True In The Game, As Long As

Mind's In Another World Thinking How Can We Exist Through The Facts

There Needs To Be Structures In Place To Do Something About Misrepresentation About Hip Hop. When Awards Are Given Out And The Media Talk About Hip Hop, They're Confused Because They Haven't Done Their Homework On It So You Have A Case Where There's An Award For The Most Pop Song In The World And It's Called 'hip Hop'.

I Don't Respect Killers, I Respect O.g. Knowledge, Codes Of The Streets Got New Rules, But No Guidance. Lessons, Detrimental To A Young Disciple; Folks, Take Care Of Your Brothers, Niggas Do As I Do. Keep Your Enemies Close, Where They Can See You. It's Not Your Enemy Who Get You, It's Always Your Own People.

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.

Every Generation Witnesses Atrocities. People In Power Try To Fulfill Prophecy.