It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. Everybody wants to go past. Like the gangster stuff, it just got exploited.

Study your lessons, don't settle for less.

I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?

We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup, And even though you're fed up, Huh, ya got to keep your head up.

I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible.

I only wrote one song in jail. But I'm writing new album - you're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album. I'm venting my anger.

And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change.