May The Best Of Your Today's Be

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.

If Your Dad Died Before You Were Born, Yeah, It Hurts — But It’s Not Like You Had A Connection With Something That Was Real. Not To Say It’s Any Better — But To Have That Connection And Then Have It Ripped Away Was, Like, The Worst. My Dad Was Such A Good Dad That When He Left, He Left A Huge Scar. He Was My Superhero.

Remind Your Self. Nobody Constructed Like You, You Style Your Self.

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.

Electing A Black Man Named Barack Obama President In The Same Country That Elected George W. Bush - Twice! - Is As Far-fetched As A Hustler From Marcy Performing At That President's Inauguration. But It Happened.