Deep rap quotes & wisdom: Page 5

I'm not necessarily trying to bring gangster rap back. I'm just trying to let you know it's still here and I'm a part of it.

It pays to tell the truth, dog, it only makes sense

My best advice is to first get really, really good at one of those things. When you get really, really good at something it opens up doors that allow you to do the other things you want to do.

Confident, a descendent of Queen Nefertiti

The mother of civilization will rise

Like the cream and still build the strong foundation

Whether two birds of a feather fly or fall it'll be together

I have this ego, this mind-set that I’m the illest when it comes to getting on that mic, and I control the game now because I’m a rap Napoleon

Tomorrow may never come

For you or me, life is not promised

Nah, you’re just gonna have your feelings hurt. Ask forgiveness instead of permission type vibe.

And a man without a focus, life could drive him insane

I’m just as white as that Mona Lisa

I’m just as black as my cousin Keisha

I’m biracial so bye Felicia

Praise Black Jesus now call the preacher

Rappers sometimes get older and fall off, but you should be getting better with age more than anything else. Rap isn’t a physical sport, it is a mental one, and your mind gets wiser when you get older.

Learned the power of words when we was younger

Saying fuck the sign on his curb can make him hunt you

But rap music is not athletic! It doesn't require you to be physically fit to be at the top of your game. You can expand your mind's growth and still get better with age.

I think the best thing I ever did was never quit

And the whole world loves it when you sing the blues

I'm caught

History is a snare

Blood is a terrible thing to waste

I laid down the game for you niggas

Taught you how to charge more than what they paid for you niggas

Own the whole thing for you niggas

You've reached a new phase

They got you lookin' at tomorrow like a new state

And not a new day

I know what I know, and I know it well not to ever forget

Until I realized I didn’t know shit, the day I came home

Where we at? Do you value your life as much as your possessions?

Don't be a stupid nigga, learn a lesson

I'm gon' get you either way, and it's better to live

Let me get what's between your sock 'cause it's better to give

Life is a cycle, and certain things are always going to come back around, especially if people cherish them like they cherish the golden era

Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

I live by the 10 Crack Commandments

Either you earn respect or you demand it

Time does change, but the music, it remains the same

Lifestyles of the rich and famous

That lifestyle left a lot of rich folk brainless

To the temple, yeah we were broke but that life was simple

Listen, a grain of salt'll tip the scales, it never fails

You gotta judge a man by his principles

At the end of the day, the day gotta end.

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

I'm an addict and I can't even hide it

Some of it be based off of real life, but a lot of it be creative stories.

I personally feel like I was put here on this Earth not only to inspire, but to wake people up.

Above all, it’s me saying my truth and I think there’s great power in that. There’s great strength in vulnerability, so I persevered and I’m really happy I did.

Ain't been to church in a while, but it ain't just 'bout how you just praise Him

In the building, it's about how you praisin' Him while you out

And treat every single one of your words like reinforcements

'Cause slavery was abolished, unless you are in prison

You think I am bullshittin', then read the 13th Amendment

Involuntary servitude and slavery it prohibits

That's why they givin' drug offenders time in double digits

I'm livin' proof that it's possible, any obstacle, you face it

Can be erased son, don't let it conquer you

Don't regret my past because it made me who I am today

Gotta keep that hunger, it ain't never too much on my plate

People say, ‘God got something for everybody to do but, if you don’t seek Him out, you’ll never know

You have to work from one point to go to another.

Life, ain't meant to come around twice

Yeah, that's why I gotta get it right

It can get scary when you legendary

The world full up of impactive distractions so we all lose focus (Haha)

He gon' choose her every time 'cause it's cheaper to keep her (Hahaha)

We in a space where matter don't matter

Just spirit molecules and geometric patterns

Even when the skies were gray

You would rub me on my back and say, "Baby, it'll be okay"

UHH - I wanna go to service

But I ain't been in so long, kinda make me feel nervous (nervous)

Cause they be lookin at me funny

Watchin the plate when I tithe, put in my money (money)

Any MC can battle for glory

But to kick a dope rhyme to wake up your people's another story

Act like you never saw me

'Cause when it comes to lyrics, I'm in a different category

There's better things we can teach these kids than which drugs to take.

Listening to the stuff on the radio today, you’d think rap is one big sample. That’s an insult to all of us who’ve been here from the beginning

Live your life, you ain't even his wife

Don't nobody want to be great

Everybody want to be seen

And nobody want to be quiet

It don't matter 'bout our valor if the system say we villains (Bussin' bricks, buss-buss-bussin' bricks now)

It don't matter if you Jamil Al-Amin or Jeffery Williams (Bussin' bricks now, buss-buss-bussin' bricks now)

'Cause yo' enemies the same and they will never see you different (Bussin' bricks, buss-buss-bussin' bricks now)

Control what I hold and of course be the boss of myself

No one else will bring me wealth

Miss outdoors, never know what you have until it's took'en

Yo, what becomes of a dream deferred

That never makes it to the world to be seen or heard

It's just happiness. Happiness is success to me.

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

Imagine life at its full peak

Then imagine lyin' dead in the arms of your enemy