Rap Quotes - Page 35

• Rap is not pop, if you call it that then stop...

  Q-Tip

  Hip Hop, Pops, Tribe Called Quest

  "Check the Rhime". Song by Kamaal Fareed (Q-Tip), Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Onnie McIntyre, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Hamish Stuart, Malik Taylor and Leon Ware, September 9, 1991.

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• Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games,
  A lot of suckers with colorful names.
  'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.'
  But they all just wick-wick-wack.

  KRS-One

  Games, Names, Hip Hop

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• They'd rather see me fail than succeed,
  That's why I'm alone on my own with no team.
  Don't need no green, though I got some to spend;
  In the end...all I really need is a friend.

  Bishop Nehru

  Team, Hip Hop, Needs

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• My mic is a Magnum.
  See me and this chick, we go back like Cro-Magnon.
  Man...we did it in the back of your Magnum;
  I said, 'Put them Lifestyles back, give me the Magnums.'

  Pharoahe Monch

  Men, Giving, Hip Hop

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• Excuse us for the news,
  You might not be amused;
  But did you know White comes from Black?
  No need to be confused.

  Chuck D

  Confused, White, Hip Hop

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

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• Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky,
  And ask myself: was I meant to be here...why?

  Ghostface Killah

  Stars, Sky, Hip Hop

  Song: All That I Got Is You, Album: Ironman, 2006

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• 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, Moving, Hip Hop

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• Thought kissin' ass was in my blood type? Oh, negative.

  Phonte

  Blood, Hip Hop, Negative

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• Science only answers 'How?'
  Religion only answers 'Why?'
  The two combined is the true design,
  So respect to God cause He drew the lines.

  Amir Mohamed

  Two, Design, Hip Hop

  Interview with Martin Bauman, www.thecomeupshow.com.

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• Murder isn't a crime when you just killing time.

  Amir Mohamed

  Hip Hop, Murder, Killing

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• I never asked to be born, and death's no question.
  The sun's still shining off the same old lessons,
  Then why does life feel like an educated guess?
  And my thoughts are like meals...I'm a sucker for the seconds.

  Amir Mohamed

  Hip Hop, Shining, Doe

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• Many have forgotten what we came here for,
  Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor.
  Just growin' not known' about your past...
  Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.

  Chuck D

  Stupid, Past, Hip Hop

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

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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

  Hip Hop, Cracks, Might

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• I got to keep it tight like seams,
  Cause ain't no fiends
  Comin' in between me and my dreams,
  See what I mean, black?

  Donnie Lewis

  Dream, Mean, Hip Hop

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• The world is full of bullshitters,
  Liars, and triers and quitters,
  Coulda-beens, wannabe's, thought-I-was, isn't-I-is's...
  And everybody in your business.

  Aceyalone

  Liars, Hip Hop, World

  Song: Keep It True, Album: All Balls Don't Bounce, 1995

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• No-frill rappers: you will evaporate, disintegrate, deflate to your fate,
  as the great will dominate straight to the state
  Of reignin', gainin'...So put Kane in
  That category. Period. End of story.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Fate, Hip Hop, Stories

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• And through our travels we get separated, never forget:
  In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets.

  Jay-Z

  Regret, Order, Hip Hop

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• Picked up the yoga, put down the soda.
  My healthy mind...that's what's gon' help me over.
  Life of a stoner (if you still concerned),
  I never lose, I only win or learn;
  It's all about your state of mind.

  Dizzy Wright

  Yoga, Winning, Hip Hop

  Song: State Of Mind, 2014

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• Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor,
  Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.

  Immortal Technique

  Hip Hop, Ems, Traitor

  Song: Eyes In The Sky, Album: The Martyr, 2011

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• Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.

  Jay-Z

  Carpe Diem, Hip Hop, Poet

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• Most rappers these days is actors,
  And I can't keep watching the same movie.

  Mick Jenkins

  Hip Hop, Actors, These Days

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• We could fight the fuss till we get like friends,
  Or somebody bite the dust and we split like ends.
  Even in our wildest moments, girl, I'm on it cause you're worth it.
  Practice makes perfect, so we fightin' for a purpose.

  ASAP Rocky

  Girl, Fighting, Dust

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• This is business: they don't care about your lyrics;
  The better you sell, the better future for their children.
  Controversy sells, so they support conflict,
  Makes more progress, means more profit.
  An artist gets killed, they say they're 'so sorry,'
  Meanwhile, they tell you the date of his next project.
  What a life...death made them more profit:
  Record companies get paid for your drama.

  Cormega

  Children, Sorry, Drama

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• Rappers hate each other, not the labels that got rich,
  Don't care about culture, they only want profit.
  If your album sell slow, bet you'll get dropped quick;
  Q-Tip warned us: the industry's toxic.
  For reference, check out BDP's Sex and Violence.

  Cormega

  Sex, Hate, Hip Hop

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• I've been out there 3 days and I got shot at 3 times,
  Felt like every bullet hit me when they flew out each 9.
  I'll be happy when I wake up and I have a free mind.

  Lil Herb

  Hip Hop, Mind, Wake Up

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