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Refuse to give up, your mistakes don't define you. They don't dictate where you're headed, they remind you.
We must work to reshape the need for our children to want to live so fast even if it means dying too young.
Even when I lose faith in myself there is something in me that speaks through and says I am not finished yet.
There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.
We cannot continue to get caught up in having material abundance and yet be fundamentally and spiritually broke.
Fear aint in the heart of me, i learned just do it, you get courage from your fears right after you go through it.
Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that you’re celebrating?
If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.
At the end of the day, I got to live my life for my family, for my children, and I'm going to do what's best for them.
Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.
People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.
If we don't acknowledge and accept where we are failing, then we'll never do the work that it takes to make it right for US.
All of US sometimes feel that one of the most difficult things in the world is to talk to US about US in an effort to help US.
Life can change your directions, even when you ain't planned it. All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic.
We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.
I regret my lack of options. I regret being painted into a corner and having that be the only instrument to get me from point A to point B.
You see somewhere along the way, we've allowed the pursuit of fame and things to blind us to the issues that prevent us from moving upward.
I think that at the end of the day, when people understand the circumstances that led to the circumstances, they begin to sway their views.
I wasn't nervous at all. I applied the same amount of efforts to the love scenes as I did to the skating and the acting and everything else.
I'm not to the point where I need to shut myself off from people, unless I feel like I need to, but I don't force myself to deal with people.
I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.
I'm not going to do red jeans. No green jeans. I don't do Vans and that's the style right now. I don't want to show my socks when I'm wearing jeans.
I'm an 'in the shower' or 'in the booth' kind of singer. I can sing, but I need either nobody to be able to hear me, or for me to be able to redo it.
I don't think there's anything wrong with sitting down with people as long as you understand that there are needs to be met and purposes to be served.
The one thing we all have in common is that we're human. Why pay more attention to the things that make us different over the things that bring us together?
When you ask me who I look up to and who I can admire for their style right now, I have to choose from people that represent what I represent stylistically.
You're gonna be your best salesman. If you don't sell yourself, nobody else is gonna have a better time with it than you. You've gotta get up for it, every day.
People see me doing something so all of the guys from my walk of life feel like if he can do it, I can do it. That just keeps spreading and spreading and spreading.
It is imperative for US to parent our children and educate them outside of the school systems, as our education system was not designed to lift US out of oppression.
(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.
We've somehow allowed ourselves to think it's okay to neglect and abandon our responsibility to ourselves and to our community. Everything cannot be blamed on the system.
I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself.
I'm not as serious of a person as people make me out to be. Most people would think that I would be less successful in comedy, but I can crack a joke as well as anyone else.
I know what it's like to not know where you're going or how to get there. I know what it's like to have no one around you who can teach you how to be what you hope to become.
We must keep ourselves busy with finding ways to generate wealth for generations to come and work to pass down things to our children for them to pass down to their children.
I could see myself in the fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, with the Kangol hats like Slick Rick and Dana Dane. But I could also see myself in a leather Troop suit like LL Cool J.
Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.
This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.
My fist so rocky and and wrist so icy, Might be, thrown off my rocker just slightly, Feisty, claimin' hot temper don't ignite me, I'm only gonna ask ya find the exit once politely
Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.
It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. Thats one of the best parts of my life. I feel like, man, thats one of the greatest things Ive got going on, being a father.
You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.
We can no longer afford to be entertained beyond the point of accountability. We can't keep selling each other out and be willing to do anything to be seen, to be famous or to be rich.
I think, in comedy, timing is everything. You and I could tell the same joke, but if one of our timing is off, it won't be as funny. You've gotta know when to deliver your punch-lines.
To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. That's one of the best parts of my life. I feel like, man, that's one of the greatest things I've got going on, being a father.
I'm by no means a perfect human being. I experience more than half of my life perpetuating darkness. That was because I was dropped in a place of darkness and expected to find a way out.
I always knew that there were huge opportunities for me, and that I had a lot of potential to do a lot of different things, but I also knew it was about my execution and my application of skills.
I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.