The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world.

...in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily

There's no longevity, living off of negativity.

Never we sleep, a thug doesn't rest, Cause a wise man said: it was a cousin of death.

Battery never dies, the ghetto keeps me wise.

Power just makes you reject destiny and devour your fate.

Better to have loved and lost than to live with regret.

I have to be perfectly honest: You should have an anniversary to acknowledge the way I work the ebonics.

Mark you for death, won't even talk that East or West crap. From Watts to Lefrak, it ain't where ya from, it's where's your gat.

It's my world, I demand my respect. Give me your girl or get slapped in your neck.

I'm mostly concentrating now on continuing to make history in Hip-Hop, making everybody proud of me, I'm not just a rapper now, I'm in history now.

Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.

When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression

The fear of separation is all that unites.

The image of your goal properly planted and constantly nourished with positive, expectant thought-energy will cause your goal to develop into a burning desire.

The first family is my kin. The other family is my SNSD family.

You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.

I ain't got no money - But I'm rich on personality

A short story is like a kiss in the dark.

Getting old is not a matter of age; it's a lack of #‎ movement . And the ultimate lack of movement is death.

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.