Tone Def Quotes in Fear of a Black Hat (1993)

Nina Blackburn: What, if any, is the difference between a ho and a bitch?

Tone Def: A ho fucks EVERYBODY.

Ice Cold: Right, but a bitch fucks everybody BUT YOU.

Tone Def: The black man was the first sensitive man, long before Alan Alda.

Nina Blackburn: So, guys, what's the deal with the hats?

Ice Cold: That's what NWH is all about. We got a whole hat philosophy, you know what I'm saying? I mean, see, back in the days when there was slaves and stuff, they would work in the hot sun all day, you know, with the sun beating down them. Hatless. I mean, not even a babushka.

Tone Def: Word. Heads totally exposed to the sun.

Ice Cold: You know, so by the time they got back to the plantation from being in all the heat, they was too tired to rebel against their masters, right? So what we saying with Niggaz With Hats is, "Yo, we got some hats now, muh-fuckers."

Tasty Taste: And we ain't too tired to bust a cap in yo ass.

Nina Blackburn: So, what's the deal with the hats?

Ice Cold: Shit, the hats're what NWH is all about. See, back in the day when there were slaves and stuff, we was forced to work in the hot sun all day, hatless. I mean, not even a babushka.

Tone Def: Word. Heads totally exposed to the sun.

Ice Cold: So when the slaves got back from the fields, they was too tired to revolt against they masters. So what we're sayin' now is: Yo, we got some hats now, muh-fuckas.

Tasty Taste: And we ain't too tired to bust a cap in yo' ass.

Nina Blackburn: So where are you guys from? Compton? The sewer?

Tone Def: Nah, that shit is for punks.

Ice Cold: Yeah, we don't like to say where we from.

Nina Blackburn: I thought all rappers like telling people where they're from.

Tone Def: That's like a muh-fucka saying he got a big dick and can fuck for hours.

Tone Def: I need one of y'all to stick that bedpan underneath my ass.

Tasty Taste: It ain't THAT type of party.

Tone Def: Yeah. Because when you take the bus... you GET there.

Geoffrey Lennox: [pauses] THAT'S deep.

Ice Cold: Wait, you mean you actually understand what he's saying?

Geoffrey Lennox: Oh, yeah.