Let Me Hear a Rhyme Quotes

“Kim and Foxy took all the shit that Negros throw at us—calling us bitches, hoes, I pay your bills, blah blah blah—and started using it on themselves. It’s like they took men’s weapons and used it against them. ’Cause once you let someone know they weak-ass words can’t hurt you, that you don’t need them, that you got your own, they no longer have any power over you. And you can be, do, say whatever you want.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“But... he’s gone.”
“See, that’s the thing... he’s not dead.”
“Not to us,” Jarrell adds with a grin.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“Maybe it’s her way of holding on to... something. After losing so much.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“I mean, why would I want to look like the people who stole us from our home, enslaved us, and murdered our ancestors? Why we worshipping white as beautiful when we were queens?”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“Headline: Three Kids From Brooklyn Pull Off The Biggest Heist In Hip Hop History.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

“Suddenly, I hear Steph, the bass in his voice vibrating through the speakers pulsing on my back. For a split second, I forget, and my eyes run around the room, searching for him. Maybe it was all a dream. Maybe I didn’t see him lying in that casket.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme