--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You must don't know his background. He…" description: "\"You must don't know his background. He been a lil donkey straight from Uptown.\" — BG" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/bg-20118_uptown_you-must-don-t-know-his-background-he-be_735460.jpg" --- # You must don't know his background. He been a lil donkey… ![“You must don't know his background. He been a lil donkey straight from Uptown.” quote by BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/bg-20118_uptown_you-must-don-t-know-his-background-he-be_735460.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/bg-20118_uptown_you-must-don-t-know-his-background-he-be_735460.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/bg-20118_uptown_you-must-don-t-know-his-background-he-be_735460.jpg) > “You must don't know his background. He been a lil donkey straight from Uptown.” [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker suggests someone is naive and from a lower social area, implying a lack of sophistication. **In simple terms:** A naive person from a rough background. Key Takeaway Recognize and avoid judging based on background. Themes judgment class naiveté Mood cautious reflective Type observation social commentary When to use this quote - meeting new people - team building - conflict resolution Key Concepts social perception stereotype Questions to Reflect On - How does background influence perception? - Can we see beyond stereotypes? A Different Perspective Assuming background can mislead judgments. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Background Lil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/background-lil-5751389/) [Donkey Straight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/donkey-straight-5751391/) [Lil Donkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lil-donkey-5751388/) [Straight Uptown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/straight-uptown-5751390/) [Uptown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/uptown/) ## Related quotes > [It's a family affair, only the fam here. Whole Harlem, uptown we staying here. Chrome bottles bracelets and chandeliers. No Vado ain't rich, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vado/it-s-a-family-affair-only-the-fam-here-whole-harlem-uptown-we-staying/) [Vado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vado/) > [“Just stand next to the white people. They'll get off by Hundred and Tenth Street." Justin broke down his strategy for securing a seat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/just-stand-next-to-the-white-people-they-ll-get-off-by-hundred-and/) [Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/) > ['Uptown Funk' has all the ingredients of the funk that I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludovico-einaudi/uptown-funk-has-all-the-ingredients-of-the-funk-that-i-love/) [Ludovico Einaudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludovico-einaudi/) > [I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-think-of-shock-as-kind-of-an-uptown-form-of-surprise-comedy-is/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) > [Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junior-brown/sometimes-it-s-the-mistakes-that-end-up-leading-you-into-new/) [Junior Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junior-brown/) > [When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/when-i-came-into-office-people-said-billionaire-how-do-they-live-what/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [She looks uptown, but she ain't really. She's into football, she likes my chili.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-anderson/she-looks-uptown-but-she-ain-t-really-she-s-into-football-she-likes/) [John Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-anderson/) > [Look, did you ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare at me like I was something in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/look-did-you-ask-me-to-come-all-the-way-uptown-just-so-you-could/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) > [I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-was-thinking-of-the-four-seasons-frankie-valli-and-the-four-seasons/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margo-jefferson/no-one-expects-a-broadway-musical-comedy-to-be-in-the-vanguard-of/) [Margo Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margo-jefferson/) > [Im uptown, thoroughbred, a BX n-gga, ya heard?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-gunz/im-uptown-thoroughbred-a-bx-n-gga-ya-heard/) [Cory Gunz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-gunz/) > [I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-believe-people-die-they-just-go-uptown-to-bloomingdales-they/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Ballin' till my last breath. Uptown, flashy life with my Smith & Wess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birdman/ballin-till-my-last-breath-uptown-flashy-life-with-my-smith-wess/) [Birdman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/birdman/) > [And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/and-the-flavor-of-pippa-s-kiss-bittersweet-and-strange-stayed-with-me/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) > [Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-gordon/nothing-dates-one-so-dreadfully-as-to-think-someplace-is-uptown-at/) [Ruth Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-gordon/) ## More by BG > [Thats what I need, a hot girl is a jazzy bitch I'd take her any day for a classy bitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/thats-what-i-need-a-hot-girl-is-a-jazzy-bitch-i-d-take-her-any-day/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [What kinda nigga got change in the bank 10 round his neck, 5 on his pinky ring?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/what-kinda-nigga-got-change-in-the-bank-10-round-his-neck-5-on-his/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [Cash Money is a Army nigga a Navy nigga. So if you ever try to harm me nigga, It ain't gravy nigga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/cash-money-is-a-army-nigga-a-navy-nigga-so-if-you-ever-try-to-harm-me/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [I stay flossed out all through the week. My money long if you don't know I'm the B.G.