Took two drags off the blunts, and started breaking down the flag:
The blue is for the Crips, the red is for the Bloods,
The whites for the cops, and the stars come from the clubs
Or the slugs that ignite, through the night,
By the dawn early light, why is sons fighting for the stripe?
RapQuote.com
Daily rap quotes about life, love and wisdom.
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RZA, “A Better Tomorrow,” Wu-Tang Forever, 1997
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I ain’t Mary, so ain’t a damn thing Poppin’.
Xzibit, “Eyes May Shine,” At the Speed of Life, 1996 -
My hustle’s the play,
That means the hood is a stage.
Been rehearsing for days…STS, “The Play,” from Glorification of Gangster soundtrack, 2011 -
Don’t ask for a cig’ – I’m so self-centered, I won’t even share this cancer.
Joe Budden, “40 Licks,” Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse?, 2006 -
Now that Bin Laden dead, can we get our civil liberties back?
That George Bush stole with the Patriot Act?Ras Kass, “Hello Iraq (Bin Laden Post Mortem)”, Endangered Lyricist, Vol 3, 2011 -
You only get honest expression when I spit in your ear;
That means even when I’m dissing you I’m being sincere.One Be Lo, “Enecs Eht No Kcab,” S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M., 2005 -
If wonder if I blasted a little Elvis Presley.
Would they pull me over and attempt to arrest me?
I doubt, doubt it, they’ll probably start dancin,
Jumpin on my dick and pissin in they pants and
Wiggle and then jiggle and grab on they pelvis
But you know my name, so you never hear no Elvis.Masta Ace, “Jeep Ass Niguh,” Slaughtahouse, 1993 -
The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket.
Q-Tip, “Verses from the Abstract,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991 -
I’m like Demerol…
No disrespect to the Jacksons, but I kill mics.Cyhi Da Prynce, “Top of the World,” Royal Flush mixtape, 2011 -
You need a bad operation.
Gimme the scissors, hammer, flame.Dr. Octagon, “Elective Surgery,” Dr. Octagonecologyst, 1996 -
Pass me the scalpel, I’ll make an incision,
I’ll cut off the part of your brain that does the bitching…MCA, “Make Some Noise,” from Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, 2011 -
Classical slap-stick rappers need Chapstick.
MF Doom, “Rhymes Like Dimes,” Operation: Doomsday!, 1999 -
I got a voodoo doll every time I pen a verse:
Not only do they say they feel it, but they say it hurts.Pusha T, “My God,” Fear of God 2: Let Us Pray EP, 2011 -
But some find happiness while others find sorrow,
And what’s here today, may be gone tomorrow.Guru, “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,” from Gang Starr’s Step In the Arena, 1991. RIP Keith Elam aka Guru, who passed 1 year ago today. -
Peep what I wrote;
You bit so hard, I thought your shit was a quote.Casual, “That’s How It Is,” Fear Itself, 1994 -
There’s a whole lot of questions that really need answers
Like: Who the fuck told you that your rhyme style was hot?
You know when Biggie died? Who bust that shot?
Why is Sammy Bull still living, and where the fuck is Pac?Bumpy Knuckles, “P.A.I.N.E.,” The Konexion, 2003 -
I’m not a ‘Businessman,’ I’m a Business… man! Let me handle my business, damn!
Jay-Z, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix),” from Kanye West’s Late Registration, 2005 -
‘Yo I’m from Africa’
Boy you’re just a faker.
Name one city: ‘Uhh, Jamaica!’
Wrong! And I think that’s a shame,
An African look with an American name…King Sun, “Be Black,” Righteous but Ruthless, 1990 -
Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow…
Aesop Rock, “Fast Cars,” Fast Cars, Danger, Fire & Knives, 2005 -
Bullets ain’t racial, kid…they only hate you.
Kool G. Rap, “The Realest,” from Mobb Deep’s Murda Muzik, 1999 -
If you are not performing fellatio for radio rotation,
What’s the ratio for radio play at your station?
