You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?
Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Rome was not built in one day.
Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.
I can't believe George Bush might be president.
If something is worth being rude about, it is worth understanding as well.
I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its owner or his or her tastes, just as one's clothes do; it should be neither too large nor too small, but just comfortable.
That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.