Swear I should be locked up for stupid
that I did
But I'm a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph (Uh-huh! Yeah!)
Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire (Woo!)
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Rap Quotes About Perseverance
Staying with it is the whole case, and no one owns it. Of 102 lines, 83 are lyrics and 19 are interviews, from 65 artists. DMX and JAY-Z have 4 each. Denzel Curry, Kanye West, Mac Miller, Method Man, Nipsey Hussle, and Too $hort have 3. Repeating songs come in pairs: Denzel Curry's "Walkin" (2022), JID's "Workin Out" (2018), and Too $hort's "Life Is...Too Short." 2Pac's "Only God Can Judge Me" picks a side: "I'd rather die like a man." Kanye West's "Through the Wire" (2003) is the turn after a tragedy, and "Spaceship" is the studio schedule. Of 83 dated lines, 35 are in the 2010s and 21 in the 1990s.
I'd rather die enormous than live dormant
Knock me down nine times but I get up ten
Yeah, life's short, don't ever question the length
It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength
I'm not gon' lie and portray, um, this ultimate poise
Like I been had it figured out
Nah, I just didn't quit
The scene turned on me, people tryna ruin me
Where most would see a problem, I'm seein' an opportunity
To drop a freestyle and kill them niggas that were booin' me
Everything that I am
You called me names till I became a name
I ain’t on nobody else timetable.
Next line will have 'em like "woah"
I've been kissing white boys since 2004
Man, I got summer hatin' on me 'cause I'm hotter than the sun
Got spring hatin' on me 'cause I ain't never sprung
Winter hatin' on me 'cause I'm colder than y'all
And I will never, I will never, I will never fall
You either make your way or stay
Things get dark, but my aura just starts glowin'
Forget about the risk we took, I never can
Rebel in this white-man-world until they bury him (Bury him)
Being broke is so un-American
That's why I'm screaming All Money In, 'til the end, nigga
Can't be scared to fail in search of perfection
I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward
You can overcome anything you undergo
I am a walking affirmation, that imagination
And focus and patience gets you closer to your aspiration
I am a Black girl who beat the statistics
Fuck the opinions and all the logistics, haha
You better make the most of it, live to the fullest
Think positive and don't dwell on the BULLSHIT
I can't tell you no better
If you thinkin 'bout quittin, don't ever
Wash my sins, keep ballin' (Ballin')
I just gotta stay focused (Focused)
I just gotta keep walkin'
I couldn't find anybody that would give me what I needed, so I had to make it myself.
But for me, personally, you can only manifest joy by letting go of your pain!
The top gets higher the more that I climb
The spot gets smaller, and I get bigger
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Life is parallel to Hell, but I must maintain
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous
If I listen to critics, there would be no Xzibit
I've suffered, just so I could return harder
Lock yourself in a room
Doing five beats a day for three summers
I been working hella hard, shit ain't really working out
I ain't suicidal
Only thing suicide is suicide doors
Fight for survival
Now the road to the riches is taking me longer
It ain't kill yet so it making me stronger
This is your moment, and every single minute you spend
Tryna hold on to it, 'cause you may never get it again
Fear not when, fear not why, fear not much while we're alive
Life is for living, not living uptight
I just fell in love with the music, man. The music just took control. It really saved my life.
They got they guns out aimin' at me
But I become Neo when they aimin' at me
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.
Think I lost my mind, reality's so hard to find
When the devil tryna call your line, but shit, I always shine
Even when the light dim
No, I ain't God, but I'm feelin' just like Him
I keep my head above the water (Water)
My eyes gettin' bigger, so the world is gettin' smaller (Smaller)
Might be losing now, but I bet you I'mma triumph
Yea, I'mma win again. Mad high, bent again
You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything
There'd always be somebody that'll shoot down any dream
There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
I stick to my guns—that’s what keeps me going as an artist.
Now if your heart was as big as your mouth, you'd be real
I think the best thing I ever did was never quit
The more you work on a beat, the better it starts to sound.
I was in and out of the hospital so bad I thought God was trying to kill me. Then it just made me a dog. Diabetes made me a motherfuckin beast.
Dreams battered and broken, never breakin' my spirit
Hmmm, of course we all have times when we're weak
Where you can not find the version of yourself you seek
You should dig deep
My back was to the wall, risked it all, after all, all I had was me
Just tenacity, some Olde E with a swisha sweets
Nigga, bolt off the set, comin' to your projects
Take it as a threat, better yet it's a promise
Comin' from a vet on some old Vietnam shit
Nigga, you can bet your bottom dollar, hey, I bomb shit
It's no rewinding, for the umpteenth time, it's only forward
Above all, it’s me saying my truth and I think there’s great power in that. There’s great strength in vulnerability, so I persevered and I’m really happy I did.
Slay them like a machine round the clock
With the 12 gauge aim, telling Satan to fuck off
Hated the hand I was given
Tossed that shit back, like God must be kidding
I came to bring the pain hardcore from the brain
I'm still here, take notes, and let hope float (I know...)
Your old man say you stupid, you be like, "So?"
"I love my baby mother, I'll never let her go"
I'm livin' proof that it's possible, any obstacle, you face it
Can be erased son, don't let it conquer you
You climb one mountain, you get the top of the mountain and you look off like, “Oh shit, it's a bigger mountain to climb,” but you got to climb down that mountain first and go through another valley.
I transform with pressure, I'm hands-on with effort
I fell twice before, my bounce back was special
Starvin' made me thin, it ain't no mercy in this game we in
Odds stacked against us, had to play to win
All you haters tried to murder me, so now it's kill season
And even though I'm still bleedin'
I'ma keep comin' because I'm still breathin'
And y'all can't trace me