I hate it when they tell us how far we've came to be; as if our people's history started with slavery.

Better believe that, whenever I see y'all I'ma test ya Only cause I know that faggots respect pressure

I don't have a hand in a lot of my own beats. I like all types of music and all types of beats though.

Though the meek shall inherit the earth, but don't forget: The poor are the ones who inherit the debt.

I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

No one ever really talks about the punk-rock involvement in hip-hop, which influenced Afrika Bambaata.

If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.

Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change.

Let's stop fracking. Who knows about hydraulic fracking? I'm like, whodie, get that oil out the ocean!

I decided to make one of the most controversial songs that I could. I want to get under people's skin.

I started DJ-ing in the '90s. DJ-ing is in every record I do. When I make records I make them for DJs.

I've been coming to Vegas for so many years working in Vegas, so many years I might as well live here.

Something smells fishy and they say it's you, all I know is that you made it with the whole damn crew.

Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless, Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!

I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody.

I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent.

When being unable to differentiate a good from a bad decision:it has become time to follow your heart.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care anymore what people think about me. I'm just gonna be me.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you

My nickname used to be Moses - still is Moses - for a long time, and people just call me Mo for short.

Acting was always a part and faucet of my life. It just comes very natural. I think it's a good thing.

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?

When I write I get to the point where I slow down and I gotta go back into the world and live nahmean.

Layin niggas so flat, homies think you plankin', Only realize you dead when the corpse start stankin'.

I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods.

Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.

Harmony Korine is a Rocket Scientist who purposely went on a 8-year vacation to let everyone catch up.

I'm ready to see that new RZA movie [The Man With The Iron Fists] too, it looks kind of Tarantino-ish.

And when I'm in my car I'm laid back I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat But that's flat

While Dawn worked two jobs to meet ends, her son was busy cutting school and hanging with his friends.

It didn’t rain for you, maybe, but it always rains for me. The sky shatters and rains shards of glass.

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.

I'm not about trying to be out here fighting and shooting, stabbing and, you know, all that crap, man.

I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.

Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That's the approach I have with all music I do.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

It would be really dangerous for us to assume that Christian hip-hop's popularity equals racial unity.

'Rise' has a lot of different meanings. It's a call to action to rise from the dead and actually live.

I'm not good at very many things. The stuff I'm good at tends to be the stuff that people know me for.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.

After a long day of trying, to make my songs pay, making love all day against the wall in the hallway.

Now don't you ever tell a lie just confide in me Would you die 4 me? Tell me baby would you ride 4 me?

Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

The half moon on the bank of the river's devotion. That's the stab wound, born from the killer emotion

Don't come to wild shows if you're just going to talk to your friend about whose shoes you're wearing.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

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