A compilation of quotes and thoughts from one of the most acclaimed rappers in Latin America. A tribute to the figure of Canserbero, the Venezuelan rapper who, unfortunately, left us too soon.
Tyrone José González Oramas was the real name behind one of the most recognized rap and hip-hop singers in Latin America, Canserbero. This singer of Venezuelan origin knew how to stand out in the musical world for his versatile rhythms and his daring lyrics about the social and political state of his country, as well as personal anecdotes.
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Best lyrics and quotes from Canserbero
To remember this singer who unfortunately lost his life due to an alleged suicide in 2015, we bring the best canserbero phrases about his life and music since, as one of his lyrics says, ‘the one who dies does not leave, but the one who forgets ‘.
1. And it is not the one who dies, but the one who forgets.
His most remembered and successful phrase.
2. All the evil in the world is in a man who fights to death with another where all the goodness is. Who died?
One of his last thoughts before he died.
3. You must love without fear of being betrayed, although without giving priority to those who have not given you priority.
Love must drive away fear, but we must not let someone “loved” trample us.
4. Stop looking at gray clouds that are going to roll over me. Uproot every unhappy memory.
Things that do not do well should not be kept.
5. I am not a gold coin, they taught me to be honest so that they believe me when the wolf comes out.
Nobody is liked by everyone because not everyone appreciates honesty.
6. Never turn your back on the bull or it sticks its horns at you.
Face your problems before they consume you.
7. Time obviously heals wounds… although no wound heals without scarring.
Wounds are never forgotten, but if we learn to accept them and leave them behind.
8. Life is a journey, not a station; get your memory out of that prison.
Life is in constant movement and evolution.
9. Yes in fact I grew up listening to Rock, my father and my uncles listen to a lot of rock.
Talking about the music he used to listen to.
10. I don’t hate types of music as such but songs or “performers”.
It is not the music, but the artist, who can affect the song.
11. I don’t know if there is a God but if there is I am almost sure that it is not a big tiger with a mane but rather that voice that most of us ignore and listen to when we get into trouble.
God is in how we cultivate our trust.
12. Heart and body do not speak the same language.
Two elements that are not always united.
13. Crying reigns and tomorrow is red and I worry about what my children will see when they open their eyes.
Concern for the future for the new generations.
14. They seem very brazen to me now, because it’s obvious that they don’t even think they’re good for music, but they stick them for trade gadgets, I repeat very brazenly in my opinion.
A critique of how some artists use their power in music.
15. When I die, throw a pencil in the wooden box and don’t let go what you don’t want in life.
Everyone has personal wishes for when they leave this world.
16. I live in fear of doing the right thing with the wrong person, or doing the wrong thing with the right person.
A fear that many of us can share.
17. There will never be a revolution without the evolution of consciousness. The difference is up to you.
It is useless to generate a change if it is not for our benefit.
18. Old and lucid. Although I’ve always had a hunch that I’ll die young.
How did you see yourself in your future? Although she had the idea to die young and she was not wrong.
19. I guess consistency, passion and objectivity are paying off; I have always thought that without those three ingredients, nothing goes to the dance.
Three elements that are necessary to succeed.
20. You should never let a comment complicate you because even improving the world someone will criticize you.
There will always be people who say something bad about you, even if you try to do something good.
21. Like your partner’s bare skin on your arms, like helping your child take their first step.
Having or giving support drastically changes a person’s journey.
22. It takes more than courage to face death. You can run but you can’t hide.
Nobody is saved from death.
23. I know that success is achieved with effort, but sometimes, you also need to dream.
All the greats started once dreaming of their ideal future.
24. I admit that sometimes I get tired of fighting and I would like to sleep to never wake up.
A feeling of remaining surrendered forever.
25. Trusting who you love I don’t know if it’s virtue or defect, even more knowing that nothing is eternal or perfect.
We cannot ensure or control that things go completely well.
26. I am in those times when the mind is exhausted drop by drop; The days go by and you hardly notice it.
A feeling of despair that consumes energy.
27. With “And happiness what?”, that’s my favorite next to “Tomorrow will be another day”. They were written at a time when I was exhausted from being tough and I think I let Tyrone out 100%.
Talking about his inspiration for these two songs.
28. Like a skydiver who forgot his parachute so this love collapsed.
It is carelessness that kills love the most.
29. Although I don’t believe in love at first sight, I do believe in loving at first night.
Beliefs about love.
30. Happiness is not bought by money, nor do the cheapest prostitutes sell their I love you.
Money is a great help, but it never fills the gaps we have.
