During his first few weeks in jail, Tip took some time out to pen a letter about his current situation.
This experience is truly a pain I have never felt before and that’s saying a lot for a nigga who’s been down locked up as many times as I have. I see this as a real ass whoopin’. The kind you don’t just go back outside to play afterwards. You take ya ass to bed and don’t come out of your room until it’s time to go to school. I don’ t know what effect this will have on my life moving forward but I’m certainly sick and mother f*cking tired of going to jail, juve, prison, the pen, correctional facilities or whatever else you want to call it. I’d have been better off doing a 5-10 year bid one time than going in time and time again for days, weeks and months for the last 15 years of my life.
More after the jump.
Even though it’s been a long road, I’m still standing, barely but nevertheless still standing. At one time I thought my motivation for continuing was for my fans, my partna Philant, my pops, my grandmama, even for the haters or the people I let down. But nah… I got to do this shit for me!!! I’ll be God damned if I’ve come all this way and made it through so much hell to let it go down like this! F*ck that! If an hour in the dark is worth a second in the sun then pass me my mother f*ckin’ shades cause I’m ready to cash my darkest hours in…ASAP!!! A lot of folks had fathers or father figures in the house to raise them into manhood. I’m not trying to make any excuses for my situation but my father was a hustler that lived in New York. My uncle was a local big time dope boy turned 10 year federal inmate. My mother and grandparents did the best they could but I found my manhood in the trap and in prison systems. But I found it. And nan one of mine will ever have to feel the cold tight grip of a handcuff or grace the presence of a jail cell if I can help it. Over my dead body! So if you can’t respect that you ain’t rocking with my movement then Fuck you dog! I know a bunch of mother f*ckers who are….
So umm… stop breaking the law? Just a thought. *shrugs…
PREVIOUS: T.I. – Mr. Kodak f. Trey Songz x All She Wrote f. Eminem (New Verses)
Really I like you a lot T.I. but really? Maybe stop getting.in trouble just a suggestion.
byh said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
*turns newspaper page*
YouNeeK said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
He acts like it’s not his fault. Fucking joke.
Starks said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
stop getting in trouble nigga your smarter than that, jial is for losers like wayne & gucci
Taylor'd said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Ha ha I hope u stay in jail
Lil Flip said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I could feel the realness is jizzing on my forehead.
A-KOO(N) said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
*I could feel the realness jizzing on my forehead.
A-KOO(N) said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I Agree, he is a good rapper but.. How the hell are you going to be sick and tired of going to jail but yet you break the law?? Seriously I’m beginning to think T.I. has other motives for going back this is ridiculous and retarded. Your a Multi-Platinum selling artist and you can’t stay out of jail? I Don’t know about you guys but it just seems as if he is doing it out of stupidity and I say that as a T.I. Fan smh
wunako said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Does anyone else find this funny? The title of the post sounds like a Samuel L. Jackson quote. Although I understand that he comes from an upbringing where this is the norm, he is a successful musician. Its time to turn the corner in your life. Stop surrounding yourself with morons and start surrounding yourself with people who understand the real world. This kind of stuff is why hip-hop is seen as a carnival to mainstream music rather than an art form and its a damn shame.
ear2ear said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
i respect his honesty.. i know that shit gotta suck.. christmas and thanksgiving passed twice and he missed them. keep ya head up tip!
mac said this on November 18th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Ay…hood niggas are used to doin hood shit. Even if you take Tip out of Bankhead and put him up in New York or Beverly Hills or Buckhead or sum shit, he’s still gon be the same hood nigga that will do the same shit. And I can kinda see where he’s comin from in the letter, but there’s no one to blame for this but Clifford Harris. Its a damn shame cause he’s actually a smart dude…he just has dumb people around him[including Miss Piggy...i mean Tiny] and he keeps makin dumbass decisions.
Its a shame his fans and, more importantly, his kids have to see him go thru this shit just to ‘learn a lesson’. Maybe he’ll learn it this time
Willie Allen said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
^ lol you ass. It’s like eating shitty ass fast food all the time, and then one day realize your cholesterol is too damn high and say “I gotta stop this shit”. Only dumbasses are gonna look at you and say “you buy shitty food all the time though!”…Like, really son. Niggas can’t have an epiphany? lol
Rock said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
@ear2ear Lmao it really does
BigWill said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
my bad, my post was meant for wunako
rock said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
“I hate going to jail but let me just break the law some more and see what happens”
Xero said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!
Fletcher Read said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Ohh you finally get it T.I. It finally seeped through your thick skull that committing crimes, etc, ain’t the answer. Shittttttt.
Zero said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
@Taylor’d wayne is out of jail fuck tard
Mr Xclusive said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Quit fucking up. It’s really not that hard.
FUHNAHTIK said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I’m done with this movement.. keep niggas out of jail.. you don’t find your manhood in the prison system; that’s where they take it away. A man has agency and control over his life; that’s forfeited when you go behind them walls… Let’s think about our actions and the consequences. Life is so precious; don’t spend it in a cell..
Stay up!
