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I Want You To Know Who I Am: What The Streets Taste Like, Feel Like, Smell Like. What The Cops Talk Like, Walk Like, Think Like. What Crackheads Do - I Wanted You To Smell It, Feel It. It Was Important To Me That I Told The Story That Way Because I Thought That It Wouldn't Be Told If I Didn't Tell It.

You Ni**az Get Me Sick, Wannabe Soundin Like You Know My Arithmetic... But We Don't Sound Alike

I'm A Storyteller And The Bible Is A Bunch Of Stories About Life And Things That Took Place Here On Planet Earth. It's A Great Example To Use And A Great Reason To Be Happy About Being A Storyteller Because The Lessons Of The Land Are Always In Stories.

My Weapon Of Choice Is My Voice.

When I Made Illmatic, I Was Trying To Make The Perfect Album. It Comes From The Days Of Wild Style. I Was Trying To Make You Experience My Life. I Wanted You To Look At Hip-hop Differently. I Wanted You To Feel That Hip-hop Was Changing And Becoming Something More Real.