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.
JEEZYIt 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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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 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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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain’t really a lot of leaders.
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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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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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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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Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain’t productive, I get concerned.
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Anybody that’s got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that’s how I’ve always looked at it.
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My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.
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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 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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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 used to hit the kitchen lights, cockroaches everywhere. Hit the kitchen lights, now it’s marble floors everywhere.
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