My goal, if I was going to do ...

My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone in the past that has done so much, and in your life you’re not even allowed to think that you can do as much. That’s a mentality that suppresses humanity.
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It's crazy that we live in a world where if your super positive and super creative...it's scary. Because what does that tell you about the mentality of most people if your scared of like...positivity.
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Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible.
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I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine / This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine / I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times/ I'm feelin' talk about my mama if y'all don't mind
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It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just call and say Hey Mama
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We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.
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