I saw the dudes who would be t...

I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has.

The point of Islam is to promo...

The point of Islam is to promote peace.

I think that all the silence i...

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence

Your child's future was the fi...

Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts.

The biggest terrorist is Obama...

The biggest terrorist is Obama.

I love her (Lucifer), with all...

I love her (Lucifer), with all my heart. She said that she would give me greatness, status, placement above the others.

Whats the biggest commercial f...

Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesnt seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.

I went from MC to being MS, th...

I went from MC to being MS, this microphone controller is the motivational speaker.

My approach is I put God first...

My approach is I put God first; I say 'God willing' all the time. The only way things will change is with God. So knowing that I can't really change anything, I'm just going to satire it.

I don't like to degrade women,...

I don't like to degrade women, but I like pornography.

The rewards we get by being th...

The rewards we get by being those weird guys going against the grain to me are way more massive than selling a million billion records. I like climbing mountains or going on undersea dives for whales and stuff like that.

My father had been in the mili...

My father had been in the military and he was a weapons specialist, so he had an affinity for weapons but also for the discipline of it. He taught us how to shoot when we were young. He opened up karate schools in the worst parts of the city, on purpose, and then he would systematically clean out a three-block radius, all of the gang-bangers and drug dealers and everybody of nefarious character.

I was once that little boy

I was once that little boy
Terrified of the world, now I'm on a world tour

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They say the streets is a demo...

They say the streets is a demon in a dress,
Wit dollar signs in her eyes and semen on her breath

Sand camouflage army men
...

Sand camouflage army men
CCF sponsorin, world conquerin, telephone monitorin
Louis Vuitton modelin, pornographic actress honorin
String theory ponderin, bullimic vomitin
Catholic priest fondlin, pre-emptive bombin and Osama and no bombin them
They breakin in my car again, deforestation and overloggin and
Hennessy and Hypnotic swallowin, hydroponic coughin and
All the world's ills, sittin on chrome 24-inch wheels, like that

Just take me home where the mo...

Just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown
M&M's are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don't flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every song's a favorite song
And mics don't feed back.

Hip-hop is just something I ac...

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

I don't like to hear myself si...

I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable [hearing myself sing], I sang in another accent.

I want to make music as good a...

I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody.

I'm not in competition with no...

I'm not in competition with nobody. I want to make good music for my fans who want it, who enjoy it, who learn something from it. And that's what it is.