Rap Quotes — Page 37

Nas

Rapper, Songwriter

“Used to ride with him to Brooklyn, Lewis and Halsey, co chocolate thai, vernon style and burn it down”

Style Rap Chocolate

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Malcolm Gladwell

Journalist, Author

“The particular skill that allows you to talk your way out of a murder rap, or convince your professor to move you from the morning to the afternoon section, is what the psychologist Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence." To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like "knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for for maximum effect.”

Moving Morning Rap

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Irwin Shaw

Novelist, Playwright

“You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer”

Literature Rap

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KM

Keith Murray

Rapper, Musician

“It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.”

Blood Rap

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Negash Ali

Activist, Writer

“The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense.”

Rap Singers Backgrounds

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Harrison Ford

Actor

“My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.”

Character Kids Rap

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Lauryn Hill

Singer, Songwriter

“If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.”

Fall Son Rap

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KM

Keith Murray

Rapper, Musician

“Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand That Santa Claus is a black man.”

Angel Rap Ghetto

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George Carlin

Comedian, Actor

“Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke, the ratio of pages kept to pages thrown out declined drastically. But onstage, when rapping about a feeling I already owned, I would sometimes get a burst of eloquence.”

Writing Careers Rap

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George Carlin

Comedian, Actor

“Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry.”

Unique Rap Hypocrisy

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Nomi Ruiz

Singer-Songwriter

“I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco and house. It feels very natural. My rhythm growing up on hip-hop and R&B was cool, fresh, and I feel comfortable with it.”

House Growing Up Rap

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Lil Wayne

Rapper, Musician

“I ain't thinking of tomorrow, tomorrow thinks of me like a garcia, bulk of money on tha counter, I told her, baby I see you as my cashier”

Thinking Baby Rap

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