I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes from a real place; I don't have to worry about doing what someone's not doing - I can do me.

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.

I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind

I used to carry a notebook to the studio. I don't do that no more 'cause I don't have the time to write anywhere but right there in the studio on the spot. So when you hear my stuff, know that I wrote it in the studio.