If You Want The Old Me, Go

I'd Rather Die Enormous Than Live Dormant.

My Life After Childhood Has Two Main Stories: The Story Of The Hustler And The Story Of The Rapper, And The Two Overlap As Much As They Diverge. I Was On The Streets For More Than Half Of My Life From The Time I Was Thirteen Years Old. People Sometimes Say That Now I'm So Far Away From That Life - Now That I've Got Businesses And Grammys And Magazine Covers - That I Have No Right To Rap About It. But How Distant Is The Story Of Your Own Life Ever Going To Be? The Feelings I Had During That Part Of My Life Were Burned Into Me Like A Brand. It Was Life During Wartime.

I Use A Lot Of Double Meanings. I Hide 'em Like Easter Eggs.

Rosa Parks Sat So Martin Luther King Could Walk. Martin Luther King Walked So Obama Could Run. Obama's Running So We All Can Fly.

I Dumb Down For My Audience And Double My Dollars...