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Caption God - Ernest Dukes
Caption God - Ernest Dukes
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In a world where everyone wears a mask, it’s a privilege to
see a soul.
God said, “I’m about to put you in a place where they will be
able to see you but won’t be able to reach you.”
And try as they might, no one can keep you from a life God
planned for you
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First, I talk to God, then I listen to Cardi B
Sometimes when you can’t sleep, it’s because God want you
to talk to him.
What if you said yes out of impatience and later came across
what God actually had for you?
Blessed AF
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Somebody, somewhere is depending on you to do what God
has called you to do
Since God told me I’m going to get it, I walk like I already got
it!
God used Goliath to get David to the throne. Your giants aren’t
meant to defeat you. They are meant to promote you!
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It doesn’t matter how over-saturated the market is. If God
called you to it here’s room for you
Don’t ask God for more and you haven’t mastered less. Be
faithful over the little…
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Always capitalize the G in God
You meet someone incredible but you question it. You get
invited to the table but sit silently because you’re too busy
questioning if you belong. Good things happen in your life and
you ask why? Blessings can’t multiply if you’re always wasting
energy questioning them.
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When it’s not in God’s time you can’t force it. When it is
God’s time you can’t deny it
God will put you back together right in front of the people
that broke you!
I stay looking out for people and God stay looking out for me!
God, this hard work has to pay off. Please, thank you,
amen!
Don’t let your Saturday night turn up, affect your Sunday
praise
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Don’t block your blessings trying to do people how they do
you
The universe will send you exactly what you asked for and
then send you a distraction to see if you mess it up.
Chill out and rest. God has you. Stop trying to figure
everything out and let God work
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The Lord will prepare a table for you in front of your enemies
There are some blessings God will delay until you get from
around the wrong people
What’s for you, will bring out the best in you, not the worst.
That’s how you’ll know.
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You’re praying on my downfall and I’m praying for you to get
on your feet! We are not the same!
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I might be crazy but
I’ll hold you down and
love the shit out of
you
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You’re all my heart ever talks about.
Isn’t it scary knowing that anytime could be the last time you
talk to someone? Always keep that in mind.
She got wife written all over her…but some men can’t read
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There is not one person walking this earth that is worth you
laying awake at night feeling like you’re not good enough
If your man laughs at another girl’s jokes, write it down and tell
him the same joke next week. If he doesn’t laugh…KNOCK HIM
TF OUT!
If she pay her own bills without your help…she ain’t going to
listen bro.
Stuck between “I don’t wanna feel that type of hurt again” but
“I wanna feel that type of love again.”
He said “Do you have a type?” …I said “the type that won’t
waste my time.”
I don’t care if you sleep on the floor, I don’t care if you and your
family of 9 stay in a one-bedroom apartment, I will come sit my
ass on the floor and kick it like we in a mansion. You know why?
Because if I fuck with you then I fuck with you and not all of us
got it easy. You don’t have to fake anything with me.
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Niggas be cheating with bitches that look up to their girl
Don’t show me any love if the loyalty isn’t coming with you
as well
Your day ones might be the reason you didn’t reach your
goals yet! Start networking and meeting day twos!
She will always choose the man who taught her something
over the man who bought her something
Never beg someone for what you can get elsewhere without
asking
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When someone helps you and their struggling too…that’s not
help, that’s love.
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Stuck between “I’m
proud of myself” and
“I gotta go a little
harder.”
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The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you
when it’s time to thrive. Get out of survival mode. New
habits. New life.
You can’t build with someone who expects you to do all the
work
People who don’t respect your growth have to go. You can’t
keep explaining yourself to people who are committed to
misunderstanding you
For all the doors they slammed on us, we are coming to buy
the building!
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You can be grinding for 4 years with no results and on the 5th
year become the biggest thing on the planet. The power of
never giving up is real as fuck.
People will quit on you. You gotta get up every day and make
sure you never quit on yourself!
Stop yelling this boss shit if you haven’t put anyone else in a
position to win. If your team is hungry, you’re not a boss.
Stop saying “yes” and “ok” when you should be saying “no
thanks” and “fuck off.”
Take a deep breath and remember who the fuck you are.
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This work is often thankless. You won’t be celebrated,
supported, credited or even paid. All people will do is take from
you. So, you better be in “it” for the right reasons.
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Don’t get the popular circle confused with the winner’s
circle
They never tell you, the more bring to the table, the harder it
is to find someone to eat with…
You can be grinding for 4 years with no results and on the 5th
year become the biggest thing on the planet. The power of
never giving up is real asf!
Just keep moving forward and don’t give a shit about what
anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them
what to do; hire smart people so they can tell you what to do.
