If knowledge is power and powe...

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

Take some time and educate you...

Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine.

I used to walk to school with ...

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.

But when I really look back on...

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.

If you've got beef, then eat a...

If you've got beef, then eat a porkchop

Everything I cook tastes bette...

Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples.

I just think it's my responsib...

I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.

Because I'm a young black man ...

Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

Life is too short to not have ...

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.

Life is full of hardships, pim...

Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

I'm as good as anybody out the...

I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history.

Slide slide slippity-slide

I wasn't driving down the wron...

I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.

I never let any of my sons bea...

I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.

We live in a society created b...

We live in a society created by an empire
That's based on terror...welcome to the One World Era,
A complete interruption to your lil' paltry-ass life,
That you thought you was livin, and what you been given.

I'm innocent. I've done nothin...

I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.

If it wasn't for the military ...

If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.

I'm the ghetto Martha Stewart,...

I'm the ghetto Martha Stewart, the black Rachel Ray.

This dish ain't just called Ka...

This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison.

Hell, when I was growing up, I...

Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.