Now the baby's in the trash heap balling.

Study your lessons, don't settle for less.

I see myself as real. Like I mean if I was the President I would have a responsibility, because people put me there. Nobody put me here. They just buy my records. They wouldn't buy my records if my records wasn't good. I'm being who i am in the record.

Of course I'm going to say "I'm a thug" that's because I came from the GUTTER and I'm still HERE!

Just because I write some songs about bad women, though, that doesn't mean I hate women. I've written songs that show great love and respect for women too. Songs that talk about strong, upstanding women and their pain. I have women working on my music. They understand where I'm coming from. So does my mama. I always play my music for her before it comes out. Why do you think I wrote "Dear Mama"? I wrote it for my mama because I love her and I felt I owed her something deep.

I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.

Heaven ain't hard to find; all you gotta do is look.