The 40 best Rap and Hip Hop phrases
Are you a lover of Rap music and Hip Hop culture? This musical and aesthetic trend was born in New York in the years in the 70s. Mainly, it was led by African Americans who lived repressed by a racist and unequal society.
Over the years, this lifestyle was gaining pace. This is how graffiti, break-dance and rap were born.
Famous rap phrases and verses
From the first representatives of this subculture, such as MC Hummer, Grandmaster Flash or RUN D.M.C., passing through idols such as 2Pac or Notorious Big and reaching contemporary rappers like Eminem, 50 Cent or Snoop Dogg, the truth is that rap has been winning ground.
The torn lyrics and the social protest of these rappers has been cementing a harsh aesthetic, with explicit lyrics that put the political and ethical system of capitalist society in check.
In this article we have compiled the best phrases of Rap and Hip Hop culture. They are famous quotes and verses from different rappers, Spanish and international, that attest to his critical thinking.
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1. Spain is dead, to see if she wakes up. The solution? Let the planet explode... (Sho-Hai)
A sample of the innate pessimism on the part of the Zaragoza rapper Sergio Rodríguez.
2. God gave you shoes in your size, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself and be proud to be like that. And as cheesy as it sounds, never let them say you're not beautiful. (Eminem)
The Detroit MC leaves us valuable reflections and phrases about self-esteem.
3. There's a lot of untapped potential in places like South Central, a lot of bright, smart people who just don't get that chance to show it. (Ice Cube)
It is not only a question of having talent, but also of having the social conditions so that this talent can be expressed and valued.
4. Careers serving burgers? A very worthy job, yes, but it doesn't pay. (Sho-Hai)
One of the injustices of the Spanish economic system: highly educated people who end up working in low value-added jobs.
7. Look, if you had just one shot, one chance to get everything you ever wanted, in one moment, would you capture her or let her get away? (Eminem)
Another phrase from Marshall Matters that exhorts us to take advantage of every opportunity that life offers us.
8. Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing a good job, and all the best will come to you. (Ice Cube)
To be known, first bother to be the best at your thing.
9. The approach that the music industry took to fighting piracy is the wrong strategy. (MC Hammer)
A reflection on piracy and intellectual property.
10. Money is the answer to 99.9 percent of the questions. (Vanilla Sky)
Unfortunately, this is our society.
11. I don't respect anyone who thinks he's my boss. (Hitman)
The leader of the Malaga group Speaking in Silver is clear about his freedom, and he is willing to exercise it.
12. It is not a want and I cannot, it is a can and I have done it. (Frank T)
The Spanish MC shows song after song his steel spirit.
13. For a sincere I love you I die for you every time I do not feel you, I swear that your love was my breath. (Rapsusklei)
Rapsusklei leaves us verses that are poetry in its purest form.
14. Critize my life when yours be an example. (DuoKie)
No one is entitled to criticize others if they are not a clear example of morality.
15. One lie and I question all your truths. (Kase. OR)
A falsehood is enough to question the whole past.
16. Whoever does not have a plug is a buffoon in this fiefdom; where God has two names, one is dollar and the other is euro. (Nach)
The rapper from Alicante has lyrics loaded with social criticism.
17. Your eardrums receive decibel discharges because the respect I have for the laws of silence is imperishable. (Hitman)
Another famous verse by the Andalusian rapper.
18. Smoking marijuana doesn't make you a bad person. Not doing it doesn't make you good. (Wiz Khalifa)
A reflection on drugs and individual freedom.
19. For me, the seventies were very inspiring and very influential... Like Snoop Dogg, as a person and as a rapper. I love the seventies style, the way all the [basketball] players dressed, you know, combing their hair very carefully, driving sports cars… (Snoop Dogg)
A phrase by the Californian rapper that exudes nostalgia.
20. Remember who suits you, who he gives you and does not have, who knows what you want and respects your way of being. (Tito)
The Catalan rapper, a member of Falsalarma, leaves us this valuable reflection.
21. The universe that is my grandfather, he told me that after that duel, I came to Earth and the Sun stayed in the sky. (Kase. OR)
22. I have changed, neither dumb nor ready... If you trust God it is because you mistrust yourself. (Xhelazz)
Another Aragonese rapper, Xhelazz, reminds us of Jung and his "overcompensation of doubt."
23. I will die like everyone but I will live like only a few because I refuse to be just another. (Chojin)
A rap phrase that reminds us that we must take advantage of life.
24. Sometimes the one who asks is smarter than the one who has answers for everything. (Lyrical)
David Gilaberte, member of Violadores del Verso, in an ode to skepticism and humility.
25. The sound of the 90s, for me, is a combination of the soul and the street: it is a feeling. (Nas)
The New Yorker recalls the style and sound of the late 20th century.
26. Whoever manages to understand me will be able to dominate me because I do not understand myself. (Lil Wayne)
A rap phrase that shows us the madness and stress of these microphone artists.
27. I know what it is to give the stick, I have received sticks, in this neighborhood everyone knows who the bad guys are... (Noult)
The Badalonese rapper talks about his hometown.
28. I am the voice of the neighborhood, glamor of the suburbs, I skip the schedules and smoke until I burn my lip. (Zatu)
The SFDK leader talks about Pino Montano, a popular neighborhood in Seville.
29. We all have fears, without a doubt, and facing them has always been the best aid. (The Pieces)
Rap explains to us, with famous phrases like this one, that the best medicine is to draw strength from weakness to face our phobias.
30. I felt young but one day I woke up, the first time a child on the street told me about you, I stopped for a second and thought: it doesn't matter how old I am, I am not going to grow old. (Zatu)
A declaration of intent.
31. That there is not a woman who has to hide with makeup that at home she has the devil for a husband! (Rayden)
The Madrid rapper, against the gender violence.
32. We all have dependencies but not all of us know how to satisfy them, and that is where my self-destruction begins. (Valtonyc)
The Mallorcan communist rapper Josep Miquel Arenas, speaking of addictions and vices.
33. Isolation is the prize, the reward for thought. (Rafael Lechowski)
A poetic phrase by the rapper from Zaragoza.
34. Open the landing gear and stop the world, I'm getting off. That it gives me work and courage to make a trip with more ties than shortcuts. (Rayden)
The old MC of Atresbandas gives us this sad verse.
35. I can believe God if I write a new verse, but tell me who I am in proportion to the universe. (Rafael Lechowski)
A phrase that contrasts feelings of greatness with insignificance.
36. Millions of joys and sorrows, and among millions of people there is always one that fills you. (Shotta)
The Sevillian MC, brother of ToteKing, in a phrase about love and the search for the loved one.
37. Blind to myself yes, to my egocentricity, but I feel a powerful magnetism for the rhythm... (Kase. OR)
Another famous verse of which is considered by many as the best MC in the language of Cervantes.
38. Eyes that do not see, heart feels twice. (Capable)
The brutal rapper from Speaking in Silver, on a date that invites us to reflect.
39. I tip the bottle while I look at the stars and I think never trust them or them... (ToteKing)
Both men and women have a lot to keep quiet about how we relate romantically.
40. I told him: Ride I take you to the sun, he told me: What nonsense, you will burn!, I told him that I did not think to go during the day and he laughed... (ElPhomega)
A deep rap phrase from the Andalusian rapper.