Every man is a hero of his own story.
Pull down the shades on the windows of your soul, And gaze into your mind and watch the wisdom unfold.
I ain't the captain of the yacht, but I'm on the boat; I ain't acting what I'm not, knowing that I don't. You niggaz acting like you will, but I know you won't. Man, I read between the lines of the eyes of your brows, Your handshake ain't matchin your smile.
You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
That's what I do. . . Some people smoke weed, some people smoke cigarettes, some people snort coke. . . I pop pills, I smoke and I drink syrup, that's my twist.
I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on trial.
I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.
I grew up and still didn't know what it meant to be a man.
There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a very difficult choice - to straighten my hair.
I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
I never understood society. i undersand that it works somehow and that it functions as a reality and that its realities are necessary to keep us from worse realities. but all i sense are that are plenty of police and jails and judges and laws and that what is meant to protect me is breaking me down.