If you’re not paying to play, the record is dead.
Puts a whole new spin on ‘Radio-head’Pharaohe Monch, “Hitman,” W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), 2011 -
I don’t wanna dance, baby girl, it’s like my legs is on strike.
Killa Sin, “La Rhumba,” from RZA’s Digital Bullet, 2001 -
I’d rather be dead than watch wack shit.
Color me gone, fill in the dirt, tell ‘em i kicked
10 buckets…Jean Grae, “R.I.P.,” Cake or Death, 2011 -
You can plan a pretty picnic but you can’t predict the weather, Ms. Jackson.
Andre 3000, “Ms. Jackson,” from Outkast’s Stankonia, 2000 -
Rhyme to kill, rhyme to murder, rhyme to stomp,
Rhyme to ill, rhyme to romp,
Rhyme to smack, rhyme to shock, rhyme to roll,
Rhyme to destroy anything, toy boy.
On the microphone:
I’m Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.Kool Keith, “Poppa Large,” from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up, 1992 -
Imagine peace on this earth when there’s no grief,
Imagine grief on this earth when there’s no peace.Scarface, “I Seen a Man Die,” The Diary, 1994 -
Think, just blink and I made…a million rhymes.
Just imagine if you blinked…a million times.
Damn, I’d be paid…I got it made.Special Ed, “I Got It Made,” Youngest In Charge, 1989 -
We was sneakin’ in and it was general admission,
Now we ownin’ the arena and decidin’ who allowed in it.Curren$y, “Rooftops,” from Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers, 2011 -
Day in and day out we do the same thing,
Tryina find the joy in our repetition.
Always complainin’ about the routine and the mundane.
But let me stop to remind y’all bout one thing:
Come hell or high water you can count on the sun
Always shinin’ in its untamed glory.Phonte, “Greater Than the Sun,” from Zo!’s SunStorm, 2010 -
Don’t underestimate me when you date me,
Got my clamp off safety, that’ll make you hate me…Yo-Yo, “The Bonnie and Clyde Theme,” You Better Ask Somebody, 1993 -
Ya see I’m Irish, but I’m not a leprechaun.
You wanna fight, then step up and we’ll get it on!Everlast, “Top ‘O The Morning to Ya,” from House of Pain’s self-titled album, 1992 -
Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out,
Till my legs give out, can’t shut my mouth,
Till the smoke clears out – am I high? Perhaps.
Imma rip this shit, till my bones collapse.Nate Dogg, “‘Till I Collapse,” from Eminem’s The Eminem Show, 2002, RIP Nate Dogg, in the hip-hop chorus hall of fame, without a doubt. He will be missed. -
I use a pick in my hair without force.
You use a lawn mower–you got peat moss.Large Professor, “He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t Need No Music),” from Main Source’s Breaking Atoms, 1991 -
Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard,
Tappin’ inside my rap vein causes blizzards!Ghostface Killah, “Guillotine (Swordz)”, from Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, 1995 -
Now who done passed you a diaper and got you thinkin’ you the shit?
Mad Skillz, “The Jam,” From Where???, 1996 -
I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once.
Ass so fat that you could see it from the front…Mos Def, “Ms. Fat Booty,” Black on Both Sides, 1999 -
I smoked with a lot of college students…
Most of em wasn’t graduatin, and they knew it.Redman, “Whateva Man,” Muddy Waters, 1996 -
Run from the police, picture that,
Nigga I’m too fat…
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack.Notorious B.I.G., “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)”, from Tupac Resurrection soundtrack, 2003, RIP Biggie Smalls -
So let me explain the game,
Break it down a couple of levels like Tetris:
These young uns kill they own blood for a necklace,
Leave ya slumped over the wheel of ya Lexus,
Smoke kush, wake up and eat breakfast…
…what the fuck you expect?Pharoahe Monch, “Black Hand Side,” W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), 2011 -
I won’t hesitate to detonate, I’m short fused.
