“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“The dead should not rule the living.”

“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”

“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”

“It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other.”

“You just can’t be calling us fakers and pretenders and non-creative and say we can’t freestyle.”

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

“There’s no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated.”

“Even warriors put their spears down on Sundays.”

“I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn for affection.”

“I shall not fear man but God, though I walk through the valley of death.”

“Even the genius asks questions.”

“The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out, they’re in that building. Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that?”

“Never surrender, it’s all about the faith you got; don’t ever stop, just push it ‘till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fail.”

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened…or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on.”

“We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other.”

“If you let a person talk long enough you’ll hear their true intentions! Listen twice, speak once.” -Tupac Shakur

“I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes but learn from every one. And when it’s said and done, I bet this brother be a better one. If I upset you don’t stress; never forget, that God isn’t finished with me yet.”

“Every time I speak I want the truth to come out. Every time I speak I want a shiver. I don’t want them to be like they know what I’m gonna say because it’s polite. I’m not saying I’m gonna rule the world or I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee you that I will spark the brain that will change the world.”

“Until it happened, I really did believe that no Black person would ever shoot me. I believed that I didn’t have to fear my own community, You know, I was like I represent them. I’m their ambassador to the world, they will never do me wrong.”

“I want to grow. I want to be better. You grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear.”