Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil
Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quitting, now draw a circle around it and put a line through it, sl#t!
You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay ’emBut you won’t take the sting out these words before I say ’em
Proof had this ability to not only nurture my talent, but to see that diamond in the rough when a million people could be looking at the same thing… and just not see it.
Don’t let them say you ain’t beautiful. They can all get fu#ked just stay true to you.
God gave you them shoes to fit you, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself man, be proud of who you are. Even if it sounds corny, don’t let no one tell you, you ain’t beautiful.
We’ll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm.
I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.
I don’t do ‘black music,’ I don’t do ‘white music’…I make fight music, for high school kids.
I act like shit don’t phase me inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive
That’s why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.
Sometimes I’m real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.
If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
I don’t give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off.
Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.
Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert’s Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.
If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you’re always going to find a hip-hop tape; that’s all I buy, that’s all I live, that’s all I listen to, that’s all I love.
The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.
Anything I’ve ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.
I don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.
I don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you’re always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.
The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends.
I’d go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.
Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.
I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever. I’m not really book-smart.
The emotions in a song – the anger, aggression – have got to be legitimate.
People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.
I didn’t have nothin’ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.