GZA, “4th Chamber,” Liquid Swords, 1995 -
You never question when you get the blessings,
So don’t get vexed when your life is stressed.Shad, “Rose Garden,” TSOL, 2010 -
The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb,
We’re rollin’ Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some.
Every time we do the sucka MC’s wanna battle,
I’m the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle…Sir Mix-a-Lot, “My Posse’s on Broadway,” SWASS, 1988 -
You ask me, “Did I like Arsenio?”
About as much as the Bicentennial.Ice Cube, “The Nigga You Love To Hate,” from AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, 1990 -
Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it.
Here’s the 5 steps in hopes to explain it:1, It’s me and my Nation against the World
2, Then me and my Clan against the Nation
3, Then me and my Fam against the Clan
4, Then me and my Brother, we no hesitation
Go against the Fam until they cave in
5, Now who’s left in this deadly equation?That’s right, it’s me against my Brother
Then we point a Kalashnikov
And kill one another.K’naan, “Tribal Wars,” from Nas and Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives, 2010 -
I’d rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect.
It’s the principle of it.O.C., “Time’s Up,” Word…Life, 1994 -
Some is sniffin’, and some is buffin’.
Some is riffin’, some ain’t sayin nothin’,
But my pockets I am stuffin’.
Huffin’ puffin’, blow the house down,
Nice and Smooth is in your town…Greg Nice, “No Delayin’”, from Nice & Smooth’s Nice and Smooth, 1989 -
Squeeze the juice out,
Of all the suckers with power.
And pour some back out,
So as to water the flowers.
This world is ours.Guru, “Robbin Hood Theory,” from Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth, 1998 -
Tell the truth:
James Brown was old,
Til Eric B. and Rakim came out with ‘I Got Soul.’Daddy-O, “Talkin’ All That Jazz,” from Stetsasonic’s In Full Gear, 1988 -
Be grateful for blessings,
Don’t ever change, keep your essence.
The power is in the people and politics we address.2Pac, “Me Against the World,” Me Against the World, 1995 -
My rhymes make niggas rebuild like water damage…
Meyhem Lauren, “Typhoon Rap,” Self-Induced Illness, 2011 -
My music, you either fight, fuck, or dream to it…
Common, “The 6th Sense,” Like Water for Chocolate, 2000 -
Where I come from, young ones pump chumps for lump sums,
Bustin guns, trust none, become son.
Truth spells broke loose shells that propel,
Where I’m dwellin, niggas bail…tellin what you sellin.”Inspectah Deck, “Elevation,” Uncontrolled Substance, 1999
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La-Di-Da-Di, we likes to party
We don’t cause trouble, we don’t bother nobody.
We’re just some men that’s on the mic,
And when we rock up on the mic
We rock the mic, right!MC Ricky D. a.k.a. Slick Rick, “La Di Da Di,” from The Show 12", 1985 -
Move over just a bit to the right of me,
For I cannot see
Where the booty is.Dres, “Fanatic of the B Word,” from De La Soul Is Dead, 1991 -
Satisfaction, I have the right tactics…
And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.Q-Tip, “Bonita Applebum,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, 1990 -
You can hear the seven sins
Blowin’ through the ghetto wind…Rakim, “In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)” from J. Period’s Wake Up Radio, 2011 -
I get physical, mystical, very artistical…
Giving party people something funky to listen to.Big Daddy Kane, “Just Rhymin’ with Biz,” Long Live The Kane, 1988 -
They tell me ‘find God’ like I don’t know where He at.
And if He lost, then why we followin’ Him?
Just acknowledge the fact that a Father exists,
And a Devil’s alive…I’m just caught in the mix.Fashawn, “Nothin’ for the Radio,” from Higher Learning Vol. 2, 2011 -
Said she loved my necklace, started relaxin’.
