I'm never gonna quit, cause quitting' just ain't my schtick.

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

I try to tell a story musically in a song.