It's a hell of a relief. Especially for a dude like me who is so hands on and I like to pretty much all the way hip-hop. So it's difficult when you're dealing with the majors.

They say blood is thicker than water. Only in certain cases, you need water to live. You learn that in the basics.

Weird like Murdock, thinkin' like Hannibal, Man like Face but I'm wild like B.A.

It's family first for me and then business so the family has got to know what's going on with the business.

I didn't cut no corners, I just gave it my heart and soul.

My heart seem[s] colder than March but on the flipside of things, it's still warmer than June.

I would never sell my soul, for cars and gold

I'm always going to survive and always going to be able to make more music because I have a dedicated fan base.

I mean family is more important than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D-Block, my rap career anything... It's the most important aspect of a person's life.

Young black men had an opportunity to make money that they had never made before, so why not be flashy? I'm not mad at the flash. It just needed to be balanced.

An emcee is a Master of Ceremonies. If you're an emcee, and I am an emcee... I rhyme, you know what I mean? I do things for my fans that still appreciate me, let them know what's coming.

But everything is how it should be. How's that for wisdom?

Stripping away my ego and accepting my truth even if it's not who I want to see. Makes me want to be better when it's exposed. It's very vulnerable and exhilarating.

The reason we have this inner conviction that death is not the end - and that Heaven exists - is because we were created in the image of God.

Damn where my roof just go, I'm somebody that you should know Get to shakin somethin cause that's what Drama produced it fo'

Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful.

You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings.

If you're making a film, the one thing I've learned is you have to pick somebody really well-known to make it relevant.

Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.

I'm good at asking other people questions, but I'm not really good at answering questions.

What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself.