Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson. |
How we stop the black panthers? Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer You hear that? What Gil Scott was hearin When our heroes and heroines got hooked on heroin. Crack raised the murder rate in DC and Maryland We invested in that it's like we got Merril-Lynch And we been hangin from the same tree ever since |
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus |
I didn't even want to do the label thing, ... I just did it to give people the opportunity to get their dreams out. That's why it's called Getting Out Our Dreams. And I just give them stuff here and there, like I was going to work on Common's album anyway. Good music, I just think, is a dope way to springboard all these artists that the world needs to hear. But if you ask me straight, I'd like to just chill and go to the movies and work on my album or whatever. I'm not really on (the label) like that. |
I don't know whats better gettin laid or gettin paid. |
I don't want to detract from the show at all, because it's entertainment, and a lot of times, in a time of need, we need entertainment to lift people's spirits, |
I don't whats better gettin laid or gettin paid. |
I feel I was definitely robbed ... I was the best new artist this year. I don't know if I'll be back at this award show next year. |
I had no idea, I had no idea. |
I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food. |
I hate the way they treat us in the media, when you see a black family it says they're looting when you see a white family it says they're looking for food, |
I just let my heart speak for itself without thinking about my image or how it's going to hurt me financially. I felt the world needed to hear from me ... I just do it, and I say what I really feel. |
I knew that after `The College Dropout` I had the world listening. So what I had to do was not just outdo `The College Dropout` and the accolades that received. My (goal) was to make an album with no fast-forward material, `cause how often can you say `I like every song on the album?` So it`s me up there, setting new goals for myself. |
I know a got angels watchin me from the other side |
I look at voices as instruments. I wasn?t going after the person or the name. I wanted their voice. |