Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren't looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by.
I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.
A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live; and so I close my eyes.