I love myself, I no longer need Cupid
Rapsody quotes
- Quotes
- 16
- Lyrics
- 13
- Interviews
- 3
Justice leads on 5 of 16 lines, with wisdom and identity on 3 each. Thirteen are lyrics and 3 are interview quotes (Rolling Stone (2019) and Complex (2017)). The songs include Complexion (A Zulu Love) (two lines), Who I Am, Dark Knights, Power, Cleo and 12 Problems. The page runs from the personal, "I love myself, I no longer need Cupid", to the communal, a message to young men on the block that they have a shot and don't have to get shot. Legacy and self-love recur as tags too.
Don't be flirtin' with your gift, you better marry it—you nervous?
Boys on the block told boys on the spot
You gotta a shot youngin’, you ain't gotta get shot
Dangerous to measure a man by the size of his cock
I was told to measure a King by the size of his flock
I got 99 problems and 12 still the biggest
I spent way too much time tryna fit in
White men run this, they don't want this kind of passion (Talk)
A black woman story, they don't want this kind of rapping (Talk)
It could be something as small as a phone call, send a card or buy food, that’s a flower.
Enforcin' my dark side like a young George Lucas
Never blame a man for misfortune, do it yourself
Power given to yourself is what's valuable, what matters.
Black widow, young kiddo
Tear stained pillow, 'nother black man died
Wade in the water, I don't mean baptized
Dark ass times, can't bat no eye
I'm from the back woods where Nina would
Sing about the life we should lead
A new dawn, another deed, I try to do some good
I felt more damned than Mississippi was
We all know the fate of Assata if Cuba don’t harbor
Nobody know I’m harder on myself than lonely fathers
Watching Mrs. Parker, these days nobody know who authored
Rhymes of rappers on carpets
Guns make us feel powerful but they don’t do no good
Carolina home boy, you know we keep a Stackhouse
That's power when you know the game, I'm feeling like a Champ now
I went the rap route, homie get out the trap house
I want the power to be able rap 'bout what I rap 'bout
But in telling these stories, you bring the village with you.