I'm As Strong, Strong As I Can

The Iraq War Has Thrown Such A Heavy Shadow On Afghanistan That You Can't Hardly Get Any News About That Now. I Went To Afghanistan This Year And Spent More Time There Than I Did In Iraq ... Just 'cause They Were Forgotten About, And I Wanted Them To Know That I Appreciated It.

I Get More Respect From Rap Artists Than I Do From My Own Industry. I Don't Always Write The Kind Of Music That Country Executives Want. Rappers Are Like That Too .. My Words Come From The Street, And Their Words Come From The Street. That Slicked-up Pop Stuff Doesn't Come From The Street, It's All Pre-fab.

I'd Catch Moonlight In A Bottle, If We Could Drink A Toast To Happiness.

Everybody Should Have Their Own Thing, And If He Don't Want To Be A Role Model, That Should Be Up To Him. In The Right Situations, I Can Try To Help And Be A Role Model, But I'm Still Gonna Speak My Mind, And If That Affects The Role-model Deal, Then Too Bad.

If We Were To Sit And Discuss Abortion And Legalizing Marijuana And Gay Marriage And All Those Things, You'd Be Surprised Where You'd See Me On The Side Of Some Of That Stuff. People Get Their Opinions - As Soon As You're A Real Flag-waving Patriot, Then All Of A Sudden You're A Conservative.