Diary of a Madman Quotes

“And to anyone coming up in the game, please take this advice: you get in the homeboy business and you think you’re going to make it with your friend, but the sad truth is, nine times out of ten in that situation, your homeboy isn’t going to play fair, because he isn’t really your friend. It’s on you to handle your business. Act accordingly.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

“Hip-hop has always been about style and self-expression, but it feels like as the culture’s gotten older, that’s somehow been lost. You’ve got all of these guys out here now just trying to transform into whatever’s hot to chase some dollars and some airplay, but if you’re chasing the next man, who the fuck are you really? You get it on the production end, too, but if you ask me, that’s not being a producer or an MC, that’s being a chameleon. It’s biting, straight up. I don’t get it. It’s fucking up the culture. That shit used to get you clowned out of the game.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

“Don’t like me or dislike me because I’m from Texas, like me or dislike me because of the music I make and the way I rap and what I rap about and how I bring it. And if you can’t appreciate me for that, then I can’t help you. I’m not interested in being the best in the South. I’m interested in being the best.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

“I don’t know no quit.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

“Don’t get it confused. We are the hunted. We are the motherfucking target. You better wake the fuck up. And I don’t believe in peaceful protest. Peaceful protest will just get your ass kicked again. It’s just like in life. If a motherfucker is fucking with you in the hood and you keep turning the other cheek, you’re gonna keep getting your ass kicked. The only way to beat a bully is to fight. Win, lose, or draw, you’ve gotta fight. And I don’t give a fuck what anybody says, the same goes for the state. Honestly, I’m happy when I see niggas fight back. Like that shit in Ferguson was great to me. Or when they rioted in L.A. after the Rodney King trial? I love that shit. I’m for anything radical when it comes to the mistreatment of minorities. You can’t lay down in the face of oppression.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

“I’ve always known why we were making the music we were making, just like I know how a lifetime of subtle and blatant racism and oppression can make you want to reach for your pistol and either shoot the oppressor or shoot yourself. When you live in a society that repeatedly tells you that it values a white person’s life, safety, values, and lifestyle more than your own, and you get reminders of it every day and at every turn—whether it’s the Michael Brown case or just talking to a friend or family member about some fucked-up shit they just went through while living their life—it’s very easy to come to the conclusion that the best solution to all of this shit is violence.”
― Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap