"Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live." - KRS-One

"Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne"
- Nas

"Try and separate a man from his soul
You only strengthen him, and lose your own"
- Brother Ali

"Starin at the world through my rearview
Go on baby scream to God, he can't hear you
I can feel your heart beatin fast cause it's time to die"
- 2Pac

"Cause who I'm talking bout y'all is hip-hop"
- Common

"The best laid plans of Mice and Men are never right
I'm just a Vagabond with Flowers for Algernon
The Average Joe who knows what the fuck is going on"
- Cise Starr

"Everything I'm not, made me everything I am"
- Kanye West

"So let's rap, we'll catch up to par, what's the haps? Perhaps we're even closer"
- Shing02

"I think I need to smell fresh air
So I stepped out the back door and fell down the stairs"
- Atmosphere

"No heaven up above ya, no hell underneath ye
And no one will receive thee
So shed no tear, when we're not here
And keep your faith as we chase
The Coo"
- Lupe Fiasco