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" Waka is really intelligent. A lot of people don't know that because he just gets people hyped up, but he's a dynamic individual, and once you get to know him, you get to see a lot of that. "
Lecrae
Intelligent
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" I'm all about authenticity. "
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" Old habits die hard, and if you're not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you're trying to become. "
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" 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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" Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others. "
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" 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. "
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" You take the negative, the bitter, the pain, the suffering, the depression, and all of those are ingredients for something far more purposeful than you can imagine. "
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" 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. "
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" Your identity is not wrapped up in how right you get it or how perfect you can posture yourself. But, your identity is wrapped up in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. "
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" That's a win for me, for people to be able to say, 'Faith, fatherhood, monogamy exists in hip-hop.' "
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" You don't realize you're vying for the approval of everyone so much until being yourself is not approved of. "
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" I think complexity is beautiful. "
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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. "
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" I spent some time in Cairo, and you see these Coptic Christians and Muslims holding hands. They got a rich history together of working together and cohabitating. You couldn't pay to see that in America. "
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" My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with government assistance - at one point when I was growing up, my mother was making $14,000 a year. Now I had made it out of the hood, so to speak. "
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" Nobody would deny that if someone was a billionaire in 1962, his billions are going to affect all of his descendants. The reverse is also true. The lack of education, material, and finances for a slave are going to affect the descendants of that individual as well. "
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" 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. "
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" History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard. "
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" I would say before I dedicated my life to living for God, I was really your average thrill seeker. "
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" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "
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" The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people. "
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" I'm free. So, every time you hear me, just know that I'm speaking as a liberated person. "
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" Me and Kendrick Lamar have had conversations for years back and forth, so that's my dude. "
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" Jesus ain't American, you know what I mean? And there is gonna be more people in Heaven who don't speak English and are not white when we get there. "
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" I function, I live life as a Christian, and me living life as a Christian doesn't mean I'm a sanitized person. It means that I readily admit I'm a jacked up person, and I need a savior. "
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" 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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" Many people don't know that all Grammy awards are not created equal. An unspoken hierarchy exists in many circles, and some categories are more respected than others. "
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" We judge people based on their clothes, social class, and, dare I say, ethnicity. Our comedians make light of these stereotypes regularly, and we laugh at their accuracy. "
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" To realize that I had been living a lie, to realize that I was unsatisfied and I would never be satisfied until I came to Jesus was so revolutionary to me that I wanted everyone to taste it. I wanted everyone to see how awesome God was. "
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" Being faith-driven, being a hip-hop artist, being artistic in an urban context - all of those things make you unique, and you put yourself on the outside of what's considered the norm. "
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