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Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted
A vision without action is merely a dream
Action, it's the grind, it's the hustle, it's the persistence
Kevin Gates
"Anything misplaced can be located again, except for moments squandered. A plan without implementation is but an illusion. Activity, it's the determination, it's the toil, it's the constancy."
2.
Whatever an individual chooses to do with themselves, long as it doesn't affect me and they're respectful with it, I don't care what they do. Because I'm not perfect and I have flaws, so who would I be to be judgmental?
Kevin Gates
3.
Wise men change, fools stay the same.
Kevin Gates
Sagacious individuals adjust, simpletons persist.
4.
Everybody round you pretendin that they your partner, let you have a problem they won't even help you out
Kevin Gates
All around you people claiming to be your companions, but when a difficulty arises they are nowhere to be seen.
5.
Why accept failure when success is free?
Kevin Gates
'Don't settle for defeat when victory is within reach.'
6.
I've had good times and I've had bad times and I reminisce, maybe when I lay down, but throughout my day I keep myself engulfed in whatever moment I'm in because it could steer me into a depressed state.
Kevin Gates
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Emotionally I'm an introvert but it come off as aggression
Kevin Gates
I'm internally reticent yet it appears as hostility.
8.
Never break or fold, that's what it takes to be major.
Kevin Gates
Persevere, never give up, stay strong - that's what is necessary to reach greatness.
9.
Loves a battlefield it's not a one night stand.
Kevin Gates
Conflict is a long journey, not a fleeting encounter.
10.
The ones that hate you most tend to be the people you know
Kevin Gates
'The most vitriolic animosity often comes from the closest acquaintances.'
11.
If you associate yourself with peer pressure or complacency, you're destined for failure.
Kevin Gates
If you accede to the influence of others or settle for mediocrity, you're doomed to collapse.
12.
I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.
Kevin Gates
I am reluctant to divulge my deepest secrets to others for fear of being judged, which is a sentiment that many people have.
13.
Say what you doin and not what you finna do
Kevin Gates
'State your actions rather than your intentions.'
14.
I suffer from depression. Severe cases of it. Not one case of depression, not a severe case, but severe cases of depression. Music is my only outlet, it's therapeutic to me. It's a release. It's how I vent emotionally.
Kevin Gates
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I don't have a religion. I ain't nothing wrong with church as long as they selling chicken. Cause I read the Quran, I read the Kabalah, I read the Bible. They all got the same three basic principles: Love God, love your neighbor as yourself, and...As far as me being, I live by those principles.
Kevin Gates
16.
It is illegal to steal my feelings and leave
Kevin Gates
It is illicit to pilfer my emotions and depart.
17.
The energy in the daytime is so different because everyone is so unhappy and depressed and you can pick up on that energy psychokinetically. So I like to come out at night. Everything's settled, you can see more.
Kevin Gates
18.
Out my window.. I see everything I dream about and wished I had
Kevin Gates
Through my pane.. I view all that I long for and desired.
19.
My daily conversation, it consists of hustle. Grinding from the bottom sick and tired of struggle.
Kevin Gates
My day-to-day banter, it's full of hustle. Toiling from the ground up worn out of adversity.
20.
I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me.
Kevin Gates
I have consistently been self-reliant. I don't require a group. I don't do the accompaniment thing, 30 individuals. That is simply not me.
21.
Some may consider this a problem, I easily fall in love
Kevin Gates
Some may view this as an issue, I am easily enamored.
22.
When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble
Kevin Gates
When you arise from poverty, having nothing breeds humility.
23.
Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know
Kevin Gates
'Intelligence is shared but only with those who have a requirement for it.'
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I'm inspired by everything that goes on around me. I'm a sponge. I'm very analytical. I notice the things that most people don't notice.
Kevin Gates
I'm enlivened by the activity I observe. I'm a receptacle of information. I'm observant and perceptive to the smallest details that typically go unnoticed.
25.
I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar, and I know I'm not bipolar, so I had to perform a psychoanalysis on myself to find out that I have unresolved grief.
Kevin Gates
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Jail and the streets go hand in hand. You can't have one with out the other. They coincide.