Now that’s what the fuck I call a chain reaction!Jay-Z, “Money Ain’t a Thang,” from Jermaine Dupri’s Life in 1472, 1998 -
I would trade my existence to give you breath,
Guess the only guarantees in this life is death.
As I look around seein’ I’m the last one left,
And the things I can’t change I just gotta accept.Tragedy, “Permanently Scarred,” Against All Odds, 1997 -
Dial the seven digits, call up Bridgette,
Her man’s a midget.
Plus she got friends, yo, I can dig it.Opio, “‘93 Til Infinity,” from Souls of Mischief’s ’93 Til Infinity, 1993 -
Gun pop off like the mouth of Ann Coulter…
Crooked I, “Lick Shots”, from Immortal Technique and DJ Green Lantern’s The 3rd World, 2008 -
I got you open like supermarkets!
Busta Rhymes, “Everything Remains Raw,” The Coming, 1996 -
One step at a time, a man walked on the moon.
One record got played, Kool Herc said, ‘Boom!’Q-Tip, “Life is Better,” The Renaissance, 2008. Thoughts and prayers are with DJ Kool Herc, the Father of Hip-Hop battling a heart condition in the hospital right now. More info > -
We in the 25th hour,
It’s now or never.
We gotta get it ‘fore it’s gone forever.
In the end, time waits for no man…
What’s your plan?REKS, “25th Hour,” Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme, 2011 -
I never let the worst things in life get the best of me.
So take these testes and, ummm…open sesame.King Sun, “Humm Deez Nuts,” Strictly Ghetto EP, 1994 -
Street’s disciple, my raps are trifle.
I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle.Nas, “Live at the Barbeque,” from Main Source’s Breaking Atoms, 1991 -
Now if I worry too much about all my have nots,
I might not recognize just what I’ve got…Mike G., “Jungle Brother,” from Jungle Brothers’ Raw Deluxe, 1997 -
See, my Mom chose dope, my Pop chose the pipe.
So I rhyme like a triple beam balance in life.Tragedy Khadafi a.k.a. The Intelligent Hoodlum, “Permanently Scarred,” Against All Odds, 1997 -
Now my helmet’s on, you can’t tell me I’m not in space.
Dr. Octagon, “Earth People,” Dr. Octagonecologyst, 1997 -
I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail.
In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell.
My eyes see the glory, and well,
The world waiting for me to yell, “I Have A Dream!”Common, “A Dream,” from Freedom Writers Soundtrack, 2007 -
Every day is like a blank canvas,
Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it.
Hand-picked to live this life we take for granted,
Like a child with an upright bass, we can’t stand it.Blu, “The Day,” from The Roots’ How I Got Over, 2010 -
I didn’t get turned on, I just got turned.
I wasn’t as aroused as I was concerned.Slug, “The Woman with the Tattooed Hands,” from Atmosphere’s Lucy Ford, 2002 -
You’re out of luck like two dogs stuck.
Ghostface Killah, “4th Chamber,” from GZA’s Liquid Swords, 1995 -
I’m on some satanic shit, strictly.
Little kids be wakin up cryin, yellin,
‘Mommy, Big L is comin to get me!’Big L, “Danger Zone,” Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, 1995 -
Raw I’mma give it to ya, with no trivia.
Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia.U-God, “Da Mystery of Chessboxin,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 -
The truth is easier when you leavin’ it out.
Like when you “5 minutes away” but you’re just leavin your house?Wordsworth, “Liar, Liar,” from The Juggaknots’ Use Your Confusion, 2006 -
I never live alone,
I never walk alone.
My posse’s always ready
And they’re waitin’ in my zone.Chuck D., “Louder Than a Bomb,” from Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, 1988 -
Let’s travel at magnificent speeds around the universe
What could you say as the Earth gets further and further away
Planets are small as balls of clay
Astray into the Milky Way, world’s outasight
Far as the eye can see, not even a satellite
Now stop and turn around and look
As you stare in the darkness, your knowledge is took!
