The rapper also visiting a charter school in his hometown, playing school principal for the day.

I would much rather be Fetty Wap than to be outside in the streets.

You understand what I'm saying? So if I could say something to the youth, it'll always be go to school, finish school.

The power that social media have, to see how advanced these kids are, like, it's so crazy because if we had just a little bit of the tools that you guys have today growing up-

Driving.

That's what I love to do.

The only time I listen to music is, like, right after I leave the studio, just to see how it sound in the car.

Everybody was telling me I wasn't gonna be able to drive [laughs] because I, because of the eye situation, and yep, definitely proved all of them wrong.

I remember singin', "Chill bro, big bro." Ball-

Ball-Bitches didn't even notice me.

I remember when I popped out new whip, everybody noticed me.

I remember niggas' funny faces when they found out I was singin'.

I remember feelin' like Ace that day he walked out the cleaners.

I remember being young as hell and feeling so insecure.

I remember I was lookin' in the mirror, then I started seein' more.

It's gonna rip this off.

Ooh.

Until I could not fill the cup up no more.

You know what I'm saying? At a certain point it was like, you know what? Like I'm, I'm doing more than I can handle by myself.

Feel me? Like I had, I had to fire the management, I had to...

I was just doing everything by myself.

You know what I'm saying? Like when it was coming, like the book shows, like I remember, uh, I remember a couple, a few times people was reaching out to me through the DM like, "Yo, we been hitting up your manager." I don't have a manager.

You know what I mean? And I'm like, "Yeah, talk to me directly." So I got all these people calling me.

Wherever you going

Byron Mania.

Yeah, baby.

Okay, it's time for me to go.

I won't let him play me.

If I pop, I wouldn't show up.

I don't think he crazy.

See, I bought a knife and relapse.

voice.

Mm-hmm

...

I forgot how to spit back.

But I'm like, "Ah, you know what? This time I'll set back." And I'm just like, "I gotta get back in that groove." So with, with this whole project, it was more so like, let me just try to be more of a creator than, uh, a creative than, than just a, just trying to make songs to put out.

You know what I'm saying?

Mm-hmm.

Like, I never changed, man.

I stood true to who I was.

Damn.

So, uh, that record right there, it was just one of the moments when I was like, yo, I remember when we used to listen to, uh, uh, Prince of the City, Prince of the City 2, Crushin' Orange Juice, and all that.

Uh, you know, Star Power.

And I'm like, I was just, I don't know, it just was like one day I'm just like, "Mm, mm, shoes on the eh, eh, thing.

Baby, I'm about to fade away."

Yeah.

But, um, yeah, I mean, you know, certain little things are still, like, days like, uh, so Monday is, like, mystery Mondays, Tuesday is chicken patty Tuesdays, Wednesday burger Wednesdays, uh, chicken and a bone Thursday, fish Friday.

So now I just try to eat different things.

I know you got a lot of this shit.

Yeah, for sure.

You got to sit there and be like.

Especially like where it happened at the most being the transit center.

Like in the transit center, you know, you stuck with a whole bunch of different niggas.

Some niggas going to the Penn.

Some niggas going to the medium.

Even when you on the streets and you getting money and what they think you got, you really don't got.

You know, I spoke to you at the Breakfast Club, but you said, "I would never leave Paterson." Why is that? Why do you feel that way?

I mean, if it wasn't for Paterson, I wouldn't have this-- I wouldn't have that grit.

Like, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be who I am.

I wouldn't be able to stand up the way I stand up.

You know, like, coming from these type of areas like Paterson, Newark, Orange, uh, Irvington, Jersey City, like, uh, Trenton, like, all, all the, all the areas where they dub us, like, the, the bad cities, you know what I'm saying? You gotta have a certain type of backbone to be able to grow up and, and especially me, my name's Willie.

Like, [laughs] you know what I mean? One Eye Willie, it's kinda crazy.

But you know what I'm saying? Like, so growing up like that, you know, it, it kinda, it gives you, it gives you a type of, like, a sense of like, "No, I could do whatever I wanna do," you know what I'm saying? If it wasn't for Paterson, I wouldn't be, I wouldn't be Fetty Wap, you know what I mean? So, um, when it comes to giving back to my city, like, I know what it feels like to, to, to go to school and not have anything, you know what I'm saying? Or my mom working over, overtime and, and, and, and just being able to feed us just to pay rent, and my dad's like...

Like, how does it feel right now for you coming-- Like, you were walking home today.

Mm.

You know what I'm saying? So for me, I feel like this time away fixed a lot of things for me.

You know what I'm saying? Especially with me and my family.

Me and my sister, like, we always had each other back.

You know, that's my gem twin.

You know what I'm saying? She June 6th, I'm June 7th.

You know what I'm saying? Uh, my, my baby sister too, you know what I'm saying? My older brother.

Mm.

Hell yeah.

Like, like shit like that.

Like, jail's not like that no more.

It ain't like that no more.

Don't get me wrong, it's, it's violent as hell.

Definitely violent, but state prison and federal prison is way different.

Like, it's w- way, way, way different.

Mm-hmm.