I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning

So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists.

Life Will Put Many Red Lights In Front Of You, But Sometimes We Must Push On The Gas And Trust God

I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat

Tell me how I stay positive When they never see good in me

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

Lazy and indifferent the heron returns

By being in harmony with your environment you are able to control more precisely what happens.

But after being on the run I've learned a life spent creating enemies isn't worth leading. Having allies is the best advantage in the world.

In every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success.

What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.

I'm happy to talk in general themes, but when we get down to specifics about my family, for me that's always been off-limits.

Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.