The war on drugs is a war against the communities.
All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.
I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.