We all share the planet, the rainbows share the sky, why can't we all share the same dream? And rap about what we see?
It's okay for the President to start a war in Iraq, but it's not okay for me to talk about what I see around me in the ghetto.
Because I'm short, I have a low center of gravity and I know how to use my weight. If I don't want nobody to pick me up, they can't. They'll catch a hernia trying.
If people believe that the Geto Boys really do stuff like on 'Mind of a Lunatic,' they must also believe there's a real Freddie Krueger and a real Micheal Myers.
I kept watching all the different 'Child's Play' sagas, right? Then all of a sudden I decided, 'He's short, I'm short. What a better concept?' It fits. If I can't make the song, why make the movies?
They have horror stuff in the Bible. Like if you were to read Deuteronomy 28, that talks about the blessings and curses of God.
I'm not trying to write raps for people in three-piece suits sitting behind big oak desks. I'm writing for people who can't speak for themselves and about things we see every day.
My fans know to treat my lyrics like a T-bone steak - you know you can't chew on it unless you cut the fat off.
The rude awakening I got was that this country can determine the fate of anyone by using propaganda on a public that is hungry for lies.
A lot of people don't want to vote because they believe the negatives rather than the positives about the outcome of their decisions about the sheriff or councilman or the board of education in their community.
We should be involved in the decision-making about our own lives, and not just sitting around being the living dead.
We want to make everybody mad enough to look at the ghetto right in their own state, not just to look at the middle-class and the rich areas.
It's not fair that teachers are getting low income to where they get frustrated to where they don't even want to teach.
I just want people to be aware so that when they set dreams or goals, they're healthy enough to fulfill and live.
You can't candy-coat an unsweetened world. But you can get together and make it a better place to live.
I still believe there's going to be peace at last - but not until Jesus Christ returns. Until then, Armageddon is in full effect, and we have to work on preserving ourselves instead of destroying ourselves.
I'm like a Mr. Mom. I get up and help out, getting the milk together and changing diapers. I've even learned to mix baby formulas and stuff like that.
I guess it's easier to bash rap artists than to talk about the country's real problems, such as the AIDS crisis, poverty, the cost of education, crime or the gun-toting white supremacist militias.
I've never got the vibe that they would do a gospel song. 'Cause when they talking about doing another Geto Boys album I said I would do it if I could rap like I'm rapping on my gospel album, I didn't get a whole lot of cosigning on that from all the political parties concerned.
In '84 there was Raheem, Slim Jukebox, and Sir Rap-A-Lot. Those were the first three members of the Geto Boys with DJ Ready Red. By '85 it was Prince Johnny C, Slim Jukebox, Bushwick Bill, and DJ Ready Red. By '89 it was Scarface, Willie D, Bushwick Bill, and Ready Red.
Being short, I believe people looked and stared at me my whole life before I ever got on stage and rapped.