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" Hip-hop is substance. It's social. It's science - that's what it started off as. We have fun, and we still having fun; ain't nothing wrong with fun, but we need that social, we need that substance, we need that science, and we need that spiritual. "

Lecrae

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Have Fun

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" My mom had always been big on education. She was the first woman in our family to go to college, and she often reminded me that I needed to go to college if I wanted to really make it in life. "

" My mother, my relatives, and closest friends have risked their lives in the area of law enforcement and corrections, so I never have and never will say, 'I hate police.' "

" I knew my ways were unfulfilling. I chased power, pleasure, possessions, something satisfying. I knew I kept getting let down. I knew it was insanity, and I was never going to find fulfillment, but I didn't know what else to look for. "

" Pain can be a haunting reminder to appreciate every waking moment. "

" Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith. "

" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "

" I don't feel any sense of prioritizing white evangelicalism. "

" I love Lauryn Hill when she first came out with her solo project because it felt like she just knew what she was doing. "

" I'm in a very comfortable place, and some of that comes from the shackles of not having to be what people want you to be. "

" I've done songs with legends like De La Soul with Pete Rock. I've done songs with B.O.B. I've done songs with Big Kit. "

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" When I hung out with my Uncle Chris, things got real. He was fun, talkative, and loud. He was the life of the party and a magnet for mischief. Since he saw the world through a gangsta's lens, he wanted me to become tough and aggressive. "

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Life

" Gandhi said it; Frederick Douglass said it. A lot of people have probably said 'It's not Christ that I have a problem with, it's his people.' And that was my struggle: it's God's people. I felt disenfranchisement. I felt so much abuse from organized religion because I'm walking in a direction that a lot of them couldn't fathom and can't understand. "

" That's a win for me, for people to be able to say, 'Faith, fatherhood, monogamy exists in hip-hop.' "

" I'm not afraid of people; I'm afraid of not doing what God created me to do. "

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God

Afraid

" When you're part of hip-hop culture but you're a Christian, people want you to be either-or. Or they'll create a category for you, like, 'Oh, gospel rap!' "

" A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us. "

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" I hate systemic oppression in America. "

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" My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' like, 'Read these books.' And it was like, man, I'm learning stuff that I just can't get anywhere else. "

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