Faith & Spirit Quote by Mike Epps

"I'm a survivor of life" is funny in the way Mike Epps often is: it lands as a punchline without needing a setup. Not "a survivor of cancer" or "a survivor of poverty" - just life itself, the whole chaotic, vaguely hostile operating system everyone’s stuck running. The phrasing turns existence into an extreme sport, which is both comic exaggeration and quiet confession. Epps isn’t claiming heroism; he’s signaling mileage.

The second sentence pivots from swagger to testimony: "I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me". That "try" matters. It’s not the airtight certainty of a preacher, it’s the messy honesty of someone who knows gratitude is a practice, not a personality trait. The subtext is that success can distort you as easily as hardship can flatten you. For a comedian whose brand often leans on rawness and misdirection, crediting God is also a way to reframe ego: you can be the star and still refuse to act like you’re the author.

Culturally, this sits in a familiar Black American tradition where faith language doubles as armor and orientation, especially for performers who came up through instability and scrutiny. In interviews, comics are expected to be irreverent; Epps lets reverence in anyway, which reads less like branding and more like survival strategy. He’s saying: I’ve been through enough to know luck isn’t a plan, and applause isn’t a compass.