"I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself"
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The subtext is about ownership. Rapping is work, identity, brand, and community, but it can also become a job that consumes the person who performs it. Trice is naming the tension between being valued for a single skill and wanting to expand into something less legible to fans: business, family stability, acting, producing, just peace. For an artist associated with the early-2000s Eminem/Shady ecosystem, the line also reads like a response to how quickly the industry can freeze people in an era. When the spotlight moves on, you either chase it or redefine success.
The intent feels less like retirement talk and more like a boundary: I am not only what you stream.
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Trice, Obie. (2026, January 16). I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-dont-want-to-be-rapping-forever-i-love-it-100704/
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Trice, Obie. "I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-dont-want-to-be-rapping-forever-i-love-it-100704/.
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"I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-dont-want-to-be-rapping-forever-i-love-it-100704/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.






