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.
Ice TI've been in crime for a long time and I know that the actual move isn't the actual crime: the crime continues [afterwards].
Ice TWhen I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.
Ice TIt 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."
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