So keep starin’ soon you suddenly see a star
You better follow it, cause it’s the R.Rakim, “Follow the Leader,” from Eric B. and Rakim’s Follow the Leader, 1988 -
It’s a new year, new year, new money, money!
Rick Ross, “Speedin’ (Remix),” 2008 -
Funny how the love be fake…but I ain’t stressin’.
Thankful for the love that’s genuine…appreciate the blessin’.Busta Rhymes, “Superstar,” from Ghostface Killah’s Apollo Kids, 2010 -
If you got time to give, I got time to think…
See, it could all change in one eye blink.De La Soul, “Trouble in the Water,” from DJ Honda’s HII, 1998 -
Stop tryin to be loud as me, cause you can’t do that,
Think about it…playing Russian roulette with an automatic!Fredro Starr, “Slam,” from Onyx’s Bacdafucup, 1993 -
I’m the epitome of catchin’ wreck, catch you when you cash your check
Smash you when you pass, then jack you for your fuckin’ LexBig Pun, “Beware,” Capital Punishment, 1998 -
I never boned a honey that I didn’t like
I never saw a mile that I couldn’t hike
I never had a spliff to make me choke
I never had a pocket that was brokeDres, “Flavor of the Month,” from Black Sheep’s A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, 1991 -
It’s Christmas time and my rhyme’s steady bumpin.
Everybody happy, hair still nappy,
Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy…Snoop Dogg, “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto”, Christmas on Death Row, 1996 -
Whether two birds of a feather fly or fall, it’ll be together.
Slim Kid Tre, “Otha Fish,” from The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ryde II the Pharcyde, 1992 -
I’m from back then, bro, when the phrase was “fresh.”
…When Michael Jackson’s nose looked like KRS.Breeze Brewin, “30 Something,” from The Juggaknots’ Use Your Confusion, 2006 -
I’m hooked on gin and tonics like your mama’s Hooked on Phonics
Tash, “Make Room,” from Tha Alkaholiks’ 21 & Over, 1993 -
You ain’t a gangsta, you a bitch with a beat.
Rhymefest, “More,” Blue Collar, 2006 -
Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin’
I should mind The People’s Court, snatch the mic from Doug LlewellynTash, “All the Way Live,” from Tha Alkaholiks’ Coast II Coast, 1995 -
Nigga this is personal, you can’t get no whiff of this
I rolled this shit myself and Imma smoke it til the end of itCurren$y, “Daze of Thunder”, from the upcoming Return to the Winners Circle mixtape, Video, 2010 -
Some people learn from mistakes and don’t repeat them,
Others try to block the memories and just delete them.
But I keep ‘em as a reminder they’re not killing me,
And I thank God for teaching me humility.
Son, remember when you fight to be free
To see things how they are and not how you like em to be.
Cause even when the world is falling on top of me,
Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy.
Knowing what’s wrong doesn’t imply that you right,
And it’s another when you suffer to apply it in life.
But I’m no rookie…
And I’m never gonna make the same mistake twice, pussy.Immortal Technique, “Mistakes,” The 3rd World, 2009 -
When I die, bury me butt naked and face down in the grass
So I can fuck the world while y’all kiss my assRas Kass, “Bentleys & Bitches,” from Beatminerz Brace 4 Impak, 2001 -
Dyin’ ain’t the shit, but it’s pleasant.
Notorious B.I.G., “My Downfall,” Life After Death, 1997 -
There are few things that’s forever, my lady.
We can make war or make babies.Method Man, “All I Need,” Tical, 1994 -
We got hookers with heaters that’ll stray pop and put more shells in your top than Adidas.
Kool G. Rap, “Fast Life,” 4,5,6, 1995 -
I had to travel light speed to dodge that black cloud
Rainin’ on my parade.
Sun shinin’ but there ain’t enough shade.Blu, “Seasons,” Video, 2010