You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something that people can appreciate.

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

History is too much about wars

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

I can't stand being stagnant. Every day is a new opportunity to achieve something, even on a small scale.

Ultimately, it's how you approach things in life that puts a smile on your face.

Sometimes, in the dressing room, I think I am in Hollywood.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me

Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?