Hip Hop Quotes

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

  Nas

  Cousin, Rap, Sleep

  Song: The Message, Album: It Was Written, 1996

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  Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

  Eminem

  Music, Rap, Keys

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  You might win some, but you just lost one.

  Lauryn Hill

  Rap, Winning, Lost Ones

  Song: Lost Ones

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

  Doug E. Fresh

  Uplifting, Education, People

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• Even the genius ask questions.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Doubt, Musician

  Song: Me Against The World

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  The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Smart, Space

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• I've been hated by many, wanted by plenty, disliked by some, but confronted by none.

  Drake

  Confidence, Hater, Humble

  Song: A Scorpio's Mind

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• Beauty isn't about having a pretty face it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Let the music diffuse all the tension.

  Nas

  Inspirational, Music, Stress

  Song: Made You Look, Album: God's Son, 2002

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• You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.

  LL Cool J

  Motivational, Success, Fear

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• The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.

  Russell Simmons

  Ideas, People, Hips

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

  Method Man

  Rap, Culture, Gimmicks

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• Everybody looking at you crazy,
  What you gon' do?
  Lift up your head and keep moving,
  Or let the paranoia haunt you?

  Kendrick Lamar

  Crazy, Rap, Moving

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• A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support

  Talib Kweli

  Inspirational, Success, Music

  FaceBook post by Talib Kweli from Apr 23, 2012

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• We all got dreams and we all star reaching

  Drake

  Inspirational, Dream, Determination

  Song: Houstatlantavegas

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• Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

  Talib Kweli

  Rap, Disguise

  Song: K.o.s

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• Surround yourself with love, not friends.

  Lil Wayne

  Love, Friendship, Inspiration

  FaceBook post by Lil Wayne from Oct 14, 2011

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• I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

  Tupac Shakur

  Love, Rapper, Personality

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• Stop, collaborate and listen.

  Vanilla Ice

  Song: Ice Ice Baby

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• ...in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily

  Big Pun

  Rap, Littles, Middle

  Song: Twinz, 1998

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• Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

  LeCrae

  Humble, Rapper, Feel Good

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• Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.

  Snoop Dogg

  World, Hips, Hops

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot,
  Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the same.
  I'm sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio,
  Same scenes in the video, monotonous material.
  ...Y'all don't hear me though:
  These record labels slang our tapes like dope.
  You can be next in line and signed, and still be writing rhymes and broke.

  Stic.man

  Rap, Writing, Thug

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• Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Needs, Ifs

  "Song: The Questions (Like Water For Chocolate)". March 28, 2000.

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• Everything will eventually come to an end,
  So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it?
  The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better,
  Cause nothin' lasts forever.

  Nas

  Rap, Time Flies, Forever

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