Rap Quotes

God damn! Drug dealers dealin' to the kiddies, Livin' in the city ain't no pity on the itty-bitty. We try to cry, but still they all die, I try to speak to the youth, and the truth is: they all high.

Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night... What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone...

Raw I'mma give it to ya, with no trivia. Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia.

Who knows but we may count among our intellectual chickens Like them an Earl of Thackeray and p'raps a Duke of Dickens

Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.

The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen.

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.

Boosie is like the Lebron James when it comes to rapping, so you know if he feels it he's going in, and he gives 100 percent.

Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day.

Make a right down 7th Ave to 4th St Park, feeling the whole ghetto vibe and set my mark

Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity.

I'm from Jerz, the home of: "I could've swore I parked my car right here!"

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

I cannot stand no wack MC. So step back if you please, And don't test me, you're history.

While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time.

I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?

I have always been writing but when I started rapping I was just playing around. My friends told me I needed a rap name like Breezy or G-Eazy so I went with Dreezy.

God works in different ways and it shows... And everybody knows, love comes and goes.

RZA is one of the most unique individuals and rap artists that I have worked with.

You may be gone but you're never over.

Could hate a person, but in fact it's not worth it. Never know how long you've got on this earth, kid.

We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album.

What if history was changed? slavery reversed Would black ladies see white boys and clinch they purse?

Now 4th street park after dark is dangerous, might get clapped, if you look strange to us

I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook, For 'tis sentiment does it, says I.

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

Back in the old days we used to smoke J's and got so blazed we called it the stone age

The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized.

I think The Eagles single-handedly destroyed country music - well, now, country music has been killed by rap crossovers, so it's hard to say. Maybe we can just agree that money killed country music.

They'd rather hate you for the truth than love you for the lies.

I'm emotionless, yet I breathe jealousy and envy People kill for me or die to defend me

I didn't think of rap with that type of south feel and that look and the hay and all that.

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

We love it where we from, but we kick it where we at.

So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.

Rapping about a surgery is something that makes sense for me to do.

I was very introverted growing up and I had small circle of friends. Any opportunity I got to rap or articulate things through rhyme or hip hop was great for me.

Puttin rhymes into shape just like Jack LaLanne.

People really listen to your lyrics if you rap. So, I had to make sure that they were clear and concise.

Like a crowd in my head, so loud. I wonder what it's like to be dead, I hope it's quiet. Noise in my head like a riot. Any remedy you have for me, I'll try it.

Hip-Hop got turned into Hit Pop, The second a record was number one on the pop charts. But don't skip on the heart, it gotta start in the ghetto, Let no one forget about the hard part.

It's hard bein' real in a world that's a fallacy.