Quotes from the lyrical, and also business savvy, rap superstars.
Kanye West
"To use is necessary. If you can't get used, then you're useless."
"Conquer your shyness."
P.Diddy
"I demand the best. Sleep is forbidden. If you work for me, you have to roll how I roll. I’m not really human. I’m like a machine."
"I've never been surprised about what happened to me. I've put in hard work to get to this point. It's like when you become a lawyer - if you're bustin' your ass, you're not surprised when you get your degree. I came in to win, you know. This is why I stay up late while other people are sleeping; this is why I don't go out to the Hamptons."
"This is my plan. When I'm in the studio making a hit record, I'm not trying to make a hit record; I'm making one. This is what I studied. This is why I stay up twenty hours a day."
Birdman
"Your work ethic has to be to the ceiling. You’re gonna get out of this what you’re putting into it."
Will Smith
"when you are running, there is a little voice in your head that tells you that you should quit. It says you’re too tired, your legs hurt, your lungs hurt. If you can learn how to defeat that little voice in your head, then you can learn how to not quit when things get hard in your life."
"I’ve never really viewed myself as particularly talented, where I excel is ridiculous,sickening work ethic. While the other guy is sleeping, I’m working. While the other guy is eating, I’m working."
"The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is that YOU have to believe it."
"I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, you are going to get off first or I'm going to die. It's really that simple. I'm not going to be outworked."Tupac
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real."
"A coward dies a thousand deaths....a soldier dies once."
"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on."
Jay Z
"Don’t make decisions based on the fear."
50 Cent
"I never allowed my fear to limit me."
Lil Wayne
