Quotes and Sayings About Rap
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I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.
-- Ab-SoulSource : Song: God's Reign, 2014
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I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z, Now I feel I could run laps around Jay-Z, Nas ain't seen nothing this nasty, B.I.G. & Pac got it coming when I pass too. You got the mic, I ain't the one you wanna pass to
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I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
-- Abbie Cornish -
The world is full of bullshitters, Liars, and triers and quitters, Coulda-beens, wannabe's, thought-I-was, isn't-I-is's... And everybody in your business.
-- AceyaloneSource : Song: Keep It True, Album: All Balls Don't Bounce, 1995
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I got a head full of headaches, a heart that's full of woes. I'm constantly singin' them down home blues, and not many people knows That leaves me with a twisted view of the whole wide world as I know it... And I guess I got no choice but to be a poet.
-- AceyaloneSource : Song: Headaches and Woes
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You're a trivial part in a trivia game. Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign? Like Ross Perot? He lost it though... But he got a billion in tha bank fo' sho'!
-- Aceyalone -
I was about one drink away from my limit, In came a black dress with a black body in it, She looked so timid, it took me a minute To get her in focus
-- Aceyalone -
My new shorty got a gymnastic back, '87 emerald green on a classic Jag. She had the cleft palate, I ordered chef's salad; She had the club foot, with that little arm, I couldn't help but laugh...she ordered Chicken Parm.
-- Action Bronson -
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Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course, Porsche with the triple exhaust, Seats soft like a midget's cough...
-- Action Bronson -
Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.
-- Action Bronson -
City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit.
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It's an accompaniment to life. It's not something that I do to rap; I smoke when I open my eyes...I don't know any other feeling.
-- Action Bronson -
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Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.
-- Ad-Rock -
We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.
-- Adam Rich -
...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew what I wanted, and did it till it was done. So I've been the dream I wanted to be since Day One.
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Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow...
-- Aesop RockSource : Song: Fast Cars, 2005
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The first lady in my life, but now you're gone, I learned through the years to keep carrying on. Your picture brings me tears and memories, The way things could be...and they should be, but they're not.
-- Afrika Baby Bam -
De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold.
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HIP-HOP HAS DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DEALING WITH MUSIC, RAP, GRAFFITI ART, B-BOYS (WHAT YOU CALL BREAK BOYS)... AND ALSO DEALING WITH CULTURE, AND A WHOLE MOVEMENT DEALING WITH WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS PEACE UNITY AND FUN.
-- Afrika Bambaataa -
I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that.
-- Afrika Bambaataa -
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House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.
-- Afrika Bambaataa -
When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.
-- Afrika Bambaataa -
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.
-- Ajay Naidu -
I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.
-- Ajay Naidu -
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When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick ***** for they crumbs.
-- AkinyeleSource : Song: The Robbery Song, 1996
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I'm an animal thug, I grew up eatin' animal cookies
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I did it for the love of cash your honer, traffickin' cross the verrazano, coke dealin marijuana
-- Al Capone -
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.
-- Al Stewart -
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That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop. I'm probably gonna be rapping on it.
-- Alan Vega -
But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.
-- Alan Vega