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Quote by Saul Williams
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of histor

I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams

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Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party it is also there to elevate consciousness. – Saul Williams

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