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So There's A Cloud Of Rage Around Me, But Being An Artist Kind Of Changes That. No Matter What You Thought Coming In, What Ignorant Thing You Believed, You're In Show Business For Two Years, You're Like, "ok, I Was Wrong." It's Hard To Be Mad At Any Particular Group Of People When You're An Artist.

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So There's A Cloud Of Rage Around Me, But Being An Artist Kind Of Changes That. No Matter What You Thought Coming In, What Ignorant Thing You Believed, You're In Show Business For Two Years, You're Like, "ok, I Was Wrong." It's Hard To Be Mad At Any Particular Group Of People When You're An Artist.

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Only Black People In The Whole Neighborhood, So Let's Break It Down: Me, I'm A Decent Comedian, I'm A'ight. Mary J. Blige, One Of The Greatest R&b Singers To Ever Walk The Earth. Jay-z, One Of The Greatest Rappers To Ever Live. Eddie Murphy, One Of The Funniest Actors To Ever, Ever Do It. Do You Know What The White Man That Lives Next Door To Me Does For A Living? He's A F*****g Dentist.

I'm In Show Business... I Want To Hang Out With Janet Jackson, Not Jesse Jackson.

I Try To Stay With It And I Try To Stay In Contact With Comedians And Just Keep Comedians In My Life 'cause Comedians Are Their Own Species. If You Get Away From Them, Especially As A Comedian, I Think It's Dangerous.

All You Crazy White People "i'm American!", All You Did Was Come Out Of Your Mother's Pussy On American Soil. That's It. That's It! What, You Think You're Better Than Somebody From France 'cause You Came Out Of A Pussy In Detroit?

You Can't Think The Thoughts You Want To Think If You Think You're Being Watched.

I Don't Need A President With A Bucket List!

Kids Always Act Up The Most Before They Go To Sleep.

You Know The World's Gone Mad When The Best Rapper Is A White Guy, The Best Golfer Is A Black Guy, The Swiss Hold The America's Cup, France Is Accusing The Usa Of Arrogance And The Germans Don't Want To Go To War !

My Relationship With My Daughter Is Gonna Affect Her Relationship With Men For The Rest Of Her Life... Sometimes I'm Walking With My Daughter. I'm Pushing Her In The Stroller, And Sometimes I Just Pick Her Up And Stare At Her, And I Realize, My Only Job In Life Is To Keep Her Off The Pole.

If You're Black, You Got To Look At America A Little Bit Different. You Got To Look At America Like The Uncle Who Paid For You To Go To College, But Who Molested You.

Oprah Is Rich; Bill Gates Is Wealthy. If Bill Gates Woke Up Tomorrow With Oprah's Money, He'd Jump Out Of A Window And Slit His Throat On The Way Down Saying, 'i Can't Even Put Gas In My Plane!'

A Lot Of Racism Going On In The World Right Now. Who's More Racist? Black People Or White People? Black People. You Know Why? 'cuz We Hate Black People Too! Everything White People Don't Like About Black People, Black People Really Don't Like About Black People.

School Shootings Were Invented By Blacks... And Stolen By The White Man.

I'll Go Back To Comedy Clubs When They Get A Real No-camera Policy, The Same Way They Did With Smoking.

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