‘That buck that bought the bottle coulda struck the lotto.’
To invest in scratch tickets is a fucked up motto.
Reks, “Black Cream (The Negro Epidemic),” Grey Hairs, 2008
RapQuote.com
Daily rap quotes about life, love and wisdom.
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
Lauryn Hill, “Lost Ones,” The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 -
If you can’t respect that, your whole perspective is wack.
Maybe you’ll love me when I fade to black.Jay-Z, “December 4th,” The Black Album, 2003 -
Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy,
Send a message, leave you sleepin’ next to headless horsey.Action Bronson, “Terror Death Camp,” from Action Bronson and Statik Selektah’s Well Done, 2011 -
Smell the pinetrees in the air, sleigh bells are ringing,
Toy stores are out of control, and kids singing.
That night before Christmas, dashing through the snow,
Rudolph the Reindeer, red nose that glow.
It’s all about the candy canes and Christmas list,
North Pole and that chubby, jolly, old Saint Nick,
The little elves getting busy, in Santa workshop
And how gingerbread men keep they buttons on top.
Wooden soldiers and chestnuts, roasting like marshmallows
Goodfellas, chocolate pudding pops and Jell-O’s.
It’s the gift, the cookies and milk on the mantle,
The mistletoe, that scent from that peppermint candles,
That warm French vanilla, mean coat with zippers,
Bareskin robe dragon with Versace slippers.
Around the fireplace we breathe, shirts are short sleeve,
We stayin’ up all night on Christmas Eve!Ghostface Killah, “Ghostface X-Mas,” GhostDeini the Great, 2008 -
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.Keith Murray, “Santa Baby,” A Very Special Christmas 3, 1997 -
A born terror, a rebel without a pause…
Ain’t never had a good Christmas, so who is Santa Claus?Shyheim, “On and On,” Shyheim a.k.a. The Rugged Child, 1994 (via egotripland & babylonfalling) -
See, you’re out your mind tryin’ to face tha God.
Your rhyme is like an empty prison…a waste of bars.Lord Finesse, Freestyle vs. Percee P, 2003. Video -
‘You Hollywood.’ Nah, nigga, I’m Chicago.
So I cracked his head with a muthafuckin bottle.Common, “Raw (How You Like It),” The Dreamer, The Believer, 2011 -
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.Pusha T, “Sweet Freestyle,” 2011 -
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be!Chuck D., “Fight the Power,” from Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet, 1990 -
Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.
Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991 -
Butterfly, searchin for a relax,
Pullin from the jazz stacks, cause it’s Sunday.
On the air is incense, sounds to the ceiling
Tried to get this feelin since Monday.Butterfly, “Pacifics (NY is Red Hot),” from Digable Planets’ Reachin – A New Refutation of Time and Space, 1993 -
Since I’m stereotyped to kill and destruct
Is one of the main reasons I don’t give a fuck.MC Ren, “100 Miles and Runnin’” from N.W.A.’s 100 Miles and Runnin’ EP, 1990 -
I be tossin’, enforcin’, my style is awesome.
I’m causin’ more Family Feuds than Richard Dawson.
And the survey said: “You’re dead.”
Fatal Flying Guillotine chops off your fuckin’ head!RZA, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 -
I just need the junkies and the liars and the thieves,
I need the pimps, prostitutes and pushers out in the streets.
That’s where I’m seeking God, cause that’s where He found me.Killer Mike, “God in the Building 2,” PL3DGE, 2011 -
I don’t see the world as you see it.
I see it as a game, and my aim is to complete it.
What you live for is what you die for:
To make a little name, grab some fame and the high score.Murs, “Ice Cream Mountain,” from McKenzie Eddy’s Slow Your Horse Down, Son, 2011 -
Spit fire from my hammer like I wasn’t God’s child…
Billy Danze, “4 Alarm Blaze,” from M.O.P.’s First Family 4 Life, 1998 -
And when it comes to gettin nookie, I’m not a rookie…
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi.Big L, “Put it On,” Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, 1995 (via ninetynow) -
Just because love is complex doesn’t mean it has complexion.
Legit, “A Nigger in Northface,” Coloring Outside the Lines, 2011. Video. -
If I should fall asleep and death takes me away,
Don’t be surprised son, I wasn’t put here to stay.Lauryn Hill, “Family Business,” from The Fugees’ The Score, 1996 -
In L.A. we buy houses, fuck apartments and lofts.
Defari, “Lowlands Anthem, Pt. 1,” Focused Daily, 1999 -
It’s kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle,
Doin things that probably get you in trouble.Busta Rhymes, “Been Through the Storm,” The Big Bang, 2006 -
Dallas Mavericks want me as a bald-headed 5’ 8" guard with a 95" vertical.
