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let’s be like alright boys that’s it

let’s be like alright boys that’s it that’s all I want to do with right bored

that’s all I want to do with right bored

that’s all I want to do with right bored I would’ve been like what man this rash

I would’ve been like what man this rash

I would’ve been like what man this rash man 29 old ass man oh hell no man I

man 29 old ass man oh hell no man I

man 29 old ass man oh hell no man I would be proud of myself if I put the

would be proud of myself if I put the

would be proud of myself if I put the Soylent people like yo who produce that

Soylent people like yo who produce that

Soylent people like yo who produce that beat like yeah it’s you got a grind you

beat like yeah it’s you got a grind you

beat like yeah it’s you got a grind you got to work for something just take the

got to work for something just take the

got to work for something just take the whole idea like I’m better than you like

whole idea like I’m better than you like

whole idea like I’m better than you like we’re all like the same every artist

we’re all like the same every artist

we’re all like the same every artist from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it yeah

from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it yeah

from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it yeah I do whatever the hell I want if I if I

I do whatever the hell I want if I if I

I do whatever the hell I want if I if I don’t do it cuz I didn’t want to do it

don’t do it cuz I didn’t want to do it

don’t do it cuz I didn’t want to do it they might laugh at me or think I’m

they might laugh at me or think I’m

they might laugh at me or think I’m weird and it’s like know that this is

weird and it’s like know that this is

weird and it’s like know that this is what makes you you I wear white contacts

what makes you you I wear white contacts

what makes you you I wear white contacts and all this stuff and it looks

and all this stuff and it looks

and all this stuff and it looks ridiculous but it’s still my image never

ridiculous but it’s still my image never

ridiculous but it’s still my image never go for retarded you never go for

go for retarded you never go for

go for retarded you never go for retarded he’s an American rapper record

retarded he’s an American rapper record

retarded he’s an American rapper record producer director and actor from Los

producer director and actor from Los

producer director and actor from Los Angeles California he was he’s well

Angeles California he was he’s well

Angeles California he was he’s well known for his use of white colored eye

known for his use of white colored eye

known for his use of white colored eye contacts in music videos performances

contacts in music videos performances

contacts in music videos performances and interviews he comes in and here are

and interviews he comes in and here are

and interviews he comes in and here are his top ten

you got to be more than one thing these

you got to be more than one thing these days if you’re a rapper child learn to

days if you’re a rapper child learn to

days if you’re a rapper child learn to produce or try to learn to manage

produce or try to learn to manage

produce or try to learn to manage yourself or try to learn how to do

yourself or try to learn how to do

yourself or try to learn how to do social networking online try to learn

social networking online try to learn

social networking online try to learn how to book shows for yourself learn

how to book shows for yourself learn

how to book shows for yourself learn something don’t just be let’s be like

something don’t just be let’s be like

something don’t just be let’s be like alright boys that’s it that’s all I want

alright boys that’s it that’s all I want

alright boys that’s it that’s all I want to do with write bars nothing else nigga

to do with write bars nothing else nigga

to do with write bars nothing else nigga I don’t like that because then it’s like

I don’t like that because then it’s like

I don’t like that because then it’s like oh you’re not really going to go

oh you’re not really going to go

oh you’re not really going to go anywhere because you’re not going to

anywhere because you’re not going to

anywhere because you’re not going to find a manager he’s going to want to

find a manager he’s going to want to

find a manager he’s going to want to deal with you if that’s really all you

deal with you if that’s really all you

deal with you if that’s really all you do and it’s going to be difficult to to

do and it’s going to be difficult to to

do and it’s going to be difficult to to get anywhere when you’re trying to reach

get anywhere when you’re trying to reach

get anywhere when you’re trying to reach success you can’t think of the long term

success you can’t think of the long term

success you can’t think of the long term like when you just got it you just got

like when you just got it you just got

like when you just got it you just got to go day to day and enjoy for the

to go day to day and enjoy for the

to go day to day and enjoy for the moments that don’t look at the next

moments that don’t look at the next

moments that don’t look at the next minute compared your store to his going

minute compared your store to his going

minute compared your store to his going thing he did it in this or he got that

thing he did it in this or he got that

thing he did it in this or he got that and I’m still over here like you just

and I’m still over here like you just

and I’m still over here like you just got to do it day to day if you got to

got to do it day to day if you got to

got to do it day to day if you got to fans will really work that system of

fans will really work that system of

fans will really work that system of those two fans and turn before ya make

those two fans and turn before ya make

those two fans and turn before ya make it four then eight and then just keep it

it four then eight and then just keep it

it four then eight and then just keep it going and then over the course of a few

going and then over the course of a few

going and then over the course of a few years you know you just got thousands

years you know you just got thousands

years you know you just got thousands and millions of fans and and yeah you

and millions of fans and and yeah you

and millions of fans and and yeah you just got to enjoy day to day and just

just got to enjoy day to day and just

just got to enjoy day to day and just put that work in because yeah if you got

put that work in because yeah if you got

put that work in because yeah if you got told me when I was I wanted at 17 to 18

told me when I was I wanted at 17 to 18

told me when I was I wanted at 17 to 18 years old that’s when I really wanted to

years old that’s when I really wanted to

years old that’s when I really wanted to be on to be where I’m at right now and I

