Rap Quotes
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Rap Quotes & Sayings
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The future is born, put the past in a casket
— Lil' Wayne
I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
— Osric Chau
It started back in '79,
My whole darn future was on the line.
I created a brand new sensation
Through my mind and the whole darn nation ... — Sylvia Robinson
My whole darn future was on the line.
I created a brand new sensation
Through my mind and the whole darn nation ... — Sylvia Robinson
I am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene.
— Tom Felton
I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.
— Donald Glover
I gotta learn to rap.
— Scott Disick
This one's for you, and I truly hope you hear me,
Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey. — Heavy D
Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey. — Heavy D
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
Religion only answers 'Why?'
The two combined is the true design,
So respect to God cause He drew the lines. — Amir Mohamed
I feel like when I reach my 500-million-dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can't do what these men have done
— Nicki Minaj
The only good thing about the 1980s was that they invented rap, but rap didn't get good until 1992, so what does that say about the 1980s.
— Drew
I haven't done rap ... I can't do that too well.
— Dee Dee Ramone
This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
— Action Bronson
In the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily
— Big Pun
Dead Prez is playing on the car's stereo, telling me that it's bigger than Hip-Hop, but I beg to differ.
— Kris Kidd
I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
— Action Bronson
Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard,
Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards! — Ghostface Killah
Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards! — Ghostface Killah
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.
— Chance The Rapper
I'll let a mystery gas out of my blistery ass
Just to disrupt the misery of history class. — MC Paul Barman
Just to disrupt the misery of history class. — MC Paul Barman
I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.
— Billy Idol
Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin' on gin an juice
Lay back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind. — Snoop Dogg
Lay back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind. — Snoop Dogg
And understand: class differences will not save you.
— H. Rap Brown
Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless,
Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace! — Ludacris
Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace! — Ludacris
You could either ignore this advice, or take it from me:
Be too nice, and people take you for a dummy. — Daniel Dumile
Be too nice, and people take you for a dummy. — Daniel Dumile
An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
— Ice-T
The U.S government hates rap music
— Chris Rock
The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential and politicians immediately came together to end it.
— Assata Shakur
You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.
— Busta Rhymes
The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint
The greats were great because they paint a lot — Macklemore
The greats were great because they paint a lot — Macklemore
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.
— Rita Dove
Next thing you know, the hoe starts to ill,
She says "I love you, Harold" and your name is Will! — Slick Rick
She says "I love you, Harold" and your name is Will! — Slick Rick
We got to mediate our greedy levels,
Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil. — Q-Tip
Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil. — Q-Tip
A wise man sees failure as progress.
A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic,
And loses his soul in the process. — Canibus
A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic,
And loses his soul in the process. — Canibus
Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.
— Benjamin Zephaniah
One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
— Damian Marley
I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe it's because my specialties are rapping and imitating others
— G-Dragon
Lessons cut short to prep for tests that only test how well you prep.
... Man, no wonder why the score's a mess. — J-Live
... Man, no wonder why the score's a mess. — J-Live
Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it, but you are in charge of what you do.
— Niecy Nash
Tell ya mama to stop flirtin' boy, I'm not a good step-pop.
I interrupt your little session ... and wreck shop. — Bumpy Knuckles
I interrupt your little session ... and wreck shop. — Bumpy Knuckles
I think Bhutanese food - long dissed by every food writer out there - has gotten a bum rap.
— Hanya Yanagihara
Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin'
I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn — Tash
I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn — Tash
The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.
— Killer Mike
Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women.
— Jerry Stahl
I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.
— Joaquin Phoenix
I've been college, but to be truthfully frank, weed is knowledge because it makes me think
— Keith Murray
The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!
— Jay Electronica
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
— Talib Kweli
What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.
— Flavor Flav
It was the beauty that caught me and held my soul hostage ...
Remember those days? Had you smellin' my boxers. — Ghostface Killah
Remember those days? Had you smellin' my boxers. — Ghostface Killah
We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.
— Adam Rich
Set me up, wet me up, niggas stuck me up ...
Heard the guns bust, but you tricks never shut me up. — Tupac Shakur
Heard the guns bust, but you tricks never shut me up. — Tupac Shakur
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
— Jackson Katz
I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa
— Kendrick Lamar
Well I'm a sire, I set the microphone on fire,
Rap styles vary, and carry like Mariah — Inspectah Deck
Rap styles vary, and carry like Mariah — Inspectah Deck
The radio is just a stereo like a house ain't a home.
— Jay Electronica
These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady
— Chamillionaire
We was sneakin' in and it was general admission,
Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it. — Curren$y
Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it. — Curren$y
When I hit the skins they all say, 'Damn Kane ...
You knock out the Bush like a presidential campaign!' — Big Daddy Kane
You knock out the Bush like a presidential campaign!' — Big Daddy Kane
Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.
— Ice Cube
He doesn't even suit ya, and he's surely not your size,
I'm surprised that you slept on a heart that's worldwide. — Slimkid3
I'm surprised that you slept on a heart that's worldwide. — Slimkid3
For every single dark night there is a brighter day.
— Tupac Shakur
Wanna move out the hood and defeat that cancer
I ask how she stay on her feet like dancers
How she keep on adding paint to a life-size canvas. — Lil B
I ask how she stay on her feet like dancers
How she keep on adding paint to a life-size canvas. — Lil B
On a park bench on 12th street, my whole crew's famous, you try bust your gat and keep it rel but you nameless
— Prodigy
Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans
— Dean Cavanagh
The rap game has to save itself. Everybody's saving it. People like Lil Wayne is saving it. He's bringing energy to it.
— Andre Benjamin
I do lots of weird voices and I kind of act out my raps. That's something that's always been in me.
— Nicki Minaj
When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.
— Bill O'Reilly
I'm not really into rap.
— Magnus Carlsen
You're nobody 'til somebody kills you.
— The Notorious B.I.G.