Author: Emmanuel Jal

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Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

- Emmanuel Jal

If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.

If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.

- Emmanuel Jal

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

- Emmanuel Jal

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

- Emmanuel Jal

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

- Emmanuel Jal

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

- Emmanuel Jal

The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.

The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.

- Emmanuel Jal

Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

- Emmanuel Jal

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

- Emmanuel Jal

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