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.

Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it

Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.

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.

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.