Lupe Fiasco quotes - page 2

Hennessy and Hypnotic swallowin, hydroponic coughin and All the world's ills, sittin' on chrome 24-inch wheels. (Lupe Fiasco)
So tell my enemies that they can't injure me, I know that irritates, you have my sympathies. View quote
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I love my city really hope that God bless it, have my mind moving faster than that Hog in the Hedges. View quote
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Try not to measure your success by the success of others. Success should be defined by one person...Yourself. View quote
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Knowledge alone is not power, knowledge plus action equals power. Knowledge is useless without action and vice versa. View quote
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I used to hate hip-hop, because the women degraded. But Too Short made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it; a hypocrite I stated, though I only recited half omitting the word b*tch, cursing I wouldn't say it. Me and dog couldn't relate, until a b*tch I dated. View quote
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Gangsta rap-based filmings became the buildin blocks For children with leakin ceilings catchin drippins with pots Coupled with compositions from Pac, Nas's "It Was Written" In the mix with my realities and feelings Living conditions, religion, ignorant wisdom and artistic vision I began to jot, tap the world and listen. View quote
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Consider power as NOT getting people to obey you, but getting people to work in harmony with you with the goal being mutual benefit. View quote
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We all KNOW better, but do we actually DO better? View quote
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In darkness is where we truly find ourselves, in light we only find others and in others you cannot find yourself. View quote
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Choose respect over fame every time. Fame is just attention. Respect is an attribute of love. (Lupe Fiasco)
The fear that rules us comes NOT from the outside but from within. Mastering self-control also means stripping the rulers of a prized weapon. View quote
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I trust people to be human. Sometimes you do things that make amazing amounts of sense; sometimes you do things that don't make any sense whatsoever. View quote
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All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Most of our changes today are brought about through technology, not by voting. View quote
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We all trying to get to where the suffering ends. In front of the Most High, being judged for our sins. Can't front for the Most High. View quote
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Didn't have a clue that the rapper was helping the rapers, raiders of the villages, the pillagers of the school.... shooters of the innocents, tortures of the witnesses, burners of the businesses.. and my bracelet was the fuel. View quote
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Heavy problems genocide desensitized environments Sometimes make it hard to sympathize, pardon. View quote
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Life ain't meant to come around twice, that's why I gotta get it right. They said I gotta get it honest, now I gotta give them light, but sleep on it, that's why God gave you night. View quote
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The future's cloudy and it's rainin on the poor class. Road to peace is closed, heavy traffic on the war paths. View quote
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Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts, if you think that hurts then wait here comes the upper-cut, the school was garbage in the first place that's on the up and up. View quote
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My teacher's like, "Mr. Jaco?" "Yes?" "With all that knowledge, You aint trying to go to college? Be a lawyer or a doctor, Get a whole lotta dollars? Rather degrade women and glorify violence?" "Well the work that works for me might not work for you No homework, I got work to do." (Lupe Fiasco)
Some will love you. Some will hate you. Most won't care about you either way. This world is all Good vs. Evil. And I fight evil. View quote
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Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesnt seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio. View quote
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Sometimes I wish I never found the Internet. Sometimes I regret getting a laptop and Wi-Fi for logging into the Internet because it is such a distraction. If you have any addictive personality, the Internet will magnify it. View quote
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I have an understanding of Queen and the way Freddie Mercury did his harmonies. I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. View quote
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Lupe Fiasco

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: February 16, 1982
Quotes count: 101
Wikipedia: Lupe Fiasco

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