“This is our home. Let’s build it up, let’s be happy where we come from.”

A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.

Follow the rules or follow the fools.

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it.

The power is in the people and politics we address.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.

Don’t support the phonies, support the real.

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Don’t live to fight, fight to live.

I want to grow. I want to be better. You grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear.

Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close, watch your homies.

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow.

The people who love you will see through the walls that you’ve built up and will love you even more.

By the time I got writing ‘Halcyon,’ I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn’t really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.

If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.

I’m choosing to build castle out of the things that nearly destroy me.

Do not settle in the dirt. Get up and make something from it.