The 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.’
ACE HOODI 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.
More Ace Hood Quotes
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In order to perfect your craft, you’ve gotta go hard, you’ve gotta go overtime.
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Due to success I started losing friends.
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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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Stay focused. You gotta believe in yourself. I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve been able to do throughout my whole career, even before I actually had a big career in this industry.
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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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People acceptin’ me for me, people lovin’ my music was big for me.
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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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Even though I’m out there as an artist, I continue droppin’ mixtapes, I continue doin’ this and continue showin’ DJs love personally. That’s why I continue doin’ a lot of things other artists don’t do.
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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 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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What I love about doing my concerts is always feeding off the fans and their energy.
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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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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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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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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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