Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time.

I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.

The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden.

I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.

Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice

They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am.

I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!