Mos Def Quotes

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Hip Hop is prosecution evidence/ The out of court settlement/ Ad space for liquor

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Steer the course, make a way / And come ashore on a greater day

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Young bloods can't spell but they can rock you in Playstation

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Flow greatest like the greatest lakes / Capes on great estates, quiet water major waves

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Peace before everything, God before anything / Love before anything, real before everything / Home before anyplace, truth before anything / Style and stay radiate, love power slay the hate

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Universal ghetto life, holla black you know it well

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Restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to just chill and sit still

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Reservations, exclusive arrangements / Dinner with the patrons, the scenery is amazing / It's so outrageous, they whisper when they say it / When it's really real it's even realer than "The Matrix"

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I find it's distressing there's never no in-between
We either niggas or kings, we either bitches or queens
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
The length of black life is treated with short worth.

Mos Def

Mos Def

Mos Def

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Born: December 11, 1973 (age 52)

Bio: Yasiin Bey, better known by his former stage name Mos Def, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, comedian, and activist from Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Known for:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
16 Blocks (2006)
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Dexter (2006 – 2013)

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