It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.

I start to think, and then I sink Into the paper like I was ink When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines I escape when I finish the rhyme.

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do

I'm just an addict, addicted to music Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it.

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth

Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.

So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents

I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP IT Now it's a daily word

I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine. But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?

Creative people need strong encouragement.

Fear is a matter of misplaced attention. Focus on redirecting it.

The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.

I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.

I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what. I was like, My big sister is asking me?

Television was our chief tool in selling our policy.

I turned 30 and everyone told me I would feel different and I didn't. So I thought I'd move to New York.

I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a Flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!

War can only be qualified by its object, and there is neither foreign war nor civil war, there is only just or unjust war.