Rap Quotes

• During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

  Tupac Shakur

  Dream, Thug, Only God Can Judge Me

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• In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'

  J. Cole

  Love Is, Men, Hip Hop

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• I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

  J. Cole

  Important, Stills, Important Things

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• I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.

  Nas

  Cousin, Sleep, Insomnia

  Song: The Message, Album: It Was Written, 1996

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  Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

  Eminem

  Music, Keys, Racism

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  You might win some, but you just lost one.

  Lauryn Hill

  Winning, Lost Ones, Hip Hop

  Song: Lost Ones

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• When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

  Azealia Banks

  Speak, Extensions, Ifs

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• Rapping is the only time I'm serious.

  Earl Sweatshirt

  Serious, Only Time

  "What I've Learned: Earl Sweatshirt, on Being a Teenage Rap Prodigy Back From Exile" by Nate Hopper, www.esquire.com. August 19, 2013.

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• I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.

  Young Buck

  Playing Around

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• It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

  Rakim

  Hip Hop

  Song: I Know You Got Soul

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• Day in and day out we do the same thing,
  Tryina find the joy in our repetition.
  Always complainin' about the routine and the mundane.
  But let me stop to remind y'all bout one thing:
  Come hell or high water you can count on the sun
  Always shinin' in its untamed glory.

  Phonte

  Water, Hip Hop, Joy

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• I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fused.

  GZA

  Hip Hop

  Song: 4th Chamber, Album: Liquid Swords

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• My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

  Tupac Shakur

  Life, Thug, Mama

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

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• Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

  Ajay Naidu

  Hip Hop, Hips, Storytelling

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• Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal.

  Ras Kass

  Cynical, Hip Hop, Sound

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• I love you like a fat kid love cake.

  Curtis Jackson

  Funny Love, Love You, Kids

  "Where Do I Start With 50 Cent?" by Dee Lockett, www.slate.com. June 6, 2014.

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• Some seek fame cause they need validation,
  Some say hating is confused admiration.

  Nas

  Hate, Confused, Validation

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• Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

  Talib Kweli

  Math, Hip Hop, Never Settle

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  Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

  Kurt Cobain

  Rocks, Punk, Form

  M.E.A.T Magazine, September 1991.

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• For every single dark night there is a brighter day.

  Tupac Shakur

  Tattoo, Dark, Night

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• But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
  Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up

  Tupac Shakur

  Inspirational, Girl, Eye

  Song: Keep Ya Head Up

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• Real gs move in silence like lasagna.

  Lil Wayne

  Real, Moving, Silence

  Song: 6'7, Album: Tha Carter IV

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• I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece,
  But my life been good since I started finding peace.

  Nas

  Life Is Good, Thinking, Hip Hop

  Song: Loco-Motive, 2012

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• Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy.

  Tupac Shakur

  Revenge, Thug, Joy

  "Song: 'Hail Mary'". 1997.

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• Life Will Put Many Red Lights In Front Of You, But Sometimes We Must Push On The Gas And Trust God

  Kendrick Lamar

  Light, Red, Trust In God

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