Speaker 1: I see Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's
Speaker 1: Up besides Tee? You're listening to The Daily Game, the
Speaker 1: compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years that
Speaker 1: I found inspiring and helped me through the game of life. Today,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. The
Speaker 1: most gangster shit I ever did was turned my life around.
Speaker 1: I'll say that one more time. The most gangstert shit
Speaker 1: I ever did was turned my life around. I mean,
Speaker 1: when you're out in the streets like I was, and
Speaker 1: you're hustling and you're doing this that in the third
Speaker 1: you build up this imagy yourself that you're untouchable, that
Speaker 1: you know, fuck the laws, I'll do whatever I want,
Speaker 1: and that whole gangster persona is very intoxicating. But once
Speaker 1: you realize that you're headed down a dead end and
Speaker 1: you ended up definitely in prison or dead, it's time
Speaker 1: to make a U turn. But sometimes that's hard to
Speaker 1: do because now it's like going out here and making
Speaker 1: a career change. A lot of people have picked careers
Speaker 1: in their lives and now they have to do something
Speaker 1: totally opposite from it, because this time has come upon
Speaker 1: them and it's time to change. When it was time
Speaker 1: for me to make the decision to go legit, the
Speaker 1: first thing I did was I went broke. I'm no
Speaker 1: longer getting money from illegal means, I'm no longer making
Speaker 1: it on the streets. Then also, you got people in
Speaker 1: the streets, it's like, oh, you squaring up. I had
Speaker 1: to be gangster enough to say, yeah, motherfucker, yeah, I
Speaker 1: am squaring up. Kiss my ass, And still to today.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm on television. You know. The funny thing
Speaker 1: about it is, even though I've been on TV playing
Speaker 1: a cop all these years, the only people that come
Speaker 1: at me about it are squares. Oh yeah, you lost
Speaker 1: your street cred. They have no idea what street cred is,
Speaker 1: and little to my knowledge, all the hustlers respected. They're like, ice,
Speaker 1: you made that change. That was gangster. You're doing something
Speaker 1: legit for your family and your wife and your kids.
Speaker 1: That's gangster. You're not gonna go to prison, that's gangster.
Speaker 1: You're the one that got away. That's gangster. They don't
Speaker 1: care what I'm playing on television. That's a job to
Speaker 1: the streets. The squares have some bent, warped idea of
Speaker 1: what street cred is so yeah, It's the most gangster
Speaker 1: thing I ever did. This has been another Ice Cole
Speaker 1: fact from me Ice Tea. Listening again tomorrow when I
Speaker 1: dropped some wisdom on your ass Till then, stay safe,
Speaker 1: stay smart, and stay true to your hustle. I Stay
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