Rap Quotes

They call me Freestyle Freddy and I'm always ready to rap. Even when I wake up from a nap. Economic devastation's kinda sweeping the nation. It's time for us to wake up and get an education.

Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

I once caught a bid, I never hit skid, Never date a girl if the girl got a kid. Nahhh...papa's got a brand new bag And I never hit skinz once they sag.

I'm really into mainstream rap and R&B, but I never saw myself as intertwined in that world.

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.

You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.

Whatever happened in the neighborhood. That's what I was rapping about. And that sparked people's interest. And that's what kind of put me on that path.

I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.

Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.

...But until then, I'ma shine to the last sin, Resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

Lessons cut short to prep for tests that only test how well you prep. ...Man, no wonder why the score's a mess.

Footballs, basketballs, microphones, gas and grass... Just some of the few things that J-Ro likes to pass.

I got Soul Power, never took a cold shower, Never had a girlfriend the color of cooking flour.

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, Punk, don't flatter me.

I would be very nervous to rap I think if it ever comes to that! I'm going to try to steer clear as long as possible.

I can rap; that's what I was originally really good at.

I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much creativity there to express.

I like producing beats, and I like rapping, too. I have a program for the PC, and I can hook my keyboard to it.

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.

I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again.

The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry.

When Rick Perry was told about Kim Jong Il, he said, 'I never heard of him, but then again, I don't listen to that rap.'

I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me

I almost got my degree so I don't need rap. And my family is the furthest thing in the world from musical.

At a recent education summit, President Obama admitted that he can't rap. When they heard, Americans said, 'Good!'

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.

A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.

Nobody wants to hear me rap.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

I think stuff on the radio is mostly good, but it's just not what I'm into. I'm not into rap metal.

I own the night...the heat's my receipt.

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap.

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad.

I'm the rap version of Dave Chappelle. I'm not sayin' I'm nearly as talented as Chappelle when it comes to political and social commentary, but like him, I'm laughing to keep from crying.

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.

Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand That Santa Claus is a black man.

It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.

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

Y'all really think Ms. Shakur, or Ms. Wallace, Or Ms. Mizell from out in Hollis Wouldn't exchange the love and fame Attached to their loved ones' names Just to have 'em still alive in their arms?

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it.

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.