Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Coolio

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Artis Leon Ivey Jr., known professionally as Coolio, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He is best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 " (1996) and "C U When U Get There" (1997).

American - Musician | Born: August 1, 1963

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But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.

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I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.

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I perform for soldiers because they are important.

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I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.

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I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.

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I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.

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I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

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I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.

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When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.

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I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.

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I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.

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I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.

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I've been rapping since 1979.

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I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.

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Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

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I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.

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Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.

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As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.

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Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.

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Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?

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I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

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I think anybody can cook if they take the time.

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I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.

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I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.

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Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.

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I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

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'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'

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We take pride in what we do.

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I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.

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I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.

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If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.

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I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.

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I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.

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'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

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People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.

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I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.

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I've basically got an album full of singles.

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I'm the ghetto Martha Stewart, the black Rachel Ray.

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We live in a society created by an empire That's based on terror...welcome to the One World Era, A complete interruption to your lil' paltry-ass life, That you thought you was livin, and what you been given.

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Forget about Batman, Superman, and the Power Rangers, cause I'll be your hero if you're ever in some danger.

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Slide slide slippity-slide When you're living in a city it's do or die

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Seriously, if someone don't like this appetizer, you gotta grab they scruffy ass by the back of their neck and throw them out on the lawn. I can't help people like that.

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I don't think we should really be judging on Chris Brown like that until we know what Rihanna did. We all got reasons for what we do. Look at me. I'm one of the top 10 performers of all-time. I had to beat this one mermaid ass in a seafood restaurant over some shrimps. No lie. You just never know.

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A mind is a terrible thing to waste was the slogan, but now it's 95 and it's don't forget the Trojan.

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Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

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On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt."

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If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

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Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighborhood.

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They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me?

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Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

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Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me?

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If you've got beef, then eat a porkchop

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This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison.

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I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.

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Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.

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My name ain't Steve Miller, but I fly like an Eagle.

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Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples.

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Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine.

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We got to push to give, and one life to live.