Vince Carter respect my legs, ask Shawn Kemp.Kool Keith, “Extravagant Traveler,” Matthew, 2000 -
Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive.Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy,” Ready to Die, 1994 -
They smile in my face, behind my back they talk trash,
Mad and stuff because they don’t have cash.Erick Sermon, “Strictly Business,” from EPMD’s Strictly Business, 1988 -
You would rather have a Lexus, or justice?
A dream, or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?stic.man, “Hip-Hop,” from Dead Prez’ Let’s Get Free, 2000 -
What’s up with this nonsense?
Wack ass jams with a built-in dance?
Rappers snap they fingers in a b-boy stance?
Radio play it all day, but real rap no chance?
Real rap don’t mean “take ‘em to school.”
I like bitches, cars and money, but I use my brains too.Bishop Lamont, “Without You,” from Little Brother and Mick Boogie’s …And Justus For All, 2007 -
If you for real then you know the deal,
I do or die, and I never ran, never will.Smif-N-Wessun, “Stand Strong,” Dah Shinin’, 1995 -
I leave scientists mentally scarred,
Triple Extra Large,
Wild like rock stars who smash guitars…Inspectah Deck, “Above the Clouds,” from Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth, 1998 -
They say it’s lonely at the top, in whatever you do,
You always gotta watch motherfuckers around you.
Nobody’s invincible, no plan is foolproof,
We all must meet our Moment of Truth.Guru, “Moment of Truth,” from Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth, 1998 -
Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless,
Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!Ludacris, “Stand Up,” Chicken-N-Beer, 2003 -
Your white tee, well to me, looks like a nightgown;
Make your mama proud, take that thing two sizes down.Andre 3000, “Walk It Out (Remix)”, from Unk’s Beat’n Down Yo Block!, 2006 -
My radio, believe me, I like it loud,
I’m the man with a box that can rock the crowd.
Walkin’ down the street, to the hardcore beat
While my JVC vibrates the concrete.LL Cool J, “I Can’t Live Without My Radio,” Radio, 1985 -
My life is like a song and I think I know the words,
And as I start to sing along the whole verse becomes a blur.
So I freestyle improv, make mistakes and evolve,
The obstacles repeat, cause naturally it revolves.MURS, “18 with a Bullet (Remix),” The End of the Beginning, 2003 -
I heard when I talk, they all listen,
They hang on every word from the God, they all Christians.
I baptize ‘em with lines, this is y’all christenin’
Bless with the gift of my presence, this y’all’s Christmas.Torae, “You Ready?” For the Record, 2011 -
I committed crimes of passion and my soul was suspected,
But it was thrown out of court because of course the Creator and I connected.
He told me, “Fear not for thou art protected. Your life is being requested,
And you are being tested, so make every attempt you can to expect the unexpected.”Cee-Lo, “Big Ole Words (Damn),” Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, 2002 -
From city to city, coast to coast,
Friday night is the night they like to party the most.Tha Alkaholiks, “Coast II Coast,” from Friday Soundtrack, 1995 -
If imitation is the greatest form of flattery,
Punk, don’t flatter me.J-Ro, “Coast II Coast,” from Friday Soundtrack, 1995 -
The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim,
And in return, the Pilgrim killed ‘em.
They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday ‘hell-day.’Nas, “What Goes Around,” Stillmatic, 2001 -
I come strong, I make knowledge born,
I flip the script and rock on
From P.M. past to fucking Dawn.Ol’ Dirty Bastard, “Damage,” from Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, 1995 -
Layin niggas so flat, homies think you plankin’,
Only realize you dead when the corpse start stankin’.Ras Kass, “Holes in the Ozone,” F.I.L.A. (Fuck It, Lose It All), 2012 -
Leave MC’s blind with amnesia;
Chop ‘em into salad, and my name ain’t Caesar.Black Thought, “@15,” from The Roots’ Rising Down, 2008 -
You know the evil that men do, hell is where the men go.
We snatched him by his hands and feet and threw him out the window:
“Up, up, and away cause I don’t play, clown,
Buck, buck, buck, take that with you on the way down.”
