Raps do the rhyme. I just say what I want to say – if I don’t say it, somebody else will
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(Sneak up behind Yoko for a second.) You’ve just got to go ahead and do it.
And I don’t take any shit from rappers, because rap is the best.
What do you do?
That’s interesting – I’m in a little bit of trouble because I just talked too long.
You gotta be thinking. That would be dope.
You’re always thinking. I’m thinking about a lot of shit.
Is it weird working with rap artists?
No it’s not weird. And I’m sure it’s weird for the person who makes me do it.
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The whole point of making my album was to be just my opinions. I wasn’t thinking about what these artists thought or did or said. I just thought it was kind of an ego thing.
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Why do you think people hate rap?
Probably because they’ve never heard of it.
When you listen to it, do you hear a songwriter or do you hear, “I know what I want for a song but, this is not good enough”?
That’s a tough question – some of my songs that were on albums that were bad, weren’t good enough for me to be able to play live because they weren’t good enough for the set.
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(Laughs.) Are there any rap songs that you like?
I have so many songs I want to sing.
Any new ones? Are those new?
(Pause.)
Oh sure, I’ve got one that doesn’t sound good…
(Laughs.)
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I’d like to know more about the people in this movie.
A lot of my friends went to prison, I saw a lot of them on the road. Some of them have been incarcerated.
Some people I’m close with have been incarcerated, but I don’t know that I can talk about them as a family member, because sometimes my relationships are very tight and…
(Pause.) It’s a lot of people out there
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