be on to be where I’m at right now and I

be on to be where I’m at right now and I would have been able to handle it back

would have been able to handle it back

would have been able to handle it back then but if you had to tell me like man

then but if you had to tell me like man

then but if you had to tell me like man you ain’t go be poppin you ain’t go

you ain’t go be poppin you ain’t go

you ain’t go be poppin you ain’t go beyond hot 97 to you 29 nigga out of it

beyond hot 97 to you 29 nigga out of it

beyond hot 97 to you 29 nigga out of it like what man this rash man 29 old ass

like what man this rash man 29 old ass

like what man this rash man 29 old ass man oh hell no man I would I want to do

man oh hell no man I would I want to do

man oh hell no man I would I want to do something else

something else

something else but now but I’m when I look back at it

but now but I’m when I look back at it

but now but I’m when I look back at it like I went through so much training of

like I went through so much training of

like I went through so much training of learning how to rap you know and and you

learning how to rap you know and and you

learning how to rap you know and and you know you I have my own little dreams at

know you I have my own little dreams at

know you I have my own little dreams at the time like okay it’s 2000 it’s 2005

the time like okay it’s 2000 it’s 2005

the time like okay it’s 2000 it’s 2005 I’m about to do this I might be poppin

I’m about to do this I might be poppin

I’m about to do this I might be poppin on myspace I’m gonna do this thing it

on myspace I’m gonna do this thing it

on myspace I’m gonna do this thing it didn’t happen but you just keep going

didn’t happen but you just keep going

didn’t happen but you just keep going and you know you you makes you fail a

and you know you you makes you fail a

and you know you you makes you fail a lot of times but eventually you just you

lot of times but eventually you just you

lot of times but eventually you just you love this day yeah exactly

love this day yeah exactly

love this day yeah exactly yeah so yeah you just got to put that

yeah so yeah you just got to put that

yeah so yeah you just got to put that work in man look at your day to day last

work in man look at your day to day last

work in man look at your day to day last year I was gonna retire before I had

year I was gonna retire before I had

year I was gonna retire before I had announced it but then I decided to do

announced it but then I decided to do

announced it but then I decided to do the new album pound syndrome and um I

the new album pound syndrome and um I

the new album pound syndrome and um I put the whole retirement stunt but the

put the whole retirement stunt but the

put the whole retirement stunt but the reason I wanted to do pound syndrome was

reason I wanted to do pound syndrome was

reason I wanted to do pound syndrome was because I wanted to I want to make the

because I wanted to I want to make the

because I wanted to I want to make the cell I’ve always produced all my office

cell I’ve always produced all my office

cell I’ve always produced all my office but I just want to make a self-produced

but I just want to make a self-produced

but I just want to make a self-produced album to where the products

album to where the products

album to where the products just keeps getting over and open I want

just keeps getting over and open I want

just keeps getting over and open I want to make that album that just like does

to make that album that just like does

to make that album that just like does something crazy to the industry was like

something crazy to the industry was like

something crazy to the industry was like yo he dropped that but I want I want to

yo he dropped that but I want I want to

yo he dropped that but I want I want to produce it myself

produce it myself

produce it myself so I can’t people always like won’t you

so I can’t people always like won’t you

so I can’t people always like won’t you go the producers man once you admit you

go the producers man once you admit you

go the producers man once you admit you you could be biggest is it’s because I

you could be biggest is it’s because I

you could be biggest is it’s because I won’t be satisfied if I have a song on

won’t be satisfied if I have a song on

won’t be satisfied if I have a song on the radio that’s really huge if I didn’t

the radio that’s really huge if I didn’t

the radio that’s really huge if I didn’t make it only because I’ve been producing

make it only because I’ve been producing

make it only because I’ve been producing since like I started rapping so and I’m

since like I started rapping so and I’m

since like I started rapping so and I’m learning and I’m learning things all the

learning and I’m learning things all the

learning and I’m learning things all the time just about quality and all that and

time just about quality and all that and

time just about quality and all that and the art of like mixing songs and all

the art of like mixing songs and all

the art of like mixing songs and all that so and these are things that didn’t

that so and these are things that didn’t

that so and these are things that didn’t know more on my past album so that

know more on my past album so that

know more on my past album so that there’s flaws in my production but this

there’s flaws in my production but this

there’s flaws in my production but this album I stepped it up a little bit more

album I stepped it up a little bit more

album I stepped it up a little bit more so you know I’m hoping that people can

so you know I’m hoping that people can

so you know I’m hoping that people can can notice that and if not I’m gonna

can notice that and if not I’m gonna

can notice that and if not I’m gonna keep on doing it but I will not stop

keep on doing it but I will not stop

keep on doing it but I will not stop until I produce a whole entire project

until I produce a whole entire project

until I produce a whole entire project myself because I thought that will make

myself because I thought that will make

myself because I thought that will make me happy if I’m going I did all that in

me happy if I’m going I did all that in

me happy if I’m going I did all that in my bedroom doing that just blew up and I

my bedroom doing that just blew up and I

my bedroom doing that just blew up and I did everything in my bedroom that that’s