Kevin Gates
'Imprisonment and the avenues are interconnected. You can't have one without the other. They work together.'
27.
I have trouble with letting go. That's my problem. Anybody that has extreme highs and extreme lows is bipolar to any psychologist and that's not necessarily the truth.
Kevin Gates
I struggle to relinquish control. That is my difficulty. Anybody who experiences great highs and lows may be labeled as bipolar by an expert, but that's not necessarily accurate.
28.
I love God, I love everybody else around me as myself, and I love my enemy.
Kevin Gates
I cherish Divinity, I warmly regard everybody else close to me as myself, and I fondly embrace my adversary.
29.
Bein logical gave me a reason to doubt
Kevin Gates
Using rationale gave me a cause for suspicion.
30.
Pray to god someone prays for me
Kevin Gates
Entreat the divine to intercede on my behalf.
31.
I don't gang bang but I'll bang tha thang!
Kevin Gates
I'm not into group activities, but I'll hit it hard!
32.
To be honest I am not lookin to be romantic, already got someone at home
Kevin Gates
To be frank, I am not seeking to be sentimental, already have someone at home.
33.
I live by the ten percent rule. Save one, you save a thousand.
Kevin Gates
I adhere to the maxim of 'A penny saved is a penny earned.'
34.
Everytime the leaves are changing it's the loneliest time of the year
Kevin Gates
Whenever the foliage is transitioning, it's the most solitary period of the year.
35.
I'm a big skeptic so I won't just go off what an individual may tell me. I gotta do the research. I'ma get different literature on that one subject and just compare and contrast. I do my own selective studies.
Kevin Gates
36.
Fall in love fast, make sure I handle it delicate
Kevin Gates
Swoon swiftly, ensure I handle it delicately.
37.
Seem like codeine is the one thing that help take my mind from the lies
Kevin Gates
Appear as though codeine is the one element that assists distract my mind from the falsehoods.
38.
Being in the neighborhood and the poverty stricken environment that I grew up in, I took a detour. I gravitated towards some of the individuals that did a lot of the wrong things with the right intentions.
Kevin Gates
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I love to be clean. I wear the same things, all of my clothes pretty much look the same. I'm a plain and simple type of guy. I don't really do a lotta busy colors and things of that nature. I feel like less is more.
Kevin Gates
40.
Can you keep up with the lingo
Kevin Gates
Are you familiar with the terminology?
41.
You have to be intimate with a person to know that person.
Kevin Gates
Be familiar with someone to understand them.
42.
I write a lot of my best music in the car, like late night. Three, four in the morning. I'm in the passenger seat, I got my driver, my getaway driver. My Bonnie, I'm Clyde. That's when everything is just settled. In the daytime it's chaotic. Everybody just goin' nowhere fast. In a rush to go nowhere.
Kevin Gates
43.
The Notebook ... that’s my favorite one. I’ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love.
Kevin Gates
The Notebook ... that’s my preferred one. I’ve perused that book 30 times. It offers an accurate representation of two individuals who are devoted to each other.
44.
Breathing is so important with physical activity, then how much more important is it with psychological activity?
Kevin Gates
'Inhaling is so essential with bodily exertion, then how much more crucial is it with mental exertion?'
45.
My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.
Kevin Gates
My grandmother, a former educator, strongly emphasized to me the significance of reading and expression with clarity.
46.
I vent through my music. That's the only outlet I have.
Kevin Gates
I express my emotions through song. That's the only channel I possess.
47.
I did a lot of drugs. I didn't do multiple drugs, but I overindulged in whatever drug of choice.
Kevin Gates
I engaged in excessive substance abuse.
48.
Don't respect a lot of rappers, feel I had a harder life
Kevin Gates
I don't revere many MCs, I suppose I've had a more tumultuous existence.
49.
Any artist that's as serious about making music as I am, I'm cool with that. But if you tellin' me, "Man, send me a verse and I'ma send you a verse." No. That's not collaborating. We don't know each other and I'm serous about this music.
Kevin Gates
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I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read.
Kevin Gates
