Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.

Or is it the mind state that's ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.

When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.

Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.