My Greatest Enemy At One

I Grew Up In The 'hood Around Prostitutes, Drug Dealers, Killers, And Gangbangers, But I Also Grew Up Juxtaposed: On The Doorknob Outside Of Our Apartment, There Was Blood From Some Guy Who Got Shot; But Inside, There Was National Geographic Magazines And Encyclopedias And A Little Library Bookshelf Situation.

Making Your Moves, Paying Your Dues, Chasing The Cool.

My Whole Team, It Wasn't About Putting The Album Out, It Was About Getting Off The Record Company And Going Independent Or Going To Another Label. To The Point We Were Like, 'listen, Just Take 'lasers.' You Can Have Whatever Percentage Off The Next Ten Records I Do For The Rest Of My Life. I Just Do Not Want To Be Here Anymore.'

Nature Only Goes So Far. Nurture, What You Raised On And What You Ingest As A Youngster, It Really Affects You When You Grow Up In Really Subtle, Long Drawn-out Ways. And To Find That, To Hear That Thing Again All Those Years Later And To Realize That Was The Source, It's Like, "what Else Has Me Twisted?" So Now I'm Going Back To Robots And Cartoons; I Go Back To All This To See What Got Me The Way That I Am.

I Was Once That Little Boy Terrified Of The World, Now I'm On A World Tour