A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

Rappers 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.

What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make that connection to trying to make revolutionary change, and I don't need to change my music to get to a certain audience.

A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

I just make music based on what I believe.

Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensely. I think of my political ideas as ideas about how I want to interact with other human beings as opposed to abstract theories about how the world should be.

I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.