I’m hoping you got springs and wings on your shoes,
But you lose, because I got the Ill Street Blues.Kool G. Rap, “Ill Street Blues,” from Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo’s Live and Let Die, 1992 -
Doin forever shit: like pissin out the window on turnpikes,
Robbin niggaz for leathers, high swipin on dirt bikes.Ghostface Killah, “Daytona 500,” Ironman, 1996. (via ninetynow) -
In this lifetime, you got two things:
Bad and good, and ain’t nothin’ in between.Cold 187um, “Untouchable,” from Above the Law’s Livin’ Like Hustlers, 1990 -
I have to be perfectly honest:
You should have an anniversary to acknowledge the way I work the ebonics.Big Pun, “Where Ya At,” from D.I.T.C.’s D.I.T.C., 1999 -
Don’t get offended, there’s no need for insecurity,
Age is but a number, it’s all about maturity.Chi-Ali, “Age Ain’t Nothing But a #,” The Fabulous Chi-Ali, 1992 -
See, seventy percent of the world’s underwater,
Seventy percent of your body’s underwater,
Seventy percent of what we live is out of range,
We rearrange this order, but niggaz think it’s strange.Boogiemonsters, “Strange,” Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album, 1994 -
Well I’ma freakit like this because I be doper than the dopest,
I focus on the mic and if you like it you can quote this.Dray, “Freakit,” from Das EFX’ Straight Up Sewaside, 1993 -
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.Phife Dawg, “Oh My God,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Maruaders, 1993 -
This one’s for you, and I truly hope you hear me,
Through all your travels, I’m wishing you a peaceful journey.Heavy D, “Peaceful Journey,” from Heavy D. & the Boyz’ Peaceful Journey, 1991. Damn…RIP The Heavster, gone too soon and joining Trouble T-Roy in the afterlife. 1967-2011. -
You got to have style, and learn to be original.
KRS-One, “My Philosophy,” from Boogie Down Productions’ By All Means Necessary, 1988 -
It’s important to practice good hygiene,
At least if you wanna run with my team.Del the Funky Homosapien, “If You Must,” Both Sides of the Brain, 2000 -
My life is violent but violence is life,
Peace is a dream, reality is a knife.Ice-T, “Colors,” from Colors Soundtrack, 1988 -
I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics
Common, “Sweet,” The Dreamer, The Believer, 2011 -
The employees of the year, yeah we back to work.
I took time off, while other rappers got jerked.Erick Sermon, “So Watcha Sayin’,” from EPMD’s Strictly Business, 1988 -
I smoke on the mic like Smokin’ Joe Frazier,
The hell raiser, raisin’ hell with the flavor.Inspectah Deck, “Protect Ya Neck,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993. RIP Joseph William “Joe” Frazier, (January 12, 1944 – November 6, 2011), known as Smokin’ Joe, was a former Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion. -
I’m a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity,
Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesyNas, “Like Smoke,” from Amy Winehouse’s Lioness, 2011 -
If there’s a heaven, I can’t find the stairway
Black Thought, “Make My,” from The Roots’ undun, 2011 -
I got Lamborghini dreams, eastside nightmares
Movin white…my ice is cool as the night airRoc Marciano, “Emeralds,” Marcberg: Reloaded, 2011 -
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We shoppers, you bloggers.
If money talks, you mumblers.
You try it on, then take it off,
Then post a pic on your tumblrs.Pusha T, “Peso Freestyle,” Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray, 2011 -
Get wreck in the kitchen like she on the Cooking Channel,
And then hide the heat in the car door…
God damn, she’s a mother-to-be, ya hope for twins,
Give me a whole tribe!
And be as sexy as Janet was on the cover of Vibe.Sadat X, “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head,” from Brand Nubian’s Foundation, 1998 -
I never cared, I was careless,
Fear bein afraid or maybe I’m afraid to be fearless.
Or fear bein’ fearless but fearful,
So even in my carelessness…gotta be careful.Joe Budden, “Adrenaline,” Padded Room, 2009 -
Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P
Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don’t sleepQ-Tip, “Mind Power, ” A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, 1996 -
It’s a cold world, better pack your own heat.
Redman, “Mi Casa,” Blackout!, 1999 -
Holocaust, black man, lose veins, littered with thorns
Back smack you so hard, all your seeds will be formed deformed.
Swarm dorms, sting birds, fling verbs like mean curbs
Strike three, mics flee, I infect em with green germs, ringwormHolocaust, “Holocaust (Silkworm),” from RZA’s Bobby Digital in Stereo, 1998 -
Life’s a bitch, but God forbid the bitch divorce me…
Nas, “Affirmative Action,” It Was Written, 1996 -
Keepin’ this effervescent street ghetto essence inside us
Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide usAZ, “Life’s a Bitch,” from Nas’ Illmatic, 1994 -
Golly, he’s just a pest and your worst best friend,
Who mend and rip space-time fabric like polyester blend.MF Doom, “Biochemical Equation,” from Wu-Tang Meets Indie Culture, 2005 -
I got a letter from the government the other day
I opened and read it…it said they were suckers.Chuck D., “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos,” from Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, 1988 -
Too many songs, weak rhymes that’s mad long.
