

Most of my songs were just songs that I wrote of how I was feeling that day, or stories that I would construct. I didn’t like the way it felt, so I quite naturally was trying to imagine myself being free. I didn’t write too many bitter songs, because I didn’t like the way I felt being incarcerated. Did you refrain from writing while you were incarcerated for that reason, or were you able to creatively put thoughts together? He talked about writing full records while he was in jail, but he admitted that “ Me Against The World” was a little too depressing and dark for his taste, and he blamed that for writing it while being locked up. Zenger: I remember watching an interview with Tupac. I’m definitely not going to be the 21-year-old guy that was doing what I was doing at that time. Mac: I’m a more mature person, to be honest with you. Does that change what version of Mac we will get moving forward? Zenger: During the trial, they used your lyrics against you. Percy Crawford interviewed rapper Mac for Zenger.
