By The Time I Got To Record

By The Time I Got To Record My First Album, I Was 26, I Didn't Need Pen Or Paper - My Memory Had Been Trained Just To Listen To A Song, Think Of The Words, And Lay Them To Tape.

Stop Screamin', You Know The Demon Said It's Best To Die, And Even If Jehovah Witness, Bet He'll Never Testify, D'evils.

Wherever I Go, I Bring The Culture With Me, So That They Can Understand That It's Attainable. I Didn't Do It Any Other Way Than Through Hip-hop.

You Ain't Gotta Go To Church To Find Your God.

I Noticed That Difference Early On, Like If You Were Successful In Rock 'n' Roll, That Was A Really Bad Thing, You Almost Had To Hide It. You Had These Guys Selling 200 Million Records With Dirty T-shirts On. I Was Like, 'come On, Man. Come On. We Know You're Successful.' Hip-hop Is More About Attaining Wealth. People Respect Success. They Respect Big. They Don't Even Have To Like Your Music. If You're Big Enough, People Are Drawn To You.