My mama couldn't give me what I wanted. I had all right clothes, but the people I was with had better clothes. I felt that I had to have better clothes.

You don't get respect if you don't deserve it.

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

Do what your heart tells you is right.

An older guy, he's going to show you things that a young man can't show you. He's going to show you how to stay alive. He's going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I'm saying?

When I turned 16, I thought I was a man. I needed the money. When you don't have it, crazy thoughts go through your mind.

Now people think it's cool to have a baby, but it ain't cool to take care of it. We have to change that. You make your life for that baby. That's the future.