My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver - I used to scratch records on it - and on top was a reel-to-reel. In front of that wall were more stacks of records. It was either Mom's record or Pop's record, and they had their names on each and every one. JayZ
I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue. Now, I can’t look at your name without an abundance of sentiment attached to each lettter. Your name, which I played with so carelessly, so easily, has somehow become...
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Coco J. Ginger
Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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J.k. Rowling
Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.
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Neil Gaiman
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
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Rick Riordan
There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd like you to meet the girl of my dreams, Tragedy.' These days, Trajedi.
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George Carlin
More Quotes By JayZ
A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.
I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.
Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.
You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.
