but my language universal they...

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke, but my language universal they...

You'll never know who the assassin is until it's your time to go. Your life...

You'll never know who the assassin is until it's your time to go. Your life...

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words...

I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words...

Rhymes stronger than Popeye with the spinach.

Rhymes stronger than Popeye with the spinach.

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the...

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the...

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow...

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

Woman are complex creatures.

Woman are complex creatures.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble....

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble....