I know I'm going to be the next big hip-hop artist. I just want to save hip-hop... that's my job.

Astro

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Don't let people see when you're mad - just smile and laugh.

laugh you smile people

I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show was me being me. Same way I acted in the show is the same way I act now as an artist.

me artist writing way

No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.

just kid living dream

I don't have a desire for material things. As long as I'm happy, I'm good, man.

good man happy long

When you think positively, you attract positive people. If I'm on a mission to be successful, and I'm positive all the time, then more positive people will come around me, and we'll help each other. If you're negative, you'll find yourself surrounded by negative people.

me you time positive

I don't date girls. I date women.

date women

Whatever woman I love... I gotta love her. She might be a hood rat, but she's gotta have respect for my mother.

woman respect mother love

I work better under pressure.

better pressure work

I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.

just see myself ready

If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.

day me sad song

I'm from Brooklyn, New York. I'm a hip-hop artist. That's just that. You're going to have to accept me or just not be a fan, I guess.

new me you artist

I write all my own songs. Everything I did on 'The X Factor' was basically original, except for some of the live shows. Everything I did was original, and I wrote it from the heart.

live own my-own heart

When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's not that. When I leave this earth, I want to be remembered as an M.C. But I'm definitely going to touch a lot of other genres, not just rapping.

confused earth want people

I don't want music to be a job for me; I want it to be something I'm doing for fun. As long it's not a job, then you're straight.

me you music long

I want people to know that I'm not just another kid M.C. I'm actually a fan of good music and hip-hop.

good know music people

I wasn't the cool kid in school, but I wasn't the lame one. I knew I wasn't cool, so I called myself lame, and that's what made me cool in front of the cool kids.

myself cool me school

I'm a germophobe, so I don't like people talking over my food, breathing, spitting, anything. Just let me eat in peace.

me food peace people

If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.

dont-care good good-movie care

I want to go to Jamaica, actually. My whole family's from there, so I'd like to go there.

go like family want

I breathe music... The acting is a job, but music is life. You need a job to live.

job you music life