I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It’s, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you’ve got something. Nobody’s putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.
JEEZYThe craziest thing is that the song [“My President”] is real but you can still hear it in the club.
More Jeezy Quotes
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Married to the game. If we’re dancing with the devil at least teach us how to dance when the son of making dollars.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.
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If I’m gonna put a message out there, I want to make sure I stay consistent. I’m up on my game, because I said it. People take your words and they live by them.
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I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I’ve seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family. You still gotta stand up and be that guy even when you ain’t having great things. Because you’ve gotta be the spokesperson for your people.
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I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain’t going the way they should go, they let you know… and when they happy, you gotta keep ’em happy.
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Music is how you feel. But if I can say one word, I’ll say ‘necessary.’ I felt it was necessary.
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I’ve pretty much done records with everybody.
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As long as I’m not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I’m glad I’m not an MC. I’m a motivational speaker. I’m not that rapper dude.
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Anybody that I ever dealt with knows that I’m a very focused individual, and when it comes to my work and what I do, you might have to play the back burner to that.
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I feel like I’m married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it’s serious.
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I ain’t never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.
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With rap, it’s a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take ’em the way they wanna take ’em.
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The craziest thing is that the song [“My President”] is real but you can still hear it in the club.
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Real recognize real, I suppose.
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I’m a motivational speaker.
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It’s not the average people that come to my show.
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It wasn’t necessary to speak on the recession, you know what I mean, but I just though it made a lot of sense. I was like, “okay, cool,” I’m going to go with this approach for the name of the album [ The Recession].
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It definitely changed the game. I happen to be in the game around [the time] when the internet kicked in.
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Every time I’m out and somebody tells me they love what I do, that’s what I do it for. That’s like my vice. That’s like my high. When people understand that this is who I really am, and to be appreciated for your craft .
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You’ve got to be happy with yourself. You can’t sell yourself if you’re out here and you ain’t good. Because you’re giving people messages, and if your message is wrong, then it’s like the blind leading the blind.
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Let’s say your past is your present and your present is your cash, So I look forward to the future.
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Love don’t love nobody got me feeling like, I shouldn’t love myself.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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