Rap Quotes - Page 40

• You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you.

  Cee Lo Green

  Lying, Hip Hop, Sound

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• What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina?

  Jadakiss

  Hip Hop, What If, Manhattan

  Song: What If, Album: The Last Kiss, 2009

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

  Intelligent Hoodlum

  Son, Hip Hop, Shining

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• And when we holdin' a Tec, we put a hole in your neck.
  Equippin' you with a permanent T-Pain vocal effect.

  Celph Titled

  Pain, Hip Hop, Necks

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• I dribble rhymes like basketball...
  People call me 'E.T.'
  What's that, Shaq man?
  'Extra Tall.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Men, People

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• You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.

  Busta Rhymes

  Sweat, Hip Hop, Needs

  Song: A Quarter to Cutthroat

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• My father always told me to wisen up, son.
  Cause if you hung with nine broke friends, you're bound to be the tenth one.

  PMD

  Father, Son, Hip Hop

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• He doesn't even suit ya, and he's surely not your size,
  I'm surprised that you slept on a heart that's worldwide.

  Slimkid3

  Heart, Hip Hop, Suits

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• Took a vow to protect and serve,
  All you do is disrespect and murder.
  I ask that you not hurt my kids;
  This is where you work...this is where I live.

  Ka

  Hurt, Kids, Protect And Serve

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• This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.

  Young Jeezy

  Games, Want, Wwf

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• But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind.

  Eminem

  Grind, Stills

  Song: Rap God, 2013

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• The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.

  Sheena Easton

  Country, America, United States

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• A digital sound sample in angry rap doesn't correspond to the graffiti but the wall.

  Jaron Lanier

  Wall, Graffiti, Sound

  Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto”, p.136, Penguin UK

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• We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter what lines you put--country indie rock, rap, we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together.

  Jay-Z

  Beautiful, Country, Rocks

  "Jay-Z's 'Made In America' Commercial Airs During London Olympics" by Nadeska Alexis, www.mtv.com. July 28, 2012.

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• You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.

  Bob Seger

  Song, Roots, Trying

  "Rock and Roll Never Forgets: An Interview With Bob Seger". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.

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• Don't rap if you do not practice.

  Hopsin

  Practice, Ifs

  Song: Ill Mind Of Hopsin 4

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• Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger

  Raekwon

  Schwarzenegger, Rhyme, Call Me

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• See, I don’t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked indignation, kicks in the groin, stones, classified unacceptable, not to be tolerated, not to be wooed, not to be conspired with. Only then can music, dance, movies, plays, rap be about life. Only then can life be cherished and adored.

  Ruby Dee

  Winning, Play, Mourning

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• My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street.

  Rick James

  Fiction, Honest, Punk

  FaceBook post by Rick James from Feb 13, 2015

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• HIP-HOP HAS DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DEALING WITH MUSIC, RAP, GRAFFITI ART, B-BOYS (WHAT YOU CALL BREAK BOYS)... AND ALSO DEALING WITH CULTURE, AND A WHOLE MOVEMENT DEALING WITH WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS PEACE UNITY AND FUN.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  Art, Fun, Boys

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• All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face.

  Eminem

  Race, Games, Cards

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

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• The U.S government hates rap music

  Chris Rock

  Hate, Government, Rap Music

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• Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out.

  Ice T

  Writing, Mean, Track

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

  Ice T

  Levels

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• My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years.

  Tina Yothers

  Music, Brother, Years

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