DMX Quotes & Sayings

#1. My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

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#2. I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

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#3. I was always a winner, but just didn't know it.

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#4. Never become so involved with something that it blinds you.
Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

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#5. Look in my eyes, see what I see Do what I do, be what I be Walk in my shoes, hurt your feet Then know why I do dirt in the street.

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#6. I'm not an industry artist - I'm an artist in the industry.

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#7. I'll repent one day, just not right now.

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#8. Just because someone raps, doesn't mean that's all they can do. A lot of people are multi-talented.

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#9. When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.

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#10. I'm not going to star in every one of my movies. But I'm telling you [pounds fists] what I will bring to this film industry is the same thing I brought to the record industry when I came into it. Realism. Uncompromised, unconditional dog love.

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#11. One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

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#12. The truth is undeniable. You tell somebody the truth, it's undeniable.

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#13. Nothing we can't handle, break it up and dismantle.

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#14. I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

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#15. The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts - because they have to be tough to protect it.

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#16. I paint the walls with his blood.

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#17. If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

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#18. Somebody's upset with every movie.

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#19. Nas is the only person whose concert I been to.

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#20. Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.

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#21. Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living;
Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving.

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#22. Be careful of the ones that always wanna get you high, cause when the time comes, that one'll let you die.

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#23. Some people buy records just to dance to 'em. Some people buy records to listen to the radio. And there's people that buy records 'cause they listen to every song.

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#24. I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

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#25. I don't like anything about Drake.

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#26. I stand before you a weekend version of your reflection begging for direction, for my soul needs resurrection.

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#27. I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.

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#28. I'm not the average artist.

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#29. To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.

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#30. I need to say what's in my heart, and you call it a style

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#31. Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

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#32. My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it ... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

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#33. I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

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#34. I been the same dude my whole life.

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#35. Any performance I do, I give 110 percent.

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#36. The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog ...
How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

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#37. Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.

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#38. I think I'm gonna wear Timberlands until I die, man. They may not be the hottest thing out, but Timbs keep reinventing themselves.

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#39. I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

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#40. I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats.

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#41. I can forgive, I just can't forget.

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#42. With the Lord behind us they're ain't nothing we can't do.

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#43. My birth was a blessing. Sent to live and die on Earth; it's a blessing. We each have a star; all you have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone sees it, you won't be blinded.

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#44. I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

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#45. Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

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#46. You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?

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#47. The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

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#48. I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

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#49. Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

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#50. When you happy, you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.

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#51. You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

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#52. Niggas tried to holla, but couldn't holla back
Now they gots to swallow, everything in the sack.

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#53. One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

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#54. No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

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#55. My fans need me. I need me.

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#56. You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

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#57. Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

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#58. Let em' know that amidst all the confusion; some of us may do the winnin but..
We all do the losin, it's just who does the choosin

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#59. I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

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#60. The places that ive been, the things that i have seen - what you have as nightmares, are what i have as dreams.

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#61. I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.

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#62. I'm a personal type of person. I'll speak when I have something to say, not 'cause someone just wants to know something.

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#63. My mother, my father, I love 'em, I hate 'em, wish god I didnt have 'em, but thank god that he made 'em

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#64. You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.

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#65. The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.

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#66. Do the right thing cause after the tears come the cheers.

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#67. I'm not the mixtape guy who's gonna put out a new one every month. I'm gonna allow my albums to marinate and resonate and whatever type of 'ates' they can do. I'm gonna let my music grow on them.

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#68. I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.

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#69. It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

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#70. I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

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#71. In my heart I mean well. But if you help me to grow, then what I have in my heart will begin to show.

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#72. A lot of artists that I've met let me know they're huge fans of mine.

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#73. I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.

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#74. When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.

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#75. The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

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#76. I'm a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.

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#77. I am highly favored by God, I experience great victories, supernatural turnarounds, and miraculous breakthroughs in the midst of great impossibilities.

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#78. An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

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#79. I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

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#80. The truth doesn't change. It was the same when Moses got the Ten Commandments as it is today. That's the thing about the truth. That's the thing about real. It doesn't change and it doesn't have to change. Now you can put it in a different book, but it's still real. It's still the truth.

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#81. You don't come to terms with something before you do it. It's only after you've done it that you realize, you know, maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Sometimes you gotta fall down to know the feeling to get up.

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