Kanye West: Never was much of a romantic, I could never take that intimacy. And I know I did damage, cause the look in your eyes is killing me. I guess you had an advantage, cause you could blame me for anything. And I don't know how I'ma manage if one day you just up and leave.

Jay-Z: And if the day comes I only see him on the weekend, I just pray we was in love the night we conceived him. Promise to never leave him even if his mama tweakin', cause my dad left me and I promised: Never repeat him.

Lauryn Hill: Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again. You know I only say it cuz I'm truly genuine: Don't be a hard rock when you really are gem. Baby girl, respect is just a minimum.

Tupac: But I wonder why we take from our women; why we r/pe our women; do we hate our women? I think it's time to kill for our women, time to heal our women, be real to our women. And if we don't, we'll have a race of babies that will hate the ladies that make the babies. And since a man can't make one, he has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one. So will the real men let up? I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep your head up.

Common: It's important we communicate and tune the fate of this union to the right pitch. I never call you my b/tch or even my boo. There's so much in a name and so much more in you.

Lil Wayne: And if you come from under that water then there's fresh air. Just breathe, baby. God's got a blessing to spare. Yes, I know the process is so much stress, but it's the progress that feels the best. Cause I came from the projects straight to success and you're next. So try. They can't steal your pride, it's inside. Then find it and keep on grinding, cause in every dark cloud there's a silver lining. I know.


Rap/hip-hop can be inpirational or meaningful.