My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets; I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape

If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

God is only as strong as your belief in him.

God shall shine through the person you are and not the mistakes you made.

When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

I always finish what i start

Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

In my position, I think the best thing I do is just keep girlfriend involved.

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don't have any nose.

I've been through so many different political races.

My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.