I'm breakin' out of this cage
I'm standin' up, I'ma face my demons
I'm mannin' up, I'ma hold my ground
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Rap Quotes About Dreams & Ambition: Page 2
I flip my misfortune and grow me a fortune
The days are longer and it seems like I'm facin' time
I've got a lot of dreams, but I'm not really chasin' mine
Bury me now and I only get bigger
Bought a yacht, all the buildings I was trappin' out
Bankhead Seafood, me and T.I. got
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me
Do it for the love, I'm Forrest Gumpin'
In my city I'm Warren Buffett
I mean business, the shirt is tucked in
I think I'm Big Meech (Ugh), Larry Hoover
The world is yours, and everything in it
It's out there, get on your grind and get it (ay)
I got renovated
I'm cocky, bitch, when I was just humble they didn't appreciate it
Young, wealthy, and ratchet, I'm the hood bitches' motivation
On top of the world, now they tried to underestimate me
I was put here on a mission that you wouldn't understand (Oh)
I don't want no rapper friends, I'm in the ghetto with my plans (Oh)
You do what you want when you poppin'
You do what you want when you got it, huh
I couldn't wait to see the day I could change where my momma stay
But these two AK's ain't nothing to play about
I had a jumper and hoop dreams, but I couldn't wait it out
Rolled weed on my scholarship letters and took the paper route
Crips know where I stay, every other day, had to spray it out
Whatever you choose to pursue in life make sure you approach it as hard as possible, by any means necessary. Reach your ultimate form and never give up, ULT for life.
They'd rather see me down under than see me fly
I don’t just wanna be a popular person, I want my music to always live because that’s what’s gonna drive your legacy.
See, if you can't do what you imagine
Then what is imagination to you?
If a rap can paint a thousand words, then I can paint a million
Wait, Lyte is capable of painting a bazillion raps
Anything you put ya mind to put ya grind to
In the discussion of who’s the best rapper in the world, I think it really needs to be an international discussion
'Fore the day I die, I'ma touch the sky
Gotta testify, come up in the spot lookin' extra fly
Elevate your mind, cause in due time you'll wine and dine
Everybody has their time in this shit, and when motherfuckers had their time, it wasn’t mine. But now it’s mine.
We all fish, better teach your folk
Give him money to eat, the next week, he's broke
Most niggas make movies, but niggas like us make it happen
I want to be able to make somebody fight, or make someone laugh, or make someone damn near cry
I started off starvin', now they got me out here Brett Favre'n
Tryna see if I still got it, got it
You can keep hating, I'm poppin' regardless
Cause life is short if you don't notice it'll pass you by
That's why my head is in the clouds tryin to pass the sky
You've reached a new phase
They got you lookin' at tomorrow like a new state
And not a new day
If I could take a whole fucking hood that’s used to being on some old $60 sneaker shit and make them want to get jobs and buy shit and look decent and have the latest fashions, why am I wrong?
'Cause I wanted this shit all my life
'Til I finally got it and realized there's so much more to life
We didn't come here in peace, we came to take the planet
Because the president never sent
One damn dime to my residence
I'm goin' crazy like 1980
I need my ends, fuck you, pay me
I have to do it now or else it ain't never gon' get done, and I'm not letting nobody take my dream.
I personally feel like I was put here on this Earth not only to inspire, but to wake people up.
Niggas try blockin' my goals, I'ma make it Messi (You see what I did there?)
We talking 'bout generational wealth
The pressure I built for myself
We all young ghetto boys
That's why we act this way
Tryin' to see a million dollars
Hopin' these niggas don't blast today
That take that street shit and that scholarship, and run a mall
I'm in attendance at the player's and the mayor's ball
On top of the dreams is where I'm found
Some figured I was Satan bound
Until I came back with a style I found
That’s when I decided I’ma speak what I wanna see.
That one day is upon us, grab your fork it's time to eat, bro
There ain't no stoppin' me
Constantly movin' while makin' millions
Anythin' you want, you can get, you gotta build it though
I blew up quick and lost some shit
But now I'm dealing though
When it gets to that time to tell your mum that you’re not going to university, all of a sudden 700,000 YouTube views mean absolutely nothing — that’s not a currency she recognizes.
Broke? Then fix your pockets, all I do is profit
Yeah, ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest
A lotta niggas sat on the throne, I am the latest
I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants
A word best describin' my life to name my daughter
My strength, my son, the star will be my resurrection
Born in correction, all the wrong shit I did, he'll lead in right direction
sometimes as a legend, they’ll disrespect your legacy, if you don’t protect your legacy.
I went from powdered milk and Farina
To flippin' burgers on the grill for some peanuts
At Gilbert's to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas
Still appeal to the dreamers
If you look up, that star gon' shine
I'm always in my glow
Run the light, no telling what life will be
But start and life will go
I am phenomenal
But I'll never say, "Oh, it's impossible"
'Cause I'm born to be phenomenal (Freely, no emotion)
Because at the end of the day, the real questions get answered by the quality of the art.
There's a mother out there right now 'bout to have the next LeBron
Searchin' for a pot of gold like a leprechaun
I want to be a legend, but sometimes I don't know why. There are all these people on the ground doing real work: the teachers, the healers, the preachers.
They wanna know 'bout me, they say, "Tell me your story"
Only thing you need to know is I'm in love with the money
Make your first million and don’t make it your last
Don’t come if you ain’t ready, don’t try to make it too fast
You can’t learn shit, if you never make it to class
I realized that’s it my life and that I’m the one painting the picture that’s going to be left, so why not do everything my way?