Rap Quotes

Let's be honest, the cards' on the table: Jealousy's a sin, Cain killed Abel. Backstabber...Caesar had Brutus. It's hard to weed 'em out, even Jesus had Judas.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.

I love you like a fat kid love cake.

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.

For every single dark night there is a brighter day.

Gangsta rappers can't fight, so they rap about guns.

Pain is joy when it cries, it's my smile in disguise.

You're nobody 'til somebody kills you.

Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold

Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.

I'm only 19 but my mind is older... When things get for real, my warm heart turns cold.

Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky, And ask myself: was I meant to be here...why?

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

Ghostface, catch the blast of a hype verse, My glock bursts, leave in a hearse, I did worse. I come rough, tough like an elephant tusk, Ya head rush, fly like Egyptian musk.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

You got to have style, and learn to be original.

Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet? Why did Judas rat to the Romans while Jesus slept?

I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP IT Now it's a daily word

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

Last time I failed is when I fell in love with distractions.

You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line.

They love the fact you made it, but hate the fact you got it. The stairway to heaven is packed...I'm in the lobby. Too scared to go to sleep, cause most times I often doubt my dreams.

To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life.

Dutch in my ear, Olde E in my palm, I Freddy Krueger your face, Michael Myers your moms. You botherin mine? That's when I'm sparkin the nine.

Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em. I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some. Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb... Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones.

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

Some girls barely speak, but always askin' for a dollar.

I got ice in my veins Blood in my eyes/Hate in my heart Love in my mind

Your simple words just don't move me... You're minor, we major. You all up in the game and don't deserve to be a player.

You must not you worry about leaks or pieces [stolen] on your computer. You just make songs, you gotta make music, keep stuff out. You may not know rap, but that's how it works.

I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine. But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint The greats were great because they paint a lot

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

I'm gettin' stacks while you askin' people, 'Do you want some fries with that?'

Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the other one's culture, Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.

Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!

Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up When the temp goes up to the mid 80's.

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.

I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel

There's a war going on outside no man is safe from. You can run but you can't hide forever.

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.

I don't like thugs, I don't like nerds, I don't like myself and I hate bein' disturbed.

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

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.

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.

Peace before everything, God before anything, Love before anything, real before everything, Home before any place, shoot before anything, Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.