Hip Hop Quotes - Page 36

• Last time I failed is when I fell in love with distractions.

  Lil B

  Rap, Lasts, Distraction

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• This is a robbery, boy, gimme them dollars.
  We hit the lottery, boy, it's in ya wallets!

  RZA

  Rap, Boys, Dollars

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• We got to mediate our greedy levels,
  Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

  Q-Tip

  Rap, Lust, Devil

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• Nowadays, you gots ta walk the street and watch your back,
  Cause brothers with the gats don't be knowin' how to act.

  Shyheim

  Brother, Rap, Watches

  Song: On and On

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• It was you that chose your due,
  You built a maze you can't get through.
  I tried to help you all I can,
  Now I can't do nuttin' for you, man!

  Flavor Flav

  Rap, Men, Mazes

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• I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin,
  I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'.

  Nas

  Rap, Mean, Entertainment

  Song: Nasty, Album: Life Is Good, 2012

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• If you're crying under fire, then you wasn't built for war.
  If a pimp took your girl, then your girl was never yours.

  MF Grimm

  Girl, War, Rap

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• This treadmill lifestyle ain't workin for me...
  It's from ya crib to ya lab to ya job to make a profit,
  And at the day's end you still got nothing accomplished.

  Phonte

  Jobs, Rap, Labs

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• Do you ever think about when you outta here?
  Record deal and video, outta here!?
  Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?

  KRS-One

  Rap, Thinking, Video

  Song: Outta Here, Album: Return of the Boom Bap, 1993

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• On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal,
  When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.

  Nas

  Rap, Revolution, Crabs

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• Just think: what if you could just, just blink yourself away?

  Black Thought

  Rap, Thinking, What If

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• You wanna know my occupation?
  I get paid to rock the nation.
  I go to work.

  Kool Moe Dee

  Rap, Rocks, Occupation

  Song: I Go to Work

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• Leave it up to me while I be livin' proof,
  To kick the truth to the young black youth.

  Inspectah Deck

  Rap, Black Youth, Proof

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• Gimme a couple G's for every emcee I knocked to his knees.
  Verbally useless, 'Oh you got the juice?' I squeeze you juiceless.

  Kurupt

  Couple, Rap, Emcee

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• And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
  But I disregarded detour signs,
  And did not stop til you was mine.
  I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.'
  Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
  Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'

  Mos Def

  Rap, Giving, Wish

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• I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny.
  Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money.

  Rakim

  Rap, Moving, Used

  Song: Paid in Full

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• Stepping to me? Yo, that's the wrong move.
  So what you on, hobbs, dope or dog food?

  Big Daddy Kane

  Dog, Rap, Moving

  Song: Ain't No Half-Steppin'

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• Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it,
  I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

  Immortal Technique

  Believe, Rap, Reality

  Song: Leaving The Past, 2003

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• Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day.

  Buckshot

  Rap, Gun

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• Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers,
  Wannabe MC's, but really good triers,
  Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored,
  A total fraud, this kind of thing I can't afford!

  KRS-One

  Liars, Rap, Tired

  Song: Mortal Thought, Album: Return of the Boom Bap, 1993

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• I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth.
  Not the biased truth,
  Not the liest truth,
  But the highest truth.

  Nas

  Rap, Allegiance, Biased

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• Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button.
  Killing over oil and grease, no weapons of destruction,
  How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?

  Common

  Rap, Oil, Leader

  Common, Adam Bradley (2011). “One Day It'll All Make Sense”, p.290, Simon and Schuster

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• Suckas on my jock when I walk down the block,
  I really don't care if you're jealous or not.

  LL Cool J

  Block, Rap, Jealous

  Song: I Can't Live Without My Radio, Album: Radio

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• Took two drags off the blunts, and started breaking down the flag:
  The blue is for the Crips, the red is for the Bloods,
  The whites for the cops, and the stars come from the clubs
  Or the slugs that ignite, through the night,
  By the dawn early light, why is sons fighting for the stripe?

  RZA

  Stars, Rap, Fighting

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• I ain't Mary, so ain't a damn thing Poppin'.

  Xzibit

  Rap, Mary, Damn

  Song: Eyes May Shine, Album: At The Speed Of Life

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