I think as time goes on that generation of rappers who's making it now is gonna face the same thing that my generation was facing, which is the decrease of sales. The decrease of hard-copies.

RZA

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I've been the underdog in my life since I was a kid. by RZA

I've been the underdog in my life since I was a kid.

underdog kids

It is sad that the world has gotten more of my time than my children, but my children benefit from it through their financial and economical freedom that I didn't have.

benefits children world

I know for an actual fact that the things I say or that my brothers say on the mic are valid for life. What we say, if you're smart you get it, if you're stupid, you learn about 3 years later.

smart brother stupid

An architect is a person who builds homes or structures, stadiums even. A Supreme Architect is someone who actually built the universe. So, if I say I am the Supreme Architecture, I'm letting Allah speak. I'm becoming a vehicle.

becoming architecture home

There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their... by RZA

There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their retainments.

lawyer

This is a robbery, boy, gimme them dollars. by RZA

This is a robbery, boy, gimme them dollars.

rap hip-hop boys

What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America.

hips hip-hop america

My time is being shared with my fans and the people of the world, while I have got children growing with a lot of days of not seeing their father.

father children people

That's what I am. I warn people. Whenever I see and I feel things... by RZA

That's what I am. I warn people. Whenever I see and I feel things in my heart, I speak it.

speak heart people

I invested in the album. Look, if I never did anything again in music, it wouldn’t affect my life materially. I live a very satisfying life. Not because I’ve made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that’s the American dream: to be at peace at home.

dream beautiful children

All I know is what I am getting. by RZA

All I know is what I am getting.

knows

What happens to a lot of artists in the music industry right now is the following: The music industry is plummeting real fast. So as the industry plummets, what happens is that there is no deals being made.

artist real made

Kung fu was made so the monks could train their bodies and move their bodies with strength, so they could be physical enough to gain mental enlightenment. Before that, they kept falling asleep when [masters] were trying to teach them.

enlightenment fall moving

Cats be talkin', "Bobby I ain't feelin' ya." by RZA

Cats be talkin', "Bobby I ain't feelin' ya."

rap cat two

I'd hate to compare art to life but I think a movie is an entity of its own, and when it's done, you want everybody to like it like you want everybody to like your children.

hate children art

Find your true self. The old question, asked in many ages, "Who am I?" Once you figure out who am I, and you know who am I, then you have that knowledge of self.

figures self age

Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... by RZA

Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me...

jealous rap hip-hop

Feeling mad hostile, wearing Aéropostale, by RZA

Feeling mad hostile, wearing Aéropostale,

mad rap hip-hop

I think one thing most of faiths have in common is they all realize that everything manifests from one [god]. That's whether you're dealing with science, religion, Bible, whatever. They all realize it all came from one, and then from one, you got many.

realizing common thinking

I'd say that directing is in my heart. And that's where my focus is, like a laser beam. That's what I've been studying for a long time, and I think that everything that I've done before has contributed to the development of my craft as a director.

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