I'm afraid because some police are way out of control. My true feeling with police is this: If they do their job, there's no problem.

I never know if the person I'm shaking hands with is coming to kill me. That's something you have to live with when you cross the lines.

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do here. That was the first time I ever heard rap considered folk music. And sometimes somebody will make you understand like, "Hey, what you doin' is serious, don't play it lightly 'cause it's changin' my life."

Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.

Winners have to absorb losses.