You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

Quote by Talib Kweli

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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

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.

We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned...

We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned...

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...

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...

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.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record...

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record...

Hip-hop is a vehicle.

Hip-hop is a vehicle.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Runnin' through your town, huntin' you down, frontin' you down, this fuckin' clown tried to...

Runnin' through your town, huntin' you down, frontin' you down, this fuckin' clown tried to...

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...

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

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

The chosen one, from the land of the frozen sun where drunk nights get remembered...

The chosen one, from the land of the frozen sun where drunk nights get remembered...

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...

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...