I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do. Ice Cube More Quotes by Ice Cube More Quotes From Ice Cube I believe our society has fell into a pyramid system where there's people relegated to the bottom of that pyramid and there's people that feel like they're entitled to the top of that pyramid. Ice Cube pyramids believe people I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me. Ice Cube stuck you-like-it people Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself. Ice Cube talent path doubt Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide. Ice Cube cubes running lying Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place. Ice Cube creating falling-in-love fall Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it's cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing. Ice Cube finishing sometimes long Today I didn't even have to even use my A.K ! I got to say it was a good day Ice Cube good-day use today I was given the name by my brother when I was about eleven or twelve years old. He was older than me, and around that age I was starting to get into girls, and when they would call the house for him, and when he was not there, I would try to talk to them. I was trying to be the man and trying to get them to come and see me, not worrying about him. When he found out... he started calling me Ice Cube as a joke because he said I was trying to be too cool. I just liked it and started telling everybody in the hood "my name is Ice Cube." Ice Cube girl brother men I think, to me, reality is better than being fake. Ice Cube fake reality thinking Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball. Ice Cube eight wall drinking If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that. Ice Cube mud people dirty You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat. Ice Cube lions talking Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you. Ice Cube situation proud feelings I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. Ice Cube situation worst thinking If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever. Ice Cube forever stuff thinking Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you. Ice Cube good-work stars worry I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it. Ice Cube wish world firsts There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box. Ice Cube boxes starting plans Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful. Ice Cube successful book way I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard. Ice Cube crazy people thinking
