I Sit And Talk To Kids All

Everybody Has Their Own Way Of Hearing Songs. My Fans Are Usually Pretty On Point. Sometimes They Go All The Way To The Bottom Of It. It's Fascinating To Me How Far An Idea Can Go. I Wrote Most Of My First Album In My Mom's Kitchen, And Now I Can Go Around The World And Hear People Recite Those Lyrics, And Understand The Story, Even Though They're Not From The Same Area I Grew Up In.

You Grow Up Inside These Neighborhoods And These Communities, And You Have Friends, Friends That You Love, Friends That You Grew Up With Since Elementary. And You Have Their Trust, And You Have Their Loyalty. So It Brings Influence. So No Matter How Much Of A Leader I Thought I Was, I Was Always Under The Influence, Period.

I Always Thought Money Was Something Just To Make Me Happy. But I’ve Learned That I Feel Better Being Able To Help My Folks, ’cause We Never Had Nothing. So Just To See Them Excited About My Career Is More Of A Blessing Than Me Actually Having It For Myself.

I Always Felt Like There Was A Certain Standard Of Music That I Had To Do From The Beginning, Even When I Didn't Have The Recognition That I Have Now.

My Pops And My Mom Started Playing Marvin Gaye And The Isley Brothers And All These People, But At The Same Time, They Always Had Snoop On Right Behind It In The Same Mix.