DX: Nah, we want more “[The] Esscence,” more “The Flyest.”
AZ: You a good brother, because you know somebody reading this gonna be like, "Nah, fuck that."

DX: What would be the point?
AZ: There’s no point, that’s what I’m trying to show to the younger fans. He got rich and reached back, I ain’t rich yet, meaning I’m still doing me and I’m still being successful, y’all can do the same. Altercation is not always the answer to everything.

DX: Well the final couple bars I wanna ask you about are in regards to this line from “Now I Know,” “Few regrets, breathe through the youth/I’ma seasoned vet, I need no excuse.” What did you mean when you said “I need no excuse?”
AZ: Meaning I’m doing me, and that’s what it is. Everybody ask, “Why you not selling this? Why you not doing this?” And once again it goes back to just, “Why you ain’t going at Nas?” Or, “If him and Jay went through that and got over it, whatever the bullshit you and him going through, c’mon with you fuckin’ guys.” Everybody got something to say, and I’m like, "Man, fuck it, it is what it is." I got no regrets over what happened or what’s going on now, and I need no excuse to explain to everybody what’s going on. Just give me my lane and let me do me.