Gain some knowledge. If not from the Bible or Koran, get a book from college.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.

I just chill. I don't stand outside too much. I do what I gotta do and chill, man, know what I'm saying? That's all. It's cool.

All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.