Here I stand before you - brown. Color of the mountains Colossal as the earth Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you,…

Quote by Will Smith

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Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

Parents just don't understand.

Parents just don't understand.

You dont try to build a well, you dont set out to build a wall,...

You dont try to build a well, you dont set out to build a wall,...

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel...

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel...

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.

Take it from me, parents just don't understand

Take it from me, parents just don't understand

Being realistic is the most common road traveled to mediocrity! Why would you be realistic?

Being realistic is the most common road traveled to mediocrity! Why would you be realistic?

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you...

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you...

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to...

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to...

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and...

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and...

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms...

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms...

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.