190 Best Rap Quotes and Lyrics about Life, Love and Success

This powerful and inspirational collection of rap quotes will inspire you to hustle hard and get your grind on.

Let these legendary hip-hop superstars of yesterday and today drop jewels in the form of rap lyrics that will stay with you for years to come.

Rap and hip-hop are mainstream due to the music and cultures representation of confidence, boldness, and celebration of individuality.

Rap is defined as “a type of popular music recited rapidly and rhythmically over an instrumental backing.”

Although the rap music industry might have some questionable characters in the mix, there are a lot of rap artists who inspire us with truly spectacular lyrics and life lessons and make for excellent role models.

Rap quotes are equally powerful and enjoyable.

People always ask:

What is the greatest rap verse of all time?

There is a lot of wisdom and inspiration to be found in the words of famous rappers, and we want to share them with you!

Let’s look at some great rap quotes and rap lyrics about life, love, and success.

Also check out our collection Kevin Gates quotes that will show you there’s so much more to his music than what you hear on those tracks. We also have a selection of Chance the Rapper lyrics and funny Cardi B quotes to check out as well.

Best rap quotes and lyrics about life, love and success

1. “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

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

3. “Life without dreaming is a life without meaning.” – Wale

4. “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

5. “You’ve got to realize that the world’s a test,
You can only do your best and let Him do the rest.
You’ve got your life, and got your health,
So quit procrastinating and push it yourself.” – Cee-Lo, “In Due Time

6. “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” – Kendrick Lamar

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

8. “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

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

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

11. “Every day is new. It’s just a new day. I look at six hours at a time.” – Wiz Khalifa

12. “Living well eliminates the need for revenge.” – Kanye West

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

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

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

16. “Without order, nothing exists. Without chaos, nothing evolves.”–Jedi Mind Tricks, Heavy Metal Kings

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Best rap quotes and lyrics about life

17. “You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” – 2Pac (read more of 2pac’s best lyrics )

18. “Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live.” – KRS-One

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

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

21. 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

22. 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

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

24. “You gotta be able to smile through the bullshit.” – Tupac

25. 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

26. “Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it.” – Tupac

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

28. “Life without knowledge is death in disguise”
Knowledge Of Self” – Talib Kweli

29. “Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.” – Tupac Shakur

30. “Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.” ― Tupac Shakur

Best rap quotes and lyrics about love, family and relationships

31. “Once in awhile, I’mma cheat and get dome,
But best believe that I’mma always come home.
Shorty, I luv you.”  – Meyhem Lauren, “Let’s Hold Hands

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

33. “The question isn’t do he love ya the question is, do ya love yourself? You give the best advice to your friends and not take it for yourself.” –Big Sean, Jump Out The Window

34. “Last night I saw you in my dreams, now I can’t wait to go to sleep.”–Kanye West, Hey Mama

35. “People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial.”– Nicki Minaj, Pills and Potions

36. Love yourself and your expression, you can’t go wrong. – KRS-One

37. “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

38. “One day you’re gonna remember me and how much I love you… then you’re gonna hate yourself for letting me go.” – Drake

39. “Trust your own judgement, live with it and love it.” – Nas (see more Nas quotes)

40. “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.” – Drake

Rap quotes about music and motivation

41. Music just ain’t what it used to;
We used to have songs that you could shoplift or boost to. – Jadakiss, “Hip-Hop (Remix)

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

43. Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. – Eminem

44. Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way. – Jay-Z

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

46. I love country music, but I also love gangster rap. – Anderson East

47. I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in. – Kanye West

48. I am obsessed with rap music – it’s such a big part of my life. – Randall Park

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

50. My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids. – Mystikal

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

52. It’s bad poetry executed by people that can’t sing. That’s my definition of Rap. – Peter Steele

Best rap quotes and lyrics about friends

53. “Me and my people break bread, sit and smoke
The conversation rich, but that depend on what you consider broke” – Talib Kweli

