Jay-Z Hip Hop Quotations

I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out

Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?

I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me

Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose.

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it

The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way than through hip-hop.

Ex-D-boy, used to park my Beamer Now look at me, I can park in my own arena

All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won't be able to hear that it's all music at its soul.

Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

Difficult takes a day Impossible takes a week I do this in my sleep

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

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.

Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.