I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.

I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.

I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.

I ain't never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.

You've got to be happy with yourself. You can't sell yourself if you're out here and you ain't good. Because you're giving people messages, and if your message is wrong, then it's like the blind leading the blind.

Sometimes when people get success they forget about the people that pointed them there or championed them into this position. I pride myself on really understanding. I wouldn't even call it keeping it real. I just call it keeping it me. When they tell me, "You're doing what you're supposed to do," it makes me go ten times even harder, because I know that there are people on the sidelines and they're watching me. They're cheering for me. I want to be the best me I could possibly be when it comes to them.

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.