did everything in my bedroom that that’s

did everything in my bedroom that that’s what makes me happy so some people just

what makes me happy so some people just

what makes me happy so some people just wanna be famous out of the fame the

wanna be famous out of the fame the

wanna be famous out of the fame the famous thing like that’s that’s not

famous thing like that’s that’s not

famous thing like that’s that’s not really gonna make me I’m not gonna be

really gonna make me I’m not gonna be

really gonna make me I’m not gonna be proud of myself yeah I will be proud of

proud of myself yeah I will be proud of

proud of myself yeah I will be proud of myself if I produce oil and people like

myself if I produce oil and people like

myself if I produce oil and people like yo who produce that beat who did nigger

yo who produce that beat who did nigger

yo who produce that beat who did nigger the production on that that album was

the production on that that album was

the production on that that album was fine who did you in and I just wanna be

fine who did you in and I just wanna be

fine who did you in and I just wanna be like it’s just mean I’ll just go in the

like it’s just mean I’ll just go in the

like it’s just mean I’ll just go in the room and just do it and just come out

room and just do it and just come out

room and just do it and just come out with it so that that’s gonna that’s

with it so that that’s gonna that’s

with it so that that’s gonna that’s going to satisfy me so that’s why I

going to satisfy me so that’s why I

going to satisfy me so that’s why I decided to go another round um and put

decided to go another round um and put

decided to go another round um and put this new album out I believe in like

this new album out I believe in like

this new album out I believe in like like funk volume if we if we start

like funk volume if we if we start

like funk volume if we if we start working with an artist they do have to

working with an artist they do have to

working with an artist they do have to be grinding somewhat just but it’s they

be grinding somewhat just but it’s they

be grinding somewhat just but it’s they don’t necessarily have to have a million

don’t necessarily have to have a million

don’t necessarily have to have a million fans on Facebook and all that it’s just

fans on Facebook and all that it’s just

fans on Facebook and all that it’s just they got we got to be able to see that

they got we got to be able to see that

they got we got to be able to see that they have been working so there’s a guy

they have been working so there’s a guy

they have been working so there’s a guy who just dope that rapping and he’s

who just dope that rapping and he’s

who just dope that rapping and he’s never been the studio and he just has

never been the studio and he just has

never been the studio and he just has stuff on the paper and he might have the

stuff on the paper and he might have the

stuff on the paper and he might have the sickest punchlines but it’s gonna be

sickest punchlines but it’s gonna be

sickest punchlines but it’s gonna be like you don’t have any studio

like you don’t have any studio

like you don’t have any studio experience and you I don’t know how

experience and you I don’t know how

experience and you I don’t know how you’re going to be if you’re willing to

you’re going to be if you’re willing to

you’re going to be if you’re willing to promote yourself online and being on

promote yourself online and being on

promote yourself online and being on Twitter be on Instagram being on

Twitter be on Instagram being on

Twitter be on Instagram being on Facebook chatting with fans like you and

Facebook chatting with fans like you and

Facebook chatting with fans like you and and that this is a bare minimum

and that this is a bare minimum

and that this is a bare minimum everybody should should have the

everybody should should have the

everybody should should have the internet by now I know I mean like yeah

internet by now I know I mean like yeah

internet by now I know I mean like yeah it’s you got a grind you got to work for

it’s you got a grind you got to work for

it’s you got a grind you got to work for something you gotta everybody should

something you gotta everybody should

something you gotta everybody should have at least little cheap ass

have at least little cheap ass

have at least little cheap ass microphone and a recording with because

microphone and a recording with because

microphone and a recording with because I’ve been doing it in this room since I

I’ve been doing it in this room since I

I’ve been doing it in this room since I was like 14 years old making little

was like 14 years old making little

was like 14 years old making little trying to make it work I would get I

trying to make it work I would get I

trying to make it work I would get I would deal the computer if I have to

would deal the computer if I have to

would deal the computer if I have to build computers as well but with a

build computers as well but with a

build computers as well but with a computer get a $1 microphone and Walmart

computer get a $1 microphone and Walmart

computer get a $1 microphone and Walmart downloader program whatever

downloader program whatever

downloader program whatever you’ll find a way if you really really

you’ll find a way if you really really

you’ll find a way if you really really want it if you’re hungry but um so we

want it if you’re hungry but um so we

want it if you’re hungry but um so we signed people who who where you can see

signed people who who where you can see

signed people who who where you can see that they’ve been working so if they

that they’ve been working so if they

that they’ve been working so if they have a couple videos out if you see that

have a couple videos out if you see that

have a couple videos out if you see that their Twitter is always active there’s

their Twitter is always active there’s

their Twitter is always active there’s okay

okay

okay at least they’re working so we can go in

at least they’re working so we can go in

at least they’re working so we can go in and enhance that now but we won’t work

and enhance that now but we won’t work

and enhance that now but we won’t work with somebody who just doesn’t do

with somebody who just doesn’t do

with somebody who just doesn’t do anything and they’re just flat-out dope

anything and they’re just flat-out dope

anything and they’re just flat-out dope even and not doing anything because it’s

even and not doing anything because it’s

even and not doing anything because it’s like you might you might hold us back

like you might you might hold us back

like you might you might hold us back you might it because that means we have

you might it because that means we have

you might it because that means we have to do more work and we already do a lot

to do more work and we already do a lot

to do more work and we already do a lot so we look for artists who are already

so we look for artists who are already

so we look for artists who are already grinding everybody does something great

grinding everybody does something great

grinding everybody does something great it may not be music but I don’t know why

