Life Is For Living, Not

Hip-hop Is More About Attaining Wealth. People Respect Success. They Respect Big. They Don't Even Have To Like Your Music. If You're Big Enough, People Are Drawn To You.

I Had Success. I Had A Number One Record. I Had A Number One Album. I Have To Make This Kind Of Record Again Or Else I'm Going To Lose It All. That's How You End Up Making The Same Song Over And Over.

We'll Have A Baby Who Stutters Repeatedly We'll Name Him History

You Could Name Practically Any Problem In The Hood And There'd Be A Rap Song For You.

Boxing Is A Glorious Sport To Watch And Boxers Are Incredible, Heroic Athletes, But It's Also, To Be Honest, A Stupid Game To Play. Even The Winners Can End Up With Crippling Brain Damage. In A Lot Of Ways, Hustling Is The Same. But You Learn Something Special From Playing The Most Difficult Games, The Games Where Winning Is Close To Impossible And Losing Is Catastrophic: You Learn How To Compete As If Your Life Depended On It. That's The Lesson I Brought With Me To The So-called "legitimate" World.