--- title: "4 Ghetto Quotes By will.i.am" description: "4 Ghetto quotes by will.i.am. Plus more from will.i.am and more Ghetto sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/will-i-am-2494_dream_if-i-didn-t-mould-my-reality-then-i-d-st_200394.png" --- > [If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/if-i-didn-t-mould-my-reality-then-i-d-still-be-in-the-ghetto-where/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/will-i-am-2494_dream_if-i-didn-t-mould-my-reality-then-i-d-st_200394.png) > [It's dangerous to be a child star, but it's dangerous to be a child in the ghetto, or to be a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/it-s-dangerous-to-be-a-child-star-but-it-s-dangerous-to-be-a-child-in/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/will-i-am-2494_being-bullied_it-s-dangerous-to-be-a-child-star-but-it_670662.png) > [If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/if-you-live-in-a-ghetto-and-really-want-not-to-just-change-your-life/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/will-i-am-2494_bills_if-you-live-in-a-ghetto-and-really-want_1611704.png) > [I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/i-was-born-and-raised-in-the-ghetto-on-welfare-two-minutes-from/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/will-i-am-2494_born_i-was-born-and-raised-in-the-ghetto-on-w_1798161.png) ## Other authors on Ghetto - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-65517.jpg) Matthew 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/matthew/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/malcolm-x/) - [Kane Arreo 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/kane-arreo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tupac-shakur-92439.jpg) Tupac Shakur 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/tupac-shakur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-sowell-90605.jpg) Thomas Sowell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/thomas-sowell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-ishmael-reed-44825.jpg) Ishmael Reed 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/ishmael-reed/) ## More by will.i.am > [Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/everything-affects-hip-hop-the-question-is-how-does-it-affect-the/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [I love India, Russia and touring has made me many friends abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/i-love-india-russia-and-touring-has-made-me-many-friends-abroad/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [If Bill Gates left Microsoft we wouldn't allow Donald Trump to run it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/if-bill-gates-left-microsoft-we-wouldn-t-allow-donald-trump-to-run-it/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [I can like something. You can like something. It's not an absolute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/i-can-like-something-you-can-like-something-it-s-not-an-absolute/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [There's nothing wrong with white if it's all right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-white-if-it-s-all-right/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [Black Eyed Peas is a chameleon group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/black-eyed-peas-is-a-chameleon-group/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [Why not Bill Gates for president? There are so many businesses' that empower charities. How many men give away all their money to charities?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/why-not-bill-gates-for-president-there-are-so-many-businesses-that/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/crime-and-violence-are-the-easiest-emotions-to-reenact/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [It's my hope to inspire kids around the world to want to be tech stars in stem subjects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/it-s-my-hope-to-inspire-kids-around-the-world-to-want-to-be-tech/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [Tom Jones is like igloo-cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/tom-jones-is-like-igloo-cool/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/if-you-are-a-chef-no-matter-how-good-a-chef-you-are-it-s-not-good/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/if-i-didn-t-mould-my-reality-then-i-d-still-be-in-the-ghetto-where/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [You're always moving and thinking about a whole bunch of things. But those traits work well for me in studios and in meetings about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/you-re-always-moving-and-thinking-about-a-whole-bunch-of-things-but/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [Love lasts forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/love-lasts-forever/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) > [When you follow your heart, you're never supposed to do things because of what you think people might say. You do it for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/when-you-follow-your-heart-you-re-never-supposed-to-do-things-because/) [will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/will-i-am/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ghetto Quotes By will.i.am", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. 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