My Mother Wasn't Strong Like

It's Always Been Easier For Me To Have A Costume To Hide Behind.

There Was Our House In New Orleans. Two Blocks In Front Of Us Were These Beautiful Mansions And Two Blocks Behind Us Were The Ghetto, Projects, And That's Where I Had To Go To School, But I Would Always Pattern My Life Looking Forward. It Was Almost Literal.

I've Never Chased Money. It's Always Been About What I Can Do To Motivate And Inspire People.

My Mother Was Truly My Saving Grace, Because She Would Take Me To Church With Her. I Would See My Mother Smiling In The Choir, And I Wanted To Know This God That Made Her So Happy. If I Had Not Had That Faith In My Life, I Don't Know Where I Would Be Right Now.

Keep Your Dreams Alive. No Matter How Hard It Gets, No Matter How Many People Talk About You; They're Going To Throw Dirt On You But That's Alright, When They Put You In That Box (after Your Dead), They're Going To Put Dirt On You Some More, So That's Okay - Go, Don't Be Afraid, Have No Fear.