When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble.

The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.

The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even then my music will live forever.

Things change that's the way it is.

If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.

The thing that bothers me is that it seems like all the sensitive stuff I write just goes unnoticed . . . the media doesn't get who I am at all. Or maybe they just can't accept it. It doesn't fit into those negative stories they like to write. I'm the kind of guy who is moved by a song like Don McLean's "Vincent," that one about Van Gogh. The lyric on that song is so touching. That's how I want to make my songs feel. Take "Dear Mama" - I aimed that one straight for my homies' heartstrings.

I find any great man, black or white, I'm going to study him, learn him so he can't be great to me no more.