Black kids wishin they white kids when they close they eyelids, Like, 'I bet they neighborhood ain't like this'. White kids wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers. It's all backwards it's identity crisis.

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As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what...

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.

It was explainin' how you was waitin', for somethin' amazin'. Like when it come out...

It was explainin' how you was waitin', for somethin' amazin'. Like when it come out...

I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call...

I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call...

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on...

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on...

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick, so a whole lot of fucking...

The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick, so a whole lot of fucking...

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment...

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment...

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs,...

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs,...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...