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/i-stay-flossed-out-all-through-the-week-my-money-long-if-you-don-t/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [On the downlow for her nigga she a nasty bitch. I tell her touch it she gonna try and grab the dick. I bust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/on-the-downlow-for-her-nigga-she-a-nasty-bitch-i-tell-her-touch-it/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [All day my phone ringin bling bling bling. Can see my earring from a mile bling bling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/all-day-my-phone-ringin-bling-bling-bling-can-see-my-earring-from-a/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [What kinda nigga wanna be like me? A nigga that wanna go get that new Lexus jeep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/what-kinda-nigga-wanna-be-like-me-a-nigga-that-wanna-go-get-that-new/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [Now take it how you wanna, bring it how you feel, but that's how it is, ya gotta get how you live, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/now-take-it-how-you-wanna-bring-it-how-you-feel-but-that-s-how-it-is/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [You got coke don't let no one know where you lay yo head at, cuz they comin' to getcha', and that's where you be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/you-got-coke-don-t-let-no-one-know-where-you-lay-yo-head-at-cuz-they/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [What kinda nigga that be packin that iron? A nigga like the Hot Boys that just dont mind dyin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/what-kinda-nigga-that-be-packin-that-iron-a-nigga-like-the-hot-boys/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [Diamonds worn by everybody thats in my click. Man I got the price of a mansion 'round my neck and wrist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/diamonds-worn-by-everybody-thats-in-my-click-man-i-got-the-price-of-a/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [If a nigga goto jail she run for a nigga money orders, business ,and go run for a nigga, she be a nigga ballin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/if-a-nigga-goto-jail-she-run-for-a-nigga-money-orders-business-and-go/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [Don't let a nigga get flip wit' ya, or close to ya, cause he'll steal what you love most nigga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/don-t-let-a-nigga-get-flip-wit-ya-or-close-to-ya-cause-he-ll-steal/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [What kinda nigga be flosse for nothin? Them Cash Money Boys cuz we workin wit somethin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/what-kinda-nigga-be-flosse-for-nothin-them-cash-money-boys-cuz-we/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) > [Gotta keep yo head up, make sure yo thing loaded up, keep yo game tight if you don't yo brains blowed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bg/gotta-keep-yo-head-up-make-sure-yo-thing-loaded-up-keep-yo-game-tight/) [BG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) [Explore all 31 BG quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bg/) ## More Uptown quotes > [It's a family affair, only the fam here. Whole Harlem, uptown we staying here. Chrome bottles bracelets and chandeliers. No Vado ain't rich, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vado/it-s-a-family-affair-only-the-fam-here-whole-harlem-uptown-we-staying/) [Vado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vado/) > [And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/and-the-flavor-of-pippa-s-kiss-bittersweet-and-strange-stayed-with-me/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) > [Ballin' till my last breath. Uptown, flashy life with my Smith & Wess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birdman/ballin-till-my-last-breath-uptown-flashy-life-with-my-smith-wess/) [Birdman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/birdman/) > [I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-believe-people-die-they-just-go-uptown-to-bloomingdales-they/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Im uptown, thoroughbred, a BX n-gga, ya heard?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-gunz/im-uptown-thoroughbred-a-bx-n-gga-ya-heard/) [Cory Gunz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-gunz/) > [No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margo-jefferson/no-one-expects-a-broadway-musical-comedy-to-be-in-the-vanguard-of/) [Margo Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margo-jefferson/) > [I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-was-thinking-of-the-four-seasons-frankie-valli-and-the-four-seasons/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [Look, did you ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare at me like I was something in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/look-did-you-ask-me-to-come-all-the-way-uptown-just-so-you-could/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) > [She looks uptown, but she ain't really. She's into football, she likes my chili.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-anderson/she-looks-uptown-but-she-ain-t-really-she-s-into-football-she-likes/) [John Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-anderson/) > [When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/when-i-came-into-office-people-said-billionaire-how-do-they-live-what/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junior-brown/sometimes-it-s-the-mistakes-that-end-up-leading-you-into-new/) [Junior Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junior-brown/) > [I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-think-of-shock-as-kind-of-an-uptown-form-of-surprise-comedy-is/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) > ['Uptown Funk' has all the ingredients of the funk that I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludovico-einaudi/uptown-funk-has-all-the-ingredients-of-the-funk-that-i-love/) [Ludovico Einaudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludovico-einaudi/) > [“Just stand next to the white people. They'll get off by Hundred and Tenth Street." Justin broke down his strategy for securing a seat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/just-stand-next-to-the-white-people-they-ll-get-off-by-hundred-and/) [Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/) > [Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-gordon/nothing-dates-one-so-dreadfully-as-to-think-someplace-is-uptown-at/) [Ruth Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-gordon/) [Browse all 46 Uptown quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/uptown/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You must don't know his background. 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