I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers.

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

I don't kill soloists only kill squads

To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

How can you lose when you're doing you?

Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.

Realize, how many classics I gave you/Perhaps if you think back you'll realize that I made you