All I Need Is One Mic .

When I Made Illmatic, I Was Trying To Make The Perfect Album. It Comes From The Days Of Wild Style. I Was Trying To Make You Experience My Life. I Wanted You To Look At Hip-hop Differently. I Wanted You To Feel That Hip-hop Was Changing And Becoming Something More Real.

It's A Thin Line Between Paper And Hate, Friends And Snakes, Nine Millis And Thirty-eights, Hell Or The Pearly Gates...i Was Destined To Come, Predicted, Blame God, He Blew Breath In My Lungs.

Life Is Parallel To Hell But I Must Maintain And Be Prosperous, Though We Live Dangerous.

Some Seek Fame Cause They Need Validation, Some Say Hating Is Confused Admiration.

I Want To Have Fun. It's A Beautiful Life. You Learn, You Win, You Lose, But You Get Up.