--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Been doing this, been proving it. Now…" description: "\"Been doing this, been proving it. Now these niggas give it up like they do at Lent.\" — Wale" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/wale-447_lent_been-doing-this-been-proving-it-now-thes_2817247.jpg" --- # Been doing this, been proving it. Now these niggas give it… ![“Been doing this, been proving it. Now these niggas give it up like they do at Lent.” quote by Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/wale-447_lent_been-doing-this-been-proving-it-now-thes_2817247.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/wale-447_lent_been-doing-this-been-proving-it-now-thes_2817247.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/wale-447_lent_been-doing-this-been-proving-it-now-thes_2817247.jpg) > “Been doing this, been proving it. Now these niggas give it up like they do at Lent.” [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Claims success leads to others abandoning previous habits, likening it to religious fasting **In simple terms:** Success changes people's behavior toward you Key Takeaway Stay grounded despite others' shifts Themes success social change authenticity Mood confident critical Type musical social When to use this quote - Networking - self‑reflection - celebration Key Concepts Music industry personal growth Questions to Reflect On - How does success affect friendships? - What maintains authenticity amid fame? A Different Perspective May generalize behavior change ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Lent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lent/) [Like Lent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-lent-3562676/) [Nigga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nigga/) [Niggas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/niggas/) [Niggas Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/niggas-like-411639/) [Proving Niggas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/proving-niggas-3562675/) ## Related quotes > [You niggas so-so like a seamstress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/you-niggas-so-so-like-a-seamstress/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [See this goes out to my Bx crew, put your hands up in the air if you feel me. Fuck em all day, fuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-ma/see-this-goes-out-to-my-bx-crew-put-your-hands-up-in-the-air-if-you/) [Remy Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-ma/) > [That kush good I might roll a bit, wife happy I'm stroking it. Cover of the source cause my ownership, hating niggas like holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wiz-khalifa/that-kush-good-i-might-roll-a-bit-wife-happy-i-m-stroking-it-cover-of/) [Wiz Khalifa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wiz-khalifa/) > [Stompin on these niggas like a whack-a-mole with no hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/childish-gambino/stompin-on-these-niggas-like-a-whack-a-mole-with-no-hands/) [Childish Gambino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/childish-gambino/) > [Here's a few snake ass niggas to bite you. I don't wanna hear why some niggas like you. Old niggas mentally still in high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/here-s-a-few-snake-ass-niggas-to-bite-you-i-don-t-wanna-hear-why-some/) [Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/) > [Shout out to the real niggas, and shout out to real bitches. I'm poppin bottles with my real niggas, it's like a full time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meek-mill/shout-out-to-the-real-niggas-and-shout-out-to-real-bitches-i-m-poppin/) [Meek Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meek-mill/) > [It ain't your turn, better have my money Friday like Big worm. Cant see you niggas, you like a little germ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyga/it-ain-t-your-turn-better-have-my-money-friday-like-big-worm-cant-see/) [Tyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyga/) > [Now how can you tell a nigga how to get his mother fucking ends right, and get his motherfuckin game tight? You needs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pimp-c/now-how-can-you-tell-a-nigga-how-to-get-his-mother-fucking-ends-right/) [Pimp C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pimp-c/) > [The only person that seen something in me was Punch, and probably Ab-Soul. Ab-Soul and Punch was the two niggas that was like "Yeah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/schoolboy-q/the-only-person-that-seen-something-in-me-was-punch-and-probably-ab/) [Schoolboy Q](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/schoolboy-q/) > [I'm spraying that on these rusty niggas like WD-40.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/i-m-spraying-that-on-these-rusty-niggas-like-wd-40/) [Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/) > [Niggas be like I miss you bro stfu you fake nigga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaby-gunna/niggas-be-like-i-miss-you-bro-stfu-you-fake-nigga/) [Shaby Gunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaby-gunna/) > [It bothers me when the gods get to acting like the broads. Guess every team doesnt come complete with niggas like ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/it-bothers-me-when-the-gods-get-to-acting-like-the-broads-guess-every/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) > [Hmm, what's the deal with makin' money? And why black niggas can't get enough of it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/hmm-what-s-the-deal-with-makin-money-and-why-black-niggas-can-t-get/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Yeah, ain't no love in the heart of city, that's what they told me. Beef with over 100 niggas, don't none of 'em know me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/yeah-ain-t-no-love-in-the-heart-of-city-that-s-what-they-told-me-beef/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Some believe in love and some believe in friends but Niggas like me believe in making ends 'Cause even when your bitch wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-quik/some-believe-in-love-and-some-believe-in-friends-but-niggas-like-me/) [Dj Quik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-quik/) ## More by Wale > [How they say that we not fly, how they say that we not working. They just need convincing like Malcom Little fore he converted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/how-they-say-that-we-not-fly-how-they-say-that-we-not-working-they/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [See I promised I wouldnt cop another chain. But the all I spend on these VVSs got me in that complex page, you see?