And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all..

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never s….

There's definitely anger, the demand of more from the world, a demand for justice. There's no other way I can perform the vocals than the way you hea….

When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Wavin’ Flag.

When I get older, I will be stronger.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more un….

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak..

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice..

I learned to fire guns at the age of nine or so, but luckily was not out killing people. We zigzagged the streets to escape those trying to kill us. ….

It is the very survival of the streets that makes children pick up guns in Somalia, not some older, wide-eyed rebel leader. My intimate experiences d….

I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts.….

Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it. Here's the 5 steps in hopes to explain it: 1, It's me and my Nation against the World 2, Then me….

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it..

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way..

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give..

It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and i….

I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the b….

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing..

My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me.

It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.' It's just I am..

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from..