I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our apartment, there was blood from some guy who got shot; but inside, there was National Geographic magazines and encyclopedias and a little library bookshelf situation.

My greatest enemy at one point was myself, and so now once I got over the fear of myself I don't fear any man. I never have.

For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.

When you understand that your tax dollars pay for those tear gas canisters that were being fired into the crowd, and when you see that, and to know that a little bit of your fingerprint, your American DNA is a part of that, as well as those stealth bombers and that bomb that's lodged in the side of the school that has "Made in USA" on it in Gaza, and all of the unmanned drones that are blowing up weddings and things of that nature, to know that you pay for that, you really have - you don't have to do it now, but you need to think about that.

My problem is I’m peaceful, and I believe in the people.

Why kill you when I can just not teach you and get the same results?

I don't think that politics are as complex as people like to make them seem or out to be.