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The Personal Antics Have Overshadowed The Music. I Never Wanted That But I Knew What I Was Getting Into When I Got Into Everything I Got Into.

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The Personal Antics Have Overshadowed The Music. I Never Wanted That But I Knew What I Was Getting Into When I Got Into Everything I Got Into.

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I Don't Steal Things. I'm Rich.

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I Could Care Less About What People Think. I'm A Devil Without A Cause.

I've Got Friends Who Didn't Vote. I Want To Smack Them Upside The Head.

You Know, I Guess There's Enough Information Out There To Support That I'm A Crazy, Wild Dude And Rock And Roll And This, That And The Other. And There's Enough Information To Support That, You Know, I'm A Single Father, That, You Know, Has Been A Pretty Standup Guy In His Community And Pretty Private About That Stuff. But It's On Both Sides.

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That's What I Love From Metal, And That's What I Love From Hip-hop. That's What I Love From Any Music That's Hard, That's Got An Edge To It-the Attitude In It.

I Truly Believe That People Like Myself, Who Are In A Position Of Entertainers In The Limelight, Should Keep Their Mouth Shut On Politics.

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I Was The Little White Kid Who Rocked The Turntables

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I'm All About Change, And I Know Things Are Going To Move Forward In Life, And That's Just How It Goes.

Forward In Life

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I See The People In Detroit Are Very - They're Like A Lot Of Cities, But They're Very Proud To Be From There And They Really Want To See Change And They Really Want To See Good Things Happen.

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I Just Don't Like Being Told What To Do.

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