V
Dedicated to my brother Dre.. Can’t wait till you free.. Hope that you maintain your sanity in the meantime. Love you. Fathead
Victoria Shantrell said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
*down (I’m down with this movement)
Victoria Shantrell said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
T.I.’s stupidity knows no bounds. Dude has it all, fame, fortune, all the hoes and chicken wings money can be. But he wants to buy enough weapons to start a nuclear holocaust. Then he wants some coke. And, after all of that, he has the nerve to say that he’s tired of jail? I remember Prodigy once said: “Going to jail doesn’t mean you’re tough, it just means that you’re stupid for getting caught.” That’s a hilarious quote considering Prodigy’s current situation, but it rings true in T.I.’s case.
Tone Riggz said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
HE OUTBEAT BEANIE AND YAYO I GUESS HE TIRED OF BUBA CHASHING HIS SMALL ASS AND BILLY RAY VALINTINE TELLIN HIM HIS EATING OUT IN THE WORLD STORY
dashboard said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
then stop doing crimes you dumb nigga fuck is wrong with this dumb ass nigga
wtfhuhokaybbq said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
hotfile.com/dl/83479093/6f37be3/Curreny_-Pilot_Talk_2.zip.html
PILOT TALK 2 said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
still a fan, still support.
& is having weed really breaking the law?? no
bckpck T said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
“So umm… stop breaking the law? Just a thought. *shrugs…”
exactly
dude said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I don’t know why I heard Morgan Freeman’s voice while reading this.
@ExAyVeeEr said this on November 18th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Only way he is gonna stop going to prison is if we break free from this corporate slave state, where you are forced to either waste your life working 65 hours shifts, in prison, or dead. Fuck the system.
5% of the world’s population. 25% of the prisoners.
T.I. is the victim here.
And Won said this on November 18th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
never really understood the whole “it’s all i ever knew” excuse.. how do you not understand the consequences that come with breaking the law? its obvious that you do because otherwise why else would you be trying not to get caught? and stay outa jail for your kids, not yourself dumbass..
hbg said this on November 18th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
I gurantee he was saying this while aiming his rocket launcher at the court house ^__^ this nigga has kids i feel bad for them their daddy going in and out guns all over the damn place coke its a shame
invitado said this on November 18th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Definition of a dumb nigga.
Starks said this on November 18th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
And Won, you define stupid. “T.I. is the victim here”… need I say anything more?
rofl said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
After his latest shenanigans, I just about gave up on T.I. It is a really easy solution to his problems, stay the fuck out of trouble but it seems like he didn’t get that until going back again. Personally Tiny’s ugly ass would of got the boot because from how they made it look in the media, she was the one with the drugs when they got stopped. I wasn’t there but shit, that’s my opinion. This letter was hilarious though.
mistermckay said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
stop doin dumb shit then nigga! *disclaimer t.i. stands for the idiot*
octodad said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I’m fitting to paint my face white and go join the KKK after reading some dumb shit like this.
AdanRyder said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
look at white boy shake tryin to tell the black man to stop commitin crimes, how bout u stop pulling us over for no reason and we wouldnt get caught at a higher ratio
mad said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Curreny_-Pilot_Talk_2.zip.
32424 said this on November 18th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Stop breaking the law? How bout fuck the hypocritical laws. This man is getting locked up for possessing certain substances that the bullshit government says we shouldn’t have. In my eyes he hasn’t done anything wrong, but the government feels it has to babysit it’s citizens and control what we can & can’t do. You guys saying he should stop doing dumb shit are the ones who are dumb for letting the govt. tell you what is right & what is immoral. T.I. was not hurting anyone just by having a fuckin natural herb in his car. This not just a black & white thing, this is a HUMAN rights thing. Free country my ass, we’re free to do what the government tells us to do.
Benny Blanco from Da Brix said this on November 19th, 2010 at 12:18 am
@ Benny Blanco
He knew it was against the law and his probation.Stop blaming the fucking government.Yeah lets have a society full of drug addicts and bums.Are u fucking stupid?
Pusyy said this on November 19th, 2010 at 12:44 am
“Yeah lets have a society full of drug addicts and bums.Are u fucking stupid?”
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Are YOU fuckin stupid? We already have a society full of drug addicts and bums. The “War on Drugs” is probably the stupidest shit this government has ever attempted. People have been doing drugs for 1000′s of years & guess what? We are still going to continue using drugs. Instead of throwing people in jail for harming no one but themselves, they need to do a better job educating people on the dif. drugs. You really can’t group things like cannabis, mushrooms, LSD, MDMA, etc… with really addictive & destructive drugs like cocaine, heroin, meth, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO.
T.I. had weed & X in his car. How the fuck was he disrupting society? I do agree that he should’ve been more careful since he was on probation, but regardless, the government is fucked up & hypocritical.
Benny Blanco from Da Brix said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:00 am
T.I. is just a little be retarded.
al-Aqsa said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:04 am
*bit
al-Aqsa said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:04 am
THIS IS THE REASON PPL LIKE BILL O ‘REILLY TAKES SHOTS @ HIPHOP
STUPID ASS NIGGAZ DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST BEING IGNORANT
N0T0RI0USRAMB0 said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:12 am
just gatta be more careful next time TI. Keep ya head up homie.
drug cases are not true crimes… hell the GOVERNMENT are the biggest drug pushers out there.
