Quotes by Chuck D

“Now what is the will of God? That's the big question. You can't say the will of God is to disrespect your fellow man. You can't say the will of God is to disrespect His creations, and you can't say...”

“When we worship, we ascend, when we ascend we gain revelation from God.”

“I don't like the way our community throws the word around like it's water, because it's a derogatory term. A lot of times people come up to me and say, "What's up my nigger?" I'll respond, "Nah, wa...”

“The United States is like one big jail for Black people, because we're locked into a mentality and a mindset that limits our potential. It has us against us.”

“You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are ...”

“You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrate...”

“Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood througho...”

“Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.”

“I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.”

“Black death has been pimped by corporations, and young people think that the street credibility is … a thing that will ride them into some kind of profitability in life.”

“Black manhood: … the corporations [believe] they've found a way … [to] put soul in a bottle. If they can put soul in a bottle, … they can put manhood in a bottle—and then show the bottle in adverti...”