Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly.

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

I didn't introduce thug life to America. Thug life is America. I don't get why the whole world is fearing me. I am scared, but so are they. It's like I am having a panic attack cause I have 15,000 people wanting to do what I want, listing to everything I say.

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.

I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere, I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with...Every time I had to go to a new apartment, I had to reinvent myself, myself. People think just because you born in the ghetto you gonna fit in. A little twist in your life and you don't fit in no matter what. If they push you out of the hood and the White people's world, that's criminal...Hell, I felt like my could be destroyed at any moment.