46 quotes
"Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end."
I Am (1999)
"Street scriptures, for lost souls in the crossroads.."
I Am (1999)
I never brag, how real I keep it, cause it's the best secret.
It Was Written (1996)
From child births to hearses, flow like the Nile covered surface
Bit the fruit from the serpent.
It Was Written (1996)
No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done
The Lost Tapes (2002)
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
Illmatic (1994)
Mad smoke makes me able to quote
Soliciting ill editions of that murder I wrote.
It Was Written (1996)
As James Baldwin says, You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world considers a nigger
Untitled (2008)
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
Illmatic (1994)
How can I trust you when I can't trust me
God's Son (2002)
Who give you the latest dances, trends, and fashion, But when it comes to residuals, they look past us
Untitled (2008)
We in chronic need of a second look of the law books, And the whole race dichotomy
Untitled (2008)
People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
Untitled (2008)
War is necessary. War brings pain, but war is necessary. War brings peace, because war is necessary. Get your warriors up.
War is Necessary (2008)
"Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne
Illmatic (1994)
Don't say the car is topless, say the titties are out
God's Son (2002)
Some things are forever, some things are not
It's the things we remember that gave the world shock"
Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in ya box if ya shit eats tapes
Illmatic (1994)
A thug changes, and love changes
and best friends become strangers, word up
It Was Written (1996)
Y'all don't treat women fair
She read about herself in the bible
Believing she the reason sin is here
Untitled (2008)