There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

I’m a big fan of history—applying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see how we affect each other. In terms of time, we are not that far from one another. If we were to look back a century, it would seem like a long time; but, if we look at it by decades then it’s only 10 years, and by generations it’s only five.

Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached nonviolence.

You have to use what you have in order to get what you need and the people can not be rich unless somebody is rich. The Hip-Hop generation has carried more people with it than any other enterprise Black Americans have had.

You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your integrity.