Rap Quotes · Page 58

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

— Donald Glover

Lyrical lecture, word architecture, Rap director, the best in my sector. Microphone cool chief, releasin the smooth speech... I get nasty with…

— Lord Finesse

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do…

— Adam Rich

What if history was changed? slavery reversed Would black ladies see white boys and clinch they purse?

— Fredro Starr

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

— Rita Dove

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

— Anonymous

I don't know what's better: getting laid or getting paid. I just know when I'm getting one, the other's getting away.

— Kanye West

At a recent education summit, President Obama admitted that he can't rap. When they heard, Americans said, 'Good!'

— Jimmy Fallon

...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew…

— Aesop Rock

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all…

— Ice Cube

It seems other rap artists are trying to follow a "tradition", or something... I don't consider us [Migos] as weirdos, we just…

— Quavo

My life is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead, Run around hustlin...scared of the feds. They said death…

— Styles P

I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them…

— Tina Brown

I've been following battle rap for a long time. Me and Daylyt are real cool. We battled on my album, he's on…

— Ab-Soul

Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't…

— Chuck D

I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property,…

— KRS-One

I think kickers get a bad rap for just chilling all week and then doing their thing on Sunday. Maybe that's other…

— Justin Tucker

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.

— Anonymous

Dallas Mavericks want me as a bald-headed 5' 8" guard with a 95" vertical. Vince Carter respect my legs, ask Shawn Kemp.

— Kool Keith

How could you do me like that I took ya family in put some cash in ya pocket made you a man…

— Tupac Shakur

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

— PJ Harvey

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention, That I am so into who you are, can I get…

— Busta Rhymes

They smile in my face, behind my back they talk trash, Mad and stuff because they don't have cash.

— Erick Sermon

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.

— Matthew Lesko

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun…

— Beck

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously…

— Eminem

Rap - it's a childhood passion. Writing rhymes, it's something that I was doing before rap records even existed. And I will…

— Gza

Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am, Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.

— Anonymous

Think you figured it out, but you don't have a clue. Think you on top of the world, but the world on…

— Young Jeezy

Get burnt like a candle, very hard to handle, Do miracles in Nikes like Jesus did in sandals.

— MF Grimm

After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap…

— Freddie Gibbs

As for the rap game, I feel like the music I got, the rap game wide open for me to take over.

— Boosie

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

— Tupac Shakur

Earlier, I did sing for 'Kaante' and a couple of other films but I had never done rap before. Marathi rap is…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

Funny how the love be fake...but I ain't stressin'. Thankful for the love that's genuine...appreciate the blessin'.

— Busta Rhymes

“Yeah, my life a bitch, but you know nothing about her Been to hell and back, I can show you vouchers”

— lil wayne

Now I move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon because chances are never given they took them like interceptions.

— Meek Mill

I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she…

— Becky G

Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans

— Dean Cavanagh

Everyone has a little niche in rap, and I just wanted to carve a piece out of it for myself.

— JPEGMAFIA