Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of 'The Source' advocating Jesus Christ or Buddha or Hindu Krishna or Moses. As a conscious rap artist, you have to play in the arena that you're supposed to be in. What is that arena? That arena is the college market. The conscious rap artist woos the college market, even though the college market is the wildest, most sexed-out, drug-driven market in the country, possibly the world.

Krs-One's Popular Quotes

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

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I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought.

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You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see

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Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture

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Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

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I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

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If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

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Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.

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You got to have style, and learn to be original.

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