54. “It ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none. ” ― Snoop Dogg (see more Snoop Dogg quotes)

55. “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

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

57. “Cherish these nights, cherish these people. Life is a movie, but there’ll never be a sequel.” – Nicki Minaj, All Things Go

58. I’m on the pursuit of happiness. I know everything that shines ain’t always gold. I’ll be fine once I get it, I’ll be good. – Kid Cudi

59. Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. – Rick Ross (see more Rick Ross quotes)

60. “You’ve got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for something.” – Eminem

Rap quotes and lyrics about respect

61. “How far must you go to gain respect? Um…
Well, it’s kind of simple: just remain your own.
Or you’ll be crazy sad and alone.” – Q-Tip, Check the Rhime

62. “Only God can judge me.”― Tupac Shakur, The Rose That Grew from Concrete

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

64. “Kept breaking promises you said you would keep, so you can leave a message at the beep.” – Mac Miller

65. “The sooner you realize things will never be the same, the sooner you can move on.” – Kid Cudi

66. “I’m going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.” – T.I

67. “Everyday is a new opportunity to reach that goal.” – Rick Ross

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

69. “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Because your character is what you really are. While your reputation is what others merely think you are.” – Jay Z

70. “I’ll be your best friend if you promise you’ll be mine.” – 50 Cent (see more quotes by 50 Cent)

Rap quotes and lyrics about fame

71. “Some seek fame cause they need validation,
Some say hating is confused admiration.” – Nas, “Stay”

72. “‘I am happy’. That’s just the saddest lie.” – Kid Cudi, Soundtrack 2 My Life

73. “Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud.” – Kanye West, Homecoming

74. “Rappers wear diamonds to compensate for a lack of fashion sense.” – A$AP Rocky

75. “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

76. “Why do we try so hard to fit in, when we were born to stand out?” – Machine Gun Kelly

77. “Good things come in good time.” – Wiz Khalifa

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

79. “Well, hip hop is what makes the world go round.” – Snoop Dogg

80. “Even the genius asks his questions.” – Tupac

Rap quotes about money and hustle

81. “Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless
Snakes slither in the grass spineless” – Eminem

82. “I’m a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!”― Jay-Z

83. “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!”― Jay-Z

84. “Never stop fighting no matter what anyone says. If it’s in your gut, your soul, there’s nothing, no worldly possession that should come between you and your expression.” –Kanye West

85. “Even though you’re fed up, you got to keep ya head up.”–2Pac, Keep Ya Head Up

86. “I like when money makes a difference but don’t make you different.”–Drake, From Time

87. “If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.” – Eminem

88. “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

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

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

Rap quotes to inspire and teach

91. “I don’t like thugs, I don’t like nerds,
I don’t like myself and I hate bein’ disturbed.” – Sean Price, “Critically Acclaimed

92. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
After you who’s last, it’s Doom, he’s the worst known” – MF DOOM

93. “I never sleep ‘cuz sleep is the cousin of death.” – Nas

94. “Same kid’s went to Catholic school is dealers
And same n_gga’s had no heart is now killers” – Ma$e

95. “Telling my business to kids I don’t even know,
You’re like a daytime talk show…and that’s low.” – Guru, “Take it Personal

96. “We always ignore the ones who adore us, and adore the ones who ignore us.” – Drake

97. “Never apologize for what you feel. It’s like apologizing for being real.” – Lil Wayne

98. “Only God can judge me, so I’m gone, either love me or leave me alone.” – Jay Z

99. “For every dark night, there’s a brighter day.” – Tupac

100. “How many people you bless, is how you measure success.” – Rick Ross

Rap quotes to motivate you

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

102. “You can make something of your life, it just depends on your drive.” – Eminem

103. “Love me or hate me, I stay hate free. They say we learn from mistakes well that’s why they mistake me.” – Lil Wayne

104. “If you don’t love yourself, I’ll make you see your own heart.” – Biggie Smalls

103. “God will take you through hell, just to get to heaven.” – T.I

104. “Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on.” – Rick Ross

105. “It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.” – Chris Brown

106. “I remember the love right after the fights. You can’t tell me you don’t remember those nights.” – Lil Wayne

107. “They say you can’t turn a bad girl good. But once a good girl’s gone bad, she’s bad forever.” – Jay Z

108. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem

109. “Worrying is stupid. It’s like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.” – Wiz Khalifa

110. “Everyone has an addiction. Mine happens to be you.” – Andre 3000

Rap quotes to make your day

111. “Remind yourself, nobody’s built like you. You design yourself.” – Jay Z

112. “Don’t let the sadness from the past and the fear of the future ruin the happiness of the present.” – Wiz Khalifa

113. “If you don’t love me somebody else will.” – Lil Wayne

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

115. “The business of hip hop is probably the most tangible example of the genre’s dramatic maturation.” – Carlos Wallace

116. “Don’t believe in kings, believe in the Kingdom.” – Chance the Rapper

117. “My biggest lesson is just, man: Whatever you do, own it. Know what you’re doing and know consequences before you do it. If you’re fine with the consequences, it’s nothing nobody can tell you. Never do something because somebody else made you do it.” – Andre 3000

118. “Just know that I was once considered just a dreamer… Then I paid my dues and turned so many doubters to believers…” – Big K.R.I.T.

119. “When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don’t say that to brag, I just want to be an example.” – Big Sean

120. “To live, is to suffer / To survive, well, that’s to find meaning in the suffer.” – DMX

Rap quotes and lyrics that will brighten your day

121. “My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding, and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.” – Busta Rhymes

122. “Sometimes if you’re lucky, someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill.” – Snoop Dogg

123. “I’ll give you all of me until there’s nothing left.” – Childish Gambino

124. “Stop lookin’ at what you ain’t got, and start being thankful for what you do got.” – T.I.

125. “We can’t change the world until we change ourselves.” – Biggie Smalls

126. “If you can’t do what you imagine, then what is imagination to you?” – Kid Cudi

127. “We only know what we know until someone knows better.” – Chance the Rapper

128. “I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” – 2Pac

129. “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

130. “Take a stand and command to demand what’s grand / I know we can if we just understand.” – Big Daddy Kane

Memorable Rap quotes and lyrics

131. “Somewhere down the road might just meet up at the right time.” – G-Eazy

132. “We ain’t picture perfect but we worth the picture still.” – J. Cole

133. “Even tough you-re fed up, you gotta keep your head up.” – Tupac

134. “I believe there’s a God above me, I’m just the god of everything else.” – Pusha T

135. “I’m doing pretty good as far as geniuses go.” – Kanye West

136. “Being happy is the goal…
but greatness is my mission.” – Childish Gambino

137. “Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.” – Kanye West

138. “I’m too loyal and too focused to be losing and be hopeless” – Tyga

139. “Got so many chains they call me Chaining Tatum.” – Drake

140. “If you are what you say you are, a superstar…
… then have no fear, the camera’s here.” – Lupe Fiasco

Interesting rap quotes and lyrics

141. “Either you play the game or watch the game play you.” – J.Cole

142. “Keep integrity at every cost.” – Nas

143. “If God got us, then we gon’ be alright.” – Kendrick Lamar

144. “I took my bruises and my humps, fell down and…
got right back up” – Eminem

145. “Nothing can stop me, I’m all the way up.” – Fat Joe

146. “And if at first you don’t succeed…
…then dust yourself off and try again.” – Aaliyah

147. “Feeling good living better.” – Drake

148. “Sky is the limit…
… and you know that you can have what you want, be what you want.” – Notorious B.I.G.

