I'm Standing On A Field Full Of

Everybody Has Their Own Way Of Hearing Songs. My Fans Are Usually Pretty On Point. Sometimes They Go All The Way To The Bottom Of It. It's Fascinating To Me How Far An Idea Can Go. I Wrote Most Of My First Album In My Mom's Kitchen, And Now I Can Go Around The World And Hear People Recite Those Lyrics, And Understand The Story, Even Though They're Not From The Same Area I Grew Up In.

I Went Back And Studied The Game, Was A Student Of The Game And Worked On My Craft And Dedicated Myself, You Know? A Lot Of My Music Revolves Around Me Growing Up In Compton. I Want To Tell A Different Story That's Never Been Told Before, Of A Good Kid In A Mad City.

People Gonna Be They Own Individuals And Have They Own Worlds And I Can't Knock It.

I Think My Worst Problem Is Actually Living In The Moment And Understanding Everything That's Going On. I Feel Like I'm In My Own Bubble.

I've Got An Extra-specific Story About Dr. Dre. I Saw Him When I Was 9 Years Old In Compton - Him And Tupac. They Were Shooting The Second 'california Love' Video. My Pops Had Seen Him And Ran Back To The House And Got Me, Put Me On His Neck, And We Stood There Watching Dre And Pac In A Bentley.