Flashback: RIP Shawty Lo, 1 Year Gone, Speaks on Giving Up the Streets for Rap

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It’s been one year since the sudden death of Shawty Lo. VladTV looks back on an interview conducted in 2010, where the rapper spoke about his upbringing and coming up from nothing to something. While he admits to doing what he felt was necessary to survive, Shawty Lo revealed he always wanted to be more than just have a name for himself in the streets. Watch the throwback interview above and RIP Shawty Lo.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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