Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did.

It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinds of scratches and marks, you ain't gonna say, 'Damn, look at all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from the concrete.' You're gonna be like, 'Damn, a rose grew from the concrete?'

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.

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

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love.