Gangsta Quotes

• I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

  Al Capone

  Men, Demand, Supply And Demand

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• I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Inspirational, Basketball, Teacher

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• Shoot first, ask questions last. That's how these so called gangsta's last.

  Waka Flocka Flame

  Firsts, Lasts, Asks

  FaceBook post by Waka Flocka Flame from Jan 11, 2015

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• Never was a gangsta, till I graduated to one.

  Eminem

  Education

  Song: Soldier

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• If the truth is told, the youth can grow
  Then learn to survive until they gain control
  Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
  Read more learn more, change the globe

  Nas

  Inspirational, Rap, Hoe

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• I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period.

  Method Man

  Gay, Thinking, Periods

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• I'm in prison. But my heart and mind is free. Gangsta haters on the streets are doing more time than me. They need 30 police escorts with them every time they walk down the street.

  Suge Knight

  Heart, Police, Mind

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• I am a gangsta, Ms. Katie. I don't take nothing from no one. I do what I wanna do.

  Lil Wayne

  Rapper, Katie

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• Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Rap, Ghetto, America

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• I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rap, People, Trying

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• To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands.

  Shane West

  Rap, Boys, Glam Rock

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• Gangsta rappers can't fight, so they rap about guns.

  Sean Price

  Rap, Fighting, Gun

  Song: Onion Head, Album: Monkey Barz, 2005

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• What's up, gangstas? It's the M-I-Double-Tizzle.

  Mitt Romney

  Awkward

  "Romney does Letterman's Top 10 list, asks "Newt Gingrich, really?"". www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2011.

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• We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is - if you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta.

  Ron Finley

  Motivation, Inspiration, Scripts

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• But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.

  Alan Vega

  Falling In Love, Rap, Long

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• Well, follow who you want to follow. It depends on what your fantasies are. You understand. People have different fantasies in life. The suburban culture. Always dream of being gangstas.

  MC Hammer

  Dream, People, Different

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• Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

  Ice Cube

  Live Your Life, Want, Stuff

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• Now I've got the world swingin' from my nuts
  And damn it feels good to be a gangsta!

  Willie D

  Rap, Nuts, Feel Good

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• If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

  Jackson Katz

  Smart, Rap, Kkk

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• We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being a "Panther Baby". He knew, he came from that experience of the Black Panthers, and accounting for all his contradictions and process of growth, he achieved politically through gangsta rap things that no conscious rapper has achieved, such as establishing political, ethical, and moral codes between Crips and Bloods in the United States.

  Bocafloja

  Baby, Rap, Blood

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.

  Nas

  Rapper, People, Doing Me

  "Nas Expiais Controversial Album Title, Denies Reports of Label Opposition" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. October 18, 2007.

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• Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.

  Russell Simmons

  Rapper, Government, Inspire

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• I don't think my music really provokes that kind of energy that makes people want to grab AKs and rally through the streets. I don't think my music is gangsta in that sense.

  Fashawn

  Thinking, People, Want

  Source: www.sfcritic.com

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• I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career. Not only are they just great, nice guys; they're some of the best musicians you're likely to find. They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It's amazing.

  Al Yankovic

  Nice, Rap, Careers

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.

  Fergie

  Rap, Kids, Gun

  "Fergie admits drugs shame!" by Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2006.

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