Quotes and Lyrics by Jay-Z

American Rappers

Quotes and Lyrics by Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe named him the greatest rapper of all time. He has been central to the creative and commercial success of artists including Kanye West, Rihanna, and J. Cole.He is the founder and chairman of entertainment company Roc Nation, and was the president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007.

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Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own.

Where I’m From, Album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

If I wasn't a, eight-figure n*gga by the name of Jigga
Would you come around me or would you clown me
If I couldn't flow futuristic, would ya
Put your two lips on my wood and kiss it

Can I Get A…, Album: Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life

I think relationships are broken up because of the media.

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I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.

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Ambition Motivation

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

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Great Works Self-Confidence

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas, i ain't dumb
I got 99 problems, but a b*tch ain't one

99 Problems

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Psycho, I'm liable to go Michael, take your pick
Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6

Niggas in Paris

If you're havin' girl problems, I feel bad for you, son
I got 99 problems, but a b*tch ain't one

99 Problems

We change people through conversation, not through censorship.

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But I will not lose, for even in defeat
There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens it up for me

Blueprint 2, Album: The Blueprint 2

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Experience Learning Losing & Defeat

I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying

Beach Chair

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I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell
I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well

You Don’t know

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Plottin' my escape, this game rot a n*gga's faith
Got a couple M's hidin' in the safe
Imagination turned a Honda into Wraith
I was doin' eighty on the interstate

J. Cole - a m a r i, Album: The Off-Season

For what's money without happiness?
Or hard times without the people you love?
Though I'm not sure what's 'bout to happen next
I ask for strength from the Lord up above

J. Cole - Love Yourz, Album: 2014 Forest Hills Drive

It's beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success
Hear my words or listen to my signal of distress

J. Cole - Love Yourz, Album: 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant, but the truth hurtful?
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?

J. Cole - The Climb Back, Album: The Fall Off

My n*ggas pick me up and we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift

J. Cole - The Climb Back, Album: The Fall Off

Goin' live but we not on the 'Gram
This the land of supply and demand
Where my young n*ggas choppin' up grams
And them choppers won't pry from they hands
Packin' lead like they got a exam

J. Cole - Lion King on Ice, Album: The Fall Off

Don't tell me you're sorry cause you're not
Baby when I know you're only sorry you got caught
But you put on quite a show, really had me going
Now it's time to go, curtain's finally closing

Rihanna - Take a Bow, Album: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded

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I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

Want you to make me feel like I'm the only girl in the world, like I'm the only one that you'll ever love...

Rihanna - Only Girl

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This is the life i live.

Rihanna - Half of me, Album: Unopologetic

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I want you to stay

Rihanna, Album: Stay

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I can literally say antisemitic shit and they can't drop me. Now what?

Kanye West - October 2022, 9 days before being dropped by Adidas

Mistakes Adidas

Don't care what you say, nothin' on me
I don't care 'bout the lawyer fees
I don't care 'bout your loyalties
God will solve it all for me

Kanye West - God Breathed, Album: Donda

I was up for sale, but I couldn't tell
God made it rain, the devil made it hail
Dropped out of school, but I'm that one at Yale
Made the best tracks and still went off the rail

Kanye West - Hurricane, Album: Donda

All that smoke kept a scent
Everything I spoke, what I meant
Never disguise my intent, lines outside the event
Brought my life out the trench

Kanye West - Off the Grid, Album: Donda

We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States.

Kanye West - July 2020

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Is hip-hop just a euphemism for a new religion?
The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing

Kanye West - Gorgeous, Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Got the Nile runnin' through my body
Look at my natural, I'm so exotic
Darker the berry, sweeter the fruit
Deeper the wounded, deeper the roots

Beyoncé - NILE, Album: The Lion King: The Gift

In our own little world
The music is the sun
The dancefloor becomes the sea
Feels like true paradise to me

Beyoncé - Baby Boy, Album: Dangerously In Love

Baby boy, you stay on my mind
Fulfill my fantasies
I think about you all the time
I see you in my dreams

Beyoncé - Baby Boy, Album: Dangerously In Love

To carry love, to carry children of our own
We are still kids, but we're so in love
Fightin' against all odds
I know we'll be alright this time

Beyoncé - Perfect Duet, Album: ÷ (Divide)

If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 11

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Sex New York City

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

Grüner Kobold in Spider-Man

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Fame New York City

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

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Here are a few fun facts about Long Island... Number 1: It's Brooklyn's fart-trail.

Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother - Season 7 Episode 11

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Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

T. S. Eliot

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Media Television

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Nicole Scherzinger

Ambition Egoism

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Courage Motivation

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

Kelly Rowland

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Character Self-Confidence

Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice.

Censorship Internet

Simba: "Ouh. Jeez, what was that for?"
Rafiki: "It doesn't matter, it's in the past."
Simba: "Yeah, but it still hurts."
Rafiki: "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

Rafiki in The Lion King

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Experience Past

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Albert Einstein

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Learning Education

A good player knows how to win the game, a good character knows how to lose it, while smiling.

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Character Playing Losing & Defeat

They say I'm up and coming, like I'm f*cking in an elevator

Ed Sheeran - You need me but I don't need you

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