Lupe Fiasco Quotes

American rapper (born 1982)

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Lupe Fiasco (born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco on February 16, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American rapper, artist, producer and CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment

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Pen Names: Double J

Birth Name: Wasalu Muhammad Jaco

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Before I start, like to make sure I'm smart. Gather my composure, rather my swagger
and my couture.Pivot my fitted, then begin to rivet, with a change of lyric. In other
words, I reposition how I sit it. Then make you feel it, like I mispronounced “filet.”

To gain a better understanding, I'm just trying to make it real/reel. Like a fisherman,
Pon De River fam. I Pon My Bank, deposit my thoughts. Till my mind draws a blank
and I withdraw from checking. I'll leave that with ya'll for a second...

Some will love you. Some will hate you. Most won't care about you either way. This world is all Good vs. Evil. And I fight evil.

If you feel comfortable, and you feel happy, and successful at your job, then that’s success. You define that as success, then that’s success. Success is not a general thing. It’s a personal thing. It’s a personal attribute.

Try not to measure your success by the success of others. Success should be defined by one person...Yourself.

To be unknown but loved by just one is better than being known by many but loved by none.

Choose respect over fame every time. Fame is just attention. Respect is an attribute of love.

Never apologize for being real...ever. Reality is the enemy of fakes, frauds, liars and protectors of ignorance. It scares them.

Separate wealth from value. All living things have value. We impart this value upon lifeless things to give them worth not vice versa.

Fear and Sex are the two most effective weapons that are used against the people. Tempering desire motivates liberation.

The fear that rules us comes NOT from the outside but from within. Mastering self-control also means stripping the rulers of a prized weapon.

A definition of ignorance is not KNOWING what we DO & improvement is handicapped when we don't DO what we KNOW.

We all KNOW better, but do we actually DO better?

Knowledge alone is not power, knowledge plus action equals power. Knowledge is useless without action and vice versa.

Greed redefined and corrupted what true power is. Domination is for the weak, Harmony is the true sign of strength.