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I don't like to think of it as being fired. Instead, I prefer to think of it as being on indefinite leave with a sabbatical flair.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.

I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

Tupac was just so passionate about what he believes in and not afraid to say anything.

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.

My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.

I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now,
If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

Get on yo job little man this ain't Saturday

Yeah school girl, cool girl. Your dress is sexy and your momma is a cougar.

They say time is money but really it's not
If we ever go broke, then time is all we got
And we can't make that back, no you can't make that back

The bad news is nothing lasts forever,
The good news is nothing lasts forever.

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

Keep grindin' boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it's dark out, the sun is shining somewhere

Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top..
So I'ma keep climbing til my heartbeat drop

I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I'm super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.

How big can you be if just the underground niggas know you? You can't buy your mom a house when you just an underground celebrity.

I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.

College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.

Hard to move on when you always regret one.

I'll be dammed if I sit around another year, Dreamin' dreams hopin' somehow that they just appear.

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.

I'm already hot, you could say I'm pre-heated. If money talks, mine's telling your's to 'be seated

If I lost your respect ... I'm just hope you don't look at me as something you regret.

You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.

My goal is to have that be a haven for families.

To appreciate the sun you gotta know what rain is.

No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on

Either you play the game or let the game play you and be that broke sucka talkin bout I stayed true

Don't let bridges you cross be bridges you burn.

So ahead of my time even when i rhyme about the future I be reminiscing

It's no coincidence that all the greatest rappers - whoever you put in your top five - I guarantee you they are great storytellers.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

The same ones you love will bring you pain.

History repeats itself and that's just how it goes,

Don't worry, Even Jesus never saw his real father

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

We got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em, Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten.

Cause you a star - no, not the type that snort the white lines
I mean the type to light the night time

I seen a baby cry seconds later he laughs ... the beauty of life, the pain never lasts.

Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.

I yearn for that livin' large, but mama I ain't done yet/Sit back and watch your son rise, kick back and know your son set

Anything's possible, you gotta dream like you never seen obstacles.

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.

I'ma be here for a while. None of these clowns can hurt me.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

This is my canvas, imma paint it how I want to baby

I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

In this life ain't no happy endings;
Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance.

One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.

If you ain't aim too high, then you aim too low!

Life is a movie, pick your own role, Climb your own ladder or you dig your own hole.

You hate it before you played it. I already forgave ya.