To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.

So I wait for the day when I'll hear the key as it turns in the lock And the guard will say to me, "Oh my patient prisoner you waited for this day and finally, you are free! You are free! You are free!

Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.

You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault...

Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me.

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about the streets, because that's what happens there.

I'm kind of like, "never say never."