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“We ain’t gonna kill you, Caddy. But school ain’t over, Mama’s Boy.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Only from Exile Can We Come Home
Tagged: Kill, Murder, School, learn, Teach, Mama's Boy, Insult, Rude
“Better a failed church than a soiled nest.”
— Pastor Ramon Cruz, The Get Down, Season 1: Forget Safety, Be Notorious
Tagged: failed, Church, Soiled, Wisdom, Good
“In this life, if you want something, you have to pursue it. You can’t just rely on life to pursue you.”
— Mrs. Cruz, The Get Down, Season 1: One by One, Into the Dark
Tagged: Life, Pursue, Passion, Want, Desire, Proactive
“No matter if I live or die
I Promise Imma meet you on the other side.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Only from Exile Can We Come Home
Tagged: Rhyme, Rap, Poetry, Art, Music, live, Die, Promise, Other Side
“I’ll always wait for you. I’ve been waiting on you my whole life. Even when we together, there’s still a part of me is waiting on you.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Only from Exile Can We Come Home
Tagged: Wait, Love, Life, Together, Cute, sweet, Devotion, Loyalty
“To estimate the intelligence of a leader, look at the men he keeps around him.”
— Mr. Gunns, The Get Down, Season 1: Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice
Tagged: estimate, Intelligence, leader, Men, company, wise
“You see, up in the Bronx that which is wrong can seem right, and right seem wrong.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Darkness is Your Candle
Tagged: Bronx, New York City, Right, Wrong, Morality, Moral Compass
“All a man has is his word.”
— Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, The Get Down, Season 1: Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for a Treasure
Tagged: Word, Man, promises, Respect
“Kings don’t run. Kings walk.”
— Shaolin Fantastic, The Get Down, Season 1: The Beat Says, This Is the Way
Tagged: king, Walk, Run, humor
“Life is a test
It will break you or drive you
Into the ground
In the game of survival.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Only from Exile Can We Come Home
Tagged: Poetic, Music, Rap, Life, test, Break, Game, Survival, Brutal
“Got a bunch of crabs in a barrel, one’s trying to climb out. All the other crabs just claw him until he goes right back down again.”
— Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, The Get Down, Season 1: Forget Safety, Be Notorious
Tagged: Crabs, Metaphor, claw, Unsupportive, Tear Down
“If making something of myself means losing myself, then what am I making?”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: One by One, Into the Dark
Tagged: Losing Yourself, Finding Yourself, Creation, Artist, Musician, Deep
“You tell the mayor he has a very simple choice. Lose the election, or fund my vision.”
— Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, The Get Down, Season 1: Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for a Treasure
Tagged: mayor, Election, Lose, Fund, Vision, Threat
“When I get up on stage and say what I gotta say, I know who I am, and right now y’all are pushing me to be who you want me to be and nobody’s asking what I wanna be.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: You Have Wings, Learn To Fly
Tagged: stage, Performer, Pushing, pressure, Authentic Self
“The young people aren’t the problem. We’re the solution.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice
Tagged: Young People, Problem, solution, Inspiring
“Nigga got wings, a nigga gotta fly, right?”
— Shaolin Fantastic, The Get Down, Season 1: Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames
Tagged: Wings, fly, Inspirational, Encouraging
“I wanna be your man, Mylene. I know you like me. And I like you so much, I can’t hardly breathe. I like you so much, I feel like I got thunder and lightning inside of me. You make me nervous. But you also make me calm. Real calm. Calm almost like how God must be calm, you know, Mylene? Calm from loving. I love you. Mylene, I love you.”
— Ezekiel Figuero, The Get Down, Season 1: Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for a Treasure
Tagged: Man, Love, Relationships, thunder, lightning, Poetic, Deep, Nervous, God, Confession
“This ain’t Disneyland, this shit is the fucking Bronx. Either you be strong, or you be gone. All I find, all I keep. Either you beat the world, or you get beat.”
— Shaolin Fantastic, The Get Down, Season 1: Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames
Tagged: Disneyland, Bronx, New York, Strong, Gone, Beat, strength
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