99+ Best Rapper Quotes and Lyrics

Deep rapper quotes and lyrics about life, love and success will keep you motivated.

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Deep Rapper Quotes

Next time you see a brother down
Stop and pick him up,
Cause you might be the next one stuck. Grand Puba, Mind Your Business

Never become so involved with something that it blinds you.
Never forget where you from; someone will remind you. DMX, It’s On

Cause whatever you love can be taken away, so live like it’s your dying day. Machine Gun Kelly

Why be a king when you can be a God? Eminem

I got hustle, though ambition flow, inside my DNA. Kendrick

Love me or hate me, I swear it won’t make or break me. Lil Wayne

I’ve done a lot of work to get where I’m at, but I have to keep working. Wiz Khalifa

Money on my mind, money is all I think of. Lil Wayne

I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell, I am a hustler baby, I’ll sell water to a well. Jay Z

Only God can judge me. Tupac Shaku

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Life without dreaming is a life without meaning. Wale

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now. Eminem

The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So I’d rather die for a cause, than live a life that is worthless. Immortal Technique

Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Rick Ross

Living life is a choice. Making a difference in someone else’s isn’t. Kid Cudi

Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one. Lil Wayne

We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves. Biggie Smalls The Notorious B.I.G

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change. Snoop Dogg

Be careful what you say to someone today. Because tomorrow they might not be here, and you can’t take it back. Wiz Khalifa

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If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them.

Jump regardless of the consequence, cause even on the night of the apocalypse, everybody’s an optimist. Tonedeff, Optimist

People never get the flowers while they can still smell them. Kanye West, ‘Big Brother

Inspirational Rapper Quotes

I’d shoot for the moon but I’m too busy gazing at stars. Eminem, Not Afraid

Without order, nothing exists. Without chaos, nothing evolves. Jedi Mind Tricks, Heavy Metal Kings

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live. KRS One

I like the life I live because I went from negative to positive. Biggie Smalls The Notorious B.I.G Juicy

You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight Jay-Z

Every day is a new opportunity to reach that goal. Rick Ross

Don’t fall for fake people. They’re often disguised as people close to you. Big Lez

You’ve got to always go back in time if you want to move forward. Snoop Dogg

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It’s only human to express the way you really feel, but that same humanity is my Achilles’ heel. A leopard can’t change his spots and never will; So I’m forever I’ll, now I can never chill. Black Thought

I’m a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well! Jay-Z

When you’re a little kid, you don’t see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap. Eminem

They’re gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up, and go and think of better things. Mac Miller, Live Free

I’m also not going to explain something just because I said it in a rap. Take what you want from it. Azealia Banks

I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man! Jay-Z

You gotta be able to smile through the b*llsh*t. Tupac

I’ll give you all of me until there’s nothing left. Childish Gambino, Bonfire

No one can identify the uninformed until they voice their ignorance about a topic. Silence is a fool’s best friend. Sadly, he is often too foolish to realize it. Carlos Wallace

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Go gs come in good time. Wiz Khalifa

If you admire someone, you should go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers while they can still smell them. Kanye West

Well, hip hop is what makes the world go round. Snoop Dogg

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music. Jay-Z

Savage Rapper Quotes

Life is too short to live the same day twice. So each new day make sure you live your life. Machine Gun Kelly

Remind yourself. Nobody builds like you, you design yourself. Jay-Z

Everybody’s at war with different things I’m at war with my own heart sometimes. Tupac Shakur

You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear. Nas

Forgive but don’t forget girl, keep ya head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing don’t believe him, and if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him. Tupac

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there’d be a rap song for you. Jay-Z, Decoded

Yeah, but if you’re not doing what everyone else is doing then you’re going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you’re trying to be different; it’s just a natural instinct. Kid Cudi

uplifting rapper quotes

I would say that I’m more moved by melody, even though I love to rap. Drake

Forgive, but don’t forget, girl, keep ya head up. Tupac Shakur, Keep Ya Head Up.

Although rap is about boasting, it’s also about honesty and expressing your emotions. Keith Stanfield

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. Kurt Cobain

Live your life, live it right. Be different, do different things. Kendrick Lamar

Pay attention to whom your energy increases and decreases around. That’s the universe giving you a hint of who you should embrace and who you should keep away from. Diddy

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I can see you’re sad even when you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes. Eminem, Mockingbird

Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around to defeat an opponent and lift you up. 50 Cent

No law’s gonna change us, we have to change us. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Same Love

Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change. 50 Cent

Everyday is a new opportunity to reach that goal. Rick Ross

Keep on pushing the boundaries and reaching for higher heights. Sean Combs

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Never assume you know what’s going on in someone’s life unless you heard it straight from the source. Chris Brown

They say a midget standing on a giant’s shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am. Jay-Z

Only God can judge me, so I’m gone, either love me or leave me alone. Jay Z, Public Service Announcement

What I wanna know is why I never fit in right, like a fat dude getting on a packed flight. Childish Gambino

Sometimes it’s hard to pick right from wrong. The best thing we can do is go with our heart, and hope it all goes well. Mac Miller

motivating rapper quotes

But wait, I don’t have a beard, it must have gotten smeared, I feared, I weird, So I just disappeared.

When anybody pays you to be creative, you’re very lucky. Childish Gambino

I’m riding down the street in my Mazda minivan, Got a pot of gold because I feel so Irish that getting on my braces causes me to feel so stylish.

Meaningful Rapper Quotes

I know what my identity is. Travis Scott

If it’s in your gut, your soul, there’s nothing, no worldly possession that should come between you and your expression. Kanye West

Nothing in life is promised except death. Kanye West

Everyday women and men become legends. Comon’Glory

The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do. Lil Wayne

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Even though you’re fed up, you gotta keep your head up. Tupac

For every dark night, there’s a brighter day. Tupac Shakur

Be who you are and let everyone love that person.

Hate is only a form love that hasn’t found a way to express itself logically. Lil Wayne

I mean, the family is important more than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D block, my rap career, or anything. It is the most important part of anyone’s life. Suga

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I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album. Lil Wayne

Friendship isn’t about who came first or who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who came and never left.

I don’t look for signs. But when things happen, I say, ‘OK, something must be right.’ Or ‘OK, something must be wrong. Lil Wayne

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I live for the nights I can’t remember with the people I can’t forget. Drake

Here’s something that’s contrary to popular belief: I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. Kanye West

We are young. We run free. Stay up late. We don’t sleep. Got our friends, got the night, we’ll be alright.

You are supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That’s what Martin Luther King told me. Lil Wayne

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You see my tears, in the rain underneath it all, we all are the same. Machine Gun Kelly

You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth cause I’ll break yo face. 50 Cent, Patiently Waiting

I just always expect the best because I’m a competitor and if I’m competing, then obviously I’m trying to be better in everything. Lil Wayne

Life can always change, you have to adjust. Drake

What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power. 50 Cent

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I just can’t sit back and wallow. In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I’ll be one tough act to follow. Eminem

How many people you bless is how you measure success. Rick Ross

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God, and keep your face to the raising sun. Kanye West

Tables turn, bridges burn, You live you learn. Drake