I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

I truly believe that I make my path and I set my course, and where I land, at the end of the day, or the end of my career, [is] because of me. Of course, you get help along the way, and cosigns and management and opportunities and things like that but overall, the ball is in your court basically.

Either you play the game or let the game play you and be that broke sucka talkin bout I stayed true

I'll be dammed if I sit around another year, Dreamin' dreams hopin' somehow that they just appear.

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

Even my momma asked what I'mma do. Decisions, decisions/ In case this is war, then I load up on all ammunition/ If a n----a want problems, my trigger's on auto.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.