Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Thankful Thursday: The Wisdom of Rappers Edition

This week has serously flown by. With my birthday and the start of classes it's been nutters. Thanks for all of the awesome birthday wishes. I'm 30! Holy crap. I definitely feel wiser and ready to solve world hunger. Just kidding.

Anyway, it's Thursday and I'm thankful for the wisdom of rappers. I've been in need of some positive, motivating thoughts lately and I can't help but turn to the likes of Jay-Z, T.I., and yes even Plies. So while most of these are related to beeches, hoes, and gettin' that paper, they could be very relatable to life and running. (This is probably a stretch, but what the hell, I think it's hilarious, especially if you don't know the song. Something about reading rap lyrics...)

Here in no particular order is why I am thankful for the wisdom of rappers:

1. I am f*ck!n awesome. -Plies

2. Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off. -Jay-Z

3. Never mind what haters say, ignore 'em til they fade away. -T.I.

4. The good life, let's go on a living spree, sh!t they say the best things in life are free. - Kanye West

5. Push it real good. -Salt N Pepa

6. I'm all that and then some. -Tribe Called Quest

7. Ready or not, here I come. -The Fugees

8. It's not an illusion, we runnin' the streets. -Ludacris

9. Runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin. -Black Eyed Peas

10. I'm gonna knock you out, Mama said knock you out. -LL Cool J


Feel free to add your own faves in the comments.

What are you thankful for today?

15 comments:

Jamoosh said...

Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off. -Jay-Z

Is Jay-Z saying that Lady Pimps have dandruff?

RunningLaur said...

I love the 'Push it real good.'

I can see Florida getting a good does of 'It's getting hot in herre' soon!

Lauren @ Team Giles said...

Love it! Hubs and I went to Jay-Z's concert here on Monday (and we freakin' loved it) he did that song.. good times my friend, good times.

Run this town tonight" - Jay-Z and his peeps ;)

Morgan said...

I'm totally going to have "Push it real good" stuck in my head now for the rest of the day which means it will inevitably pop up in my head during the race! Awesome! LMAO!

Jess said...

Wow, a couple of those take me back! Thanks, girl! As always, awesome post! Glad you had an awesome birhtday and a great week!

The Laminator said...

"This world is mine for the taking. Make me king!"
-Eminem (Lose Yourself). Classic. Word.

Jen said...

"There's only one true judge and that's God, so chill and let my Father do his job" Salt N Pepa

onelittletrigirl said...

Almost all my IPOD running songs are rap jams!

This one, by Ice-T is good too:

"You try to keep us
Running and running faster
But I ain't runnin' from ya
I'm runnin' at ya
and my posse's thick
About a mile strong"

NY Wolve said...

Don't just stand there, Bust a Move.

Heather said...

I love it!

Katie A. said...

I'm such a whitey - aside from "push it real good," the list was lost on me! LOL!
I'm thankful for free pizza brought into the office today - I needed it!
Happy Thursday!

lindsay said...

i looove random rap lyrics. these are awesome!

"i love you like a fat kid loves cake"

good luck this weekend!!

runblackgirlrun said...

@jen, OMG, I havent heard that SnP in a while...Love it!

No one will remember this but...I'm old school =P
"Check the booty, yo its kinda soft and
If you touch, you livin' in a coffin"
-YoYo (you can't play with my YoYo)

Glenn Jones said...

Happy birthday! (Is there an echo in here?)
Can't say I ever got into (c)rap....

jenn w/ 2 n's said...

All right! Stop whatcha doin'
'cause I'm about to ruin
the image and the style that ya used to.

a little Humpty Dance is great for a FRIDAY!!!