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At some point there is no excuse. Either you want to do
everything it takes to make it happen or you don’t.
You are already that person, just put yourself in that place.
I owe myself an apology for all the shit I let slide and all the
shit I chose to deal with and accept.
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Money speaks only one language: “If you save me today, I will
save you tomorrow.”
Not all hustle is heard. Sometimes it’s just you. All alone.
Grinding, elevating, evolving, while no one hears a sound.
If you aren’t willing to work for it, don’t complain about not
having it!
Don’t let anyone who never accomplished their dreams tell you
that your dreams are impossible.
Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose
your life, you didn’t settle for it.
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No decision will pay off more than prioritizing your life and
giving extreme focus and energy to the things with the highest
return.
The things that excite you are not random. They are connected
to your purpose. Follow them.
One day you will thank yourself for never giving up.
Some of your greatest hurt will come from people you helped
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I tell myself everyday “you're making money but you could
make more. You're doing good, but you could do better.”
Don’t be afraid to challenge yourself.
One day all these sacrifices will pay off. Don’t say I’m acting
different, just say you didn’t believe
Admit it. You’re dope. Stop pretending you’re less than you are
to protect someone else’s ego. Be unabashedly aware of your
fresh.
You gotta budget your energy out like you would your
paycheck.
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Imagine you move to another city, focus on your grind and
being a better person then BOOM you become your own
boss!
They asked what’s the first thing you’re going to when you
make it to the top? I said send the ladder back down for the
rest!
You need to stop doing things for someone when you find out
it’s expected rather than appreciated.
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If you’re reading this, I dare you to dedicate the next 6
months exclusively to your goals. No announcements, just
fall back and do the work
Stop buying your kids what you never had and start teaching
them what you never knew
The things that excite you are not random. They are
connected to your purpose. Follow them.
You gotta play the hand you were dealt like it was the hand
that you wanted
It’s either you gone fold, or the pressure is going to make you
a monster!
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You have to win in your head before you win in life!
Sometimes you gotta hit the left blinker and turn right
See the problem with sharing is that people will start thinking
it’s theirs
Don’t let someone who studied your gift run you out of your
lane
Don’t quit being you just because you see people trying to
be you, too!
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Most people around you don’t really fuck with you, they
fuck with your position.
The plate you see me eating off of…I fixed that shit myself!
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Everybody wants the plug but nobody wants to pay the
electric bill
Success doesn’t come and find you, you have to go and get
it.
Really think about your goals and how much energy you are
truly putting into them. Your routine is costing you.
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You’re mad I’m winning. I’m mad you’re losing
The universe will send you exactly what you asked for and
then send you a distraction to see if you mess it up
You win some. You lose some. Just win more times than you
lose.
Hustle like you have no friends and grind like nobody has
your back
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Don’t let everybody
get the chance to know
you
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If the same storyline keeps following you, you’ve got to ask
who’s playing the leading role?
Just found out the world doesn’t revolve around me. Shocked
and upset.
Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar
I apologize for the years I slept on you…for the years I was blind
to your greatness. You’ve been magic all along – a note to me,
from me.
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People think traveling to the past and changing something
small will drastically change the present but no one in the
present thinks they can drastically change the future by doing
something small now.
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Be softer with you. You are a breathing thing. A memory to
someone. A home to a life.
Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.
Get your own way. Do what you want. Everyone plays his own
game.
You need people in your life who cheer for you even after
you pass them.
I know you are in pain but after this you are free!
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Unfollow every account on Instagram that makes you feel
like you need to be someone else
Be super clear on who loves you for you and who loves you
for your access
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With pure intentions
come pure opportunity
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Be so positive that negative people don’t want to be around
you.
If you’re reading this it’s too late, I’ve already sent good vibes
your way. They’re coming. There’s nothing you can do to stop
them.
Give more than you can but take less than you need
Quit letting who you were talk you out of who you’re
becoming
Be careful not to loan out what you may need back. I’m not
talking about money. Your time. Your energy. Your vibes.
Speak life into your friends. Tell them they’re killing it, tell
them you’re proud of them…it’ll means so much coming from
you.
If you hang out with me for too long, I’ll brainwash you into
believing in yourself and knowing you can achieve anything
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Never do the jealous, shady, insecure, envy stuff…just stay on
that hustler, grinder, go-getter, well-wisher stuff
Love yourself first and stop giving all your shit away.
I love the glow you get from minding your own business and
letting go of negativity
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When you love yourself, you move different
Your hard work will pay off. The right people will show up.
Your dreams will come true.
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If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If
you believe you won’t, you will see obstacles.
You’re gonna piss off a lot of people by doing you and getting
yours
Find three hobbies you love: one to make you money, one to
keep you in shape and one to be creative.
