It seems a nigga can’t get a job but CAN get arrested.
Thought shit was changin’ with this black president shit…
RapQuote.com
Daily rap quotes about life, love and wisdom.
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If you’re crying under fire, then you wasn’t built for war.
If a pimp took your girl, then your girl was never yours.MF Grimm, “Fame,” Hunt for the Gingerbread Man, 2007 -
This treadmill lifestyle ain’t workin for me…
It’s from ya crib to ya lab to ya job to make a profit,
And at the day’s end you still got nothing accomplished.Phonte, “Speed,” from Little Brother’s The Listening, 2003 -
Do you ever think about when you outta here?
Record deal and video, outta here!?
Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?
No doubt, BDP is old school, but we ain’t goin’ out!KRS-One, “Outta Here," Return of the Boom Bap, 1993 -
On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal,
When we start the revolution, all they’ll probably do is squeal.Nas, “One Love,” Illmatic, 1994 -
Just think: what if you could just, just blink yourself away?
Black Thought, “Proceed,” from The Roots’ Do You Want More?!!??!, 1995 -
You wanna know my occupation?
I get paid to rock the nation.
I go to work.Kool Moe Dee, “I Go To Work,” Knowledge is King, 1989 -
Leave it up to me while I be livin’ proof,
To kick the truth to the young black youth.Inspectah Deck, “C.R.E.A.M.” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 -
Gimme a couple G’s for every emcee I knocked to his knees.
Verbally useless, ‘Oh you got the juice?’ I squeeze you juiceless.Kurupt, “New York, New York,” from Tha Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food, 1995 -
So much anger built inside…
So don’t stop to say ‘Hi,’ muthafucka just die.Lil’ Dap, “I’m the Man,” from Gang Starr’s Daily Operation, 1992 -
And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
But I disregarded detour signs,
And did not stop til you was mine.
I guess God was like, ‘Aight, fine.’
Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
Try to give it back, He be like, ‘Nah, that’s yours to keep.’Mos Def, “Ms. Fat Booty 2,” from Lyricist Lounge 2, 2000 -
Whatever floats your boat…or finds your lost remote…
Andre 3000, “The Whole World,” from Outkast’s Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast, 2001 -
You would think I would recycle by the way I found my last chick…cause all she wants is paper or plastic.
Consequence, “Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Remix)”, 2009 -
I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain’t nuthin funny.
Stop smiling, be still, don’t nuthin move but the money.Rakim, “Paid in Full,” from Eric B. and Rakim’s Paid in Full, 1987 -
This is sunny California
Where the phonies run up on ya
Cause they want you to be just like them.Blu, “Vanity,” Her Favorite Colo(U)R, 2010 -
Stepping to me? Yo, that’s the wrong move.
So what you on, hobbs, dope or dog food?Big Daddy Kane, “Ain’t No Half-Steppin,” Long Live the Kane, 1988 -
Reality is nourishment, but people don’t believe it,
I guess it’s hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.Immortal Technique, “Leaving The Past,” Revolutionary Vol. 2, 2003 -
Ayyyo, you know what I love (What’s that?)
It’s when motherfuckers assume
That they ass can’t get popped at 12 o’clock in the afternoon.Billy Danze, “I Luv,” from M.O.P.’s First Family 4 Life, 1998 -
Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day.
Buckshot Shorty, “Slave” from Black Moon’s Enta Da Stage, 1993 -
Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers,
Wannabe MC’s, but really good triers,
Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored,
A total fraud, this kind of thing I can’t afford!KRS-One, “Mortal Thought,” Return of the Boom-Bap, 1993 -
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I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth.
Not the biased truth,
Not the liest truth,
But the highest truth.Nas, “Sly Fox,” Untitled, 2008 -
Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button.
Killing over oil and grease, no weapons of destruction,
How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?Common, “A Letter to the Law,” from Def Poetry Jam, 2007
Sean Hannity’s latest race-baiting “controversy” stems from the invitation that First Lady Michelle Obama extended to Common for a White House poetry event tonight. Up next, a complementary quote from Nas’ “Sly Fox.”
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Suckas on my jock when I walk down the block,
I really don’t care if you’re jealous or not.LL Cool J, “I Can’t Live Without My Radio,” Radio, 1985 -
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?RZA, “A Better Tomorrow,” Wu-Tang Forever, 1997 -
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