I Want You To Recognize That I'm

I Live This Life At A Pace That Anyone Can Go. Know Your Place, And Dedicate Your Role ...to The Faith That You'll Die Alone

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.

I Went Back And Studied The Game, Was A Student Of The Game And Worked On My Craft And Dedicated Myself, You Know? A Lot Of My Music Revolves Around Me Growing Up In Compton. I Want To Tell A Different Story That's Never Been Told Before, Of A Good Kid In A Mad City.

Hip-hop Is Not The Problem, Our Reality Is The Problem.

The Best Way To Describe Myself Would Be...unpredictable.