There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn for affection.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up, and handle it.

All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me

I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward.

Do everything you can to make it around the system, over the system, or out the system.

Whatever it takes to switch places with the busts on top.

We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart.

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

A woman brought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one.

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can see and feel.

Always falling too deep in a relationship, always end up being the one that’s hurt the most.

The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone.

I’m done talking since you’re not listening, continue to hang out with them nothing ass bitches, then!

We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don’t see why everybody feels as though they gotta tell me how to live my life.

If you can make it through the night, there’s a brighter day.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bulls***.

Everybody’s at war with different things. I’m at war with my own heart sometime

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

There should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not. There are classes on…gym. Physical Education

With all my fans I got a family again.

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.

You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies.

Papa wasn’t man enough, couldn’t stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he’d rather live lavishly.

My family tree consists of drug dealers, thugs, and killers.

Born through hard times, Ghetto child of mine. I wonder if you have to suffer for your father’s crimes.

I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

If Colin Powell was president, I’d follow him. I wanna get into politics. That’s the way for us to overcome a lot of our obstacles.

Yellow M&M’s don’t move with green M&M’s. I mean, you don’t put M&M’s peanuts with M&M’s plain

Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed and hocus pocus, try to focus but I can’t see.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

Even as a dope fiend mama. You always was a black queen mama

I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just, make money off of everybody.

Strength is overcome by weakness/Joy is overcome by Pain/The night is overcome by Brightness/and Love-it remains the same

I was raised in the city, shitty Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty Drinkin’ liquor out my momma’s titty And smokin’ weed was an everyday thang in my household, And drinking liquor til’ you out cold.

I’d be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to me. I wasn’t happy at all on the streets. That was the addict speaking.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers are worth a million

For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean.

I just don’t know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

Well, the first two days in prison, I had to go through what life is like when you’ve been smoking weed for as long as I have and then you stop. Emotionally, it was like I didn’t know myself.

I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.

Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells. Just in case.

All the Hennessy and weed can’t hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I’m living just to die.

Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain’t no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did

I find any great man, black or white, I’m going to study him, learn him so he can’t be great to me no more.

In my brain all I think about is fame.

It aint about black or white cause we`re human.

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I’m supposed to be.

And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink

You either ride with us, or collide with us

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.