I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
ICE CUBEEarly in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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I’m always the “less is more” guy when it comes to a scene. So I’ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I’m still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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You pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
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Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam… I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, ’cause it’s just me and God.
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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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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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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.
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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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Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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