I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.

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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them...

Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them...

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help...

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help...

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

Well, it`s the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands...

Well, it`s the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands...

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early....

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early....

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and...

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and...

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is...

In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is...

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a...

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a...

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from...

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from...

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early....

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early....

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has...

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has...

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.

If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.

I`m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and...

I`m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and...

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can...

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can...

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad...

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad...

I`ve been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help...

I`ve been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help...