A song ain't why people kill cops.

If they would have put positive opportunities in front of me to make $1000 a week, I would have done it. But they didn't. They put $1000 in front of me and an illegal way to make it. And they expect me not to do it because they say it's wrong.

So don't blame me for the problems. You can't fault me for it. You can't blame me. You want to blame me but I'm just trying to express what is going on, and trying to keep America open to it.

I'll rap as long as people want to hear it.

Look at music for what it's worth around the world and not just America. In other countries, people are still buying CDs and going to record stores. But in America, it's all about digital. The game is breaking down. But, look at me, you need to know how to play the game the right way.

There's no such thing as losing touch. You can take me out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of me.

It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs. We should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.