"It always happens, all the n*ggaz that change the world die, they dont get to die like regular people, they die violently."

"I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now i'm sayin' what's on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me, America."

"Though our hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I won't, have no fear."

"The american dream wasn't meant for me, 'cause lady Liberty's a hypocrite, she lied to me, promised me freedom, education, and equality and never gave me nothing but slavery. But now look at how dangerous you made me, callin' me a mad man because i'm strong and bold."

"Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I'm not the thief who grabs your purse. I'm not the guy who jacks your car. I'm not down with the people who steal and hurt others. I'm just a brother who fights back."

"My Mama used to tell me, if u can't find somethin' to live for, you better find somethin' to die for."

"I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I'm supposed to be..."

"We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but It's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were mortal men like us and everyone of us can be like them."

"I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who i am, this is what i do. I say what's on my mind."

"The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams."

"Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it."

"They got money for wars but they can't feed the poor."

"When my Heart Can Beat No More I hope to die for a principle or a belief that I have lived for."