Killer Mike Quotes

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• I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I only have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.

  Killer Mike

  Country, Night, People

  "Killer Mike addresses Michael Brown shooting on CNN" by Adam Fleischer, www.mtv.com. August 20, 2014.

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• I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

  Killer Mike

  Minorities, Worn, Existence

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• What I am is an encourager. I encourage all who deserve freedom to fight for that. And if you can't win by yourself, then find other people to be in solidarity with.

  Killer Mike

  Fighting, Winning, People

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I don't accept the term 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.

  Killer Mike

  Party, Giving, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• God really exists, I tell you like this:
  It resides inside.
  And anybody tell you different,
  Just selling you religion,
  Tryin' to keep your ass in line.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Hip Hop, Different

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• I'll always push for what I believe in. That's what you're supposed to do. If you're an American, you're supposed to be part of the political process, especially if you've been denied it.

  Killer Mike

  Believe, Political, I Believe

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Ronald Reagan was an actor. Not at all a factor, Just an employee of the country's real masters. Just like the Bushes, Clinton and Obama, Just another talkin' head tellin' lies on teleprompters. If you don't believe the theory, then argue with this logic: Why did Reagan and Obama both go after Gaddafi? We invaded sovereign soil, goin' after oil Takin' countries as a hobby paid for by the oil lobby, Same as Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ahmadinejad sayin' they comin' for Iran.

  Killer Mike

  Country, Real, Lying

  "Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music" by Evan Rytlewski, www.avclub.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I would just encourage everybody to just talk your opinion more, allow other people and fight for other people to [express theirs].

  Killer Mike

  Fighting, People, Opinion

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary;
  Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary,
  You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery.

  Killer Mike

  Kings, Rap, Hip Hop

  "Song: "Lie, Cheat, Steal"("Run the Jewels 2")". 2014.

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• When you say you want to talk about racial justice, that`s not the same as I want to do something about racial justice. Saying I want to hold police accountable is doing something. Saying that I want to take money out of politics, big money, is doing something.

  Killer Mike

  Justice, Police, Want

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Being an adult, you've already suffered enough from your own mistakes, and the world, to come to this as a humble human being. So it's not like, "I'm going to do the right thing because it advances me," as much as it's like, "I'm going to do the right thing because this puts me closest to the dream I had as a 10-year-old kid."

  Killer Mike

  Dream, Mistake, Humble

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

  Killer Mike

  Lying, Government, Church

  Interview with Eric Ducker, believermag.com. July 1, 2014.

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• People tend to think of gentrification in terms of race because it's presented that way, and I think it's presented that way because in poor cities that's what's really going on. Beyond that, I think it's presented that way as a way for the people who are really pushing it to make it just a black problem, so people don't care.

  Killer Mike

  Thinking, Race, Cities

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I love art. It really changes my mood and wakes me up.

  Killer Mike

  Art, Mood

  Source: www.complex.com

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• As an artist, that's our job - to be with you in times of celebration and when the world is kicking your ass.

  Killer Mike

  Artist, World, Celebration

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Most rappers are black men. If you're a black man, you owe something to the community that you came from. If you're rapping about the community that you came from, and you're romanticizing parts of it for the entertainment of people who don't look like you, you certainly owe something to the community.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Men, People

  Interview with Eric Ducker, believermag.com. July 1, 2014.

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• Our feelings can be hurt, but you can take a yoga class, you can pray, you can play some basketball - you can figure out things for your hurt feelings.

  Killer Mike

  Basketball, Hurt, Yoga

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• I'm just seeing as I grow older, and hopefully wiser, that a lot of things I see from a race perspective are class problems too, so I should be advocating for all.

  Killer Mike

  Race, Class, Perspective

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.

  Killer Mike

  People, Consistency, One Thing

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel
  This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal.
  This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit,
  What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Player, Opposites

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• The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.

  Killer Mike

  Motivation, Rap, Hip Hop

  Interview with Eric Ducker, believermag.com. July 2014.

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• My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free to do what they want, as long as they don't harm others.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Long, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders
  was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later he`s talking about doing something and not talking.

  Killer Mike

  Rights, Talking, Years

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I reached the point in my life now that I understand as human beings we've all done some very horrible things to other human beings, and at some point, I came to grips with the fact that whoever murdered my friend is now an adult, and all I can truly hopefully pray for is that in murdering my friend it bettered their life. And I don't mean that they gained things, but just that they grew up, they regret their decision, they found a place of spirituality or God or whatever people call it.

  Killer Mike

  Regret, Mean, People

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• Bernie Sanders has done a great job of, social media black kids know about him. Young black people progressives know about him. Through barbershops and barbershop tour that we have been on, we hit three barbershops a day. People know about him.

  Killer Mike

  Jobs, Kids, Media

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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