If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
This is the truth: I'm into sales. I love deals. I'm definitely a sucker for steals.
As far as the fans, I always say it because it's the truth: without them I'm absolutely nothing.
The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for the same. But they can't say it.
As far as my single selections, over the years it's been a very essential part of my survival tactic, but I have no problem being able to jump on records with whoever people think is the rawest rapper in the game or number one or King or whatever they wanna name themselves, to be honest with you. It doesn't affect me, 'cause that's what I come from; I'm comfortable in that zone. But I don't wanna make hood music, I don't wanna make street music, I want to make world music, global music, international music.
Since I've been in this industry, it's been a constant fight; "Oh, he's white, he's Cuban. " "He's tryin' to do hip-hop and he's too Spanish, he's too English. "You fight all these stereotypes through all these boundaries, and you find a way to tap-dance through all these different genres and cultures through music - that's what Rebelution is.
Now, with the Internet, you're either five years ahead or you're five years behind, and the music game is catchin' up right now.
And of course I'm a chauvinist, but it isn't my fault. " "It isn't?" "No, Jack was born first and I share his genes. I can't help it if he infected me inside the womb. " Briony burst out laughing. "I should have known that would be your excuse.
With each day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster then others to survive
When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.
I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition.