In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.

A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.

A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.

Death to the pigs is my basic statement.

I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.

I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.

A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done.

When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)" came on the radio, he said, "That's my song," and I said, "No, that's my song."

In high school, everybody rapped. You just pounded on the table.

Every evil starts with 15 volts.

Maybe this was my punishment, and perhaps justly so. 'It wasn't meant to be', Khala Jamila had said. Or, maybe, it was meant not to be.

People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.- Ivy Crompton

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A secure individual...knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.

Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns.

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

Nothing reassures parents more than surrounding their kids with the kind of guys who have a lot of weapons and nothing to do on weekdays.