Rap Quotes
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.
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Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God.
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Other female rappers are overly sexual, have no wit, and their lyrics are so generic. I want to change the game to make rap that shows I'm not a normal female rapper - it's not about how rich I am, how much sex I have, or how many boyfriends I have. That's just not me.
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You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?
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I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.
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Perm in your hair or even a curly weave, Wichya New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve. I tell you come here, you say, 'Meet me half way,' Cause brothers been popping that game all day.
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Cats be talkin', "Bobby I ain't feelin' ya." But I bet if I was peelin' your cap back with a two-shot Dillinger Hot lead released from my cylinder, You'd be talkin' 'bout, "Bobby I'm feelin' ya!"
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The current state of music journalism is not bad, but it's not great at all. Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool. But there are too many magazines, and the access has been diminished, so the quality of profiles has gone way down. Internet stuff can be really good, though. I like the dialogue between fans on the Internet. I think that's the best rock writing that's going on right now.
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Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music.
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'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.
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Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.
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You don't want me to sing. I could do a really bad karaoke scene, if I had to, but I'd probably choose to rap.
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Maybe I need somebody that could save me From the parts of myself that keep making me crazy.
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The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it.
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I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.
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I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else.
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Life is something you can't borrow and give back;
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Life is good. I've got a apartment that is paid for with rap money. It's good. It's amazing. It's a blessing. I wake up every day and appreciate how much of a blessing this is getting to do this. But it is important to always stay humble, grounded, focused, and maintain that same ambition you had when you had nothing.
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Feeling mad hostile, wearing Aéropostale, Flowing like Christ when I speaks the gospel.
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When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.
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I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