31. I think that all the times that I have collaborated with someone or they have collaborated with me it has been only for feeling, I do not rule out that that feeling occurs again but in reality I do not look for it.
On the reasons for collaborating with another artist.
32. My mind is my worst enemy… it told me “I’ll tell you what’s a lie” without thinking about the damage it would do to me.
On many occasions, our mind can stall us more than help us.
33. I feel like a madman trying to trust someone still on the planet of hypocrisy.
It is necessary to doubt people to be careful.
34. I hope those who always lie drown… and once in hell they burn forever.
Liars are left alone little by little.
35. All we need is love.
Do you believe in this statement?
36. Before changing the world, first change yourself.
If you don’t change with the world, you’re going to hate it.
37. Good times disappear from my mind, however, the memories of betrayal are permanent.
Unfortunately, it is the negative things that we remember the most.
38. Yelling at your partner, ignoring your old lady when she advises you, and what about happiness?
Believing ourselves superior takes its toll on us sooner or later.
39. Since the arrival of the internet, Hip-Hop has gained many followers, I also think that we are in the era of independent music.
Showing the benefit that the internet has had in this musical genre.
40. Someone once said that trust is in danger of extinction and the balance is against the heart.
Every day humanity seems to become more greedy and less human.
41. I’m so confused I don’t know whether to cry, get upset or sit down and think, look for you or just wait.
That feeling of not knowing what to do when you lose someone.
42. I hope in the future it will be easier because man does not live by art alone, although it sounds disappointing for the most purists.
The artistic path is not easy.
43. Even if I can, I don’t want to live without you.
It is a need that goes beyond all logic.
44. And they will forget me like all those who have died…
Many people are forgotten.
45. A town is silent, an injustice is committed.
There are corrupt governments that cannot be overthrown because the people do not collaborate.
46. Someone said that it will not always rain, instead tomorrow will always be another day.
Bad things don’t last. What is eternal is hope.
47. Take care of your course without judging that I chose.
Worry about your future instead of criticizing other people’s choices.
48. It bores me to hear what they think of Hip-Hop, they see the genre as an eternal Freestyle battle and say “Gobballs” to the few who seek to support.
A critique of those who claim to be rappers and are just looking for attention.
49. We laugh and cry, we fall we get up, we enjoy the good, we learn from the bad.
That is the law of life.
50. It is Machiavellian to meditate alone where you lived everything with her.
No space is the same when a relationship is broken.
51. Admirable is the one who dies for his ideals. Respectable is that man who respected the like of him.
That’s the kind of people you have to admire.
52. I hate to hate, but with you I’m going to have to accentuate.
Nobody wants to follow a path of negativities.
53. Never say always forever or forever, if every time I turn around you stop being transparent.
Things don’t necessarily last a lifetime.
54. Today blood is going to flow, I know where that guy is moving… Today I am going to become a criminal, I don’t believe in anyone anymore.
Many times, by pursuing justice by our own hands, we become criminals.
55. Something as simple as that I go in you and you go in me like two pieces that fit perfectly.
A couple is a strong union.
56. Try to save what is worthwhile and throw away what no longer works, throw it away even if it hurts.
A great tip to apply.
57. Give me a chance and I swear you’ll want to grow old with me.
Sometimes we just need a chance to prove ourselves.
58. As time goes by, youth ends and you don’t notice it until you lose half of your life without having felt the simple and special things. Like your people that you hugged only at Christmas.
Many adults regret not having appreciated their youth.
59. I dream of the day when they mature and this music grows and has more cultured followers like rock or reggae have today in my opinion.
The future he hopes hip-hop will have.
60. I hate when this happens, having a dream and feeling that it was true even when you are already awake.
Of those illusions that do not abandon us, even if they hurt us.
61. I love to sing to love as much as to hate, I will continue doing it because my viscera ask me to.
Talking about what he likes to show in his songs.
62. They are envious and impressionable, they all dress the same and look badly at those who do not want to dress wide, they live discussing the underground and the commercial without knowing what the hell that is and/or what factors cause it and its consequences.
What he despises about ‘rappers’ who really aren’t.
63. Let those who don’t believe in anyone raise their hand and if no one raises them, I raise it.
Avoid becoming attached so as not to get hurt.
64. Let’s grow and make our land an envied people, songs of protest, proposals or answers, songs that knock on doors, songs of evolution.
The dream of creating a better nation.
65. It’s high caliber rap, made by tigers, for tigers, although it’s dangerous, the only thing against me is that I’m free.
