Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out.

I've lectured at Stanford, Princeton & Harvard to name a few... I just might be smarter than YOU

I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.

Dog's just want to sniff an ass and eat some food.

I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. If I say it, I gotta be able to back it up.