Wisdom, Self-Hate and Murder
by Nubia of Hot104.com

"This generation has no code or ethics. Back then (in the day), there was more guidance. When I was little, trying to get my hustle on, a lot of older n***as used to run me off the block. Now, older n***as go look for the younger n***as to pump for them. It's backwards. Before, there was a concern for the younger cats. A real gangsta wouldn't want for a young shorty to be doin' what he had to do. That's why you had old timers that would give money and throw cookouts. They would have basketball games and take all the little kids to Great Adventure. N***as don't do that no more. They hustle backwards." -- Tragedy aka Intelligent Hoodlum

"We tried to say things people could use because it changed the way people thought. Our music was like taking the blinders off. That's something money can't buy. If people learn a little bit about themselves, they can take that and run with it. Doing something positive is like climbing a mountain - it's hard, it's a struggle. To go with the flow is like going down a mountain - it's a much easier route. That's why you have more people in the game saying, 'I'ma kill that n***a,' instead of 'I'ma kill that cracker!'" -- Chuck D

"N***as goin' through heartaches, too. That's why our music change so much - 'cause we constantly going through f**kin' wars. We gotta fight f**kin' wars all the time. Radio stations tryin' to bar us. N***as is hatin' on us, then n***as love us. It's crazy man." -- Wu Tang Clan<'s U-God

"That's what the black community is built on - bring people up and bring them down. It's sad. It's terrible. I've seen that situation before when I've been on top of the world, and then I'll put out an album that people didn't feel was as hot as the other one and they labeled me a fall-off. That's a bad feeling." -- Snoop Dogg

"It's a tight situation that we in right now, but we have to adapt and learn to deal with it. We buildin' on it, though. A lot of sh*t changed when son died. I couldn't do the same things I used to do, like get drunk wit' a n***a in the studio and just get into a zone when recording. We had to break the family down to only thorough n***as. We deaded so-called friends and put people on our X-Files. (Freaky) Tah showed love to everyone. He'd been around the world, but he got killed in the hood where he grew up." -- Mr. Cheeks of the Lost Boyz

"I lost one of my close friends, Barak Martin, right here in the parking lot. He had jumped on somebody a long time ago, and the dude came back, shot him in the heart, and killed him. He (the shooter) is out riding around the streets like he's a hero. It just goes to show you. Black folk have a long way to go." -- T-Mo of the Goodie Mob