On his thoughts towards rap.
66. Excuse me for the rudeness, but damn the day sensitivity came into my life.
Sometimes people do not know how to handle their emotions and these become a problem.
67. I think it’s time to forget about your kisses.
It is better to leave someone even if it hurts at first than to continue clinging to something that is not and never will be.
68. Hip-hop suffers from patterns established by closed minds, most of the kids think that if you don’t talk about explicit violence you don’t talk about reality, as if all reality is violent, they are confused and don’t want to accept it.
A negative influence that continues to be within the ranks of hip-hop.
69. I still doubt that praying is of any use and I have come to think that God does not exist or is bipolar.
Reflections on believing in God.
70. We live in pursuit of fictitious Loyalty, links of greed circles that addicted you.
Praising greed more and putting aside happy things.
71. I work in an office as a raw material claims analyst, I study law, I try to play sports; I recently started taking muay thai classes that I plan to continue, anyway. I’m more normal than normalin.
About the life he had off stage.
72. I understood that to find myself, you have to find freedom first.
Freedom must first be mental.
73. They can never send me to areas where hypocrites must pay their torment.
Proud to always be honest.
74. I am already unhinged by the injustice it makes me suffer, but even so, I do not ignore the news before going to sleep.
That impotence before not being able to do anything against despicable injustices.
75. I kissed your feet to be in your footprints.
The magnitude of devotion to a person.
76. Beware of envy mijo, my old lady told me looking into my eyes, may she rest in peace.
Envy can destroy more than anything else.
77. It will never be a solution to give education to the poor if what you give them is a poor education.
Everyone should have the right to have a quality education.
78. You don’t have to be a Nostradamus to see where we’re going, or a prophet to predict tomorrow. He just opens his eyes and you will have premonitions.
If you do bad things, you cannot expect a promising future.
79. The truth is like manure, it comes out sooner or later and sincere friends I count them with one hand.
The truth cannot be hidden.
80. I continue to see this as a way of letting off steam and a way of life more than as a business, because if that were the case, I would have already made several strategic collaborations interested both abroad and here.
What for him is singing and creating music.
81. I invite you to dance Mrs. Soledad on the planet.
The loneliness we cling to.
82. It is that happiness has been confused with excess money, while life escapes without retreat.
Materialism is not synonymous with true happiness.
83. If this is not love then I am crazy for no reason.
When we love with great passion.
84. Actually I’m not one of those artists who live hunting for collaborations to put on their resume.
If there is something that characterized Canserbero, it was his legitimate personal passion for his music.
85. We live in a society of cowards; no one assumes their faults, the neighbor is to blame.
If people accepted their responsibilities, perhaps the world would be a little better.
86. That is why we are, illiterate in thoughts, so as not to read fragments that would kill feelings.
Avoiding things that hurt us, even if they isolate us.
87. Where the heck have our dreams gone? Without dreaming we will never manage to change…
People have taken a course where honesty no longer counts.
88. If you don’t sweep the shit today, maybe tomorrow you’ll step on it.
The things you don’t face at the time, build up until they blow up in your face.
89. And if we die and there is a heaven I will escape from hell and make love to you on a cloud in honor of our memories.
A love beyond parting in death.
90. Thank God I’m an atheist.
About your religious beliefs.
91. And the worst part is that I know so much about you that I could teach intensive classes about your life.
When you know a person completely.
92. I want to see you shine like the star that made us leave a trace in this vast abstract universe.
The desire to see the one we love succeed.
93. We walked without looking for each other, although knowing that we were walking to find each other.
Many romances begin this way.
94. Let him think differently. There is no need for more rappers who think the same.
His advice for future rappers.
95. I have not yet died of love, although we think so.
Nobody dies of love.
96. Of these longing for oblivion and at the same time to be with you.
Forgetting someone is never easy. We always seek to fall back into her arms.
97. After all, being happy is what I must demand of you; If you’re already happy without me, I can’t contradict you.
The happiness of the other is not always with us.
98. I generally detest songs that are blatantly mass oriented in my opinion “not special” without a modicum of respect for good taste in my opinion.
A critique of the content of some rap songs.
99. Although I am not a music collector I listen to a bit of everything, although in my case I still listen to the classics The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Queen etc.
The artists who marked his childhood.
100. We know people when we last see them.
To the classic question “what do you do?” I always answer “basically I am a psychologist”. In fact, my academic training has revolved around the psychology of development, education and community, a field of study influenced my volunteer activities, as well as my first work experiences in personal services.