I went back and studied the game, was a student of the game and worked on my craft and dedicated myself, you know? A lot of my music revolves around me growing up in Compton. I want to tell a different story that's never been told before, of a good kid in a mad city.

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

I went back and studied the game, was a student of the game and worked on my craft and dedicated myself, you know? A lot of my music revolves around me growing up in Compton. I want to tell a different story that's never been told before, of a good kid in a mad city.

What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting - it starts from within.

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.

A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.