Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

All on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're fat, get out of the way now and let somebody else come by."

It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you've got any kind of heart.

You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear.

At one point, the old school club retires and you're next up to bat, but if you stop before your time, you will see someone else live your dream.

Big L scared me to death. When I heard that on tape, I was scared to death. I was like there's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with.

Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.