And thats the way it was and thats the way the cookie crumbles

That's what I am, America's nightmare. I am what you made me, the hate and evil that you gave me.

Today is built on tragedies, which no one wants to face, nightmares to humanities and morally disgraced. Tonight is filled with rage, violence in the air, children bred with ruthlessness because no one at home cares.

To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff.

They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty.

I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on.

My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My musi is spiritual. It's like Negro spiituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome.