Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

I don't even have kids. But at heart, I'm a kid myself.

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first.

I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song.

If I can look at a 6-year-old and learn from him, that's life. That's God for me, that's inspiring.