This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's pe... -Lupe Fiasco

This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's perpetual motion for some people who've achieved a level of independence, like Madonna and Jay-Z - they don't need to do music anymore. But there's people who need it. And in that need, that's when it's tough and it tears you to pieces.

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I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused ...
Reggae, oh man. It's the ultimate music. The positivity. The musicality. The whole cultural expressionism of it. The danceability. Just the cool facto...
It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was like a 20t...
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That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness....
In Chicago, you have an absence of strong family units, and that absence gets filled by gangs. You have a failure in the school system, after-school p...

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A handwritten Declaration of Independence was on my bedroom wall and the Founding Fathers were above my desk in college....
Though every Independence Day is memorable, I can't forget the day when Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, raised the flag of independent India in Delhi....
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From the Green Mountain boys who joined the fight for independence; to a war that saved the Union, and two wars that would encircle the world; to Kore...
The message to China from Congress has to be clear, there will be consequences for Beijing if they threaten Taiwan's independence....
It's a weird thing, having a double act - I think Stew puts more energy into his solo stuff than I do, and tries to establish his independence more....
In the drive to prove our status as a world-class city, let's stay true to our democratic legacy and what Boston has already given to the world: infor...
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From my perspective, we must create an equitable path forward to energy independence, not only from foreign countries, but also independence from foss...
Of course we need independence, but who says that should mean doing everything alone and in isolation? That won't make us stronger. Together is always...