Niggas with knowledge is more dangerous than niggas with guns. They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggas dumb.

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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Bear witness I'm like shot clocks, interstate cops, and blood clots, my point is your...

Bear witness I'm like shot clocks, interstate cops, and blood clots, my point is your...

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world,...

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world,...

These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain, like slaves on a ship...

These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain, like slaves on a ship...

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.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs,...

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs,...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm...

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

War is not civilized.

War is not civilized.

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....

We have pathological romances with technological advances, infatuated with infatuation and intellectual masturbation.

We have pathological romances with technological advances, infatuated with infatuation and intellectual masturbation.

The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.

The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.

Its a paradox we call reality, so keeping it real will make you a casualty...

Its a paradox we call reality, so keeping it real will make you a casualty...

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on...

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on...

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...

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...