Every Time I Get In The Studio,

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.

I Know You Think My Life Is Good 'cause My Diamond Piece, But My Life Been Good Since I Started Finding Peace.

I Expect The Hip-hop Audience To Be Avant Garde. I Want Them To Be Where I'm At Or Beyond Where I'm At.

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

Through The Lights Cameras And Action, Glamour Glitters And Gold I Unfold The Scroll, Plant Seeds To Stampede The Globe.