Fools swear they wise, wise men know they foolish
Black Thought quotes
- Quotes
- 11
- Lyrics
- 7
- Interviews
- 4
7 lyrics and 4 interview lines. Five of the lyrics come from the Hot 97 Freestyle, where wisdom and fame are the subjects: fools who think they're wise, a grain of salt tipping the scales, the exhaustion of being "His Excellency". The rest come from Bird's Eye View and Crowns For Kings. The interviews, mostly from The Believer in 2021, are about craft and staying power: leaving it all on the page and not jumping on someone else's wave. Wisdom is the top tag (4 of 11).
My sonogram was an image of a gun in the womb
That was soon to be doper than heroin in a spoon
I am a walking affirmation, that imagination
And focus and patience gets you closer to your aspiration
Being His Excellency gets to be exhausting
I trust my gut. But so many people before me have come and gone, and I’m pretty clear on what not to do.
In this moment, as a creative, my process is to leave it all on the page, on the stage, and on the table, because none of this shit is promised, man.
We was crooks, tryna cop more rides than Great Adventure
Listen, a grain of salt'll tip the scales, it never fails
I'm in a iron chair, where people who care don't get the lion's share
The shelf life is eternal.
you can’t just jump on some wave, either, you know what I mean? You can’t bastardize somebody else’s shit. You have to take informed risks, I guess. Calculated risks.