Creativity Quote by Ja Rule

The line lands like a challenge from the witness stand: not a philosophical seminar, but a rapper’s cross-examination of the systems that judge him. “Who made these laws?” is street-level political theory, aimed less at abstract justice than at authorship and power. The subtext is suspicion: laws aren’t neutral; they’re written by somebody with interests, history, and often distance from the people policed by them. Ja Rule isn’t asking for a civics lesson. He’s asking why the rules feel rigged.

The “two crosses” detail turns theology into style, then flips style back into critique. Calling it “double cross” is a tight pun with teeth: a cross as faith symbol, but also a “double-cross” as betrayal. It suggests a life where institutions promise protection yet deliver punishment, where loyalty is demanded but not returned. Wearing the symbol twice reads like both armor and accusation, a way of saying, I’m still here, still believing, even after being burned.

“I believe in God-not religion” is the emotional release valve. It’s not atheism; it’s a refusal of gatekeepers. In hip-hop’s late-90s/early-2000s mainstream moment, public religiosity often carried a disclaimer: faith as intimate survival, religion as hypocritical institution. Ja Rule frames spirituality as direct access, bypassing the clerics, the courts, the moralizers. The intent is self-definition under pressure: don’t confuse my belief with your approval system.