They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.

You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.

They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.

I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a great rapper - is someone who wants to be better.

May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

Rapper, just puts so much connotation on who you are and what is exposed. Even if a lot of it is out-dated, people still bring a lot to it.