If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
ICE CUBEThe moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.
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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 make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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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 have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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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 moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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I’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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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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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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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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I’m always happy. I’ve just got a mean face.
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There’s things people say in the barbershop they won’t even say in their own living room, because it’s just one of those zones where nobody’s going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.
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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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