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" I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. "

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Doing The Right Thing

" So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life. "

" I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women. "

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" Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. "