--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Weve been called all kinds of things that…" description: "\"Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to be the one, from Big Meech Family to Big Meech Flenory. Some white folks see it and think it..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/big-meech-25811_cash-money_weve-been-called-all-kinds-of-things-tha_1510239.jpg" --- # Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to… ![“Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to be the one, from Big Meech Family to Big Meech Flenory. Some white folks see it and think it stands for Black Mutherfuckers, all kind of shit, but Black Mafia Family just kind of stuck. And were living in a day in time where mystique…” quote by Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/big-meech-25811_cash-money_weve-been-called-all-kinds-of-things-tha_1510239.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/big-meech-25811_cash-money_weve-been-called-all-kinds-of-things-tha_1510239.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/big-meech-25811_cash-money_weve-been-called-all-kinds-of-things-tha_1510239.jpg) > “Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to be the one, from Big Meech Family to Big Meech Flenory. Some white folks see it and think it stands for Black Mutherfuckers, all kind of shit, but Black Mafia Family just kind of stuck. And were living in a day in time where mystique sells. Just to be mysterious, that was our pitch. You got Cash Money, they were like the Cash Money Brothers. Like I said, you got Murder Inc, you got 50 Cent, shit BMF.” [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) ## 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 reflects on how labels and mystique shape identity and reputation in street culture, noting that the name “Black Mafia Family” persisted despite varied interpretations. **In simple terms:** Names and mystique influence how groups are seen. Key Takeaway Embrace authentic identity beyond labels. Themes identity reputation culture branding Mood defiant reflective Type cultural street When to use this quote - music industry - gang dynamics - media portrayal - public perception Key Concepts street culture social perception labeling Questions to Reflect On - How do you define yourself beyond external labels? - What role does mystique play in success? A Different Perspective Labels can oversimplify complex realities. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Mafia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mafia/) [Rapper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/) ## Related quotes > [Because I got guys from all different cities and states together, that was just one way of looking at it. Everybody using like, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/because-i-got-guys-from-all-different-cities-and-states-together-that/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [Black Mafia. If they don't understand that, they ain't gangsta. I just watched TV and Bill Parcells kissed two or three of them boys...it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/black-mafia-if-they-don-t-understand-that-they-ain-t-gangsta-i-just/) [Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/) > [What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/what-i-feel-is-that-if-one-has-got-to-have-a-murder-actually/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [Get money, got cash You hate it, you mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meek-mill/get-money-got-cash-you-hate-it-you-mad/) [Meek Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meek-mill/) > [Faluier is the past secses is the present now that I got cash christmas is every second](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author-name/faluier-is-the-past-secses-is-the-present-now-that-i-got-cash/) Author Name > [I'd got into Cash after I'd used my pocket money to buy his 'Live at San Quentin' album, just because I liked the cover.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-d-got-into-cash-after-i-d-used-my-pocket-money-to-buy-his-live-at/) [Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/) > [With the fast life haters to the left I got my cash right. Irish spring green make 'em blow it like a bag pipe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killa-kyleon/with-the-fast-life-haters-to-the-left-i-got-my-cash-right-irish/) [Killa Kyleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killa-kyleon/) > [I got that cash flow; nigga I just be the safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-brown/i-got-that-cash-flow-nigga-i-just-be-the-safe/) [Chris Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-brown/) > [If you don't got endz, you won't be gettin' no skinz, And if you don't got money, you won't scoop a honey. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-l/if-you-don-t-got-endz-you-won-t-be-gettin-no-skinz-and-if-you-don-t/) [Big L](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-l/) > [Someone stole my wallet last week. The guy called me up and he was mad at me. 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I want some money, too; everybody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-barkley/i-got-some-cash-from-agents-i-ve-talked-to-the-ncaa-i-think-that/) [Charles Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-barkley/) > [Ain't Got no cash, Ain't got no style, Ladies vomit when I smile, but does Zoidberg worry?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoidberg/ain-t-got-no-cash-ain-t-got-no-style-ladies-vomit-when-i-smile-but/) [Zoidberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoidberg/) > [Fluaier is the past secses is the present now that I got cash christmas is evey second](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/fluaier-is-the-past-secses-is-the-present-now-that-i-got-cash/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [And free my Lil Weezy and lets just get right. Young Money Cash Money in the building, lets go the world ends tonights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicki-minaj/and-free-my-lil-weezy-and-lets-just-get-right-young-money-cash-money/) [Nicki Minaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicki-minaj/) > [Richer than the Riches, We certified gettin' it CM YM Cash Money business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birdman/richer-than-the-riches-we-certified-gettin-it-cm-ym-cash-money/) Birdman ## More by Big Meech > [Yeah, of course. It didnt just happen overnight. They had been trying their hardest to mix me up with drugs and they never could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/yeah-of-course-it-didnt-just-happen-overnight-they-had-been-trying/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [All my dudes made plenty of money, rode ferraris, Lamborghinis, lived in million dollar spots all over the world so with me playing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/all-my-dudes-made-plenty-of-money-rode-ferraris-lamborghinis-lived-in/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [I had The Longest Run out of every dude in every state. I brought dudes together from all over the world, from all types…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/i-had-the-longest-run-out-of-every-dude-in-every-state-i-brought/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [Why do I think Im in jail? Why am I here?