I loved the hood and still love the hood but I had to realize like Ra you a rapper now you're in the public eye.

I go up in the supermarkets and people always go what are you doing here and I go I'm hungry in a sarcastic but nice way just to let them know yo I'm human too man.

When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.

It 's amazing how Allah made the mind to the point where we almost alike me and you, we almost see the same. But we got different aspects of things. Certain things are what they call common sense. Allah made it like that meaning there's only one mind, be we all occupy it. Some of us dig into it a little deeper. Some of us are lazy on it. There's only one right and one wrong.

I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.

I've always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times.

Go to the club or go to the block or go hang out and things start coming.