it may not be music but I don’t know why

it may not be music but I don’t know why it’s like society just goes there

it’s like society just goes there

it’s like society just goes there celebrities let’s love them more than we

celebrities let’s love them more than we

celebrities let’s love them more than we love ourselves and praise them and give

love ourselves and praise them and give

love ourselves and praise them and give them all our attention and get nervous

them all our attention and get nervous

them all our attention and get nervous when we get around them like not dude

when we get around them like not dude

when we get around them like not dude like cuz I’m like real with it like I

like cuz I’m like real with it like I

like cuz I’m like real with it like I can meet an artist down there many of

can meet an artist down there many of

can meet an artist down there many of you if you pulled out a pencil start

you if you pulled out a pencil start

you if you pulled out a pencil start drawing and you were really good I’ll be

drawing and you were really good I’ll be

drawing and you were really good I’ll be like damn like i’ll be i’ll be i’ll be

like damn like i’ll be i’ll be i’ll be

like damn like i’ll be i’ll be i’ll be talking you like yo damn dude that’s

talking you like yo damn dude that’s

talking you like yo damn dude that’s dope

dope

dope I don’t even doing it here hey like it

I don’t even doing it here hey like it

I don’t even doing it here hey like it cuz I cuz I find it impressive I’m not

cuz I cuz I find it impressive I’m not

cuz I cuz I find it impressive I’m not not just wanted like praise a celebrity

not just wanted like praise a celebrity

not just wanted like praise a celebrity like oh my god you’re in a movie I Tom

like oh my god you’re in a movie I Tom

like oh my god you’re in a movie I Tom Cruise while dude here and then just

Cruise while dude here and then just

Cruise while dude here and then just ignore another somebody else who did

ignore another somebody else who did

ignore another somebody else who did something great who’s not a celebrity

something great who’s not a celebrity

something great who’s not a celebrity like I show love to anybody who does

like I show love to anybody who does

like I show love to anybody who does something great um just take the whole

something great um just take the whole

something great um just take the whole idea of like I’m better than you like

idea of like I’m better than you like

idea of like I’m better than you like we’re all like the same like just

we’re all like the same like just

we’re all like the same like just interesting with at the end a it’s just

interesting with at the end a it’s just

interesting with at the end a it’s just a job and I go on take a look in the

a job and I go on take a look in the

a job and I go on take a look in the frigerator see what it there is to eat

frigerator see what it there is to eat

frigerator see what it there is to eat and just sit and watch Family Guy going

and just sit and watch Family Guy going

and just sit and watch Family Guy going that flicks and fall asleep and yeah I

that flicks and fall asleep and yeah I

that flicks and fall asleep and yeah I don’t like making myself singing I like

don’t like making myself singing I like

don’t like making myself singing I like Lamborghinis hot swimming pools in the

Lamborghinis hot swimming pools in the

Lamborghinis hot swimming pools in the backyard barbecues all day like that’s

backyard barbecues all day like that’s

backyard barbecues all day like that’s not my life at all a lot of people sleep

not my life at all a lot of people sleep

not my life at all a lot of people sleep on that like they don’t they don’t

on that like they don’t they don’t

on that like they don’t they don’t understand how big the internet actually

understand how big the internet actually

understand how big the internet actually is like and how much you can change

is like and how much you can change

is like and how much you can change somebody’s life like it it changed my

somebody’s life like it it changed my

somebody’s life like it it changed my whole entire life completely like if the

whole entire life completely like if the

whole entire life completely like if the internet didn’t come around I’d still be

internet didn’t come around I’d still be

internet didn’t come around I’d still be on Interscope trying to shot my demo

on Interscope trying to shot my demo

on Interscope trying to shot my demo like that yeah yeah exactly and I used

like that yeah yeah exactly and I used

like that yeah yeah exactly and I used to do that and but it’s changed so much

to do that and but it’s changed so much

to do that and but it’s changed so much now but I still see artists like a man

now but I still see artists like a man

now but I still see artists like a man take my demo like dude they’re like let

take my demo like dude they’re like let

take my demo like dude they’re like let me rap for you and it’s like that’s not

me rap for you and it’s like that’s not

me rap for you and it’s like that’s not going to like you okay everybody can rap

going to like you okay everybody can rap

going to like you okay everybody can rap everybody has a dope 16 I take this from

everybody has a dope 16 I take this from

everybody has a dope 16 I take this from now but it is more than that now like

now but it is more than that now like

now but it is more than that now like what is your social media game

what is your social media game

what is your social media game like how how much are you wanted howhow

like how how much are you wanted howhow

like how how much are you wanted howhow are you running yeah yeah and um and

are you running yeah yeah and um and

are you running yeah yeah and um and what artists to understand what kind of

what artists to understand what kind of

what artists to understand what kind of upsets me is like I think they want they

upsets me is like I think they want they

upsets me is like I think they want they want cosines and approvals by people

want cosines and approvals by people

want cosines and approvals by people with and I had to understand that that

with and I had to understand that that

with and I had to understand that that that didn’t have to be the way so like I

that didn’t have to be the way so like I

that didn’t have to be the way so like I said I would have loved to get a major

said I would have loved to get a major

said I would have loved to get a major deal back in the day but I start to

deal back in the day but I start to

deal back in the day but I start to understand like at the end of the day

understand like at the end of the day

understand like at the end of the day the whole music industry everything is

the whole music industry everything is

the whole music industry everything is about the fans they are the ones that

about the fans they are the ones that

about the fans they are the ones that keep you guys live they’re the ones that

keep you guys live they’re the ones that

keep you guys live they’re the ones that keep my label alive every every artist

keep my label alive every every artist

keep my label alive every every artist from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it so

