Life ain't complicated unless you complicate it. Mic Geronimo More Quotes by Mic Geronimo More Quotes From Mic Geronimo I wasn't altered by the things that come with success but as you go about it those things play a part. You have twenty million people in your ear and they all trying to tell you which way to go. Then you have BDS, videos, and all this stuff calling you that you start to analyze because you're constantly around it and everybody is looking at these numbers. Mic Geronimo play numbers people I hope everyone continues to ride with me the way they have done. I could never repay you because each and every one of you changed my life. Mic Geronimo you-changed done way I'm just the type of person that realizes that someone is always going to have something to say so I could care less about it. Mic Geronimo type realizing care I got a little criticism for working with Puff [Daddy] and I got some criticism for doing the special but you have to weigh the good with the bad. I got more of a good response than bad when I did those two things. Mic Geronimo daddy special two The way I think it all went down was MTV was doing a special on people and my publicist heard about it.It was a good thing though. People ask me about that all the time, all over the world. Sometimes I feel I'm more known for that then for rapping. Mic Geronimo mtv rap thinking I look at Large Professor as a big influence. I grew up with him and being able to grow up with him enabled me to meet Nas, Busta, Q-Tip and all these people I looked up to at the time. Even Large himself. He was a good friend but at the same time he was definitely someone I looked up to. Mic Geronimo good-friend growing-up people Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap. Mic Geronimo records rap want The Gods have a lesson that tells you to build and destroy and that's the cycle of life. Things have to be destroyed and then it has to be rebuilt. I think rap always go through cycles where it appears that it's destroying itself but it's actually purging itself and after it purges itself it comes into another state of being. Mic Geronimo cycle-of-life rap thinking Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being said you're always going to need people from that golden era. Mic Geronimo rap people needs You're always going to need those folks that introduce certain things to the next generation and I fit in that sense. Mic Geronimo next generations needs Be mindful of everything going on around you and always be on point but don't be so on point that you lose that ability to be what it was that got you out there. Mic Geronimo ability loses Be true to yourself and as long as you can look back and be happy with what you've done stay that way. Mic Geronimo done long looks I could look in everyone's faces and see them reflecting on how much time has passed and all the things we went through. Mic Geronimo reflecting faces looks It used to be when a good record was about to drop you heard it out of every car and every kid with a boom box was playing it 3-4 weeks before it came out. Now it's not like that you just see ipods left and right and there's no anticipation factor. I have yet to see something drop with the anticipation that Illmatic had or that Ready 2 Die and Cuban Linx had. Those records had real anticipation factors. Mic Geronimo ipods real kids Hip Hop has its ups and downs but I'm gonna do my best to not necessarily bring that back but just remind people what they are forgetting about. Mic Geronimo hips hip-hop people I was djing before I was rapping. I was calling myself Mike Geronimo and spelling it like Mike but he was just like spell it M-i-c. I was like that's ill cuz it stands out. Mic Geronimo cuz rap calling I went to acting school for like a year and ended up doing voiceovers and stuff. I could have done a lot more with it but at the time I really wasn't taking it seriously. Mic Geronimo acting years school I could cover the gamut. It's cool though you go in for an hour, read the script, leave and you got a check. Mic Geronimo checks hours scripts Things happen and you live and you learn. Mic Geronimo you-live-and-learn you-live-and-you-learn happens It could be the old man I see at the store or the chick I see walking down the block. Normal people that are everywhere you go. That's who I make records for and I don't expect all of them to give me pay $11.99 to hear my record. Mic Geronimo block men people
