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Places And Spaces I've Been Excerpt

By Pharrell Williams (2002)

On album Greatest Hits (2002)

Greatest Hits

…you're definitely one of my peers, and one that I look at and say "He gets it, but I'd love to hear his take on why we aspire to

…yourself, "I know that they don't get it but maybe one day they will." KW: It is so funny this is such an

…happens PW: [laughs] yeah, you know I don't know anything about basketball, but it was an amazing set-up. That was crazy, just to see the reaction to

DONDA

By Kanye West (2020)

On album Donda (2021)

Donda

…with my tour with (Lady) Gaga I moved to Japan for one month after that and designed every night in my room. I had this opportunity to intern at Fendi and was also

…show in Paris. After doing the first LV collection I was sure I would get a second shot to create but was never given the opportunity

…a Paris VAT number to this day. I don't know what a VAT is but every time I asked why we didn't have fabrics they said it was

Being Angry and Black on the Childish Gambino Tour

By F.A.M.

F.A.M.

…the experience. First off, I want to say sorry to the people at P&P. This article was supposed to be done weeks ago, but I kept pushing it

…win the lead in some play or some shit. The opening track “Outside” was something I knew the words to only because I saw him perform it

…a time in his life that he hates to remember. Every damn lyric was true, but people marginalized it as a post-racial attempt to speak on a problem that

Built To Brag Pt. 2

By Trip Lee

Trip Lee

…shoes. I didn't like it, but I knew I would never get my hands on a pair. So I was forced to cope – by pretending they didn't exist. It was

…a long couple of years trying to convince myself that Reebok cross trainers were stylish. But as I got older, I realized…

…treat others like trash? What does that communicate to onlookers? Not only does it say that God's creation is worthless, but it also

The Time Of My Life

By Cecelia Ahern

Cecelia Ahern

CHAPTER ONE Dear Lucy Silchester, You have an appointment for Monday 30 May. I didn't read the rest. I didn't need to, I knew

…who it was from. I could tell as soon as I arrived home from work to my studio apartment and saw it lying on the floor, halfway…

…of paper left lying on the floor, was surely just a confusion to him. I watched him move self-consciously around the edge of the room. He knew it was wrong. It was

The Economy of Tricknology

By Labtekwon (2012)

On album Hardcore: Labtekwon and the Righteous Indignation/Rootzilla vs Masta Akbar (2012)

Hardcore: Labtekwon and the Righteous Indignation/Rootzilla vs Masta Akbar

…religion, race or countries World War 2 was an excellent opportunity to pimp the global community So prior to

…agreement gave birth to World Bank and IMF But the main thing it did was connected to the dollar of the U.S After…

…the international reserve The global economy was based on gold at $35 an ounce But America didn't have enough gold to back up…

The First Meeting

By Chaostar (2000)

On album Chaostar (2020)

Chaostar

…(Gaia:) "Greetings, my name is Gaia. I suppose I am looking to the right direction. Excuse me if I am not!" The tone of her voice was

Traveller was an opportunity for her to be back on the field. But of course, it was also her best chance to retrieve her vision…

…for a stinking experiment!" She definitely knew how to make someone feel uncomfortable. But he didn't criticize her. He knew damn well this reaction. It was

Magica

By Dio (2000)

On album Magica (2018)

Magica

…its special purpose. It must seem that I have failed you and condemned us all to oblivion, but

…of his own strong qualities in Challis and decided that this was an opportunity not to be lost. He instructed Challis to remove all…

…and, with crackle and hiss, Eriel was no more. Shadowcast and his minions erupted with joy. Never again to be slaves. Now to be masters. Challis heard the cheering and knew that

Inauguratiespeech

By Obama

Obama

…because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans That

…our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows…

…storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate Our challenges may…

Ethel The Frog

By Monty Python (1972)

On album Another Monty Python Record (2006)

Another Monty Python Record

…they were a cheery lot. Cheery and violent. I remember Doug was keen on boxing. But when he learned to walk, he took to

…the floor.) No, never! He was a smashing bloke! He used to buy his mother flowers and that! He was like a brother to me. (But

…let me off! (I also understand he nailed your wife's head to a coffe table) Yeah, he did that. He was a cruel man, but fair. [Host…

Candy Rapper

By J Pee (2018)

On album Who Is J Pee? (2018)

Who Is J Pee?

…empathize with serial killers Also, around 8 or 9 I killed a chinchilla It was an accident, kind of See I was

…left deep scars But what really terrified me was how easy it was I had anger issues in college, but I repressed it

…nuts Then I throw that bitch away I was gonna use the metaphor with Milky Way But the nuts thing really sold me Plus I like them…

If I Were a Black Kid ...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

…adventures with the Baltimore City Public Schools here.) So, you see, it is highly unlikely that I would ever be invited back to Poly to

…planned it. But my point is that my childhood -- and my education -- was largely guided by the need to negotiate violence. When…

…not ashamed of this. It's just a fact. But I also know that if I'd understood, as a youth, what education can give you, that a degree was

Fresco vs QP

By King Of The Dot

On album Battles At The Bunker 3- 10/29/16

King Of The Dot

…with the tool squirting Then it's you working The real you that like kayaking and nude surfing So when I wrote him in the crew it was to feel like…

…ain't trying to hear no stories from an addict/attic like Anne Frank See five outta five fiends get my product the edge I get it

also fucking her again this round but like This time I was at the club and I was drunk and I didn't want to drive So I threw my man…

Hamilton's Jasmine Cephas Jones Interview

By Jasmine Cephas-Jones

Jasmine Cephas-Jones

…made that up like, when we were-or no, it was Tommy Kail, Tommy Kail who's the director. We were walking and I was

…like in Peggy's costume but I had my like Maria red lip on and he was like "Paria!" and it was like a thing. [Michael Korte] Can you…

…the music my jaw like dropped to the floor and I was like "What the hell is this?" And I like knew it was something special right from the beginning but I

Censoring Myself for Success

By K'naan

K'naan

…record label wanted a little talk — before the songs were written. (I like to write in the moment.) For the first two albums, there were no such talks. But that was

…do after success? What must you do to keep it? If this was censorship, I thought, it was a new kind — one I had to do to

…there, whispering how narrow the window of opportunity was. I could reach more people, it told me. Was it right to spit in the face of fortune, to

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