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I chose this quote because I like how it says that our names are gifts that we need to make our own. I think it means that we should be proud of who we are and live for ourselves to leave something meaningful to this world in our life.

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I chose this quote because I understand it the most and it is the most straightforward. I think it means that everyone's names are unique and that our stories can be made our own by using our names. A question that came up to me is, what if someone has the same name as you?

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I chose the second quotation because it defines what people think is an "identity", something that will remain with them until they die, something to recognize them by. When someone takes someone else's name it is like losing a part of their original identity.

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I think this quote means names are important to humans since names are one of the only things that won't change after a human dies.

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1. I chose this quotation because im 2% sure I know what a Kendrick Lamar is.
2. Our names are something that's unique to us and you can't know who someone is without knowing their name.

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I chose this one because I've heard it before. I believe the meaning is straightforward, that no one should take another's name because a name represents your identity, and I think the author of it wanted to challenge societal norms because in marriage one person sometimes takes the other's names.

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I think this quote talks about how people sometimes associate names with stereotypes in the cultures the names come from. Certain people, because of their names, "aren't suited" for certain jobs or roles, when really anyone can do anything, regardless of their surname.

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This quote states how our names is the first thing that brings us to the world. We introduce ourselves to others using our names. Our names should be a gift to everyone including yourself. I think this means that we should be proud of them as they are a part of our identity and what really started our journey in life.

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I chose this quotation because in more recent decades the act of not changing your last name to your husband's has become a kind of feminist act. Previously women would change their last name because it signified ownership to the man and his family. We're re-etablishing the fact that we are only owned by ourselves and the families we were born from are just as important as the ones we marry into.

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If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name

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If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name

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I believe Kendrick Lamar tries to convey keeping everything original from the beginning, so that it could reflect true meaning behind his perspectives, especially in his music career. The speaker tells the audience to be original in their work, and without true determination or hard work, you cannot be successful. From the beginning, he had life problems, such as living in a neighbourhood ridden by poverty and violence, to the point of being rich and having millions of dollars. His whole story is bonded with bounds of failure followed by success from hard work, and he always had a name from the beginning, which he is proud of: Kendrick Lamar.

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I think this quote means that a tiger is remembered by their skin once they die (since people usually see those kinds of things as trophies), whereas once someone dies, their names are what will be remembered, for example we all know the name "Martin Luther King".

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I chose the last quote because it just stuck with me a little more than the rest of them. I think the speaker was trying to say that we need to make our names, our own. they are given to us as a gift when we are born but that can't be the only reason they're important. they have to be made important by us and made special by our unique person.

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I chose the third quotation because it's very meaningful to me. What it means is when you die instead of leaving your body behind you leave your name to remember.

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I think these quotes are talking up how our names define ourselves and are unique.

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