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.

As long as you focus on your strengths and remain natural, then you come off natural [in your work].

I aint dead, I aint done, I ain't scared, I aint run, no matter what, no matter what, Still I stand

I dont care what you do fo you respect, but i would die for mine

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.

The one thing we all have in common is that we're human. Why pay more attention to the things that make us different over the things that bring us together?

I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.