Don't Ever Go With The Flow. Be

May The Best Of Your Today's Be The Worst Of Your Tomorrow's

When You Listen To An Album, It Shouldn't Feel Like, "that's The Girl Song," "that's The Club Song." I Shouldn't Know What You're Thinking While You're Making The Song. I Don't Want To Know What The Artist Is Thinking.

Electing A Black Man Named Barack Obama President In The Same Country That Elected George W. Bush - Twice! - Is As Far-fetched As A Hustler From Marcy Performing At That President's Inauguration. But It Happened.

You Can't Turn A Bad Girl Good, But Once A Good Girls' Gone Bad, She's Gone Forever.

But This Is One Of The Things That Makes Rap At Its Best So Human. It Doesn't Force You To Pretend To Be Only One Thing Or Another, To Be A Saint Or A Sinner. It Recognizes That You Can Be True To Yourself And Still Have Unexpected Dimensions And Opposing Ideas. Having A Devil On One Shoulder And An Angel On The Other Is The Most Common Thing In The World. The Real Bullshit Is When You Act Like You Don't Have Contradictions Inside You, That You're So Dull And Unimaginative That Your Mind Never Changes Or Wanders Into Strange, Unexpected Places.