Table of Contents
Prologue 3
1 Stakes Is High 9
2 Growing Up Greene 19
3 Gifted and Talented 30
4 The Poetry of Practicality 39
5 The Word Became Flesh 44
6 The Cipher 53
7 Village People 66
8 God Lives Thru 75
9 The Nigga Ya Love to Hate 85
10 The salad Days 95
11 Friends with Rappers 99
12 The Best Is Yet to Come 109
13 1995 118
14 The Peaceful Warrior 130
15 Black Star Keep Shining 138
16 The Eighth Light 146
17 The Joy 156
18 The Bizness 165
19 Reflections of Our Ancestors 173
20 Spitkickers 179
21 The Strange Land 187
22 Wake Up, Mr. West! 194
23 Family. Matters. 209
24 Blacksmith Music 219
25 Shadows of Tomorrow 230
26 Independent's Day 237
27 Knowledge of Wealth 246
28 Dillagence 253
29 Twitter Fingers 260
30 Defenders of the Dream 271
31 My President Is Black 293
32 Trump's Amerikkka 300
33 The Story of Mama 307
34 The Beginning 317