The 40 best Rap and Hip Hop phrases

A selection of verses, statements and thoughts from national and international rappers.

Are you a lover of Rap music and Hip Hop culture? This musical and aesthetic current was born in New York in the 70s. It was mainly led by African Americans who lived repressed by a racist and unequal society.

Over the years, this lifestyle gained ground. Thus graffiti, break-dancing 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., through idols such as 2Pac or Notorious Big to contemporary rappers such as Eminem, 50 Cent or Snoop Dogg, rap has been gaining ground.

The heartbreaking lyrics and social protest of these rappers has been cementing a hard aesthetic, with explicit lyrics that put in check the political and ethical system of capitalist society.

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 their critical thinking.

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1. Spain is dead, let's see if it wakes up. The solution? Let the planet explode... (Sho-Hai)

A sample of the innate pessimism of the rapper Sergio Rodríguez from Zaragoza.

2. God gave you the shoes of your size, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself and be proud to be that way. And as corny as it sounds, never let anyone 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, intelligent people who just don't have that opportunity to show it. (Ice Cube)

It's not just a matter of having talent, but also having the social conditions in place so that this talent can be expressed and valued.

4. People with careers serving hamburgers? A very worthy job, yes, but it doesn't pay off. (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 a moment, would you capture it or let it slip away? (Eminem)

Another quote from Marshall Matters that exhorts us to take advantage of every opportunity 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 what you do.

9. The music industry's approach 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, that's how our society is.

11. I don't respect anyone who thinks he's my boss. (Sicario)

The leader of the group Hablando en Plata from Málaga is clear about his freedom, and is willing to exercise it.

12. It's not a I want and I can't, it's a I can and I've done it. (Frank T)

The Spanish MC demonstrates song after song his steel spirit.

13. For a sincere I love you I die for you every time I don't feel you, I swear that your love was my breath. (Rapsusklei)

Rapsusklei leaves us verses that are poetry in its purest form.

14. Criticize my life when yours is 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.O)

One falsehood is enough to question the whole past.

16. Who doesn't 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 full of social criticism.

17. Your eardrums receive decibel discharges because the respect I have for the laws of silence is undying. (Sicario)

Another famous verse of 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 about drugs and individual freedom.

19. For me, the seventies were very inspirational and very influential.... As Snoop Dogg, as a person and as a rapper. I love the '70s style, the way all the [basketball] players dressed, you know, combing their hair real neat, driving sports cars... (Snoop Dogg).

A phrase from the Californian rapper that transpires nostalgia.

20. Remember the one who suits you, the one who gives you and doesn't have, the one who knows what you want and respects the way you are. (El Titó)

The Catalan rapper, member of Falsalarma, leaves us this valuable reflection.

21. The universe that is my grandfather, told me that after that duel, I came to Earth and the Sun stayed in the sky. (Kase.O)

22. I have changed, neither for stupid nor for clever... if you trust in God it is because you distrust yourselves. (Xhelazz)

Another Aragonese rapper, Xhelazz, reminds us of Jung and his "overcompensation of doubt".

23. I will die like everyone else but I will live like only a few because I refuse to be just another. (Chojin)

A rap phrase that reminds us to make the most of life.

24. Sometimes the one who asks questions 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 soul and street: it's a feeling. (Nas)

The New Yorker recalls the style and sound of the end of the 20th century.

 

26. Whoever understands me will be able to dominate me because I don't understand myself. (Lil Wayne)

A rap phrase that shows us the madness and the stress of these artists of the microphone.

27. I know what it is to give the stick, I have received sticks, in this neighborhood all know who are the bad ones... (Noult)

The rapper from Badalona talks about his hometown.

28. I am the voice of the neighborhood, glamour of the suburbs, I skip the schedules and I smoke until I burn my lip. (Zatu)

The leader of SFDK talks about Pino Montano, a popular neighborhood in Seville.

29. We all have fears, no doubt, and facing them has always been the best help. (The Pieces)

Rap explains, with famous phrases like this one, that the best medicine is to find the strength to face our phobias.

30. I felt young but one day I woke up, the first time a boy in the street spoke to me about you, I stopped for a second and I thought: no matter how old I am, I'm not going to get old. (Zatu)

A declaration of intentions.

31. May there not be a woman who has to hide with make-up that at home she has the devil for a husband! (Rayden)

The rapper from Madrid, against gender violence.

32. We all have dependencies but not all of us know how to satiate them, and that's where my self-destruction begins. (Valtonyc)

The Majorcan communist rapper Josep Miquel Arenas, talking about addictions and vices.

33. Isolation is the prize, the reward for thought. (Rafael Lechowski)

A poetic phrase of the rapper from Zaragoza.

34. Open the landing gear and stop the world, I'm getting off. It gives me work and courage to make a trip with more ties than shortcuts. (Rayden)

The former MC of Atresbandas gives us this sad verse.

35. I can believe I am God if I write a new verse, but tell me who I am in proportion to the universe. (Rafael Lechowski)

A phrase that contrasts the 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 MC from Seville, ToteKing's brother, in a phrase about love and the search for the loved one.

37. Blind of myself yes, of my egocentrism, but I feel for the rhythm a powerful magnetism... (Kase.O)

Another famous verse of the one who is considered by many as the best MC in the language of Cervantes.

38. Eyes that don't see, Heart feels twice as much. (Able)

The brutal rapper from Hablando en Plata, in a thought-provoking quote.

39. I push the bottle while I look at the stars and think don't ever trust them or them... (ToteKing)

Both men and women have a lot to keep quiet about when it comes to how we relate to each other emotionally.

40. I told him: Ride me, I'll take you to the sun, he said: What nonsense, I told him I didn't plan to go in the daytime and he laughed... (ElPhomega)

A deep rap phrase from the Andalusian rapper.