WHEN YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE - ITS NOT SOMETHING YOU THINK ABOUT - I WAS LIVING IN THE PROJECTS AND I WOULD GO OVER MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND CHICKEN SOUP WOULD BE SMELLING FROM THE HALLWAY - AND I WOULD GO INSIDE HER HOUSE AND SHE WOULD FEED ME - SHE WAS ILL - JUST HER PRESENCE WAS HARDCORE - SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH ALOT - AS A KID YOU HEAR STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND HOW MY ANCESTORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE MURDERED AND YOU SEE THE PAIN IN THEIR EYES AND IT EFFECTS YOU - MY MOTHER IS ALSO RELIGIOUS - ITS JUST WHO I AM - I GOT MY OWN VIEWS OF RELIGION AND MY OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREATOR - BUT BEING JEWISH TO ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE BEING ITALIAN - THATS HOW YOU ARE KNOWN IN BROOKLYN, ITALIAN, IRISH, JEWISH - SO IM JUST PROUD OF WHAT I AM - I WOULD BE A FRAUD IF I FRONTED ON WHAT I WAS RAISED AS - I WAS ALWAYS RAISED IN THE PROJECTS AND THE STREETS AND I AM STREET CULTURE TO THE MAX TOO - I FEEL IM A GOOD MIX OF MANY CULTURES AND I TAKE THE BEST FROM EVERY CULTURE FOR MY PERSONA
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