I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based. Killer Mike More Quotes by Killer Mike More Quotes From Killer Mike My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free to do what they want, as long as they don't harm others. Killer Mike rap long people I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper. Killer Mike rapper teacher years 51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders Killer Mike rights talking years The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world. Killer Mike rap hip-hop motivation I reached the point in my life now that I understand as human beings we've all done some very horrible things to other human beings, and at some point, I came to grips with the fact that whoever murdered my friend is now an adult, and all I can truly hopefully pray for is that in murdering my friend it bettered their life. And I don't mean that they gained things, but just that they grew up, they regret their decision, they found a place of spirituality or God or whatever people call it. Killer Mike regret mean people I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true. Killer Mike government church lying The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system. Killer Mike enforcement existence law I just need the junkies and the liars and the thieves, Killer Mike rap hip-hop liars Will I die slain like my King by a terrorist? Killer Mike rap kings names You'll always see me at a political rally and the black strip club; I'm gonna represent smoking weed and supporting Trayvon Martin on my record, because I'm a whole man. Killer Mike weed political men I rap when I'm rich. I rap when I'm broke. I rap when I'm bullshit in the street. I rap about only having one woman now. If you can look at a continuum of my career, it's been an evolution of a real dude. So when I say I take my wife to the strip club, we're there, at the five-dollar joint. More than anything, I want people to take away that I'm not mainstream act. Killer Mike rap real people The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don't mean in a punk rock way. Killer Mike rocks mean way When Bernie Sanders came along, and I liked his tweets and I read more about him, researched him more, I decided I like him and his policy, even more than just I like another guy in the Democratic Party, I really believed in it. And when you believe in something, you get out and work for it. Killer Mike party guy believe Being an adult, you've already suffered enough from your own mistakes, and the world, to come to this as a humble human being. So it's not like, "I'm going to do the right thing because it advances me," as much as it's like, "I'm going to do the right thing because this puts me closest to the dream I had as a 10-year-old kid." Killer Mike humble dream mistake I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night. If you've been a sinner, you're just as comfortable in it. I've walked both sides of the fence, and there are times I can't sleep and I wake the engineer up and get it out of me. But it usually doesn't pour all the way out. I have to come back and have the conversation that you usually try not to have with yourself. That's how it gets resolved. Killer Mike sleep trying night I think the way the country has changed in part because of the presidency of Barack Obama, I think in part because of what we`ve - the violence that we have seen on our cell phones and our TV sets over the last couple of years. I think Black Lives Matter has helped to force these issues. Women like Sabrina Fulton. We`re having a different conversation in this country right now about race and what it means to really understand your experience is and my experience is. Killer Mike couple mean country I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people. Killer Mike one-thing consistency people I would just encourage everybody to just talk your opinion more, allow other people and fight for other people to [express theirs]. Killer Mike opinion fighting people I would challenge more hip hop artists that are rapping about what it`s like to be real and the social ills that we face, if you aren`t backing Bernie Sanders, I have to question your credibility in terms of do you mean the songs you`re writing. Killer Mike rap real song I think that`s the obstacle, because once black people hear Bernie Sanders policy, it`s almost instantaneous they switch. Hillary is good enough, but the policy of enough is enough that we`re going to radically change thinks really seizes with people. Killer Mike black people thinking
