I was a Dr. Dre fan.

I literally grew up in the church.

Hey-hey-hey-hey! Smoke weed every day!

Hey, ay, ay, ay...smoke weed everyday.

Boys need fathers, and you can't do that in jail.

It looks different seeing yourself on the big screen.

It makes it a lot easier when you can make your own decisions.

I'm trying to make a big statement - that I'm not just a hook singer.

Long Beach is fast. Every day, you hear something bad; somebody gets hurt.

Thirty days after high-school graduation, I went straight into the Marines.

I smoke so much weed that you wouldn't believe and I get more ass then a toilet seat.

When I do get married, I'm gonna sing to my wife. If a woman makes me fall in love, I've got to sing to her.

Death Row is a bridge out of that ghetto world, giving voices to those people society thinks shouldn't be heard.

When I met you last night baby Before you opened up your gap I had respect for ya lady But now I take it all back

Wherever I go with my life, even the good times and the bad parts, only two people are with me: God and my music.

I see myself as the ambassador of hip-hop. I do songs with people from everywhere. We ain't got nothing but love.

People don't know how deep, loving, and caring 'Pac was. He was more than a rapper or an actor: he was a real friend.

You can be more creative when you're not feeling like a slave. When you're on a record label, they have you like that.

I really didn't even pick producers. I just picked beats, except for Dre - he's the only producer I knew I wanted to work with.

My family don't listen to R&B - never have, never will. They only listen to gospel. That's where I get my voice from. I got a gospel voice.

Sometimes I have some stuff in my head, man, you wouldn't believe. But I can go to the studio and talk about it. That's my way of releasing.

If I'm not around, not only do I fail my sons, I fail myself. Becoming a father changed my outlook and gave me a whole other reason to be around.

I met Snoop through church when we was, like, 13 or 14. You know, they had them little church picnics and basketball games, and that's where I got to know him.

A lot of people just send me beats, and I pick the ones I like. See, once I said I was doing my album - because I know everybody and they mama - everybody just got in touch with me.

The South Side loves me - I've got a song with Jermaine Dupri - and I've got songs on the East Coast and songs on the West Coast. Now, if I could just find me a rapper from up North.

Because, if you ever been in the state pennitentary, you understand if you're not in something, then you stay out of it, you know and that's how I do.That's a easy way to stay out of it!

The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you know what's funny? It went, 'Baby darling darling girl, I really love your Jheri Curl.' I thought it was tight as hell.

A lot of black men get in desperate situations because they don't see any other avenues to make it. You make a couple of mistakes today, that's all she wrote. You're not going to get a good job; nobody's gonna hire a felon. You can't even vote. They just want to silence you.

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