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 thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

Niggas pray and pray on my downfall, But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball

[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make "relieving" the suffering of the addicts.

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.