149. “People look at you and say you changed, as if you worked that hard to stay the same.” – Jay Z

150. “To appreciate the sun, you gotta know what rain is.” – J. Cole

Rap quotes and lyrics to motivate you

151. “I go on and on. Can’t understand how I last so long.” – TOO $HORT

152. “But to live doesn’t mean you’re alive.” – Nicki Minaj

153. “All I do is win win win no matter what.” – DJ Khaled

154. “No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile.” – Mac Miller

155. “I’m an ordinary person but I’m paid.” – Lil Boosie

156. “Can’t forget that I’m golden, can’t forget where I’m going.” – A$AP Rocky

157. “I cannot see heaven being much better than this.” – Drake

158. “All of my kindness, is taken for weakness.” – Kanye West

159. “I don’t dance now, I make money moves.” – Cardi B

160. “I got some weight on my shoulders, to me it’s like feathers.” – Lil Wayne

Rap quotes to brighten your day

161. “I’ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin’, I’ma smile back.” – Mac Miller

162. “It’s beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success.” – J. Cole

163. “I can make your Mondays even better like the weekend.”— Travis Scott

164. “I’m my own competition, I’m competing with myself.” – Cardi B

165. “I be there for you, I will care for you.” – Drake

166. “I look for ways to say ‘I love you’
But I ain’t into makin’ love songs.”— A$AP Rocky

167. “I been laughed at, hated on, no one would even play my songs. Wouldn’t even listen to anything that my name was on.” – Mac Miller

168. “I get those goosebumps every time you come around. You ease my mind, you make everything feel fine.”— Travis Scott

169. “Take a chance, because you never know how perfect something can turn out.” – J. Cole

170. “I wanna tell the world about you just so they can get jealous
And if you see her ‘fore I do tell her I wish that I met her.”— Future

Rap quotes to keep you motivated

171. “Some nights I wish I could go back in life / Not to change s–t, just to feel a couple things twice.” – Drake

172. “If it ain’t making me money, making me better or making me happy… ain’t making time for it.” – 50 Cent

173. “I don’t make songs for free, I make ’em for freedom.” – Chance The Rapper

174. “When the ideas are coming, I don’t stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn’t come along all the time.” – Dr. Dre

175. “Money and power don’t change you, they just further expose your true self.” – Jay Z

176. “Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.” – Ice Cube

177. “I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.” – Eminem

178. “A goal is just a dream with a deadline.” – Drake

179. “Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty.” – Biggie Smalls

180. “Damn right I like the life I live because I went from negative to positive.” – Biggie Smalls

More rap quotes and lyrics

181. “How you look so perfect on your worst days?” — A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, “Swervin”

182. “No matter how hard it gets stick your chest out, keep your head up and handle it.” — Tupac, “Me Against the World”

183. “They see pictures, they say goals. I’m who they trying to be.” — Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow”

184. “With your phone out, gotta hit them angles” — Drake, “Nice for What”

185. “She said ‘where we goin?’ I said ‘the moon.'” — Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode”

186. “It seems like blessings keep falling in my lap.” — Chance the Rapper, “Blessings”

187. “Live for today, plan for tomorrow, party tonight.” — Drake, “The Real Her”

188. “When I say or do something, I do it. I don’t give a damn what you think. I’m doing this for me.” — Eminem, “Not Afraid”

189. “You could be the king, but watch the queen conquer.” — Nicki Minaj, “Monster”

190. “Stay far from timid. Only make moves when your heart’s in it. And live the phrase ‘sky’s the limit.'” — The Notorious B.I.G., “Sky’s the Limit”

Which Rap quotes were your favorites?

Despite all the funny characters that might exist in the rap music industry, there are plenty of rap artists who inspire with their powerful and enjoyable words and lyrics.

Think not of the ones who are just in it for the fame, but look to these great rap lyricists who made a lasting impression in the minds of millions with their powerful flows.

Hopefully, these rap quotes and lyrics have inspired the way you look at life and success.

Did you enjoy these rap quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? Tell us in the comment section below. We would love to hear all about it.

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