from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it so

from Tupac Eminem jay-z fans did it so these big guys P Diddy whatever it’s

these big guys P Diddy whatever it’s

these big guys P Diddy whatever it’s fans that made these people it’s not

fans that made these people it’s not

fans that made these people it’s not these these guys wake up in the

these these guys wake up in the

these these guys wake up in the corporation yeah yeah you look at any

corporation yeah yeah you look at any

corporation yeah yeah you look at any fortune 500 big company it’s your Sumer

fortune 500 big company it’s your Sumer

fortune 500 big company it’s your Sumer behavior and consumer and your

behavior and consumer and your

behavior and consumer and your hard-earned money ya got went into

hard-earned money ya got went into

hard-earned money ya got went into making these things as big as they are

making these things as big as they are

making these things as big as they are exactly so and I start to understand

exactly so and I start to understand

exactly so and I start to understand like if you can have a direct connection

like if you can have a direct connection

like if you can have a direct connection with the fans then why do I need this

with the fans then why do I need this

with the fans then why do I need this guy to cosign me I put me RB next to

guy to cosign me I put me RB next to

guy to cosign me I put me RB next to this guy when the fans already with me I

this guy when the fans already with me I

this guy when the fans already with me I just have my whole plan laid out and

just have my whole plan laid out and

just have my whole plan laid out and yeah I do whatever the hell I want

yeah I do whatever the hell I want

yeah I do whatever the hell I want if I if I don’t do it cuz I didn’t want

if I if I don’t do it cuz I didn’t want

if I if I don’t do it cuz I didn’t want to do it so these labels don’t impress

to do it so these labels don’t impress

to do it so these labels don’t impress me

me

me I am the label now I am labeling them

I am the label now I am labeling them

I am the label now I am labeling them whatever my facebook everything I run I

whatever my facebook everything I run I

whatever my facebook everything I run I just do whatever I want and I and I

just do whatever I want and I and I

just do whatever I want and I and I still get the same amount of exposure as

still get the same amount of exposure as

still get the same amount of exposure as these even sometimes more exposure than

these even sometimes more exposure than

these even sometimes more exposure than a lot of these people in these big

a lot of these people in these big

a lot of these people in these big labels when they put stuff out and the

labels when they put stuff out and the

labels when they put stuff out and the label doesn’t know how to promote it or

label doesn’t know how to promote it or

label doesn’t know how to promote it or build a buzz and I’m just over here

build a buzz and I’m just over here

build a buzz and I’m just over here sitting right here drinking this goddamn

sitting right here drinking this goddamn

sitting right here drinking this goddamn cranberry juice posted on Facebook and

cranberry juice posted on Facebook and

cranberry juice posted on Facebook and just gets a million views fast and it’s

just gets a million views fast and it’s

just gets a million views fast and it’s just they’re just like how do you do

just they’re just like how do you do

just they’re just like how do you do that

that

that Wow how does he do it because I built it

Wow how does he do it because I built it

Wow how does he do it because I built it organically and learn how to rap I talk

organically and learn how to rap I talk

organically and learn how to rap I talk to my fans I’m a humble dude I um yeah

to my fans I’m a humble dude I um yeah

to my fans I’m a humble dude I um yeah just just building everything from the

just just building everything from the

just just building everything from the ground up not sugarcoating anything I’m

ground up not sugarcoating anything I’m

ground up not sugarcoating anything I’m not being fake about anything I’m not

not being fake about anything I’m not

not being fake about anything I’m not putting on a fake image I’m not having

putting on a fake image I’m not having

putting on a fake image I’m not having other stars cosign me or being next to

other stars cosign me or being next to

other stars cosign me or being next to people just like I look cooler and

people just like I look cooler and

people just like I look cooler and making people think that I’m dope than

making people think that I’m dope than

making people think that I’m dope than what I am it’s just it’s the realness

what I am it’s just it’s the realness

what I am it’s just it’s the realness I’m just hops in the guy who knows how

I’m just hops in the guy who knows how

I’m just hops in the guy who knows how to rap and I be online promoting myself

to rap and I be online promoting myself

to rap and I be online promoting myself and I started this career and

and I started this career and

and I started this career and I got my little team with phone volume

I got my little team with phone volume

I got my little team with phone volume and we’re all doing it everybody is the

and we’re all doing it everybody is the

and we’re all doing it everybody is the same and I run into these people I feel

same and I run into these people I feel

same and I run into these people I feel like we like I nobody is a real real

like we like I nobody is a real real

like we like I nobody is a real real individual any like uh it’s rare that

individual any like uh it’s rare that

individual any like uh it’s rare that you stumble across someone who’s a real

you stumble across someone who’s a real

you stumble across someone who’s a real individual when you do is like amazing

individual when you do is like amazing

individual when you do is like amazing is I and I love seeing people who are

is I and I love seeing people who are

is I and I love seeing people who are just truly themselves but everybody is

just truly themselves but everybody is

just truly themselves but everybody is like whatever they see on TV whatever

like whatever they see on TV whatever

like whatever they see on TV whatever they see around and they just want to be

they see around and they just want to be

they see around and they just want to be that it’s like you don’t world is huge

that it’s like you don’t world is huge

that it’s like you don’t world is huge you don’t have to be that you do not

you don’t have to be that you do not

you don’t have to be that you do not have to be what what your neighbor is do

have to be what what your neighbor is do

have to be what what your neighbor is do you have to do what your neighbor is

you have to do what your neighbor is

you have to do what your neighbor is doing you can do whatever the fuck you

doing you can do whatever the fuck you

doing you can do whatever the fuck you want so people are just like yeah

want so people are just like yeah

