I’m a young dude, and there ain’t too many people who are doin’ it like I’m doin’ it. There ain’t no others in my lane – I am the future of this music.
ACE HOODThe budgets are runnin’ low, the streets ain’t really got money no more, things are just dryin’ up; I just felt like people needed some motivation, so I took ’em ‘Overtime.’
More Ace Hood Quotes
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We’re gonna keep on doin’ what we’re doin’, and we’re gonna get it by all means. That’s just what “ruthless” means to me. Everybody’s got their own definition, but I’m ruthless with this music.
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I define “grindin'” as just nonstop work! Nonstop work, nonstop progress. Can’t sleep during that grind – I mean, you get a little bit of it, but if you’re progressin’ at every hour, every second, you are grindin’.
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We’ve got a lot of people that support, but The Runners are definitely one of my favorites.
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I’ve always believed in self, I’ve always believed that as long as I believe, nothing else matters. I just put that type of motivation and that type of energy into my music, and I’ve always had confidence in my music as well.
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I just wanted to let people know that, in any aspect in which you’re getting’ money, you’ve gotta go overtime in order to provide for your loved ones or those who are around you. So that was my state of mind.
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Money the root of evil guess I’m the devil then. God bless my soul to rest.
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I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.
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I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids’ kids, being able to inherit what I’ve worked so hard to build.
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I wanted people to feel me as a person. I do this music for the people, man, so at the end of the day I feel like, [given] our state of mind and the state our economy is in
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I wanted “Champion” to accompany that whole growth situation, ’cause I feel like, if you go overtime, you will become a champion.
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I felt like we needed motivation for the type of situation we’re in nowadays.
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That Scarface movie is just ruthless! His state of mind was like, “Yo, we’re gonna get it – we’re gonna get this money, we’re gonna get this, get that.”
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It’s a lot of people that’s tried to stop my grind, there’s been a lot of hate, but even more love.
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I would just encourage any artist to stay focused, of course keep God first, and just keep working hard. Try to outwork those who you idolize.
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Through my life, [there have been] a lot of devils and a lot of situations, so I’m just goin’ hard, maintaining, regardless of what people got to say about Ace Hood.
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