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All my peoples on the east side, all my peoples on the west side, all my brothers on the south side, all my sisters on the north side...
– Excerpt from the opening refrain of 'Don't be Late' by Ermehn
Back then, my rhymes weren’t on the level of Nas or anything ... They were just a simple account of things we were going through and dropping in local references like David Tua because, at the time, he was the Polynesian people’s idol. I guess there was also a lot of a hood influence in my writing.
– Herman Loto Sakaria on writing his first album under stage name Ermehn, AudioCulture, 29 May 2013
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