want so people are just like yeah rappers feel like they have to be a

rappers feel like they have to be a

rappers feel like they have to be a certain way actors feel like that be a

certain way actors feel like that be a

certain way actors feel like that be a certain way people in certain

certain way people in certain

certain way people in certain neighborhoods like that if you’re

neighborhoods like that if you’re

neighborhoods like that if you’re certain wakers who they’re around and I

certain wakers who they’re around and I

certain wakers who they’re around and I know deep down like um like children

know deep down like um like children

know deep down like um like children children are themselves they react off

children are themselves they react off

children are themselves they react off of instinct until they start to

of instinct until they start to

of instinct until they start to understand how the world is yeah and

understand how the world is yeah and

understand how the world is yeah and human I mean an adult’s when once they

human I mean an adult’s when once they

human I mean an adult’s when once they turn into an adult there they start to

turn into an adult there they start to

turn into an adult there they start to see like oh dang okay I can’t do that I

see like oh dang okay I can’t do that I

see like oh dang okay I can’t do that I can’t like that number I can’t I can’t

can’t like that number I can’t I can’t

can’t like that number I can’t I can’t be that way because that’s that’s not

be that way because that’s that’s not

be that way because that’s that’s not acceptable because I’m like it I might

acceptable because I’m like it I might

acceptable because I’m like it I might look down upon they might laugh at me or

look down upon they might laugh at me or

look down upon they might laugh at me or think I’m weird and it’s like not that

think I’m weird and it’s like not that

think I’m weird and it’s like not that this is what makes you you this is what

this is what makes you you this is what

this is what makes you you this is what makes you you like I I just try and it’s

makes you you like I I just try and it’s

makes you you like I I just try and it’s hard to do I’ve don’t get me wrong like

hard to do I’ve don’t get me wrong like

hard to do I’ve don’t get me wrong like I’m I’m still learning about myself I’m

I’m I’m still learning about myself I’m

I’m I’m still learning about myself I’m trying to just um open myself up to new

trying to just um open myself up to new

trying to just um open myself up to new ways of thinking all the time and just

ways of thinking all the time and just

ways of thinking all the time and just truly be myself but sometimes I get

truly be myself but sometimes I get

truly be myself but sometimes I get caught in something that makes there’s

caught in something that makes there’s

caught in something that makes there’s so many different levels to a matrix you

so many different levels to a matrix you

so many different levels to a matrix you know saying you do sometimes you like

know saying you do sometimes you like

know saying you do sometimes you like them I thought I was out and I was still

them I thought I was out and I was still

them I thought I was out and I was still in like it is just but um that’s right

in like it is just but um that’s right

in like it is just but um that’s right but yeah it’s just everybody it feels

but yeah it’s just everybody it feels

but yeah it’s just everybody it feels like they have to be just like everybody

like they have to be just like everybody

like they have to be just like everybody else and when I when I see rappers I’m

else and when I when I see rappers I’m

else and when I when I see rappers I’m like come on doing it you’ll see you

like come on doing it you’ll see you

like come on doing it you’ll see you dance same dance doing the same turn and

dance same dance doing the same turn and

dance same dance doing the same turn and it’s like do you got you got a billion

it’s like do you got you got a billion

it’s like do you got you got a billion tattoos on your face and body where did

tattoos on your face and body where did

tattoos on your face and body where did you get that from because you I know you

you get that from because you I know you

you get that from because you I know you didn’t come out of your mom’s vagina

didn’t come out of your mom’s vagina

didn’t come out of your mom’s vagina going I want to be tatted you saw

going I want to be tatted you saw

going I want to be tatted you saw somebody do that and you said I want to

somebody do that and you said I want to

somebody do that and you said I want to do that too because that’s gonna make me

do that too because that’s gonna make me

do that too because that’s gonna make me look like this type of thing and I want

look like this type of thing and I want

look like this type of thing and I want to be just like that I’m and everybody’s

to be just like that I’m and everybody’s

to be just like that I’m and everybody’s doing it I know that works so I’m gonna

doing it I know that works so I’m gonna

doing it I know that works so I’m gonna do it and now it makes you look like one

do it and now it makes you look like one

do it and now it makes you look like one of them and now you’re now you’re not

of them and now you’re now you’re not

of them and now you’re now you’re not original and then your rap career

original and then your rap career

original and then your rap career doesn’t go for you like well what

doesn’t go for you like well what

doesn’t go for you like well what happened and then it’s just in it but

happened and then it’s just in it but

happened and then it’s just in it but it’s not just rapping it’s just just all

it’s not just rapping it’s just just all

it’s not just rapping it’s just just all areas of life what is the thing that

areas of life what is the thing that

areas of life what is the thing that Hopson learned that set him apart from

Hopson learned that set him apart from

Hopson learned that set him apart from the next dude who could rap just as well

the next dude who could rap just as well

the next dude who could rap just as well as Hopson

as Hopson

as Hopson well I say you you can’t you can’t be

well I say you you can’t you can’t be

well I say you you can’t you can’t be afraid to make a fool of yourself

afraid to make a fool of yourself

afraid to make a fool of yourself because I’m not so um if I you got to

because I’m not so um if I you got to

because I’m not so um if I you got to analyze everything so um even the

analyze everything so um even the

analyze everything so um even the artists I study every artist that’s like

artists I study every artist that’s like

artists I study every artist that’s like popping even ones who are even ones who

popping even ones who are even ones who

popping even ones who are even ones who aren’t popping you got to study

aren’t popping you got to study

aren’t popping you got to study everything so don’t just hate if there’s

everything so don’t just hate if there’s

everything so don’t just hate if there’s an artist you hate and who’s not popping

