# TI Speaks To CNN

- Link: https://exclusiveaccess.net/ti-speaks-to-cnn/
- Published: 2010-10-15T05:41:28-04:00
- Author: EAN

**(CNN)** — Rapper T.I. vowed to stop what he called “this ongoing process of destruction”
Thursday, a day before he goes before a federal judge who could send him back to
prison for a probation violation.

“I’m tired. I’m wore out,” T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, told CNN’s 
Don Lemon.

Harris was arrested on drug charges in Los Angeles, California, last month, triggering
Friday’s hearing in Atlanta, Georgia, which could end with the revocation of the
rapper’s probation on a federal weapon’s conviction.

Although he could not talk about the facts of his case, Harris did speak personally
about his regrets.

“The only thing that I can say, man, is that all people who have supported me, who
were behind me, who believed in me, who were disappointed and were let down, I just
offered my sincerest apologies, and I will dedicate my life no matter how long it
takes to earn your trust back and to make you proud yet again,” he said.

When Lemon asked the rapper if that meant he would “never again” get in trouble,
he answered, “Absolutely.”

“I’m tired. I’m wore out,” he said. “I don’t have the age, the energy or just the
attitude to move forward and continuing in this cycle in this ongoing process of
destruction and disparity in my life. I’ve got too many depending on me and counting
on me. I can’t do it.”

He granted the interview to talk about his involvement Wednesday in helping police
persuade a man not to jump off the roof of high-rise office building in Atlanta.

Harris talked to the man about how a person “can make it through anything,” Atlanta
Police spokesman James Polite said.