This was written by the one and only Recshop at the old site but since it got so much love over there had to bring it back one time.
Who says that hip hop and our Mc’s don’t do a good job of providing us with our fix of daily inspiration. After all hip hop is the reason some of us get up in the morning. After looking for inspirational quotes online I decided to make up my own hip hop version of quotes to live by. I’m gonna go through some of the greatest MC’s of all time…first up Mr.Beyonce/Carter/Artful Dodger/ 40/40/Sean Carter Music Group/Mr just inked a mega deal…let’s bring water to the world…h-o-v-a
Top 10 Jay-Z quotes to live by:
- “I will not lose for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned so it evens up for me.”from Blueprint 2, The Blueprint 2
- “Treat my first like my last and the last like my first and my thirst is the same as- when I came.”from My 1st Song, The Black Album
- “And a drought can define a man when the well drys up you learn the worth of water without work you thirst til you die yep.”from December 4th “Black Album
- “If you can’t respect that your whole perspective is whack, maybe you’ll love me when I fade to black…” from Fade to Black ” Black Album
- “…I’m not a businessman. I’m a business…maaaannn…”from Diamonds Are Forever Remix
- “…Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself…”from A Dream, Blueprint 2
- “…I’m far from God, but I work god damn hard…”
from Breath Easy, The Blueprint - I’m a hustler homey, you a customer cronyGot some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me? from Dirt off Your Shoulders, Black Album
- We as rappers must decide what’s most impor-tantAnd i can’t help the poor if i’m one of them So i got rich and gave back To me that’s the win, win The next time you see the homie and his rims spin Just know my mind is workin just like them from Moment of Clarity, Black Album
- And if you think you can make it this far without a fight. Couple mistakes here and there, not always right. But I’m always real, that’s how I sleep at night from Sweet, American Gangster
These are my top 10 words to live by…anyone else want to add some more in?
September 25, 2008 at 2:30 am
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December 2, 2008 at 6:15 pm
dis is stupid
December 8, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Jay Z, is a very smart man, but you didn’t put his best on here.
nice quotes tho’. I’d start from Reasonable Doubt to American Gangster Today.
“I’’d rather die enormous than live dormant.”-Jay Z.
“He Who Does Not Feel Me Is Not Real To Me.” -Jay Z.
“No lie, just know I chose my own fate / I drove by the fork in the road and went straight”-Jay Z.
December 9, 2008 at 10:46 am
you guys are forgetting one of the most impressive verses in hip hop history.
We used to fight for building blocks
Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killing
The closest of friends when we first started
But grew apart as the money grew, and soon grew black-hearted
Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I’m kidnapping his baby’s mother
My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
She said the taste of dollars was shitty so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn’t convinced
So I kept feeding her money ’til her shit started to make sense
Who could ever forsee, we used to stay up all night at slumber parties
now I’m trying to rock this bitch to sleep
All the years we were real close
Now I see his fears through her tears, know she’s wishing we were still
close
Don’t cry, it is to be
In time, I’ll take away your miseries and make ‘em mine, D’Evils…
September 24, 2009 at 9:12 pm
“he who does not fel me is not real to me, therefore he does not exist. so pooof, vamoose, son of a bitch.”
October 26, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I CAME I SAW I CONQUERED FROM RECORD SELLS TO SOLD OUT CONCERTS
November 10, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I wise man once told never argue with fools. Cos people from a distance can’t tell who is who.
November 12, 2009 at 1:01 am
another better quote
Bite your tongue for no one and whatever is said Take it how they want, a closed mouth don’t get fed.