There are so many people pulling at me at one time - some want the business, some want my love, some just want my support, just to be there or to acknowledge them the same way I used to. To be able to figure that out is an ongoing process, because there's always another show, another album, another moment that I don't want to miss. But I'm pacing myself. I hope the powers that be keep me on a straight course.

Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists.

Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself ?

The more people I meet, the more cultures I start to embrace, the more people I open myself up to - it's a growing process I'm excited about. But it's also a challenge for me, to be at this level and still be able to connect with somebody who's living that everyday life. At first it was something I struggled with, because everything was moving so fast. I didn't know how to digest it. The best thing I did was go back to the city of Compton, to touch the people who I grew up with and tell them the stories of the people I met around the world.