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/why-do-i-think-im-in-jail-why-am-i-here/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [I had been trying to do something with music for all of my life. Ive always been a fan of music; I always loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/i-had-been-trying-to-do-something-with-music-for-all-of-my-life-ive/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [Not only were we not living in the same state, we hadnt even been communicating for the past three years prior to them picking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/not-only-were-we-not-living-in-the-same-state-we-hadnt-even-been/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [So I assure you that after us there will be no other. 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Nigga with time, don't have no money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/you-either-got-time-or-money-can-t-have-em-both-nigga-with-money-dont/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [It was kind of hard for me to believe that someone could come from the streets like myself and make it successfully anyway, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/it-was-kind-of-hard-for-me-to-believe-that-someone-could-come-from/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [All I want is a sentence reduction. Im not trying to go to trial unless I have to. Plus, its a way for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/all-i-want-is-a-sentence-reduction-im-not-trying-to-go-to-trial/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [Ill come out at 60. I got three years in. I got the drug program, which will take a year off plus six months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/ill-come-out-at-60-i-got-three-years-in-i-got-the-drug-program-which/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [To be honest, because evidently they didnt like what I was doing, or what they thought I was doing. Thats how I look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/to-be-honest-because-evidently-they-didnt-like-what-i-was-doing-or/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [I had a hard time believing that a lot of these guys really did much of what they said they did because it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/i-had-a-hard-time-believing-that-a-lot-of-these-guys-really-did-much/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) > [I was around a lot of guys that could have helped me, that didnt help me, but I didnt ask for their help also.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/i-was-around-a-lot-of-guys-that-could-have-helped-me-that-didnt-help/) [Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) [Explore all 22 Big Meech quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/) ## More Cash money quotes > [Richer than the Riches, We certified gettin' it CM YM Cash Money business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birdman/richer-than-the-riches-we-certified-gettin-it-cm-ym-cash-money/) Birdman > [And free my Lil Weezy and lets just get right. Young Money Cash Money in the building, lets go the world ends tonights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicki-minaj/and-free-my-lil-weezy-and-lets-just-get-right-young-money-cash-money/) [Nicki Minaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicki-minaj/) > [To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-russell-mitford/to-think-of-playing-cricket-for-hard-cash-money-and-gentility-would/) [Mary Russell Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-russell-mitford/) > [You stick a credit card in a machine, and you pay $3 or whatever it is to get cash - your own money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-janklow/you-stick-a-credit-card-in-a-machine-and-you-pay-3-or-whatever-it-is/) [Bill Janklow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-janklow/) > [I'm listening to early Cash Money, I'm listening to Juvenile, I'm listening to Waka Flocka, I'm listening to Lil B, I'm listening to Brandy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophilus-london/i-m-listening-to-early-cash-money-i-m-listening-to-juvenile-i-m/) [Theophilus London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophilus-london/) > ['Hood Rich' was super important to Cash Money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mannie-fresh/hood-rich-was-super-important-to-cash-money/) [Mannie Fresh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mannie-fresh/) > [I haven't had a big-ass feature, somebody put me on a label, cash money didn't come scoop me up. I've literally put myself into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riff-raff/i-haven-t-had-a-big-ass-feature-somebody-put-me-on-a-label-cash-money/) [Riff Raff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riff-raff/) > [Shout to ratchet for backing out on behalf of my shooter, N-ggas think they high as I, I come laugh at your ruler, Cash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-gunz/shout-to-ratchet-for-backing-out-on-behalf-of-my-shooter-n-ggas-think/) [Cory Gunz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-gunz/) > [My dad and uncles listened to a lot of rap. My dad is a big fan of LL Cool J. Driving in the car…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/errol-spence-jr/my-dad-and-uncles-listened-to-a-lot-of-rap-my-dad-is-a-big-fan-of-ll/) [Errol Spence Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/errol-spence-jr/) > [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 > [I've know Jeezy before he was Jeezy. I've been down with Cash Money from back in the day. So these are real relationships. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-khaled/i-ve-know-jeezy-before-he-was-jeezy-i-ve-been-down-with-cash-money/) [DJ Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-khaled/) > [I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing… Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/i-plunged-into-the-job-of-creating-something-from-nothing-though-i/) [Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/) > [I did all the musicals in my high school; I was in a pop group signed to Cash Money Records in college. Music has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janina-gavankar/i-did-all-the-musicals-in-my-high-school-i-was-in-a-pop-group-signed/) [Janina Gavankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janina-gavankar/) > [I'm pretty sure when Cash Money first started off, they didn't think it would get as big as it is today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-homie-quan/i-m-pretty-sure-when-cash-money-first-started-off-they-didn-t-think/) [Rich Homie Quan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-homie-quan/) > [I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-abstract/i-just-wanted-to-have-my-own-dynasty-i-wanted-my-own-cash-money-or/) [Kevin Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-abstract/) Browse all 52 Cash money quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to be the one, from Big Meech Family to Big Meech Flenory. Some white folks see it and think it stands for Black Mutherfuckers, all kind of shit, but Black Mafia Family just kind of stuck. And were living in a day in time where mystique sells. Just to be mysterious, that was our pitch. You got Cash Money, they were like the Cash Money Brothers. 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