Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

You can want success all you want, but to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip. You can’t sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont

I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth

I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game.