When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)" came on the radio, he said, "That's my song," and I said, "No, that's my song."
Boots RileyA lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.
Boots RileySometimes it takes time to get into what ideas actually mean to you. Even when you're not writing a song, it's like that.
Boots RileyI think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.
Boots RileyRappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives the idea that the knowledge people need is how to take over the system, what they see is that people need to know how to hustle; people need to know how to survive.
Boots Riley