We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter what lines you put--country indie rock, rap, we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together.
Jay-ZIdentity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.
Jay-ZShakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?
Jay-ZIf the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere, but every life has to find its own flow.
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