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When they get too
comfortable at the
table you’ve gotta
remind them it’s a line
outside.
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The jealousy be in the jokes, pay attention.
You can’t change people, but you can change how you fuck
with them
You’re waiting for me to fail and I’m waiting for you to succeed.
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Some people don’t like you because your anointing aggravates
their demons
Help secure the bag or get from around me. The spiritual bag,
the emotional bag, the financial bag and every other bag I
deserve!
Once thing about me…I ain’t begging a soul to fuck with me.
You gotta let people lose with who they think they’re winning
with
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I don’t care how well I’m doing, I still need that money you owe
me
Nobody hates you more than a person that did you wrong
If I tell you I’m 5 mins away and you believe me, you need to
grow up
The problem is y’all choose people who are good for your
image, instead of choosing those who are good for your spirit
Bitches will tell you throw the whole nigga away and waiting
by the garbage
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If your man’s name hold weight, you can’t just be out here
acting like you regular
People will match their hats with their sneakers and their
purses with their shoes but won’t match their words with
their actions.
You should give a fuck. You really should. But only about things
that set your soul on fire. Save your fucks for magical shit.
That check feels better when you don’t have to sell your soul
for it!
A lot of y’all living your best life because y’all don’t pay bills
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People still think millennials are teens…no baby, we grown,
poor and ready to beat y’all ass.
You don’t have to say you’re dope, real dope sells itself.
Don’t let sex turn you into a mother before love has the
chance to turn you into a wife.
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Everything happens
for a reason but
sometimes the reason
is that you’re stupid
and make bad
decisions
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People be hating so much they won’t even help you if it
helps them
Once I start taking my own advice, it’s over for you hoes!
The same people who brought you pain, check your page to
see if you’re happy
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You have all these deep quotes on your page, yet you haven’t
changed at all
It’s the ones who are against you that believe in your power
the most
I’ve met people that have millions of dollars that the nicest
most humble people ever. Then there’s the bitches with
$27.50 in their bank account until next week that try to treat
you like shit.
Niggas don’t ever support shit you do but always saying you
they bro
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It’s weird how everyone sleeps differently…like I sleep on my
side, my ex sleeps with everyone and y’all sleep on me.
Who be doing y’all make up? I’m asking for a funeral home.
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No arguing all 2019.
I’m sending an “OK”
and going on about my
life
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Just because you want to see your people eat doesn’t mean
you’re responsible for making their plate
When I took them wins “we” won…when I took them loses, “I”
took them loses!
Eat with people who are hungry, not people that are greedy
Don’t worry about who’s not supporting you. Grow with those
that do!
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Don’t worry about the people who aren’t happy for you…they
probably aren’t happy for themselves either.
Even the people who betray you are a part of the master plan
When I was down and messed up, all I heard was “Smh…that’s
crazy!” Heard you!
You cannot put everyone on. You will drown trying to rescue
the people who were never taught to swim
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Imagine taking someone for granted and then never finding
anyone like them again.
Keep it real gangsta with people and you’re bound to hurt some
feelings. Once their feelings heal up, they’ll respect what you
said because it was real!
Let’s be clear…I don’t fuck with nobody more than they fuck
with me. I give the same energy I receive at all times.
The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down
to feel it’s warmth
We’re too old to still be telling people how they should treat
us.
Don’t think you ever used me…you just ran into a real one with
a big heart.
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Stuck between, idk, idc, idgaf
Some people are mad you because you aren’t suffering the
way they expected you to
Can’t be out here losing sleep over someone you don’t even
wake up to
When people show you their red flags, show them your
white flag and peace out
I’ve been doing really good with leaving people where they
had me fucked up at
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If you can’t spell, don’t inbox me…talking about “Hi, wear
you farm?”
Don’t let anyone take you back to a level that you leveled up
from
You’re responsible for how long you let what hurt you,
haunt you.
Y’all care way too much about people that don’t give a
damn about you
You cannot put everyone on. You will drown trying to rescue
the people who were never taught to swim
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Don’t be so thirsty for opportunity that you drink from every
cup handed to you…that’s how you get poisoned
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Pac-Man had it all
figured out. Eat, avoid
suckas and moved on
to the next level!
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Ships don’t sink because of the water around them…ships sink
because of the water that gets in! Don’t let what’s happening
around you get inside of you and weigh you down
I fall too. I just don’t tell the world about it. I use my energy to
get back up.
You know you got a good heart when you feel bad for doing
what’s best for you.
The hardest thing is evolving and seeing the people you care
about stuck in their mental limitations.
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I like minding my business and not knowing shit I’m not
supposed to know.
People will leave you out in the cold and get mad when you
learn how to get warm by yourself.
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