As Kids We Didn't Complain About Being Poor; We Talked About How Rich We Were Going To Be And Made Moves To Get The Lifestyle We Aspired To By Any Means We Could. And As Soon As We Had A Little Money, We Were Eager To Show It.

-Jay-Z

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As Kids We Didn't Complain About Being

Jay-Z

As Kids We Didn't Complain About Being Poor; We Talked About How Rich We Were Going To Be And Made Moves To Get The Lifestyle We Aspired To By Any Means We Could. And As Soon As We Had A Little Money, We Were Eager To Show It.

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One Of The Reasons Inequality Gets So Deep In This Country Is That Everyone Wants To Be Rich. That's The American Ideal. Poor People Don't Like Talking About Poverty Because Even Though They Might Live In The Projects Surrounded By Other Poor People And Have, Like, Ten Dollars In The Bank, They Don't Like To Think Of Themselves As Poor.

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