T.I. Quotes

United States, Actor
September 25, 1980

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., known professionally as T.I. and Tip (often stylized as TIP or T.I.P.), is an American rapper and actor. Harris signed his first major-label record deal in 1999, with Arista subsidiary LaFace. In 2001, Harris formed the Southern hip hop group P$C, alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Kuntry King, Mac Boney and C-Rod. Upon being released from Arista, Harris signed to Atlantic and subsequently became the co-chief executive officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003. Harris is also perhaps best known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

Also known as Rapper, Author, Entrepreneur, Record Producer, Songwriter

Ride wit me nigga, lemme show you where we kick it at,Where them suckas livin at, and T.I.P. be chillin atRide wit a G, come and ride wit a G,All through the ATL come and ride wit a G

T.I.
I'm on top cuz I deserve to beSo simmer down, calm your nerves at leastSpeak your words with peaceBefore you lay out on the curb deceased.

T.I.
- Words
- Calm

I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself.

T.I.
- People
- Thinking
- May
You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.

T.I.
You can have Whatever You LikeStacks on deck, patron on icecan pop bottles all nightAnd baby you can have Whatever You LikeSaid you can have Whatever You Like, yeahh

T.I.
- Baby
Our obsession with material things and lack of self-worth is evident in our need for an abundance of momentary luxuries and must-have amenities that have no true value for real, man. And I mean, we do it just to impress people that could care less if your children or your children's children have anything left to show for your life after you gone.

T.I.
- People
- Life
- Children
I give a goddamn if I never sell anotha millaI'll take my ass right back to silla hilla billaCompounds, come down, every day sell yayJust like the old days stack anotha mill up

T.I.
- Up
If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.

T.I.
- Time
- Thinking
- Focus

My rubber burnin, turnin corners beatin like a CongoYou try to jack and pull the strap, it's ASAP prontoThe King of the South, every hood's head honchoI'm West Side certified, go where the fuck I wanna go.

T.I.
- King
- Hood
There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.

T.I.
No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it, now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes just for my family's sake part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say that old me dead and gone away

T.I.
- Time
- Family
- Heart
I'm not as serious of a person as people make me out to be. Most people would think that I would be less successful in comedy, but I can crack a joke as well as anyone else.

T.I.
- People
- Thinking
- Comedy
The one thing we all have in common is that we're human. Why pay more attention to the things that make us different over the things that bring us together?

T.I.
- Different
- Why
- Together
MTV has always given artists a platform to get their stories and music out to their fans and this series reveals the unknown side of T.I.-one of the world's greatest artists at the most precarious time in his life.

T.I.
- Life
- Time
- World

(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.

T.I.
- Age
We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.

T.I.
- Live
- Community
- Should
This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.

T.I.
- People
- Time
- Fashion
If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.

T.I.
- Want
- Use
- I've Learned
I like my beat down low, and my top let backCan see me ride 24's wit a chopper in the back

T.I.
Rubberband man, wide as the teleband9 on my right, .45 in my otha hand

T.I.
- Hand

Turn yo stomach to spaghetti when it hit the groundToss the choppers in the chevy then we mashin downCamelton, countin' all yo Benjamins and HamiltonsAs far as I'm concerned you just a job for the janitor

T.I.
- Job
We must work to reshape the need for our children to want to live so fast even if it means dying too young.

T.I.
- Work
- Live
- Children
Producing a film is more unfamiliar territory. Although producing an album and overseeing artists is a task within itself. But film is unfamiliar territory so, here and now, that's more difficult.

T.I.
- Artist
- Albums
- Tasks
I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.

T.I.
- Work
- Opportunity
- Use