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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Why Ice Cube Can Rap About Being Poor (Even Though He's Rich) [Watch (HLS stream): Why Ice Cube Can Rap About Being Poor (Even Though He's Rich)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6anAKMnG.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2014-06-11. Ice Cube talks to TIME's Belinda Luscombe about his song lyric,_ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:48 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Late-Night Highlight: Ice Cube Reveals What N.W.A Does NOT Stand For](/video/h3C14KrA/) ### Late-Night Highlight: Ice Cube Reveals What N.W.A Does NOT Stand For [10 Questions with Ice Cube](/video/AjkWTLZg/) ### 10 Questions with Ice Cube [How Ice Cube Keeps His Kids From Cursing at Home](/video/x8y3aWTT/) ### How Ice Cube Keeps His Kids From Cursing at Home --- ## Transcript So, I want to talk a little bit about your upcoming album, Everything is Corrupt. Yes. You sing, I think I'm gonna get this line wrong, but it's something like I'm squeezing Lincoln so hard. [ LAUGH ] That boogers come out his nose. Right? I'm squeezing the penny so hard, a booger came out of Lincoln's nose. [ LAUGH ]. How can you, how can you sing that song? Easy. And be so, but you're so wealthy. You're so successful. I've never just sung for me. I've never just rapped for me. If I just rapped for me, then I would be off somewhere on an island somewhere, you know, just happy with myself, you know. But I, I rap for people who can't rap and people who can't say these things. People who going through it. So you know I'm, I'm rapping as much for. 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