When you live in a neighborhood like we live in, ... a lot of the things you see you don't see. Because we are have families and we're trying to protect our families.

I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot......

[He also wields sharp wordplay and insight on] Yellow Buffalo Shoe, ... When I do, I become cool, I get respect automatically. When I do, you music fools cannot deny credibility.

A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up

It looks like a real slum. Who would want to live there? Who would want to live in that neighborhood?

When you have a war going down in your neighborhood, you're not excited,