Life Is For Living, Not Living Uptight,

Racism Is Taught In The Home. We Agree On That? Well, It's Very Hard To Teach Racism To A Teenager Who's Listening To Rap Music And Who Idolizes, Say, Snoop Dogg. It's Hard To Say, 'that Guy Is Less Than You.' The Kid Is Like, 'i Like That Guy, He's Cool. How Is He Less Than Me?

Boxing Is A Glorious Sport To Watch And Boxers Are Incredible, Heroic Athletes, But It's Also, To Be Honest, A Stupid Game To Play. Even The Winners Can End Up With Crippling Brain Damage. In A Lot Of Ways, Hustling Is The Same. But You Learn Something Special From Playing The Most Difficult Games, The Games Where Winning Is Close To Impossible And Losing Is Catastrophic: You Learn How To Compete As If Your Life Depended On It. That's The Lesson I Brought With Me To The So-called "legitimate" World.

So Many People That I've Seen Can't Get Clean Water. It's A Crime.

I'm Trying To Tell The Story In The Most Clear, Concise, And Truthful Way, Taking Those Everyday Words And Phrases And Capturing Them In A Way That They Become Something Else.

The Average Rap Life Is Two Or Three Albums. You're Lucky To Get To Your Second Album In Rap!