--- title: "18 Hip hop Quotes By Gza" description: "18 Hip hop quotes by Gza. Plus more from Gza and more Hip hop sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png" --- > [Oh, hip hop is always changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png) > [Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speakers/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png) > [I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is-more-cows-to-breed/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/gza-3767_beef_i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is_1307584.png) > [I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-fused/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/gza-3767_hip-hop_i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-f_1090950.png) > [Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. Make it brief son: half short, twice strong!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/too-many-songs-weak-rhymes-that-s-mad-long-make-it-brief-son-half/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/gza-3767_half_too-many-songs-weak-rhymes-that-s-mad-lo_1891196.png) > [I was always taught my do's and don'ts: For do's I did, and for don'ts, I said I won't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-was-always-taught-my-do-s-and-don-ts-for-do-s-i-did-and-for-don-ts/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/gza-3767_hip-hop_i-was-always-taught-my-do-s-and-don-ts-f_2102049.png) > [Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-to-scientific-and-universal-enlightenment/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/gza-3767_buddhism_hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-to-scientific-and_1833579.png) > [So I don't only watch my back, I watch my front, Cause it's the niggaz who front, they be pulling stunts!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/so-i-don-t-only-watch-my-back-i-watch-my-front-cause-it-s-the-niggaz/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/gza-3767_causes_so-i-don-t-only-watch-my-back-i-watch-my_2886271.png) > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png) > [Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-became-the-voice-of-rebellion-and-the-youth-as-rock-music-did/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/gza-3767_hip-hop_hip-hop-became-the-voice-of-rebellion-an_1384984.png) > [I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor. MC's be out like bank robbers, Fleeing the scene, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-throw-raps-that-attack-like-the-japs-on-pearl-harbor-mc-s-be-out/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/gza-3767_djs_i-throw-raps-that-attack-like-the-japs-o_2496777.png) > [I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that-would-play-music-in-the/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/gza-3767_crowd_i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that_42204.jpg) > [Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/gza-3767_good_before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening_543656.png) > [Energy is felt once the cards are dealt With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts that attack the microphone like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/energy-is-felt-once-the-cards-are-dealt-with-the-impact-of-roundhouse/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/gza-3767_belts_energy-is-felt-once-the-cards-are-dealt_1508299.png) > [Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-for-scientific-enlightenment-it-wasn-t-until-my/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/gza-3767_buddhism_hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-for-scientific-enl_3172207.png) > [If you take a song like 'We Will, We Will Rock You,' 'You got blood on your face... ' - he's rhyming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/if-you-take-a-song-like-we-will-we-will-rock-you-you-got-blood-on/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/gza-3767_blood_if-you-take-a-song-like-we-will-we-will_1128456.png) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/first-of-all-who-s-your-a-r-a-mountain-climber-who-plays-an-electric/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/gza-3767_bars_first-of-all-who-s-your-a-r-a-mountain-c_2311264.png) > [I got a smile that'll make the mirror crack, And I seem to stay under clouds that's pitch black. So when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-got-a-smile-that-ll-make-the-mirror-crack-and-i-seem-to-stay-under/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/gza-3767_black_i-got-a-smile-that-ll-make-the-mirror-cr_1428280.jpg) ## Other authors on Hip hop - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-drake-30664.jpg) Drake 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/drake/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-krs-one-2404.jpg) KRS-One 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/krs-one/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nas-70236.jpg) Nas 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/nas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-talib-kweli-88734.jpg) Talib Kweli 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/talib-kweli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rakim-77017.jpg) Rakim 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/rakim/) - [Jay-Z 32 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/jay-z/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kanye-west-55012.jpg) Kanye West 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/kanye-west/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eminem-33140.jpg) Eminem 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/eminem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-d-24084.jpg) Chuck D 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/chuck-d/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-pusha-t-76409.jpg) Pusha T 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/pusha-t/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lecrae-59233.jpg) LeCrae 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/lecrae/) - [Afrika Bambaataa 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/afrika-bambaataa/) ## More by Gza > [I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-eat-meat-chicken-fish-none-of-that-i-eat-a-lot-of-vegetable/) Gza > [I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that-would-play-music-in-the/) Gza > [I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-for-myself-as-an-artist-the-progression-is-a-lyrical/) Gza > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) Gza > [As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/as-far-as-being-a-vegetarian-it-s-a-moral-thing-a-health-thing-a/) Gza > [When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to-me-i-thought-it-sounded-like/) Gza > [I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-m-just-really-really-laid-back-slash-lazy-last-minute-with/) Gza > [I think every being in the universe is connected somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-every-being-in-the-universe-is-connected-somehow/) Gza > [I get inspired by many different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-get-inspired-by-many-different-things/) Gza > [I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-me-hear-it-in-a-different-way/) Gza > [I throw raps that attacks like the Japs at Pearl Harbor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-throw-raps-that-attacks-like-the-japs-at-pearl-harbor/) GZA > [Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/moog-has-been-incorporated-in-a-lot-of-our-music-i-know-rza-has/) Gza > [I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-just-have-certain-interests-in-different-things-and-they-inspire-me/) Gza > [It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/it-s-always-been-about-shelf-life-long-term-parking-not-short-term/) Gza > [Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/) Gza ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/gza/#itemlist", "name": "18 Hip hop Quotes By Gza", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh, hip hop is always changing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, hip hop is always changing.” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speakers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.” — GZA", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is-more-cows-to-breed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/gza-3767_beef_i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is_1307584.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/gza-3767_beef_i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is_1307584.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/gza-3767_beef_i-got-mouths-to-feed-unnecessary-beef-is_1307584.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.” — GZA", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fused.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-fused/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/gza-3767_hip-hop_i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-f_1090950.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/gza-3767_hip-hop_i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-f_1090950.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/gza-3767_hip-hop_i-won-t-hesitate-to-detonate-i-m-short-f_1090950.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fused.” — GZA", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. 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