"They been callin up here, asking when I am gonna get out. When I hit bricks, it all belongs to me"
About this Quote
“They been callin up here” casts him as still central, still necessary. The syntax matters: it’s vague on purpose. Who is “they”? Lawyers, artists, rivals, label people, gatekeepers - a foggy chorus that reinforces his power by making the demand feel constant and collective. He’s not chasing relevance; relevance is supposedly chasing him.
“When I hit bricks” pulls the quote into its most loaded register. “Bricks” reads as literal walls, the hard reality of confinement, but it also echoes street economy slang - a reminder that Knight’s legend was always tied to the fusion of music industry capital and coercive street credibility. Walking out isn’t just freedom; it’s re-entry into a marketplace.
“It all belongs to me” is the thesis and the threat. It’s not optimism, it’s entitlement - a claim that ownership is a force of nature. In the Death Row context, where contracts, intimidation, and authorship were perpetually contested, that final sentence is less a prediction than a posture: control as brand, domination as reassurance, legacy as possession.
Quote Details
| Topic | Wealth |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Knight, Suge. (2026, January 17). They been callin up here, asking when I am gonna get out. When I hit bricks, it all belongs to me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-been-callin-up-here-asking-when-i-am-gonna-75924/
Chicago Style
Knight, Suge. "They been callin up here, asking when I am gonna get out. When I hit bricks, it all belongs to me." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-been-callin-up-here-asking-when-i-am-gonna-75924/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"They been callin up here, asking when I am gonna get out. When I hit bricks, it all belongs to me." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-been-callin-up-here-asking-when-i-am-gonna-75924/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.





