Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

If you holding up the wall then you missing the point

I have a dream: One day we will get to the promised land. Then the president will be me, The government will be Shabaam, Mos and Kweli...that's it! All wackness is now banned.

Radio makes it appear like you can get some sounds in a laptop and be the next dude. Those careers don't really last.

Love and hate, black and white, Right or wrong, who is right? Some smoke joints to anoint their brain To the vanishing point...so they won't go insane.

It mattered what someone did to allow you to have the forum to do what you're doing.

Couldn't you see me and you stretched out in a bikini on the beach in Tahiti? See, me, I'm very selective even though I could be greedy; My main objective is to write our names together in graffiti.

There needs to be someone who can lead you in the right direction.

His momma said, Donovan why are you, on the corner of linden and guy R. Brewer?

Once I slapped a rapper with mace, Then I spit acid in his face, after he rinsed his eyes, no wait... I actually grew five times my size, grabbed Ma$e by the thigh and slapped a rapper with him.

Kids don't even realize what they're up against.

Your calling is your destiny

True intelligence does not derive from thought. True intelligence uses thought.

My head translates emotions into song. Songwriting is cathartic for me.

In the end, trying to be perfect is the unconscious social effort to please ourselves by pleasing these others.

I've never been in love with Marcello [Mastroianni]. I wasn't even attracted to him physically. I admired him. I followed him and supported him, but nothing ever clicked.

I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.

My soul is my guru; my experience is my guru.

But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives.

A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.

The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.