Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I'm not the thief who grabs your purse. I'm not the guy who jacks your car. I'm not down with people who steal and hurt others. I'm just a brother who fights back. I'm not some violent closet psycho. I've got a job. I'm an artist.

But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to beat me. They're going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, I'm going to lose. And thats why I'm losing.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play

I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family.

They wanna censor me, they ratha see me in a cell, livin' in hell, with only a few of us to live to tell.