When I was in the 12th grade, I got my girlfriend pregnant. I just got out of school, she was a 10th-grader. I'm a teen parent, and I'm at a point where I'm like, 'Man I've got to do something.'

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.

To learn to read is to light a fire

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

This feeling of being in proximity to something that’s lost to you, it seems like my whole life right now.

If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.

If God and Christ were equal then Christ should be called God’s brother, not God’s Son.

Perpetual revolutions in technology can mean the devaluation of fixed capital on an extensive scale.

I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.

Why are the heavens not filled with light? Why is the universe plunged into darkness?

Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal.

It matters not how long you live, but how well.