an artist you hate and who’s not popping

an artist you hate and who’s not popping just study every detail like why is he

just study every detail like why is he

just study every detail like why is he not popping why did this not work for

not popping why did this not work for

not popping why did this not work for him look at the artist where something

him look at the artist where something

him look at the artist where something is working like I don’t like a lot of

is working like I don’t like a lot of

is working like I don’t like a lot of swaggy tight rap but I still see things

swaggy tight rap but I still see things

swaggy tight rap but I still see things like when when it’s popping on the

like when when it’s popping on the

like when when it’s popping on the internet and people are really with it I

internet and people are really with it I

internet and people are really with it I try to understand why like what is it I

try to understand why like what is it I

try to understand why like what is it I look at all these major details even

look at all these major details even

look at all these major details even when it comes to videos like the colors

when it comes to videos like the colors

when it comes to videos like the colors that they use like man this is a video

that they use like man this is a video

that they use like man this is a video it’s not really my style but I can see

it’s not really my style but I can see

it’s not really my style but I can see what what it’s doing to my brain when

what what it’s doing to my brain when

what what it’s doing to my brain when I’m watching it to make me interested in

I’m watching it to make me interested in

I’m watching it to make me interested in this so I’m like okay maybe I need to

this so I’m like okay maybe I need to

this so I’m like okay maybe I need to apply colors to certain video my videos

apply colors to certain video my videos

apply colors to certain video my videos to do something that way even when it

to do something that way even when it

to do something that way even when it comes like images of important thing

comes like images of important thing

comes like images of important thing it’s not just bars you have to

it’s not just bars you have to

it’s not just bars you have to understand that it’s not just bars I

understand that it’s not just bars I

understand that it’s not just bars I sound like I’m freaking weird mad

sound like I’m freaking weird mad

sound like I’m freaking weird mad scientists right now in China not

scientists right now in China not

scientists right now in China not anymore

anymore

anymore yeah it’s not what you just have bars

yeah it’s not what you just have bars

yeah it’s not what you just have bars like that’s not that’s not enough to do

like that’s not that’s not enough to do

like that’s not that’s not enough to do it this image and I have an image my I

it this image and I have an image my I

it this image and I have an image my I wear white contacts and all this stuff

wear white contacts and all this stuff

wear white contacts and all this stuff and it looks ridiculous but it’s still

and it looks ridiculous but it’s still

and it looks ridiculous but it’s still my image I still had I didn’t start out

my image I still had I didn’t start out

my image I still had I didn’t start out doing it this way I had to realize like

doing it this way I had to realize like

doing it this way I had to realize like okay this is this is the route that I

okay this is this is the route that I

okay this is this is the route that I want to take his crazy and weird but I

want to take his crazy and weird but I

want to take his crazy and weird but I did my homework and this is going to

did my homework and this is going to

did my homework and this is going to work for me and every artist has their

work for me and every artist has their

work for me and every artist has their own thing you know

own thing you know

own thing you know um sure DMX when he was like I want to

um sure DMX when he was like I want to

um sure DMX when he was like I want to start barking uh like he didn’t even

start barking uh like he didn’t even

start barking uh like he didn’t even start midnight maybe he had to come up

start midnight maybe he had to come up

start midnight maybe he had to come up with that he hadn’t realized like that

with that he hadn’t realized like that

with that he hadn’t realized like that that’s what I failed you this is what I

that’s what I failed you this is what I

that’s what I failed you this is what I do like in my name with this blonde hair

do like in my name with this blonde hair

do like in my name with this blonde hair like you come it comes to a point where

like you come it comes to a point where

like you come it comes to a point where you got to realize image image plays

you got to realize image image plays

you got to realize image image plays apart 50 cent with the whole bulletproof

apart 50 cent with the whole bulletproof

apart 50 cent with the whole bulletproof vest thing when he first came out you

vest thing when he first came out you

vest thing when he first came out you have to have an image you can’t just be

have to have an image you can’t just be

have to have an image you can’t just be you you can be a normal guy but you have

you you can be a normal guy but you have

you you can be a normal guy but you have to realize that okay my image is going

to realize that okay my image is going

to realize that okay my image is going to be a normal guy I don’t like that is

to be a normal guy I don’t like that is

to be a normal guy I don’t like that is that is what I’m going to present myself

that is what I’m going to present myself

that is what I’m going to present myself as and because yeah when you’re just

as and because yeah when you’re just

as and because yeah when you’re just normal guy and you’re not you’re unaware

normal guy and you’re not you’re unaware

normal guy and you’re not you’re unaware that you’re normal guy you just want a

that you’re normal guy you just want a

that you’re normal guy you just want a regular t-shirt or whatever and and you

regular t-shirt or whatever and and you

regular t-shirt or whatever and and you just need to select like I got bars and

just need to select like I got bars and

just need to select like I got bars and that’s and that’s all you got it’s not

that’s and that’s all you got it’s not

that’s and that’s all you got it’s not enough you have to analyze yourself what

enough you have to analyze yourself what

enough you have to analyze yourself what do you look like how are you coming off

do you look like how are you coming off

do you look like how are you coming off it’s not just about bars it should be in

it’s not just about bars it should be in

it’s not just about bars it should be in a perfect world we would just listen to

a perfect world we would just listen to

a perfect world we would just listen to your lyrics but that’s not what it is

your lyrics but that’s not what it is

your lyrics but that’s not what it is every step I take in life I always think

every step I take in life I always think

every step I take in life I always think about tomorrow something like how is

about tomorrow something like how is

about tomorrow something like how is this kind of tomorrow is this going to

this kind of tomorrow is this going to

this kind of tomorrow is this going to is this going to fuck up tomorrow for me

is this going to fuck up tomorrow for me

is this going to fuck up tomorrow for me or is this just going to be something

or is this just going to be something

or is this just going to be something that I’m going to do right now and I’m

that I’m going to do right now and I’m

that I’m going to do right now and I’m able to drop it tomorrow net not even it

able to drop it tomorrow net not even it

able to drop it tomorrow net not even it won’t even affect tomorrow

won’t even affect tomorrow

won’t even affect tomorrow some people don’t give like oh I’m

some people don’t give like oh I’m

some people don’t give like oh I’m watching colder there’s that and then

watching colder there’s that and then

watching colder there’s that and then tomorrow I’m coming around and so and by

tomorrow I’m coming around and so and by

tomorrow I’m coming around and so and by tomorrow it could be a week later a year

tomorrow it could be a week later a year

tomorrow it could be a week later a year later it’s just that one day that that

later it’s just that one day that that

later it’s just that one day that that night whatever you decide to do

night whatever you decide to do

night whatever you decide to do something it just now it’s impacted your

something it just now it’s impacted your

something it just now it’s impacted your whole life to where every day you wake

whole life to where every day you wake

whole life to where every day you wake up it’s there now whatever you did could

up it’s there now whatever you did could

up it’s there now whatever you did could be herpes could be a kid could be you’re

