I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

I think that once you lose your fear, and understand that your position is God-given, then, if you lose your fear of what man can do, it enables you to do some things that God wants you to do.

Don't hate the player; change the game

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her son.

If you think "sagging," and, how many women you've got, and how big a chain you've got, and how much dope you're slangin', and how much money you've got in your pocket makes you a "man," then you're sadly mistaken. You're going to be a misguided soul your entire life.

If you ain't nothing when you get money and fame, you're just going to be more nothing. If you don't stand for nothing, when you get money and fame, you ain't suddenly fin to stand for nothing! You're just fin to be richer and more famous - standing for nothing!