"Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs" |
...my music isn't just music- it's medicine. |
a lot of pressure for one human being. |
All artists out there, a lot of times you have to take things into your own hands ... so thank you. |
And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. |
And what happened was, it made me kind of homophobic, 'cause it's like I would go back and question myself, |
And wouldn’t change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name |
Be. I have to narrow back so I can focus on making music of a certain caliber. |
Bring Me Down. |
But now, I figured out ways to chop it in a way where you can still get the soul out of it. I like the way people's voices sound, their real voices. |
Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else? |
Diamonds Are Forever. |
Diamonds From Sierra Leone |
doesn't care about Black people. |
During my high school years, it's the music that I really felt saved me. It kept me out of the streets, it kept me from getting into trouble, it gave me something to do when I got kicked off the basketball team. You just get lost in the music. That's what I did. |