Hip Hop Quotes - Page 5

• Everybody looking at you crazy,
  What you gon' do?
  Lift up your head and keep moving,
  Or let the paranoia haunt you?

  Kendrick Lamar

  Crazy, Rap, Moving

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• When raindrops hit the tin roof it's crazy. That's a metaphor, did I lose you baby?

  Drake

  Life, Relationship, Break Up

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• Spendin all the money I just worked my ass off for doing things that I won't regret.

  Drake

  Inspirational, Life, Money

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• Might have been a time when I loved her too but you take that away and you'll always be the one.

  Drake

  Relationship, True Love, Humble

  Song: Make Me Proud

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• You don't even have to ask twice, you could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice.

  Drake

  Love, Relationship, Romantic

  Song: Best I Ever Had, 2009

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• I guess it really is just me, myself and all my millions.

  Drake

  Money, Humble, Conceited

  Song: Headlines, Album: Take Care, 2011

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• Inside I'm treading waters steady tryna swim ashore.

  Drake

  Success, Humble, Swimming

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• I heard you good with them soft lips.. Yeah you know word of mouth.

  Drake

  Sexy, Humble, Kissing

  "Song: "What's My Name?" ("Loud")". October 26, 2010.

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• I do a lot of things hopin I never had to fit in, so tryin to keep up with my progress is like a dead end.

  Drake

  Hope, Humble, Rapper

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• Swimmin in the money come and find me, NEMO.

  Drake

  Confidence, Money, Humble

  Song: Forever

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• Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am
  Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.

  Phife Dawg

  Mother, Song, Attitude

  "Song: 'Check The Rhime'". 1991.

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• She think I'm the realest out and I say 'damn that makes 2 of us'.

  Drake

  Lying, Real, Thinking

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• She could have a Grammy I'd still treat her ass like a nominee.

  Drake

  Relationship, Sex, Humorous

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• Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

  Sean Paul

  Issues, Bling, Hips

  "Reasoning with Sean Paul". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. October 01, 2002.

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• Oh baby you ..got what I need but you say he's just a friend

  Biz Markie

  Baby, Just Friends, Needs

  Song: Just A Friend

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• Real slow hits from the bong...
  Make me feel like Cheech,
  And I'm kickin' it with Chong.

  B-Real

  Real, Rap, Bongs

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• i'm okay.. is that what you really want me to say?

  Vanilla Ice

  Rapper, Love At First Sight, Want

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• In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.

  Brian Eno

  Europe, House, England

  "Q and A With Brian Eno". Interview with Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. June 2, 1996.

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• I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.

  Lauryn Hill

  Thinking, People, Singing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

  Jay-Z

  Fun, Party, Nightlife

  "Letter to the President" (Video), www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

  Lou Reed

  Beautiful, Important, Doe

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• I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.

  Kid Rock

  Rocks, Want, Hips

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• One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Pride, People

  "Taylor Swift: 'I want to believe in pretty lies'" by Alex Macpherson, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2012.

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• I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

  Nas

  Rap, Blunt, Prisoner

  Song: Memory Lane, Album: Illmatic, 1994

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• I'm only 19 but my mind is older...
  When things get for real, my warm heart turns cold.

  Prodigy

  Real, Rap, Heart

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