Some of us were born to hate and some of us were born to be great.

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, and start being thankful for what you do got.

We cannot continue to get caught up in having material abundance and yet be fundamentally and spiritually broke.

You can't go through the kinds of things I've gone through, as much as I have, without re-evaluating yourself and making adjustments. And you can't endure these horrendous circumstances without developing a certain level of strength and wisdom.

People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.

Producing a film is more unfamiliar territory. Although producing an album and overseeing artists is a task within itself. But film is unfamiliar territory so, here and now, that's more difficult.