I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture

You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see

I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought.

If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.

All Poets are mad.

The only way to get to where you want to go is to ruthlessly evaluate your where you are now. The key here is that your biggest obstacle in life is always yourself—not external factors.

And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces the trap.

As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"

Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.

In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just eternity, but community. . . . That connection is a sense of life for me.

I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times.

When you have an inconsistent season, you learn a lot about yourself and your pitching.

Moreover, it is clear that the era of the information bomb, the era of aerial warfare, the era of the RMA and global surveillance is also the era of the integral accident.

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.