I’m going to cover this very quickly, because there are so many people who have influenced my life and have made this project possible, so many men and women of many different cultures, of many different beliefs, of many different races, whether it be family, friends or acquaintances (Enemies ties into this as well). And being that I see the God in everyone…I’m thinking that I can just go ahead and thank the Lord for everything, and that just about covers it all…so…Thank You God… I am NOTHING without you, and EVERYTHING with you. I don’t want to get into how many times I have contemplated doing something else with my life, I would think any full time artist (Especially Spoken Word Artist), go through this way of thinking. The grind of living on the road, out of suitcases, and waking up having to remind yourself what city you’re in, eventually, starts to take its toll…but, I am glad I stayed in the game long enough to do this CD. My goal for all my albums is to always be better than the last one I released, it’s to always show my growth, not just to my public but more so for me. But, a funny thing happened with this project, even before going into the studio, I knew off the bat that I could’ve went half a** on this album, and still it was going to be my grandest work. Just from the written poems, the beats, the clips and the orchestration, I knew it was going to my most mature, and poetic Spoken Word CD to date. So I had to change my goal, because the last thing I want to do is go into a studio feeling like I can go half a** on something and it still be better than anything I’ve done. So my goal, exceeded far and beyond me, I felt like I was challenging history with this one. I know people will probably want to form opinions of me from some of the things I’ve expressed in my poems, or even feel like I could possibly be over stepping my boundaries, but what they don’t understand is all my life I’ve been pushing the envelope, so any criticism I may receive, I’ve been more than prepared for. Even the title, ‘Have You Ever Lost Faith In God,’ has found some real serious resentment with some people. They see it as a declaration of a lack of faith, or a lack belief in God. When really, for those who know and are very close to me, family and friends don’t question my faith, they know a question like, ‘Have You Ever Lost Faith In God,’ only leads to a follow up answer. They know, and I know, I wouldn’t have been able to come close to doing what I have been within the last 5 years or so, without that faith. So I welcome any criticism, I welcome anybody who doesn’t want to buy the CD, or anybody who wants to smear mud across my name or petition to have me strapped to a chair and fried. I welcome anybody who wants to tell me I’m speaking blasphemy and then go nail me to stake, believe me, I welcome it all…The Lord built me for this.