

I saw it, so I believed it to an extent ’cause, still, you’re out here. A lot of cats come from prison and they try to make up for those 25 years in 24 hours. I said, ‘So you done? Are you done testing the system? Do you have another lick up your sleeve?’ You don’t know. I can't disrespect myself like that.’ He was done. Rich told me, ‘Man, Ice, I will sell orange juice on the side of the street before I break the law. “I asked that same question to Spike's cousin Rich when they had beat a charge earlier,” says Ice, who used to rob with Spike in the 1980s before he became a rap star. That’s why he wanted to ask Spike that question, one that Ice leaned on when people came to him. With this experience, Ice knew that some people can walk away from crime, and that others can’t. You have to want to.”īy this point in 2016, Ice-T had helped several of his friends, providing a string of opportunities to people in his circle. But with a criminal, same thing with a drug addict, ‘Are you done?’ Because no one can stop you from getting high. But when you decide to make those vows, that should be it. I say, ‘Are you done?’ Which means, ‘Are you done chasing bitches? Are you done fuckin’ other women? Are you done?’ If you're not done, you shouldn't get married. “When you're getting ready to get married, I ask you the same question. “You're addicted to the life, the game, fast money,” Ice-T continues. The book chronicles Ice’s and Spike’s lives of crime, and how things changed once Ice became a superstar, and Spike was sentenced for his role in the robbery. “When you're a criminal, you're an addict,” says Ice-T, whose new book Split Decision is in stores today.
