I Always Say That You Define What

It's A Funny Line When You're Walking - The Creativity, The Subjectivity Versus The Objectivity, Creativity Versus The Business, And Recognizing That You Are In The Music Business, So There Are Certain Things That You Have To Acquiesce To On The Business Side And Certain Creative Decisions That You Have To Make For The Purposes Of Serving The Business Side Of It.

I Grew Up In The 'hood Around Prostitutes, Drug Dealers, Killers, And Gangbangers, But I Also Grew Up Juxtaposed: On The Doorknob Outside Of Our Apartment, There Was Blood From Some Guy Who Got Shot; But Inside, There Was National Geographic Magazines And Encyclopedias And A Little Library Bookshelf Situation.

I Was Literally Told For 'the Show Goes On' That I Shouldn't Rap Too Deep. I Shouldn't Be Too Lyrical. It Just Needs To Be Something Easy On The Eyes. Like A Record Company Telling Picasso That We Don't Need These Abstract Interpretations Of Life, Where People Have To Sit Down And Look At It And Break It Down.

My Greatest Enemy At One Point Was Myself, And So Now Once I Got Over The Fear Of Myself I Don't Fear Any Man. I Never Have.

The Men Can Have A Moral Compass That Is Just Unshakeable, They Can Have Ethics That Run To The Core.