The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.
KRS-OneTrust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.
KRS-OneNo [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are a million stars, but when the sun appears, you see none of them. I am the sun.
KRS-OneI think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.
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