I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.

I know what it's like to feel hopeless and to feel like you're not good enough just because of where you're from. I know what it's like to be profiled and to be abused by the police. I know what it's like to be racially profiled, treated unjustly and abused by the police just because of how you look.

It is imperative for US to parent our children and educate them outside of the school systems, as our education system was not designed to lift US out of oppression.

When you ask me who I look up to and who I can admire for their style right now, I have to choose from people that represent what I represent stylistically.

All the hatin just fuels to my fire.

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

We've somehow allowed ourselves to think it's okay to neglect and abandon our responsibility to ourselves and to our community. Everything cannot be blamed on the system.