Best 1010 quotes in «rap quotes» category

Think I'll roll another number for the road

Think, just blink and I made...a million rhymes. Just imagine if you blinked...a million times. Damn, I'd be paid...I got it made.

Think you figured it out, but you don't have a clue. Think you on top of the world, but the world on top of you.

This disease they call 'rap' - some kind of rhythmic pulse is going by, while some sociopathic idiot is belching out grade school poetry.

This country of ours was built on violence; If your ass got in the way, you was killed in silence. And these been the ways since back in the days: Just ask the Indians or the African slaves.

This game is lame, the music comes second So you can save that stupidness for all them artists you checkin. Popularity don't last long, I'm in it for classics, Cause the other side of the biz is fake and it's plastic.

This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

This is my time, this is my hour, This is my pain, this is my name, this is my power. If it's my reign, then it's my shower, This pole position...I made a lane 'cause they blocked ours.

This one's for you, and I truly hope you hear me, Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey.

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.

This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.

Though the meek shall inherit the earth, but don't forget: The poor are the ones who inherit the debt.

Throw dirt on me, and grow a wild flower

Time is real, we can't rewind it... Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did.

Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music.

Toasting is basically what you call rapping. It came off of playing the beats at the parties, however it be. You find a space in the beat, and you have somebody live just basically saying rhymes over the beat.

Trying to make it from the bottom. His sins Feeling as hard as Vince Carter's knee cartilage is.

Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow.

Too hard for MTV, not black enough for BET, just let me be.

Trapped on a planet of pain and perpetrators That you call 'Earth,' but I call 'Hell's Equator.'

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

Two wrongs don't make it right, but it damn sure makes us even.

Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

Truth brings light, light refracts off the mirror, Visions of yourself and error could never be clearer. The truth is that you ugly... Not on the outside, but in the inside; On the outside, you frontin' you lovely.

Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke, the ratio of pages kept to pages thrown out declined drastically. But onstage, when rapping about a feeling I already owned, I would sometimes get a burst of eloquence.

Uh oh, it's beer o'clock, I think I'm sober. How about we think this over, over a can of King Cobra?

Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids

Until House came along I don't think the English made very good dance records, you know, there were very few really good English Rap records, whereas once House came along all of a sudden we started and now I think we probably lead the world, and have overtaken America in dance music.

Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC.

Using numerology to count the people I sent to heaven, Produces more digits than 22 divided by 7.

Valentine cards and birthday wishes? Please...be on another level of planning, of understanding The bond between man and woman and child. The highest elevation, cause we above All that romance crap, just show your love.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

War's extremely serious and it saddens me.

Wake up: all of that 'crack in the street' talk? It's made up, like 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'

Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless, Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!

Wassup dear? Sup babe? What street you by? On 5th Bout to hit the West Side High

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.

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.

We got to mediate our greedy levels, Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter what lines you put--country indie rock, rap, we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together.

We fight every night, now that's not kosher I reminisce with bliss of when we was closer And wake up to be greeted by an argument again You act like you're ten So immature, I try to concentrate on a cure And keep lookin' at the front door.

We got it on lock like Barack got the nomination

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

We got hookers with heaters that'll stray pop and put more shells in your top than Adidas.

We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.

We headed to hell for heaven sakes, well Imma levitate...make the devil wait.

We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the United States to be cultural ambassadors in different parts of the world, like Syria, like other parts of the Middle East, including conscious Islamic-American rappers that are representing an international political agenda for the United States through cultures more affable for people of color in other parts of the world.

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.

We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an anti-systemic experience that is not in some cases politicized, but in general results in a much more transgressive, much more uncomfortable music for the structures of power, than conscious rap or political rap.

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us