Respect is earned, not given. In the hood, respect is everything.

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"A true brother will always defend your honor."

- Nas

Love

"You could name practically any problem in the hood and there’d be a rap song for you."

- Nas

Awareness

"Don’t expect to see positive change when you surround yourself with negative people."

- Nas

Awareness

"The hood teaches you to find hope in despair, joy in sorrow, life in places where living is the hardest."

- Nas

Hope

"The streets may raise you, but they don’t have to define you."

- Nas

Self-awareness

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"Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect."

- Meghan M. Biro

Respect

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept."

- David Hurley

Respect

"People get built different. We don’t have to figure it out. We just have to respect it."

- Princess Bubblegum

Respect

"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."

- Bryant McGill

Respect