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" By the time my first album was out, I had been out in Jamaica three or four years, but I had hits out at that time that were bona fide hits. "
Four
First
Years
" Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. "
Hip-Hop
About
Always
" Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me. "
Step
Thought
Time
" I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real. "
Responsibility
Real
Youths
" I don't want to do something unproductive with my time, so I decided to do something musical. So it felt good to say, 'Yeah, I'm producing.' It gave me a fresh vibe - inspiring in a different way. "
Say
Good
Want
" I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to. "
Feel
Looking
Looking Forward
" I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal. "
They Say
People
Know
" I like music when it makes you feel. "
Makes
Feel
You
" I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight. "
Midnight
Love
Street
" I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah.' "
Me
Like
Kid
" I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style. "
Skills
Career
Style
" I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybody's like, 'Shut up.' "
Shut Up
Know
Singer
" I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that spoke to me and said 'Move!' "
Music
Hip-Hop
Me
" I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be. "
Think
Role Model
Opinion
" It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm. "
About
Right
Keep
" I've been approached by many different people, but I don't really want to be known as a collaboration dude. "
Collaboration
Want
People
" I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe. "
Like
Respect
Who
" Most people are fortunate enough to stay two, three years in this game. I've been in it for seven years, and I feel like now, I'm just beginning. "
Feel
Beginning
Enough
" Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it. "
You
Energy
Eye
" Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it. "
Music
You
Time
" My flow follows sometimes what's going on in the hip-hop industry even though I'm speaking Jamaican patois. "
Flow
Going
Hip-Hop
" My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life. "
Life
I Am
Growing Up
" On 'Sufferer,' I'm talking about the younger generation that has no other option for success than to find a gun somewhere. I try to appeal to them: 'I know you a sufferer, but it doesn't mean that you can't or shouldn't expect any better.' It's a lot different than from what I usually say, like, 'Get busy, shake that thing.' "
Gun
Know
Success
" Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting. "
Remember
Fighting
Will
" 'Rent-a-tile' means when you go to a dance hall, some people take the middle of the dance floor and do their thing. "
People
Some People
Dance
" Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness. "
Own
You
Time
" The world still hasn't seen the best of Sean Paul. "
World
Still
Seen
" With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that. "
Work
Problems
Positive
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