So Many People That I've Seen Can't

Used To Rock A Throwback Ballin On The Corner, Now I Rock Tailored Suit Lookin' Like A Owner.

I Really Just Like Breaking Down The Barriers, Whether It Means Doing An Album With Linkin Park, An Album With R. Kelly, Or Playing At The Brandenburg Gate With Bono.

New York Has A Thousand Universes In It That Don't Always Connect But We Do All Walk The Same Streets, Hear The Same Sirens, Ride The Same Subways, See The Same Headlines In The Post, Read The Same Writings On The Walls. That Shared Landscape Gets Inside Of All Of Us And, In Some Small Way, Unites Us, Makes Us Think We Know Each Other Even When We Don't.

Identity Is A Prison You Can Never Escape, But The Way To Redeem Your Past Is Not To Run From It, But To Try To Understand It, And Use It As A Foundation To Grow.

Hip-hop Is More About Attaining Wealth. People Respect Success. They Respect Big. They Don't Even Have To Like Your Music. If You're Big Enough, People Are Drawn To You.