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.
JEEZYYou seen my shows; I bring the ‘hood out.
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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 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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My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.
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This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.
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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 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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All my albums always go with the times.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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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.
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Honestly, I’m on the road so much that I never really get a chance to go to baseball games.
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There were a lot of songs that I still wanted to put on the album but it worked out. I can only fit 18 [tracks] on the album, I would put 30 if I could.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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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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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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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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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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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’s not the average people that come to my show.
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Politics isn’t only about government. Politics is about the people.
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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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I’ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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To 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.
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I’ve pretty much done records with everybody.
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I don’t know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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You gotta have life your way. If you ain’t losing your mind, you ain’t partying right.
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Love don’t love nobody got me feeling like, I shouldn’t love myself.
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