Rhymes stronger than Popeye with the spinach.

Quote by Talib Kweli

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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

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...

At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death...

At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death...

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

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.

I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I...

I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I...

War is not civilized.

War is not civilized.

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.

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...

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard...

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard...

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment...

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment...

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 will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

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

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

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...

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call...

I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call...

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...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

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

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