If Lyrics Sold Then Truth Be Told/i'd

You Gotta Get Back To Your Essence, Use Your Gifts And Share Your Presence, Don't Count Your Dollars 'til You Count Your Blessings.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.

I Started Rapping Because I Wanted People To Hear What I Have To Say, I Want As Many People To Hear Me As Possible, And I Do Everything In My Power To Make That Pop.

Hip Hop Is At Its Essence A Folk Music, Because It Speaks The Language That People Are Still Speaking At Ground Zero, It Speaks The Language That People Speak On The Streets.

My Kids Are The Most Inspiring Thing That Pushes Me. It Used To Be Because They Were Born, And I Had To Take Care Of Them. Now It's Because My Son Raps, And He's Better Than Me. So Now I Gotta Keep Up With Him, You Know What I'm Saying?