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" If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name. "
Kendrick Lamar
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" It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve. "
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" Whenever I make music, it reflects where I'm at mentally. "
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" Me, as a person, I grow. I'm like a chameleon. You know? That is a gift and a curse for me. But more so a gift, because it never puts me in a box. "
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" My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself. "
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" I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto. "
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" The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old. "
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" Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash. "
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" People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here. "
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" I don't want to be something that just comes and goes. "
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" As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth. "
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" I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both. "
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" I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone. "
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" The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it. "
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" I can't help the way you was born if you was gay. "
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" My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse. "
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" Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do. "
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" It's easy to forget who you are. "
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" I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life. "
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" When I'm in the studio, I'm looking for creativity I haven't matched yet, a feeling I haven't felt. It's a high. "
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" When I went back to my old high school, all these kids looking at me like I'm the real big homie, the same way I look at Jay Z, Nas, or Dr. Dre. You would've thought Michael Jackson walked through that joint off the excitement that they had. "
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" My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop. "
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" As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab. "
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" I don't vote. I don't do no voting. "
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