Hip Hop 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Damn it feels good to see people up on it.

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 the last true folk art.

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard, Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards!

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