G.O.O.D said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:27 am
I respect T.I. and for what he has been thru I really have, I bet everyone that has commented on here lives in a suburb in a nice house that your mom or dad owns. Like really cut some slack for this dude, its harder then it looks especially when you grew up a drug dealer and now you are surrounded by drugs in the buisness.
Nahmeen said this on November 19th, 2010 at 3:05 am
FUCK, people need to first define his two crimes. HOldin gats imo is wrong…smokin weed and doin coke on sunset blvd. these po were AFTER dude. I feel him, but designate the crime from the colour. Would they charge Murdoch over if they spelled weed
triPAUD said this on November 19th, 2010 at 4:34 am
“…but I found my manhood in the trap and in prison systems….” aiyo pause.
PausePolice. said this on November 19th, 2010 at 7:29 am
…wow @Mac posted that Tip will be missing xmas & thanksgiving TWICE, due to jail time. ssmh. My friend, you r truly an idiot. But now that you (& the rest of us) r aware of this, maybe finally you can stop making teenager-dumb decisions, as if u’re not a millionaire, public figure, who’s an adult w/a family. ….I really don’t wanna hear from you Tip, honestly. Just save all the cover stories/letters/phone calls etc, cuz I will not read. I like your raps. What you do other then musically, I could give to shits about. So when u drop *music (& music only …not clothing, cologne etc bcuz ur not an example of what to aspire; to *me), I’ll be all ears.
ColorMeBrooklyn said this on November 19th, 2010 at 7:30 am
*two shits about
ColorMeBrooklyn said this on November 19th, 2010 at 7:33 am
blah, blah, blah…
how you gonna complain when you puttin this shit upon yourself? just cuz your famous dont mean your actions won’t land you in the pen, it may cut your sentence significantly, but your still gonna get locked up… slangin cane, possession of automatic weapons with silencers, breaking probation… stfu man, if it was something simple like non lethal vandalism I’d understand your complaints but it ain’t like that so no… just no
Jus_Allah said this on November 19th, 2010 at 8:55 am
No one was after T.I. This isn’t a conspiracy. Whether you like them or not, the laws are the laws. If you break them, you go to jail. It’s the same for everyone. No one gets to pick and choose the laws they live by.
It sounds like T.I. is finally learning his lesson.
Wallabee Champ said this on November 19th, 2010 at 8:55 am
No one to blame but himself.
Marly said this on November 19th, 2010 at 8:59 am
You stop getting caught by the cops doing illegal shit, Clifford or you will end on the T I P of my dick in hell :)
GOD said this on November 19th, 2010 at 9:02 am
umm, as a big fan, just stop doing dumb shit T.I…
@ benny blanco – he also bought a shitload of guns before, he was obviously trying to harm someone other than himself in that situation..
stan lee said this on November 19th, 2010 at 10:20 am
who cares…T.I jus wanted 2 go back in b/c all they fit in there last time was the T.I.P…get it? haaaaaaaaaa….leave’em in this time..no1′s really missin his shyt & he obviously cares more bout drug/gun runnin n tryin 2 b “hard”..ya cant b “hard” rockin skinny jeans n a sweater vest…But on a related music note, Someone with a future is droppin a masterpiece n his name is Kanye West
zbMrOG said this on November 19th, 2010 at 10:33 am
TIP is currently the booty warrior of HipHop Lmao…there’s nuttin he can do…the first time in jail would’ve had me playin video games and drinkin fiji waters instead of partyin wit da drugs and the rozay….WELPPPPPPP NIGHTY NIGHT…KEEP YA BUTTHOLE TIGHHHT
drake fucked xxl up said this on November 19th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Spoken like an ignorant man who isn’t mature enough to own up to what he’s done, just continues to blame others. Guess who will be going back to jail soon after he gets out? I think maybe he would learn his lesson if they sat his ass down for 15. Idiot.
jd said this on November 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
AND LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @PausePolice….SEE!!!!!!!!! THIS NIGGA STAY GETTIN’ BOOKED…PAUSSE!
drake fucked xxl up said this on November 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
hes back in for breaking probation, for havin weed on him
11 months for weed. all u niggas are fuckin DUMB. yall white kids for sure yall neva fucked with jail
hustlehard said this on November 19th, 2010 at 11:46 am
What a fucking joke. Shut the fuck up T.I.
I’m sorry., but this motherfuckers wife looks like a troll. I had to say it.
Chi2LA23 said this on November 19th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
THEN STOP BUYING ASSAULT WEAPONS and smokin trees in your whip
SnakeEyez said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
T.I. is trapping himself, it’s a sad situation.
furiousfroman said this on November 19th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
lol i think alot of you misunderstood (even Shake) the statement he was trying to make..I dont think he was asking yall anything he was more so making a statement to “his” fans…you know kinda like what Wayne did!! and i believe he knows the consequences that comes with his behavior. not 1 time did he blame any1 did he? #opinions&assholes
J.O said this on November 19th, 2010 at 2:50 pm