Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing.

Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.

Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.

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

You can't turn a bad girl good, but once a good girls' gone bad, she's gone forever.

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way than through hip-hop.