Your Future Is Ahead Of You. Imagine

Life Is For Living, Not Living Uptight, See Ya Somewhere Up In The Sky.

For Me, The Challenge Is Just Making Great Albums, Because Talent - And Writing In General - Is Not Tangible. There's No Expiration Date On It. At The Same Time, You Might Wake Up Tomorrow And Be Unable To Write Music.

I Would Run Into The Corner Store, The Bodega, And Just Grab A Paper Bag Or Buy Juice - Anything Just To Get A Paper Bag. And I'd Write The Words On The Paper Bag And Stuff These Ideas In My Pocket Until I Got Back. Then I Would Transfer Them Into The Notebook.

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.

Which Is The Other Reason Hip-hop Is Controversial: People Don't Bother Trying To Get It. The Problem Isn't In The Rap Or The Rapper Or The Culture. The Problem Is That So Many People Don't Even Know How To Listen To The Music.