When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don’t take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I’m about because you know better than that.

If you fall stand tall and come back for more.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

After a long day of trying, to make my songs pay, making love all day against the wall in the hallway.

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!