Hip Quotes

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em

But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam

I won't say I'm the baddest, or portray that role, But I'm in the top 2, and my father's gettin' old.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

Super-cali-fragalistic-expiali-docious, Docious-ali-expi-fragalistic-cali-super. Cancun...catch me in the room, eatin' grouper.

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

Memories have to be our most painful blessing.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow.

No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile.

And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie... I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi.

They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am.

Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

Damn it feels good to see people up on it.

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

I wake you up and as I stare in your face, you seem stunned. Remember me? The one you got your idea from?

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

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

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

I have to be perfectly honest: You should have an anniversary to acknowledge the way I work the ebonics.

House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.

Throw em a bone and they want a steak.

Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more.

I'm not trying to become the demon I'm fighting against

Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird. And I know "stealers" and they not from Pittsburgh.

Hip-hop didn't invent anything… hip-hop re-invented everything.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

It's a cold world, better pack your own heat.

When the slugs penetrate, you feel a burning sensation, Gettin closer to God in a tight situation.

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

The steak ain't right without the A-1 So I stay dipped in sauce and they come

Now what Clan you know with lines this ill? Bust shots at Big Ben, like we got time to kill.

Mark you for death, won't even talk that East or West crap. From Watts to Lefrak, it ain't where ya from, it's where's your gat.

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

You can ask Beavis... I get nothing but head.

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

Your whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

Look you dead in the face Now tell me how good does it taste

Real slow hits from the bong... Make me feel like Cheech, And I'm kickin' it with Chong.

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

Music just ain't what it used to; We used to have songs that you could shoplift or boost to.

The more emotion I put in to it the harder I rock.

I was always taught my do's and don'ts: For do's I did, and for don'ts, I said I won't.