Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.

You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it.

My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.

They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.

Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.

If you have no soul you can gut it out. You know, like a marionette, you'll just follow what seems to actually give you whatever you ain't got.