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/see-i-promised-i-wouldnt-cop-another-chain-but-the-all-i-spend-on/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [The remedy is get your hustle on. Fuck a broad unless you love a broad well in that case, brother, then love her on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/the-remedy-is-get-your-hustle-on-fuck-a-broad-unless-you-love-a-broad/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Relationships should never rewind. Better leave it all behind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/relationships-should-never-rewind-better-leave-it-all-behind/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Trust me I throw this back, she bust it like that Peter Pan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/trust-me-i-throw-this-back-she-bust-it-like-that-peter-pan/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Word...she said she love me but she lying Shit I'm lying too! Told that bitch I love her for her mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/word-she-said-she-love-me-but-she-lying-shit-i-m-lying-too-told-that/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Lord help us, my generation come to an end. Cause we all selfish, but livin' shallow, how we gon' swim?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/lord-help-us-my-generation-come-to-an-end-cause-we-all-selfish-but/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [A lot fathers showin off instead of showin up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/a-lot-fathers-showin-off-instead-of-showin-up/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Diamonds. a girl's bestfriend is what they say. but believe me, with the right aliegence you gon' shine anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/diamonds-a-girl-s-bestfriend-is-what-they-say-but-believe-me-with-the/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Charles is Charles. Wale is Wale. It's two separate entities that have nothing to do with each other and probably will never have anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/charles-is-charles-wale-is-wale-it-s-two-separate-entities-that-have/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Bad Girl's Ain't No Good && The Good Girl's Ain't No Fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/bad-girl-s-ain-t-no-good-the-good-girl-s-ain-t-no-fun/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Lust will have you slippin, love will have you stuck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/lust-will-have-you-slippin-love-will-have-you-stuck/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [She live her whole life like tv, and she would do anything for everything. Regular girl, Celebrity dreams. She is...90210.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/she-live-her-whole-life-like-tv-and-she-would-do-anything-for/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/sometimes-i-m-happy-you-can-tell-via-twitter-sometimes-i-m-pissed-off/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [If pray for the down fall of this nation my unborn generation will suffer from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/if-pray-for-the-down-fall-of-this-nation-my-unborn-generation-will/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Explore all 548 Wale quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) ## More Lent quotes > [Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howell/owe-money-at-easter-and-lent-will-seem-short-to-thee/) [James Howell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howell/) > [Many places you can go to enjoy but only one place you can visit if there is a problem. None other than the Lord,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/many-places-you-can-go-to-enjoy-but-only-one-place-you-can-visit-if/) [Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/) > [A full stomach praises Lent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italian-proverb/a-full-stomach-praises-lent/) [Italian Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italian-proverb/) > [People die, we must accept these as some sort of miracle of Jesus. Jesus is special, and so is lie. So if you live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/people-die-we-must-accept-these-as-some-sort-of-miracle-of-jesus/) [Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/) > [“A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.' - Bread & Wine (day 5)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-hong/a-guilty-suffering-spirit-is-more-open-to-grace-than-an-apathetic-or/) [Edna Hong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-hong/) > [“God is not interested in your art but, your heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha/god-is-not-interested-in-your-art-but-your-heart/) [Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha/) > [Doubts about faith naturally happen when tragedies shred out faith. But that is what's so special about belief in Jesus and the way. Belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/doubts-about-faith-naturally-happen-when-tragedies-shred-out-faith/) [Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/) > [Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/lent-is-a-fitting-time-for-self-denial-we-would-do-well-to-ask/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [If you give up gossip for Lent, I'm going to spend 40 straight days talking shit about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-give-up-gossip-for-lent-i-m-going-to-spend-40-straight-days/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [After Christmas comes Lent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/german-proverb/after-christmas-comes-lent/) [German Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/german-proverb/) > [He is as welcome as the first day in Lent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dutch-proverb/he-is-as-welcome-as-the-first-day-in-lent/) [Dutch Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dutch-proverb/) > [Nothing can seperate us from the love of God. All things may end but His love will last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/nothing-can-seperate-us-from-the-love-of-god-all-things-may-end-but/) [Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/) > [Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/lent-is-like-a-long-retreat-during-which-we-can-turn-back-into/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Holy Saturday is a day to pray for those who walk among us as the living dead. Their hope is placed in all things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/holy-saturday-is-a-day-to-pray-for-those-who-walk-among-us-as-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [My imaginary girlfriend's giving up sex for Lent. Palm Sunday's taking on a whole new meaning for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-espinoza/my-imaginary-girlfriend-s-giving-up-sex-for-lent-palm-sunday-s-taking/) [Rudy Espinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-espinoza/) [Browse all 134 Lent quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lent/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Been doing this, been proving it. 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