Music Quotes

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

I'm standing on a field full of landmines, doing the moonwalk, hoping I blow up in time.

So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

My rights, my wrongs, I write 'til I'm right with God.

Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.

As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

You better stand tall when they're calling you out, don't bend, don't break, and don't back down.

With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning.

It's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever. I just wanna live while I'm alive. It's my life.