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Money F*cks You Up...

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**Globalgrind.com Exclusive**     A lot of people talking about what I twittered the other night…so I want to address it, now that I have had some time to do some thinking.  At 18 years, having grown up in the Mississippi Delta, I never thought my life would take me to where I am now.  All I wanted to do was make music.  All I thought I loved was music.  I would die for that motherfuckin music.  But, once I got a record deal and all these people around me trying to tell me who to be, what to do and how to do it, I realized that I wasn’t making music any more for the love.  I got into this weird place where I began making music for the money.  And I was making a lot of money…more money than I could ever imagine.  And with that money, of course, I could buy a lot of things…but to be honest, you can only drive that brand new phantom around the corner oh so many times… and when you are done driving, it really don’t mean sh*t.  I thought money was gonna bring me happiness.  And that is the farthest thing from the truth.  Money f*cks you up.  

I know I might sound crazy, because a lot of you who are reading are probably like, I wish I had this ni**a’s money.  But, the truth is that money got me twisted.  All I want to do is go back to making music for the love of it.  The accolades and the awards are for everyone else.  The music is for me.  The music is my happiness.  So, of course I am struggling in my mind right now…cause I wanna get back to place where I woke up, thinking about what I was gonna write that day.  Where I went to sleep ready to dream about what I was gonna write the next day. 

I know my fans.  And I know they will understand this.  This ain’t got nothing to do with y’all. Oh yeah... sorry to all my white peeps out there. I'm not racist :)   But I guess time will heal all wounds…


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  • Soulja boy is being honest thats good but maybe hes just trying to patch things up
  • I think soulja boy is just trying to patch things up maybe he is going through a rough time and its good he is being completely honest with his fans and others
  • i totally feel you on that sh*t. this is what we as fans like to hear when artists are being real with us and their self. i mean don't get me wrong we do want the money but you also got to do what you love and sometimes that mean doing it others way.
  • Okay, I know were yu coming from it's like the same thang wit mi frinds thry tryin to tel mi how to run my own business, but yu know what fuk'em, only we kan make's thing's happen for us...some of things that i read is so true..
  • I stay in ATL but go back and forth to the Delta all the time to get some peace and quite. Shaw, Indianola, Cleveland, and all them other country towns. Thats what you need to do. Go back home to ya roots. Let ya mind breathe and start over. Make music for love now.
  • See this is what i like...
    you recognize the bad and try to bring back the good..
    money may have brain washed you but now your realizing it,
    hopefully you can break away from that image they created
    and become the person you really are.
    And to me if you can do that your def REAL.
  • If the money got you all f*cked up, then why do you all ways brag about how much you got? How come I don't hear about you doing something positive with it instead of buying alot of expensive stuff that within a few weeks somebody comes along a says its out of style. I tell you what keep spending it like a fool, you won't have to worry about. It will be long gone!!!!!!!!!!!
  • sh*t i know how you feel. my mom died about a month ago, and all the money im getting now can buy me all the clothes and material things i want.. but it can never bring her back to me and my lil bro :|.. all that stuff might make me happy for now, but its soon going to be old.
  • the only reason we think we wish we was in ur shoes is cuz all u did was brag bout havin all that money like rich sh*t videos u did n alla that...that y some people dont usderstand y all of a sudden u got so pissed, dont brag bout it so much...remember where u came from n wat most ya fans are goin thru...but i aint hatin im jus sayin how i feel
  • i just left tha comment below so hit me up at joker36030@yahoo.com soulja boy
  • I'm not like super rich like idont have a phantom but i know what you people always tell you to do this and that but after you figuer out who you are and stop letting other people figure out you'll be strait i had the same problem wit being in things i didn't really like so after you read this hit me up at joker36030@yahoo.com
  • Hey Souljaboy. Thanks for telling the truth. I think that there are other celebrities out there that are feeling the same way that you are. Lucky enough, we get to see your honesty shine through all the "glits and glamor". For that, I've have officially became a bigger fan of you..just for your honesty about your music and why you do it!
  • Soldier boy, welcome 2 the real world baby. My advise please stay with positive men n the game...Tyrese,uncle Rus, Rev Run etc...honey and u will b just fine
  • thats real
  • man soulja boy hit me up hears my email matthew_talley91@yahoo.com

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