“I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.”
Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven
Jo, Chapter 25, p. 203
Source: 2009, Safe Haven (2010)
“People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position, they been know I ain't just rappin for fame”
— Nas
N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master)
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
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