I get my by any means on, whenever there's a drought get your umbrellas out because that's when I brainstorm.

The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!

A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.

Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me?

I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.

The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest.

You can pay for school, but you can't buy class