Hip Hop Quotes - Page 7

• Everything will eventually come to an end,
  So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it?
  The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better,
  Cause nothin' lasts forever.

  Nas

  Rap, Time Flies, Forever

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• I'm gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that, I'm gonna be bigger than Walmart.

  Kanye West

  Firsts, Hips, Designer

  "Kanye gets revenge on Nike with Adidas deal". Page Six Interview, pagesix.com. November 28, 2013.

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• So concisely, musically we are the herb
  So sit back and light me.
  Inhale...
  My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.

  Q-Tip

  Rap, Light, Whales

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• I got a letter from the government the other day
  I opened and read it...it said they were suckers.

  Chuck D

  Rap, Government, Letters

  Song: Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

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• If you are what you say you are
  A superstar
  Then have no fear
  The camera's is here
  and the microphones and they wanna know
  Oh oh oh oh yeah
  If you are what you say you are
  Then have no fear

  Lupe Fiasco

  Inspirational, Rap, Cameras

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• Baby boy, go hire a squadron
  My crib got more poles than a fire department.

  Cam'ron

  Baby, Boys, Fire

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• I should have blown this mic like I said I might
  Got the force of 20 men like a Jedi Knight.

  Kwame

  Men, Knights, Should Have

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• In time, you'll see a thin line between friend and rival.
  Between you and me: stupidity and men's bravado.

  Ka

  Rap, Men, Stupidity

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• So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live,
  I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid.
  Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class,
  Your whole aura is plexiglass.
  What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park;
  That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.

  O.C.

  Mom, Drama, Lying

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• Life is a gamble, we scramble for money,
  I might crack a smile, but ain't a damn thing funny.

  Prodigy

  Rap, Cracks, Might

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• All I need is one mic
  One beat, one stage
  One ni%$a frontin' my face on the front page
  Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
  One god to show me how to do things his son did.

  Nas

  Girl, Son, Gun

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• We've been living on a high, they've been talking on the low. But it's cool, know you heard it all before.

  Drake

  Jealousy, Hater, Live Life

  Song: Good Ones Go, 2011

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• Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work

  Nas

  Motivational, Struggle, Hard Work

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• Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow?

  Nas

  Motivational, Motto

  Song: My Generation

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• Went from most hated to the Champion God Flow,
  I guess that's a feelin' only me and LeBron know.

  Kanye West

  Rap, Champion, Flow

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• When you say you love me, it doesn't matter.
  It goes into my head as just chit-chatter.
  You may think it's egotistical or just worry-free,
  But what you say, I take none of it seriously.

  MC Lyte

  Rap, Thinking, Worry

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• You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

  Tupac Shakur

  War, Rain, Rap

  Song: Keep Ya Head Up, 1993

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• Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.

  Jay-Z

  Boxing, Perfect, Hips

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.86, Random House Group

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• Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, People, Trying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.70, Random House Group

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• I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale.

  Andre Nickatina

  Whales, Pisces

  Song: Killa Whale

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• These soliloquies explain our people's lack of stability
  You keepin it real, but ain't got a clue what reality really be
  See the diameter of your knowledge
  Is the circumference of your activity

  Ras Kass

  Real, People, Clue

  Song: Soul On Ice

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• And even though we both fly
  Give each other space and not the evil eye

  Q-Tip

  Eye, Space, Evil

  Song: Vivrant Thing, Album: Amplified

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• I don't speak, I float in the air wrapped in a sheet
  I'm not a real person, I'm a ghost trapped in a beat

  Eminem

  Real, Air, Ghost

  Song: Bad Meets Evil part II, Album: The Slim Shady LP, 1999

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• Cause I'm Black and I'm proud
  I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
  Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

  Chuck D

  Hero, Black, Proud

  Chuck D, Yusuf Jah (2007). “Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary”, Y & G Communications

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• I like to think of myself as a pure rebel;
  A radical thinker on a musical level.

  D-Nice

  Thinking, Musical, Levels

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