Q-Tip Rap Quotations

You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that's how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun's glow, But there's clouds movin' in and the clouds gonna blow.

Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me We in like that, you're dead like Presley

The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket, Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it

One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, 'Boom!'

Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep

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.

So pay attention, it's not hard to decipher, And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug.

I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak, Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep.

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.

I am recognizing that the voice inside my head Is urging me to be myself, but never follow someone else Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper.

We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.

We got to mediate our greedy levels, Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find The Abstract, listening to hip-hop, My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop. I said, 'Well daddy don't you know that things go in cycles. The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin' like Michael. It's all expected, things are for the lookin', If you got the money, Quest is for the bookin'.

know the feelin, when you feelin like a villain, You be havin good thoughts but the evils be revealin'. And the stresses of life can take you off the right path, Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff... We gotta hold it down so we can move on past All adversities, so we can get through fast.

Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nuttin' nice.

Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.

So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.