Tag: battle

  • He’s fallin’ apart, but we deny it,
    Justifying that half-ass shit he dropped, we always buy it.
    When he tell us he a genius, but it’s clearer lately
    It’s been hard for him to look into the mirror lately.
    There was a time when this nigga was my hero, maybe,
    That’s the reason why his fall from grace is hard to take.
    ‘Cause I believed him when he said his shit was purer and he
    The type of nigga swear he real, but all around him’s fake:
    The women, the dickriders, you know, the yes men,
    Nobody with the balls to say somethin’ to contest him.
    So he grows out of control,
    Into the person that he truly was all along, it’s startin’ to show.
    Damn, wonder what happened?
    Maybe it’s my fault for idolizing niggas
    Based off the words they be rappin’.

    J. Cole, “False Prophets,” Dreamville, 2016

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  • Whatcha gonna do to this?
    You may be older than me, but you’re new to this.
    Cause I been out there, queen of MC’s,
    When your man was walkin’ round in mocknecks and Lee’s.
    While you were over here perpetratin’ a fraud,
    I was overseas on the charts with Boy George.
    You’re the beginner, Shante’s the winner,
    Havin’ other competition for dinner.
    Sit you on the table with a plate and cup,
    Say grace…and then eat your ass up.

    Roxanne Shanté, “Go On Girl,” from Colors Soundtrack, 1988
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  • …The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th.
    God bless his soul, rest in peace, kid.
    It’s because of him now at least I know what beef is.

    Canibus, “Second Round K.O.,” Can-I-Bus, 1998. RIP Christopher George Latore Wallace, best known as The Notorious B.I.G., born May 21, 1972, died March 9, 1997 at the age of 24.
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