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

The world is yours and everything in it, it's out there- get on your grind and get it.

Open your eyes, I'm a BLESSING in disguise

Let's say your past is your present and your present is your cash, So I look forward to the future.

Think you figured it out, but you don't have a clue. Think you on top of the world, but the world on top of you.

My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

I used to hit the kitchen lights, cockroaches everywhere. Hit the kitchen lights, now it's marble floors everywhere.

Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

Real recognize real, I suppose.

Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain't productive, I get concerned.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

I wish I believed him. He's looking at me like he can see where I begin.

I had dedicated my life to words. But sometimes, words are not needed.

When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.

Mexico will not be taking advantage of us. They will not be having open borders.

We cannot live for ourselves alone.

They were soul mates, my mother and father. They claimed to adore each other, as if the word 'adore' meant 'argue with ceaselessly.

And of course, in my writing, there is the constant theme of music, love of, preoccupation with, music. Music is the single thread making my life into a coherency.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

I will see this game of life out to its bitter end