It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day.

There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be.

I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

Everyone needs a chance to evolve.

Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can't figure you out.

No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?