My whole thing is if it wasn't for people like ya'll and people like them I wouldn't be me. I love every minute of it.

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.

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

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

Becoming me was the greatest creative project of my life.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14

It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

The Bible teaches that history began in the Middle East, and someday history will end in the Middle East.

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.

In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.

He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

I think I would like to be in Victorian times. Small town. Bandstands. Summer. That kind of thing. Without disease.