My Musical Inpsiration

As an artist, I often get asked who my influences are. I usually say Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, etc. But really, its deeper than that. Sure everyone has there MUSICAL influences, but what are your REAL influences. Ima address mine right quick. I know alot of people and everytime I has a conversation with someone, I try to learn something from them. My most recent song with DCK, "Every Girl", I dedicated to a friend of mine . I met her on August 18th 2009. We jus clicked. Idk how but it jus happened. She has always been there for me and I will never forget her for it. My crew has also been a big influence on me. we've all known each other since I was like 14. They would tell me that I had talent and that I needed to do somethin with it.
When I started writing music seriously, I had know idea what direction I wanted to go in. Did I want to write mainly punchlines and do damage as much as possible or did I want to write more self-conscience music and make people think? I've come to realize that I can make more people realize my talent by writing what I think, then writing what I think people wanna hear.

My music is continuing to grow as well as my musical knowledge. I'm blessed to be makin music and writin lyrics that everyone has been able to connect and thats exactly what I always wanted to do. I'm jus writing this to let everyone know how much I thank you. Ya'll are my inspiration.