I Didn't Create Thug Life, I Diagnosed

Heavenly Father, I'm A Soldier I'm Gettin, Hotter, Cuz The World Is Gettin' Colder.

Instead Of War On Poverty, They Got A War On Drugs So The Police Can Bother Me.

The Same Crime Element That White People Are Scared Of Black People Are Scared Of. While They Waiting For Legislation To Pass, We Next Door To The Killer. All Them Killers They Let Out, They're In That Building. Just Because We Black, We Get Along With The Killers? What Is That?

The Thing That Bothers Me Is That It Seems Like All The Sensitive Stuff I Write Just Goes Unnoticed . . . The Media Doesn't Get Who I Am At All. Or Maybe They Just Can't Accept It. It Doesn't Fit Into Those Negative Stories They Like To Write. I'm The Kind Of Guy Who Is Moved By A Song Like Don Mclean's "vincent," That One About Van Gogh. The Lyric On That Song Is So Touching. That's How I Want To Make My Songs Feel. Take "dear Mama" - I Aimed That One Straight For My Homies' Heartstrings.

You Get Time To Appreciate Things. Perspective, You Start Looking At Things Differently.