I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat.

Ice Cube

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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.

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.

stuck you-like-it people

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your tal... by Ice Cube

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

talent path doubt

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the... by Ice Cube

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

cubes running lying

Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place.

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.

finishing sometimes long

Today I didn't even have to even use my A.K ! I got to say it was... by Ice Cube

Today I didn't even have to even use my A.K ! I got to say it was a good day

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."

girl brother men

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake. by Ice Cube

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

fake reality thinking

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-b... by Ice Cube

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball.

eight wall drinking

If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't unde... by Ice Cube

If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.

mud people dirty

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can... by Ice Cube

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

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.

situation proud feelings

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. by Ice Cube

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

situation worst thinking

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it st... by Ice Cube

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

forever stuff thinking

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and... by Ice Cube

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

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.

wish world firsts

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to... by Ice Cube

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

boxes starting plans

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be... by Ice Cube

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

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.

crazy people thinking