When I Come Back Like Jordan, Wearing

I Don't Even Like The Word Politics. It Implies Something Underhanded And I Think We Need Less Government.

I Noticed That Difference Early On, Like If You Were Successful In Rock 'n' Roll, That Was A Really Bad Thing, You Almost Had To Hide It. You Had These Guys Selling 200 Million Records With Dirty T-shirts On. I Was Like, 'come On, Man. Come On. We Know You're Successful.' 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.

It Was A Weird Mix Of Emotions. One Day, Your Best Friend Could Be Killed. The Day Before, You Could Be Celebrating Him Getting A Brand-new Bike.

Everything Evens Up, You Just Wait, Even A Garbage Can Gets A Steak, You Ain't Even A Garbage Can, You Have Faith!

As Kids We Didn't Complain About Being Poor; We Talked About How Rich We Were Going To Be And Made Moves To Get The Lifestyle We Aspired To By Any Means We Could. And As Soon As We Had A Little Money, We Were Eager To Show It.