"If the only knowledge we have of our ancestors is as slaves, how can we ever see ourselves and Kings and Queens? Don't wait for someone else to enlighten you, pick up a book, read about your history and take your future into your own hands. Understand the blood that runs through your veins is that of divinity and royalty, NOT slavery and poverty" Mike.Dre (as shouted to the BSU) "Even a broken clock is right at least 2 times a day" Jay-Z
"A vision without a plan is just a hallucination" E-40
"I make [black] history everyday, I don't need a month" Kanye West
"Buyin' records is like voting, if all of us did it, I bet different dudes would be on top" Joe Budden
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change" Charles Darwin
"You wasn't saying you was a thug before Pac came, 10 years ago you had a high top trying to be like Kane, Then Snoop released and it became a G thang, Claim sets, your city ain't got gangs" Common Sense
"Freedom! You askin me about freedom. Askin me about freedom? I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't, than about what it is, cause I've never been free. I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what freedom is. Uhh, the way I see it, freedom is the right to grow, is the right to blossom. Freedom is the right to be yourself, to be who you are, to be who you wanna be, to do what you wanna do" Formerly Imprisioned Activist, Assata Shakur
"I looked in ya eyes and I saw the shame, You don't know that our greatness came before the chains, And can't imagine a future where this all could change, If one of us aint free then we all to blame, So we attack each other fighting project wars and thangs, Its all the same across the board, we all for gain" Talib Kweli
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and man, and you will earn a good reputation Proverbs 3:3-4
"Niggas drink champagne to toast death and pain, like Slaves on a ship rappin bout who got the flyest chain" Talib Kweli
"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life" Charles Darwin "A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth" Charles Darwin
"A closed mouth don't get fed, and lazy hustler don't get bread" E-40
"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts" Charles Darwin
"Women thrive on emotions, men refuse to acknowledge, So when we arguin nobody win, Words get in the way time and time again, Sticks and stones break your bones, words break your heart, Whether you in touch with that side or not" Talib Kweli
"Chrishna of India was Black, Quexalcote of Mexico, Black, Buddha was Black, actual facts but niggas only wanna know about money, pussy and crack" Ras Kass
"I wanna write the songs that right the wrongs" Talib Kweli
"5 billion people on the planet Earth need help, When 1% of the population control 95% of the wealth, And that's the American dream? 4,950,000,000 broke human beings, Fight over that last 5% of the cream?" Ras Kass
"To Love someone who does not love you, is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall" Zaire
"The fool speaks, the wise man listens" Ethiopia
"Kurt Loder asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife, Cops kill my people everyday, that's life" Talib Kweli
"Being poor is hard, but to be a poor race in a world of dollars is the bottom of hardship" W.E.B. Du Bois
"Advise and counsel him; If he does not listen let adversity teach him" Ethiopia
"Spitters are quitters" Chris Rock
"Don’t look down unless its money on the ground" Suga Free
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