On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked him what his art was about, he'd hit them with the same three words: "Royalty, heroism, and the streets.
You learn more in failure than you ever do in success - Jay-Z
You learn more in failure than you ever do in success
- Jay-Z
I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC. - Jay-Z
I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC.
Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you. - Jay-Z
Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.
Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself. - Jay-Z
Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.
Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow. - Jay-Z
Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow.
Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things - Jay-Z
Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things
Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same. - Jay-Z
Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same.
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. - Jay-Z
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a founda… - Jay-Z
Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a founda…
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