Kanye West Rap Quotes

#1. I don't know what's better: getting laid or getting paid.
I just know when I'm getting one, the other's getting away.

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#2. Went from most hated to the Champion God Flow,
I guess that's a feelin' only me and LeBron know.

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#3. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.

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#4. It wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write "All Falls Down" in 15 minutes.

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#5. It seem like everybody dress tight now,
And I just want my credit.

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#6. I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

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#7. Couldn't afford a car so he named his daughter Alexis

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#8. All I really want is a beat from Kanye West. I've met him, and I think he's real cool with us. If I get that beat, I'm going to rap the best verse I ever dropped - even if it's his worst beat.

Domo Genesis

#9. We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

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#10. I guess every superhero need his theme music.

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#11. People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it" should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it.

Elton John

#12. I'm a monster, I'm a maven,
I know this world is changin'.
Never gave in, never gave up,
I'm the only thing I'm afraid of.

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#13. What is Kanye West's message? Like most rap, "I am the greatest person ever and you're not." I used to call it affirmative action for the ego.

Bill Maher

#14. I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.

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#15. I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

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#16. You know that one auntie, you don't wanna be rude,
... But every holiday, nobody eatin' her food.

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#17. "Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: "Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves."

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#18. God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down

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#19. Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson,
Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson.

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#20. 'What you doing in the club on a Thursday?'
She say she only here for her girl birthday ...
They ordered champagne but still look thirsty,
Rock Forever 21 but just turned 30.

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#21. Cause I want to be on 106 and Park pushing a benz

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#22. They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

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#23. Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans

Dean Cavanagh

#24. I'm the rap version of Dave Chappelle. I'm not sayin' I'm nearly as talented as Chappelle when it comes to political and social commentary, but like him, I'm laughing to keep from crying.

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#25. I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem,
Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams.
I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed,
But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh ...

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#26. Don't Ever fix your lips like collagen
And say something when you gon' end up apologing

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#27. As kids we used to laugh/Who knew that life would move this fast?
Who knew I'd have to look at you through a glass?
And look, tell me you ain't did it, you ain't did it
And if you did, then that's family business.

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#28. It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just call and say
Hey Mama

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#29. I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven, when I awoke, I spent that on a NECKLACE ...

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#30. We headed to hell for heaven sakes, well Imma levitate ... make the devil wait.

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#31. Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

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