In an interview for ROCK THE BELLS' series, The Recollect, acclaimed musician Gary Clark Jr. shared his love for Hip-Hop and explained why Tupac's verse from "Krazy" changed the way he heard music.

The Grammy Award-winning guitarist/singer/songwriter said that the second verse, in particular, featured on Pac's 1996 album, The Don Kilumaniti: The 7 Day Theory made him look at the world differently. "I see Bloods and Crips runnin' up the hill/Lookin' for a better way/My brothers and sisters, it's time to bail/'Cause even thug niggas pray," Pac raps on the opening of the verse.

"That one changed me as a kid," Clark admitted. "I learned lessons from these men that I didn't know about life and how to move around that my family didn't necessarily show me. It was a world perspective that made me understand what's really going on out here. It changed the way that I heard music. It changed the way that I move in my daily life, so that's the one."

In the same interview, Clark, who recently squared off against Houston vet Paul Wall in Red Bull's SoundClash series, also talks about his love for southern Hip-Hop. He says it's grounded in roots music and explained why he loved to collaborate with Scarface. "I really respect Scarface," he said. "He's a badass guitar player too. I think that we could do something really special."

Check out the full interview below.