I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
ICE CUBEI’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it’s already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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I always want to read the script before I totally commit.
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You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don’t matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it’s all said and done.
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I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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