Make it brief son: half short, twice strong!GZA, “As High As Wu-Tang Get,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Wu-Tang Forever, 1997 -
Cause on the mic, I got more presence than attendance in a class of schizophrenics
J-Treds, “The Fire In Which You Burn,” from Company Flow’s Funcrusher Plus, 1997 -
I made a new lane for myself and said, ‘Fuck it.’
Why Rage Against the Machine when you can just unplug it?Phonte, “Everything is Falling Down,” Charity Starts at Home, 2011 -
So many programs you watch on the sofa,
But the real program sit on top of your shoulders.One Be Lo., “Propaganda,” S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M., 2005 (via emaciatedwildebeest) -
Beef is not what Jay said to Nas;
Beef is when the working folks can’t find jobs.Mos Def, “Beef” 12", 2003 -
My karma’s the comma that puts you inside of a coma,
Hyphen, dot, dot, semi-colon, leave you semi-swollen.
Question mark, you pregnant?
Oh you’re not? I love you, period.Chino XL, “Wordsmith,” Poison Pen, 2006 -
Life is a blast when you know what you’re doin’,
Best to know what you’re doin’ ‘fore your life get ruined.
Life is a thrill when your skill is developed,
If you ain’t got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up.Del the Funky Homosapien, “At the Helm,” from Hieroglyphics’ 3rd Eye Vision, 1998 -
I’m puttin’ pressure on you kids like I’m a soccer mom.
Vinnie Paz, “Design in Malice,” from Jedi Mind Tricks’ Violence Begets Violence, 2011 -
Only in America could you find a way to make a healthy buck,
And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.MF Doom, “Rhymes Like Dimes,” Operation Doomsday, 1999 -
Player haters be givin’ me harsh looks,
But I’m tryin to sell records like Garth Brooks.Big L, “Holdin’ It Down,” The Big Picture, 2000 -
New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.
Pharaohe Monch, “Simon Says (Get the Fuck Up),” Internal Affairs, 1999 -
$5 gas and poverty rates are rising much higher than your hourly rate.
So if you thinkin about quittin, you should probably wait,
Cause everybody has to do a fuckin job that they hate.Phonte, “The Good Fight,” Charity Starts at Home, 2011 -
You gotta school these young macks comin’ up today…
I mean to be ‘frank’, they just hot dogs,
The girls are relish, and they need to catchup on they pimpin’.Big Daddy Kane, “Nightshift,” from Positive K’s The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, 1992 -
You know it’s funny, when it rains it pours,
They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.2Pac, “Keep Ya Head Up,” Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., 1993 -
When I met you it was magic…
We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.Talib Kweli, “Beautifully Bad,” from Idle Warship’s Habits of the Heart, 2011 -
First of all, who’s your A&R?
A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar?
But he don’t know the meaning of dope,
When he’s lookin for a suit and tie rap
That’s cleaner than a bar of soap!
And I’m the dirtiest thing in sight,
Matter of fact, bring out the girls and let’s have a mud fight.GZA, “Protect Ya Neck,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 -
I learned more from Black Star and Black Thought
Than I ever did from any class of any sort.Toine, “The Struggle Is Real,” from DTMD’s Makin’ Dollas, 2011 -
Dwellin’ in the Rotten Apple, you get tackled.
Or caught by the devil’s lasso…shit is a hassle.Nas, “The World Is Yours,” Illmatic, 1994 -
Ultramagnetic MC’s interviewed on BET’s Rap City, 1992.
Happy Born-Day, Kool Keith.
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Don’t quote me boy, cause I ain’t said shit.
Eazy-E, “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” N.W.A. & The Posse, 1987 -
Nothin’ taken for granted, just learn from my mistakes.
My will too strong, my spirit’s somethin’ they can’t take.Slim The Mobster, “South Central Blues,” War Music, 2011 -
Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird.
And I know “stealers” and they not from Pittsburgh…Cam’Ron, “357,” Confessions of Fire, 1998 -
Am I really just a narcissist,
Cause I wake up to a bowl of lobster bisque?Rick Ross, “I Love My Bitches,” God Forgives, I Don’t, 2011 -
There comes a time in every man’s life when he’s gotta handle up on his own.
Can’t depend on friends to help you in a squeeze,
Please…they got problems of their own.Slim Kid Tre, “Runnin’”, from Pharcyde’s Labcabincalifornia, 1995 -
And while you was bangin on tables, I was bangin Snow White.
Parrish Smith, “Rampage”, from EPMD’s Business as Usual, 1991 -
The more emotion I put into it, the harder I rock.
O.C., “Time’s Up,” Word…Life, 1994
