Top 33 Bushwick Bill Quotes

It’s okay for the President to start a war in Iraq, but it’s not okay for me to talk about what I see around me in the ghetto.

I really like Kendrick Lamar. I’m still a Talib Kweli fan, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Common Sense – people who say things that are relevant to everyday life. I don’t pay attention to artists that talk about throwing money away and the car that they drive.

Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that’s what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It’s called freedom of expression. People should be allowed to express what they’ve been through, what they’ve been able to familiarize themselves with.

They have horror stuff in the Bible. Like if you were to read Deuteronomy 28, that talks about the blessings and curses of God.

I’ve never got the vibe that they would do a gospel song. ‘Cause when they talking about doing another Geto Boys album I said I would do it if I could rap like I’m rapping on my gospel album, I didn’t get a whole lot of cosigning on that from all the political parties concerned.

The truth can’t be stopped.

You can’t candy-coat an unsweetened world. But you can get together and make it a better place to live.

I guess it’s easier to bash rap artists than to talk about the country’s real problems, such as the AIDS crisis, poverty, the cost of education, crime or the gun-toting white supremacist militias.

I still believe there’s going to be peace at last – but not until Jesus Christ returns. Until then, Armageddon is in full effect, and we have to work on preserving ourselves instead of destroying ourselves.

I’m not any more sexist, racist or violent than the world around me.

Because I’m short, I have a low center of gravity and I know how to use my weight. If I don’t want nobody to pick me up, they can’t. They’ll catch a hernia trying.

Sometimes we don’t realize that the government is for the people by the people.

Well I invented horrorcore rap actually. When I did ‘Chuckie’ and when I did ‘Mind of a Lunatic’ – there was nothing like that.

I want artists to tell their story and share their life experience.

I just want people to be aware so that when they set dreams or goals, they’re healthy enough to fulfill and live.

It’s not fair that everybody has to be segregated.

I’m like a Mr. Mom. I get up and help out, getting the milk together and changing diapers. I’ve even learned to mix baby formulas and stuff like that.

I’ve got a family to feed and I’ve got to work to feed them.

It’s not like I’m afraid of dying. I know what it’s like on the other side.

Fame will make you crazy.

It’s not fair that teachers are getting low income to where they get frustrated to where they don’t even want to teach.

I noticed when most celebrities pass, they really don’t have nothing set up for their children.

My contract with Rap-A-Lot was never-ending and had me working for everything against royalties.

My fans know to treat my lyrics like a T-bone steak – you know you can’t chew on it unless you cut the fat off.

Party anthems and party things aren’t what people need when they’re the most oppressed.

We should be involved in the decision-making about our own lives, and not just sitting around being the living dead.

Being short, I believe people looked and stared at me my whole life before I ever got on stage and rapped.

I want to let all black women know I have no disrespect toward them at all.

We all share the planet, the rainbows share the sky, why can’t we all share the same dream? And rap about what we see?

If people believe that the Geto Boys really do stuff like on ‘Mind of a Lunatic,’ they must also believe there’s a real Freddie Krueger and a real Micheal Myers.

If you give up your dreams you die.

I’m not trying to write raps for people in three-piece suits sitting behind big oak desks. I’m writing for people who can’t speak for themselves and about things we see every day.

All I really want is to be left alone.