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].
JEEZYTo be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there – and bigger.
More Jeezy Quotes
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A lot of people question how talented I am. But I’m a real dude and I know real things and I’ve seen real people get their head blown off.
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I don’t know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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I ain’t a rapper; I’m a motivational speaker. I don’t do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.
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It’s not the average people that come to my show.
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I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It’s like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.
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When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I’ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain’t gon’ make it no more.
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People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don’t understand.
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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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The craziest thing is that the song [“My President”] is real but you can still hear it in the club.
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You seen my shows; I bring the ‘hood out.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family.
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I just think a hustler’s ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I’ll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I’m their hero.
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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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I used to hit the kitchen lights, cockroaches everywhere. Hit the kitchen lights, now it’s marble floors everywhere.
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I don’t think nobody should compare me to anyone, ’cause, at the end of the day, you’ve got a ‘Pac, you’ve got Snoop, you got Tip, you got Wayne – there’s only one Jeezy, man. Ain’t nobody walked in these shoes but me.
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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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This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain’t really a lot of leaders.
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I don’t just do music for the clubs, I do music for the struggle. I do music for everyday niggas, the kids who ain’t got no sense of direction. I’m trying to restore some of the morals back into the game, as far as the street.
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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 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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I’ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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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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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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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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