That Idea Of Peace And Love Toward

I've Always Loved Rhyming. I Love Language.

To Me, The Job Of The Artist Is To Provide A Useful And Intelligent Vocabulary For The World To Be Able To Articulate Feelings They Experience Everyday, And Otherwise Wouldn't Have The Means To Express In A Meaningful And Useful Way.

I'm Inspired By Playwrights, Novelists, Poets: The Value Of Language Has Been A Lifelong Passion Of Mine. I Enjoy It. I'm Good At It.

Mos Def Is A Name That I Built And Cultivated Over The Years, It's A Name That The Streets Taught Me, A Figure Of Speech That Was Given To Me By The Culture And By My Environment, And I Feel I've Done Quite A Bit With That Name. [but] It's Time To Expand And Move On.

Yo, It's 1 Universal Law But 2 Sides To Every Story, 3 Strikes And You Be In For Life, Mandatory. 4 Mc's Murdered In The Last 4 Years, I Ain't Tryin To Be The 5th One, The Millennium Is Here. Yo, It's 6 Million Ways To Die, From The 7 Deadly Thrills, 8-year Olds Gettin' Found With 9 Mill's. It's 10 P.m., Where Your Seeds At? What's The Deal?