“I always knew who I was, and I always ran from my true purpose. I know what my job is. And I always ran from it.”

When you come up in the slums, having nothin’ make you humble.

The ones that hate you most tend to be the people you know.

Emotionally I’m an introvert but it come off as aggression.

Pray to god someone prays for me.

Breathing is so important with physical activity, then how much more important is it with psychological activity?

The only frustrating thing about jail is that I can’t make music.

I think California has the best energy.

It’s a curse. I ask God to take this away from me all the time. I do not like being an artist.

Man, all lives matter.

Never break or fold, that’s what it takes to be major.

I’m not no Internet person.

I’ve had mixtapes that have been better than albums I’ve heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.

A hot producer might not make a hot beat for me. I just love music.

Coming up in the streets, I had to learn how to read people early on. I’m a very analytical person. I observe a lot of the things that people don’t notice.

Why accept failure when success is free?

I don’t really like talking. I like to execute. I’m not a talking person. I’m an action person.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming.

For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.