Confusing 'Love Quotes' From 10 Famous Rappers

Jay -Z and Beyonce are one of the greatest power couples of our time. Their support and love for each other is transparent -- and frankly it makes us jealous. But wait, didn't the rapper once croon about how a “bitch” ain’t one of his problems? And, who could forget that 90s love song, "Money, Cash, Hoes." Not exactly something he’d serenade Queen Bey with, methinks.

Rap is a genre filled with the type of lyrics that could make a grown man blush. But big booties, baby mamas and the strippers aside, these rappers often leave with some pretty heartfelt quotes on love and relationship.

That’s right, the same guys who are telling you women are [insert derogatory term from a lyric here] one minute sit down with Rolling Stone to share thoughts on feminism and much they love their wives the next. So what's the deal? Which is the real Akon? Rappers, you confuse us. We'll let you be the judge as we compare rappers’ lyrics to their quotes, yo.

Ice Cube

Lyric: Women they’re good for nothing no maybe one thing/to serve needs to my ding-a-ling – It’s a Man’s World

Quote: I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work. – BrainyQuote.com

Snoop Dogg

Lyric: Can you control your hoe?/(You got a bitch that won’t do what you say)/You can’t control your hoe?/(She hardheaded, she just won’t obey)/Can you control your hoe? (You’ve got to know what to do, and what to say) – Can You Control Yo Hoe

Quote: Women are in a position now to voice their opinion...women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn’t have a daughter, I didn’t understand. – BrainyQuote.com

Lil Wayne

Lyric: Yeah, beat that pussy up like Emmett Till – Karate Chop

Quote: I don't know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter, when or where or how. I feel like a woman’s supposed to be respected at all times.” – Essence Magazine

Kanye West

Lyric: To all my second string bitches, trying to get a baby/Trying to get a baby, now you talkin’ crazy – Blood on the Leaves

Quote: Oh, that’s just all for love. It’s simply that. At a certain point, or always, love is more important than any branding, or any set of cool people, or attempting to impress anyone. Because true love is just the way you feel. – W Magazine

DMX

Lyric: Shorty was da bomb brown skin honey with the dough/found out she was a lil’ ho but still yo – Shorty Was Da Bomb

Quote: The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease. – BrainyQuote.com

Ice T

Lyric: I was in a contest to rock the world/First prize was a virgin young girl/For four days I was up on the mic/All sucker MC's were on the bite/Bittin' my rhymes, stealin' my style/I rocked so hard, it wasn't true/I won the virgin girl, and her mama too – Sex

Quote: I wanted a partner. I wasn't in a position to be dating a beautiful psychopath. We started to talk and I found out she was just a really sweet girl. I applied the stereotype that everyone does to Coco – that she just wanted to party and have a good time. But she was just an honest and giving woman. She's the nicest person, man or woman, I've ever met. – The Daily Mail

Akon

Lyric: I see you winding and grinding up on that pole/I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know/I wanna f*#k you, you already know/I wanna f*#k you, you already know – I Wanna F*# You

Quote: (On relationships) “We need to learn how to communicate. If men would learn how to communicate, relationships would be a whole lot better.” – AskMen.com

Colby O’Donis

Lyric: And I like the way you take advantage of every man you love/I see, and I know your game girl/But I don't mind if you come and play with us, just don't talk too much – What You Got

Quote: I dreamt that I was the number one artist on the Billboard charts and I had a beautiful girlfriend there with me. – Seventeen Magazine

Drake

Lyric: Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up/When I get right I promise that we gone live it up/She make me beg for it, till she give it up/And I say the same thing every single time – Best I Ever Had

Quote: There’s just a time where it was like, just getting pussy. Where I was in that sort of ‘I’m young, I’m going to disconnect from my emotions and just do what everyone else tells me I should do and just be a rapper and have my fun.’ And for me as a person, it just doesn’t work. I just need something else. The seconds after a man reaches climax, that’s like the realest moment of your life. If I don’t want you next to me in that fifteen, twenty seconds, then there’s something wrong. - Quotelicious.com

Ray J

Lyric: Sexy can I, hit it from the front/then I hit it from the back/know you like it like that/then we take it to the bed, then we take it to the floor/then we chill for a second, then we're back at it for more - Sexy Can I

Quote: My mission is to let all women know you don’t have to be like Paris Hilton and shoot a sex tape and three weeks later you have a reality show. You don’t (have) to be like Kim and shoot a sex tape and do Playboy and become this so-called superstar from having a sex tape. Just focus on your talent, the positive things of life that you do. – whosdatedwho.com