On Following In A Parent’s Footsteps “[Speaking to Deion Sanders ] By you creating so many different avenues and options, you created this. You helped [your son] find his way. Football may be too much for him. He got some big shoes to follow coming behind you. But this [rapping] — he don’t have no shoes to follow.” On His 5 Dad Commandments “1) Know when to lie to your kids, 2) Know when to be mean, and know when to be a friend. 3) Always stay in control, it’s hard but you gotta always stay in control. 4) Serve ’em gin … I mean serve ’em juice but hold the gin. My bad. And 5) When the kids give you attitude pop ’em like it’s hot.” On Co-Sleeping “You don’t want the baby next to you crying, cause you gonna wanna knock the boots once you have the baby.” On Giving His Kids A Better Life “The struggle that I went through, that my mother went through — I didn’t want my kids to have that. I wanted them to understand that it’s ok to struggle but, I want to help you avoid some of the things in life that I did, and teach you what I was taught, and show you how to get to the top a little bit faster than I was able to.” Giphy On [Not] Dating “I have to be there for [my daughter], to let her understand it’s ok for her to like boys, but you ain’t gonna have a boyfriend ’til you 45 years old.” On Grabbing The Mic At His Daughter’s Sweet 16 “Lemme give y’all some ratchet music to get ya groovin’ on. I see too many pretty girls in here for y’all not to be dancing.” On Feminism “Women are in a position now to voice their opinion. Women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn’t have a daughter, I didn’t understand.” On Smoking Around The Kids “No, not around kids. Like when my daughter and my young son is around, I don’t smoke around them. My 18-year-old, we smoked together cause he’s of age. I don’t walk around my living room smoking. I don’t just go into my kids room while they doing their homework smoking. It’s a respect level at my house. I have a man cave — that’s my situation — in the back on the side of my house that’s only for adults that I smoke at. I don’t smoke nowhere in my house.”