be herpes could be a kid could be you’re

be herpes could be a kid could be you’re in prison could be something it’s just

in prison could be something it’s just

in prison could be something it’s just like I don’t move like that I move where

like I don’t move like that I move where

like I don’t move like that I move where it’s like let me take this next step is

it’s like let me take this next step is

it’s like let me take this next step is this step going to be up tomorrow for me

this step going to be up tomorrow for me

this step going to be up tomorrow for me if it is I’m not going to take it and

if it is I’m not going to take it and

if it is I’m not going to take it and then some steps where it’s like okay I

then some steps where it’s like okay I

then some steps where it’s like okay I know this is kind of a bad step it’s a

know this is kind of a bad step it’s a

know this is kind of a bad step it’s a little on the dark side but it’s not

little on the dark side but it’s not

little on the dark side but it’s not gonna fuck up tomorrow so I’ll do it you

gonna fuck up tomorrow so I’ll do it you

gonna fuck up tomorrow so I’ll do it you know I’ll do this it’s not you know let

know I’ll do this it’s not you know let

know I’ll do this it’s not you know let me go yellow for it for the night and it

me go yellow for it for the night and it

me go yellow for it for the night and it won’t it won’t come tomorrow for me and

won’t it won’t come tomorrow for me and

won’t it won’t come tomorrow for me and I’ll be cool you know you never you

I’ll be cool you know you never you

I’ll be cool you know you never you never go for retarded you never go for

never go for retarded you never go for

never go for retarded you never go for retarded the is true you never go full

retarded the is true you never go full

retarded the is true you never go full retard do not come tomorrow because

retard do not come tomorrow because

retard do not come tomorrow because tomorrow is what tomorrow is what your

tomorrow is what tomorrow is what your

tomorrow is what tomorrow is what your life depends on you may not be depending

life depends on you may not be depending

life depends on you may not be depending on it but the you and the future is like

on it but the you and the future is like

on it but the you and the future is like please man don’t get up maybe it’s all

please man don’t get up maybe it’s all

please man don’t get up maybe it’s all on you man and then and then you now

on you man and then and then you now

on you man and then and then you now sometimes like I would give a big I’ve

sometimes like I would give a big I’ve

sometimes like I would give a big I’ve turned it up and then it’s like damn and

turned it up and then it’s like damn and

turned it up and then it’s like damn and then now you’re 34 years old like uh did

then now you’re 34 years old like uh did

then now you’re 34 years old like uh did that and in it you know I like that’s

that and in it you know I like that’s

that and in it you know I like that’s why I like rappers like Macklemore it

why I like rappers like Macklemore it

why I like rappers like Macklemore it makes you think it makes you not want to

makes you think it makes you not want to

makes you think it makes you not want to be stupid when you listen to music you

be stupid when you listen to music you

be stupid when you listen to music you actually want to be better you don’t

actually want to be better you don’t

actually want to be better you don’t want to be you only go out just be like

want to be you only go out just be like

want to be you only go out just be like I’m emotion I’m gonna go through this

I’m emotion I’m gonna go through this

I’m emotion I’m gonna go through this I’m gonna go be ups now you don’t do

I’m gonna go be ups now you don’t do

I’m gonna go be ups now you don’t do that and you know I’m not trying to be

that and you know I’m not trying to be

that and you know I’m not trying to be all extremely positive it it excites

all extremely positive it it excites

all extremely positive it it excites humans to be bad sometimes some people

humans to be bad sometimes some people

humans to be bad sometimes some people want to go and have a one-night stand so

want to go and have a one-night stand so

want to go and have a one-night stand so if you want to go get drunk some people

if you want to go get drunk some people

if you want to go get drunk some people want to go smoke I understand that I

want to go smoke I understand that I

want to go smoke I understand that I have my little bad things that I want to

have my little bad things that I want to

have my little bad things that I want to do too but never go full retard it

do too but never go full retard it

do too but never go full retard it that’s just what it comes down to

that’s just what it comes down to

that’s just what it comes down to don’t let your don’t let your cups of

don’t let your don’t let your cups of

don’t let your don’t let your cups of today are the little darkness that you

today are the little darkness that you

today are the little darkness that you do in today cross over into tomorrow

do in today cross over into tomorrow

do in today cross over into tomorrow because that’s when it’s like yo you

because that’s when it’s like yo you

because that’s when it’s like yo you dumb now that that’s you did last night

dumb now that that’s you did last night

dumb now that that’s you did last night these mom knocking at my door now

these mom knocking at my door now

these mom knocking at my door now they’re trying to kill me or they’re

they’re trying to kill me or they’re

they’re trying to kill me or they’re trying to do this in are they

trying to do this in are they

trying to do this in are they whatever don’t let it cross over to the

whatever don’t let it cross over to the

whatever don’t let it cross over to the next day just leave it at that

next day just leave it at that

next day just leave it at that leave it leave it there is be

leave it leave it there is be

leave it leave it there is be responsible and just move on from that

responsible and just move on from that

responsible and just move on from that moment thank you so much for watching we

moment thank you so much for watching we

moment thank you so much for watching we made this video because unequal access

made this video because unequal access

made this video because unequal access to so there’s a famous entrepreneur that

to so there’s a famous entrepreneur that

to so there’s a famous entrepreneur that you want to profile next leave in the

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comments below and we’ll see what we can do which one of this happen Bruce thank

do which one of this happen Bruce thank

do which one of this happen Bruce thank you so much for watching

you so much for watching

you so much for watching believe I’ll see you soon got the porter

believe I’ll see you soon got the porter

believe I’ll see you soon got the porter freaking made happening behind

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