You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition.
Nicki Minaj quotes
- Quotes
- 27
- Lyrics
- 24
- Interviews
- 3
Confidence is the dominant theme, on 13 of 27 lines, with wit on 8, justice and love on 4 each. 24 are lyrics and 3 are interview quotes, two of them from Vogue Arabia (2020). Songs include LLC, Moment 4 Life, Marilyn Monroe, Fly, Ganja Burns and Sir. The tone moves between taunt and statement of purpose: "If you can't handle my worst" is half of a dare, the other half being that you won't get the best, and the Vogue Arabia line that success is what scares people sits next to a verse saying that to live doesn't mean you're alive.
Cherish these nights, cherish these people
Life is a movie, but there'll never be a sequel
You play checkers, couldn't beat me playin' chess
Call it a curse
Or just call me blessed
If you can't handle my worst
You ain't gettin' my best
I am no longer trying to survive
I believe that life is a prize
But to live doesn't mean you're alive
Yo, people'll love you and support you when it's beneficial
I'ma forgive, I won't forget, but I'ma dead the issue
You own my heart, he just rentin'
I am not Jasmine, I am Aladdin
My body's a work of art, he eatin' this Van Gogh
Truth is, we mess up 'til we get it right
And if I'm fake, I ain't notice 'cause my money ain't
Not that I don't got good vision, but I don't see competition
The number one draft, I'm New York's pick
And I don't lose like them dudes, on the New York Knicks
They got they guns out aimin' at me
But I become Neo when they aimin' at me
I could wage war or I come in peace like Gandhi
I swear to God, man, everything in life is old
And the only thing that changed is the price of gold
I'm in my own lane, you ain't in my categor'
You like a RAV4, I’m like the Aventador
There'll never be another one after me
Tryna make a new Nicki, where the factory?
I get what I desire, it's my empire
And yes, I call the shots, I am the umpire
I sprinkle holy water upon a vampire
I just wanted memories, tried to make some with you
You
Now I gotta erase some with you
New slaves, but I'm still the master
Women need to have a perspective. If we’re out here saying that we’re so confident, and we’re so this and so that, but we don’t even trust ourselves to write down our own thoughts and spit it on a beat? It just doesn’t add up.
I never worry, life is a journey
I just wanna enjoy the ride
I ain't never need a man to take care of me
My flow nuts like M&M's in the yellow bag (Mariah)
It's a great feeling to not box yourself into anyone’s limitations or ideas or judgments.