Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all.

We was just young guys who wanted to change. We got tired of doin' this same everyday bullshit that we was doin', and we all felt like we had dreams o' bein' a big star. You know, as far as with myself, I never really took it that serious as bein' a star. I only took it that serious as bein' a emcee, which is two different things. You know what I mean?

I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

The main thing I look at is: Is it from the heart? If I know that you down with me, then we always gonna be down through whatever the thick and thin.

When you grow up in that environment of drugs and guns and people gettin' hurt, it start to reflect your background. And I think, at that time when I was doin' it, that's all I knew. But as I got older in the business, I stopped bein' involved with that, and I started to look at the world. And I said, 'Yo, I wanna start talkin' about everything that goes on in the world. I don't wanna just limit myself to one style'.

I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist.