Imgur Rap Quotes

I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it. ~ Young Buck

I do a lot of things hopin I never had to fit in, so tryin to keep up with my progress is like a dead end. ~ Drake

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused. ~ Bob Woodward

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. ~ Andrew Motion

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop. ~ Cornel West

I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent. ~ Vanilla Ice

You're insecure and need a blanket like Linus. ~ King Sun

Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma.
Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. ~ Cormega

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't. ~ Alexander McQueen

Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their own jets and Bentleys, but in lot of cases that stuff is rented. ~ Rahki

My life is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead,
Run around hustlin ... scared of the feds.
They said death is eternal sleep,
But the only thing is you ain't really sure if you prepared for the bed. ~ Styles P

There is a gambling element to being somebody who is going to take on the job of constantly trying to represent and prop up people who might be somewhat shady. That notion is probably part of how they got the rap. But, I have to find the balance of being colorful, being at times despicable, and also being somebody who does believe in something. ~ Greg Kinnear

Take a sip from the cup of death ...
And when you're shaking my right hand, I'll stab you with the left. ~ Ol' Dirty Bastard

I call you once ... you never dialed back.
Twice ... you never dialed back.
Saturday morning, live, I'm on Soul Train, talkin' to Don Cornelius.

Saturday night, my phone rings ...
Saturday night, I won't answer.
Saturday night, my phone rings again ...
Saturday night, I don't answer. ~ Kool Keith

Nobody's gonna ever like all my music but if your talking about the core hip-hop fans that like hardcore rap, they're still gonna feel some of my stuff cuz I rap hard a lot of the time. ~ SonReal

Baseball players have such a bad rap of, like, 'We don't work out or we're not strong or this or that.' Guys work so hard in baseball, it's incredible. But people don't know that. ~ Bryce Harper

Everything has a price. ~ Anne Bishop

And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take
But please don't cry
Just know that I have made these songs for you. ~ Kid Cudi

In the old days, people told their kids stories about the big, bad wolf, and men who were especially cruel and horrible were said to be like animals, maybe werewolves. But the things ordinary men do every day are a million times worse than anything a wolf would do. A wolf would never torture another animal to death, or lock it up. They kill out of instinct, in order to survive, because they have to - not because they just feel like it, not because they're evil. Not like us. Man is the scariest animal on the planet, but from the beginning of time, the wolf has gotten the bad rap. We've tried to pretend that evil is out there, lurking inside animals beyond the campfire, and not where it really is, in here.' He [Cody] tapped his chest. ~ Lisa Tuttle

They tell me 'find God' like I don't know where He at.
And if He lost, then why we followin' Him?
Just acknowledge the fact that a Father exists,
And a Devil's alive ... I'm just caught in the mix. ~ Fashawn

Some wish that I was gone, cause they know I'ma win ... ~ O.C.

Its not that they want her. It's just they have this feeling, and they're off, Billy, they're way off, but they have this sense that, somehow behind that knockout face of hers, she's more like the women they see on the job, on patrol, on a case, in the precint house. Women with stories as long as their rap sheets, as their dangling legs ... ~ Megan Abbott

I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act. ~ Craig Brewer

My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me. ~ CeeLo Green

These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government.
Don't matter if you Independent, Democrat or Republican,
Niggaz politickin' the street, get into beef,
Start blastin' ... now a new cat is executive chief. ~ Talib Kweli

I'm a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I'm not worried about how I'm perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you. ~ Matthew McConaughey

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right. ~ Ajay Naidu

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it. ~ Kesha

My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica,
Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah,
Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke. ~ Big Sean

When I met you it was magic ...
We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets. ~ Talib Kweli

Perm in your hair or even a curly weave,
Wichya New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve.
I tell you come here, you say, 'Meet me half way,'
Cause brothers been popping that game all day. ~ LL Cool J

In this life ain't no happy endings;
Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance. ~ J. Cole

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult. ~ Ice-T

I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world. ~ Ja Rule

You can't live your life on a bus... ~ Donald Glover

I got 304's in 310 on Section 8, with multiple 187's ...
Sport a Marilyn Manson t-shirt when I die and go to heaven. ~ Ras Kass

I own the night ... the heat's my receipt. ~ Ka

Ego is my career. Rap music is all ego. ~ Earl Sweatshirt

I never live alone,
I never walk alone.
My posse's always ready
And they're waitin' in my zone. ~ Chuck D

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it. ~ Luke Bryan

If you wanna get away with murder, all you gotta do is shoot somebody in the head and put a demo tape in their pocket! "This is a rap killing. Let's go home!" ~ Chris Rock

We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is possible. It's a one of a kind marriage between rap and classical music, where the music doesn't accompany the vocalist, but rather stands on its own. ~ Miri Ben-Ari

I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she wanted me to rap on it, too! ~ Becky G

You don't want your kids to hear songs of this nature ...
But you take em to the movies to watch Schwarzenegger! ~ Bushwick Bill

At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned how to needlepoint ironic cross-stitches of rap lyrics and gave them to my friends as presents. I'll let you decide which is the more important revelation. ~ Taylor Swift

Rapping is talking and communicating, and that's always good. ~ Ice Cube

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. ~ Rufus Wainwright

Me being biracial, me being from Canada but having success in the States, I have all these moments in my life where I'm jumping roof to roof. Black to white. Singing and rapping. ~ Drake

I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven, when I awoke, I spent that on a NECKLACE ... ~ Kanye West