The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

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.

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

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

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

There are poor men out there. And rich ones. Rich men never wait for nothing, so why would they be good? Good men are poor, because they have to count on others' kindnesses.

The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.

It's funny to see the finished product of a movie, stuff that's so beautiful, and to remember the particulars.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

I'm not alone, but I am lonely without you.

Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.