Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context of history is like drowning in bloody water, dragging down those yet knowing to swim.

Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s.

I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.

Every time something tries to create respect with a machine it crumbles!

One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor.

Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the undermining labels they place on us. We pay attention to what our community situation is and what we need.