Common Quotes

Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone

I think and speak clearer since I cut the dairy out. I can breathe better and perform at a better rate, and my voice is clearer. I can explore different things with my voice that I couldn’t do because of my meat and dairy ingestion. I am proud and blessed to be a vegetarian, everything became clear.

Cause federal and state was built for a black fate </br>Her emptiness was filled with beatings and court dates </br>They fabricated cases, hoping one would stick </br>And said she robbed places that didn't exist </br>In the midst of threats on her life and being caged with Aryan whites </br>Through dark halls of hate she carried the light

I'm the truth, across the table from corporate lies </br>Immortilized by the realness I bring to it </br>If revolution had a movie I'd be theme music </br>My music, you can either fight, fuck, or dream to it

This is street rad-i-o, For unsung hero, </br> Driving in the regal, trying to stay legal, </br> My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo, </br> Yeah, you know how we do, we do it for the people."

I went to the movies — it was Kanye, myself and John Mayer, and we went to see "Ray." We were watching it, and I was just inspired by the movie, just as a musician and as an artist, I felt inspired. We left there and went straight to the studio. Kanye started cooking up this beat and started doing this chant, like, "Go, go, go," and while we were sitting there thinking what to write, John Mayer said, "You could write about your fantasy." And I was like, "Am I going to let John Mayer come up with the concept for this joint? This is hip-hop." But John Mayer is a very talented brother and you don't know where your blessings are going to come from. He was singing, and we made him a sample on it, going 'Go.' So it all came together and now we have the song 'Go!,' which is about going to my fantasy.

Be the author of your own horoscope

Let the truth be told from young souls that become old </br>From days spent in the jungle, where must one go </br>To find it, time is real, we can't rewind it </br>Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? </br>Time did

Took a picture of the truth and tried to develop it </br>Had proof, but it was only recognized by the intelligent </br>Took the negative and positive, cause niggas got to live </br>Said I got to get more than I'm given </br>Cause truth'll never be heard in religion </br>After searching the world, on the inside what was hidden?</br>It was the truth

Recently, John and I got to go to Selma and perform “Glory” on the same bridge that Dr. King and the people of the civil rights movement marched on 50 years ago. This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but now is a symbol for change. The spirit of this bridge transcends race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and social status. The spirit of this bridge connects the kid from the South Side of Chicago, dreaming of a better life, to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression, to the people in Hong Kong protesting for democracy. This bridge was built on hope, welded with compassion, and elevated by love for all human beings.

My style is too developed to be arrested </br>It's the freestyle, so now it's out on parole </br>They tried to hold my soul in a holding cell so I would sell </br>but I bonded with a break and had enough to make bail

We got arms but wont reach for the skies

The perseverence of a rebel, I drop heavier levels </br>of unseen or heard, a king with words </br>Can't knock the hustle, but I've seen street dreams deferred </br>Dark spots in my mind where the scene occurred </br>Some say I'm too deep, but I'm in too deep to sleep

This industry will make you lose intensity

Never looking back, or too far in front of me. The present is a gift, and I just wanna be.