50 Cent Quotes

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If I let Chance get over on me then that’s who I would be in the streets: the nigga you can get over on. I had to rearrange the discussion to where I was in a position of power, and I had to do it fast.

50 Cent

From Pieces to Weight

That’s when I realized that as long as you don’t broadcast your beefs, you can get away cold with murder. It’s even better if you don’t allow the beef to take place. If someone disrespects you, you can know in your heard that you’re going to get him, but you don’t have to show him there’s a beef. You can just look at it like, Okay, this nigga must not know. And then you fall back and you put it down.

50 Cent

From Pieces to Weight

I didn’t hit shit but air because them niggas got to running as soon as they saw me jump out of the car. Still, they got it in their heads that that motherfucker don’t have no restrictions–he’ll air anything out, anytime.

50 Cent

From Pieces to Weight

What do you mean, I need a rest? No. I don’t need a rest. I’ll rest in between shows, tour dates, and video shoots. Because you know what? On the corner I didn’t need a rest. I didn’t even stop sometimes to change my clothes because I was grinding. There were times I slept outside when I was hustling. I was just out there on the bench like everybody else. It’s summertime, it’s hot, I ain’t gone home last night. I didn’t quit in my old business and I’m not going to quit in my new business either.

50 Cent

From Pieces to Weight

I didn’t survive being shot nine times for nothing. I didn’t claw my way out of the hood just because it was something to do. I know I’ve got a purpose–a reason for being on this planet. I don’t think I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do yet. But I do know this: I ain’t going nowhere ’till I’ve done it all.

50 Cent

From Pieces to Weight

Written by Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is The Enemy, and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared everywhere from the Columbia Journalism Review to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as Grammy Award winning musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world. He lives in Austin, Texas.