Rap Quotes
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With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert yourself, be macho, not let anybody walk over you, so that's where all this unnecessary bullshit comes from - from egos. That's why there are a lot of fights. That's how come the whole thing with rap has been violent. It's because of the male ego.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest
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I didn't think of rap with that type of south feel and that look and the hay and all that.
Keith Matthew Thornton
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Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief, And got his ass directin' traffic in the heat for a week.
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs Achozen
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It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.
Blake Lively
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What I see, what I went through, what a friend of mine may have went through, whatever - I rap about it.
Kevin Gates
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How far must you go to gain respect? Um... Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own. Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest
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Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap.
Kelly Corrigan
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You never wanna see yourself there. Like, ever. I'd rather go to jail than see myself on Step Your Rap Game up because I take a lot of time with my stuff.
Wale
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I thought of rap I thought of Grand Master Flash and I thought of about what they went through.
Keith Matthew Thornton
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Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.
Jay-Z
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
Yasiin Bey Black Star
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I remember being told 'Someone's gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing' and thinking 'no way'.
Arthur Baker
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This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.
Yasiin Bey Black Star
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Up against Goliath, to bring butter home.
Ka
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I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.
Robert James Ritchi
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Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth.
Steven Tyler Aerosmith
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I started singing to this one John Legend record; it was called 'Each Day Gets Better,' or something like that. I started to realize, 'Wow, I really sound like this dude. If I keep doing this, maybe I can sound dope like John Legend and still rap.'
Daystar Peterson
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I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.
Ajay Naidu
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I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy.
Lil Uzi Vert
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You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.
Jay-Z
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Religion has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Often, there are a lot of people - women, LBGT, and others - you know, hierarchical monotheism has been a real source of a type of oppression.
Van Jones
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I love rap music.
Chumlee
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Lessons cut short to prep for tests that only test how well you prep.
Jean-Jacques Cadet
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I always loved rapping ever since Snoop said "1-2-3-4," I was repeating lines, but I didn't start writing my own lyrics until I was twelve.
Santiago Leyva