95 Quotes by Vic Mensa

Wings' was my moment to free myself from everything that was destroying me.

On family trips and vacations, I remember walking around with my little sister and making funny songs on the spot.

I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16.

Every time Emma Gonzalez speaks, I listen.

Everyone's life is for sale in America.

From a musical standpoint, I was inspired by '90s hip hop, with a lot of drums and the tempos. I'm always inspired by David Bowie and Prince.

To be an American is to be indoctrinated with racism, violence, capitalism and manifest destiny, the principles upon which the land of the free was founded.

I can remember being a young kid, twelve, thirteen years old just with my headphones on, on the train, listening to rappers paint these vivid pictures. Listening to Mobb Deep and feeling like I was in Queensbridge even though I'm on the Southside of Chicago.

I used to print out lyrics from Nas songs and write my own lyrics in the same syllable count but with different words and different rhymes.