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" My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that. "
Wale
My Life
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" I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ? "
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" I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's. "
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" Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion. "
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