When I Go Onstage, I Want To

It Was Rough Being Dark. I Got Heat From My Own People More Than Anyone Else. I Remember Going To My Mom And Saying, 'why Am I So Black?' And She Said, 'because I'm Black. You Just Gotta Always Work Harder Than The Average Bear.'

When I Get A Chance To Play Golf Or Go On A Boat With Good People, Take The Boat Out And Put Some Lobsters On The Grill, Get The Ice-cold Beer And The Cigars - That's Heaven Here On Earth.

I Learned Hard Lessons In Life; I Had To Because I Had So Much Happen: My Mother Died My Sophomore Year In High School. The Next Year, Same Day, My Brother Dropped Dead. Two Years After That, I Got Married Because My Girlfriend Got Pregnant. The Year After My Wedding, My Father - Who I Had Only Recently Met - Died.

I'm Very Much Disciplined Because I'm More Mature. When I Was Young I Just Wanted To Live, I Could Jump, I Could Run, I Was Quick And I Was Relentless.

As I Got Older, I Got Into All Kinds Of Things In The Streets - But For Some Reason, I Never Got Caught Up With The Gangs Growing Up. Everybody Dug Me, Man. I Never Had Problems.