I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes

Justice is juxtaposition in us Justice for all just ain't specific enough.

To have my name said like, "Common and John Legend, Golden Globe nominees," is one of the greatest achievements I've ever had as an artist, as a person.

Even through the unseen, I know that God watches, From one King's dream, he was able to Barack us.

I felt like I had experienced a lot of things in the first chapter of my life, and I wanted it to inspire and motivate people, so I just started writing.

To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that the Creator has given you.

God created me to be an individual. And I am a Chicago dude that grew up the way I grew up and was named Rashid and was given a certain purpose and mission. So, I am rare for those reasons.

I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap.

God is my guide, so I try to not judge myself too much, knowing that at the end of the day, my greatest judge will be Jehovah God.

This is my inception, I'm writing my dreams.

I embody EVERYTHING from the Godly to the party.

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums

All that glisters is not gold.

When you have style, it doesn't matter what other people are saying.

I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win.

I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet.

Come close to me baby. Let your love hold you. I know this world is crazy, but what's it without you?

If the eyes are the window to your soul open eyes bring the cold.

I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external.