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title: "18 Like Rappers Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Like Rappers quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Like Rappers sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's like with me, I feel like I was never one of those rappers that, you know, stayed in one time warp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-40/it-s-like-with-me-i-feel-like-i-was-never-one-of-those-rappers-that/)

[E-40](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-40/)

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> [I had had a troubled past, but like most rappers they go out and talk about it to kind of help their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wahlberg/i-had-had-a-troubled-past-but-like-most-rappers-they-go-out-and-talk/)

[Mark Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wahlberg/)

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> [Truth is I dont like rappers I cant understand cheef keyf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tha-real-est-dre/truth-is-i-dont-like-rappers-i-cant-understand-cheef-keyf/)

[Tha Real Est Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tha-real-est-dre/)

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> [If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-campbell/if-it-wasn-t-for-2-live-crew-videos-wouldn-t-look-like-they-do-and/)

[Luther Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-campbell/)

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> [Black kids wishin they white kids when they close they eyelids, Like, 'I bet they neighborhood ain't like this'. White kids wishin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talib-kweli/black-kids-wishin-they-white-kids-when-they-close-they-eyelids-like-i/)

[Talib Kweli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talib-kweli/)

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> [A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonreal/a-couple-years-ago-it-was-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-because-there-s/)

[SonReal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonreal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/sonreal-14228_certain_a-couple-years-ago-it-was-really-hard-fo_2345838.jpg)

> [When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/watkin-tudor-jones/when-i-saw-rappers-in-the-90s-cameo-in-films-all-of-those-90s-rappers/)

[Watkin Tudor Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/watkin-tudor-jones/)

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> [Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riki-lindhome/rich-people-are-so-eccentric-and-i-don-t-think-people-really-realize-2/)

[Riki Lindhome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riki-lindhome/)

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> [Pete Rock, CL Smooth, all this East Coast stuff - that's kind of, like, the rappers I first admired. I wanna rap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle/pete-rock-cl-smooth-all-this-east-coast-stuff-that-s-kind-of-like-the/)

[Kyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle/)

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> [When I was young, I wanted to be like the rappers. I remember being in junior high and wanting a fisherman hat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cam-ron/when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-be-like-the-rappers-i-remember-being-in/)

[Cam'ron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cam-ron/)

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> [I think people just feel me. Whenever they listen to the music, it's just coming out. I think you can hear what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-songz/i-think-people-just-feel-me-whenever-they-listen-to-the-music-it-s/)

[Trey Songz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-songz/)

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> [If you look at companies like Twitter, Google, all these companies started with ideas and then everybody used it. In my world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chamillionaire/if-you-look-at-companies-like-twitter-google-all-these-companies/)

[Chamillionaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chamillionaire/)

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> [Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakim/back-in-the-day-music-imitated-life-now-it-s-the-opposite-way-around/)

[Rakim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakim/)

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> [Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-shaheed-muhammad/take-emceeing-one-of-the-foundations-of-hip-hop-culture-a-guy-grabs-a/)

[Ali Shaheed Muhammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-shaheed-muhammad/)

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> [I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-baby/i-just-save-my-money-man-i-don-t-even-try-to-enjoy-it-like-these/)

[Lil Baby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-baby/)

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> [I can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-can-do-a-whole-project-with-madlib-and-turn-around-and-do-a-record/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

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> [I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/i-just-feel-like-with-rappers-there-s-so-much-complacency-it-s-like/)

[J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/)

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> [Yeah, if you go too far, like there's some rappers that use words that just be a little too out there, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-daddy-kane/yeah-if-you-go-too-far-like-there-s-some-rappers-that-use-words-that/)

[Big Daddy Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-daddy-kane/)

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                        "text": "Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman; the voice of the people. If anything, that might be the strongest similarity between hip-hop and comic books, with super heroes, like many rappers, fighting to make a change.",
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                        "text": "I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they lit, but they gon' be broke later on. I be savin', I be chillin'. It feels good to know I got it, but it feel better to know I'ma keep it too.",
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                        "text": "I can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and Black Thought on the same record. I like all those rappers, so why can't I work with them in some type of capacity? It just speaks to my versatility. I don't just listen to one type of rap. I listen to all of it so I can make all of it.",
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