Well, the first two days in prison, I had to go through what life is like when you've been smoking weed for as long as I have and then you stop. Emotionally, it was like I didn't know myself.

I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing...... That's what I want little niggaz to see.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

There's a machine that I have nothing to do with. It's called the "Tupac Machine."

I don't know how to change the world but I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody gon clean it up.

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it has soul to it, hip hop can live on.

It’s just me against the world.