Flip the flyer attire females desire,
Baby you can step to this if you admire
The extraordinary dapper rapper…
Keep tabs on your main squeeze before I tap her.
Opio, “93 Til Infinity,” from Souls of Mischief’s 93 Til Infinity, 1993
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Life’s not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman…
You only call her a bitch because she won’t let you get that pussy.
Maybe she didn’t feel y’all shared any similar interests,
Or maybe you’re just an asshole who couldn’t sweet talk the princess.Aesop Rock, “Daylight,” Daylight EP, 2002 -
Time flies, dreams die, people lose faith,
Tryna hide behind a lie with a straight face.Xzibit, “Legends Never Die,” from Serial Killers Vol 1., 2013 -
Make a radio hit: heads criticize it.
Underground classic? Nobody buys it.
So, rap is fucked…
And everything blowing up sounds redundant,
But money talks and bullshit does 9 flat in the 100.Ras Kass, “Reelishymn,” Soul On Ice, 1996 -
How you know where I’m at when you haven’t been where I’ve been?
Understand where I’m coming from?B-Real, “How I Could Just Kill A Man,” from Cypress Hill’s Cypress Hill, 1991 -
Nothing’s been the same since they dropped ‘Control’
And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.
Ha-ha! Joke’s on you, high-five, I’m bulletproof,
Your shit’ll never penetrate.
Pin the tail on the donkey, boy you been a fake.Kendrick Lamar, BET Cypher, 2013. -
Every time I write these words they become a taboo,
Making sure my punctuation curve, every letter here’s true,
Living my life in the margin, and that metaphor was proof.Kendrick Lamar, “Poetic Justice,” good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012 -
He rolls down his window and he started to say:
‘It’s all about making that GTA.’Eazy-E, “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” from N.W.A.’s N.W.A. & The Posse, 1987. Rockstar Games’ GTAV is out today, order your copy. -
We live in a society created by an empire
That’s based on terror…welcome to the One World Era,
A complete interruption to your lil’ paltry-ass life,
That you thought you was livin, and what you been given.Coolio, “The Park, from Slam The Soundtrack, 1998 -
What is competition? I’m tryna raise the bar high,
Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive
Out the exit window of 5 G5’s with 5 grand
With your granddad as the pilot he drunk as fuck tryna land
With the hand full of arthritis and popping prosthetic leg
Bumpin Pac in the cockpit so the shit that pops in his head
Is an option of violence, someone heard the stewardess said
That your parachute is a latex condom hooked to a thread.Kendrick Lamar, “Control,” from Big Sean’s Hall of Fame, 2013 -
I’ve seen niggas transform like villain Decepticons,
Mollies’ll prolly turn these niggas to fuckin’ Lindsay Lohan.
A bunch of rich ass white girls lookin’ for parties,
Playin with Barbies, wreck the Porsche before you give ‘em the car key.Kendrick Lamar, “Control,” from Big Sean’s Hall of Fame, 2013 -
Bummy nigga famous, straight from the bottom,
Broke niggas hate it, still never robbed ‘em.
Guns in the basement, out they have a problem,
Kush be my fragrance, we love marijuana.ScHoolboy Q, “Collard Greens,” Oxymoron, 2013 -
I circumnavigate the globe with a one-liner like latitude.
Ras Kass, “Riiiot!” from Chino XL’s Here to Save You All, 1996 -
To all the seeds that follow me,
Protect your essence.
Born with less, but you still precious,
Just smile for me now.2Pac, “Smile,” from Scarface’s The Untouchable, 1997 -
Her dreams hold Versace,
She fall for Armani…
Only deal with rich niggas,
Fuck you and Mitt Romney.Kendrick Lamar, “Memories Back Then,” Grand Hustle Presents: Hustle Gang, 2013 -
I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes…
Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons.Dr. Dre, “California Love,” from 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me, 1996 -
Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake ‘em.
I ain’t got none, but I’m planning on growing some.
Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb…
Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones.E-40, “Tell Me When to Go,” My Ghetto Report Card, 2006 -
We made plans, but we’ll never be able to fulfill ‘em.
This is shit we put together since we was little…
Every time we had dreams, you found a way you could kill ’em.Kurupt, “Keep it Moving,” from Hi-Tek’s Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip, 2006 -
Payback’s a bitch, that’s why I never borrow;
And if push comes to shove, I’d do a stickup tomorrow.Daddy-O, “Inner City Boundaries,” from Freestyle Fellowship’s Innercity Griots, 1993 -
I’m down for you, so ride with me.
My enemies your enemies,
Cause you ain’t ever had a friend like me.2Pac, “Never Had a Friend Like Me,” from Gridlock’d Soundtrack, 1997 -
I ain’t goin out like a spineless jellyfish.
Some say life is a bitch…
Ask that punk who dug his own ditch.B-Real, “Hand on the Pump,” Cypress Hill’s Cypress Hill, 1991 -
How you picture tomorrow with the wrong frame of mind?
How you picture love, if you were blind?Blu, “My Hoe,” from Statik Selektah’s Extended Play, 2013 -
Woke up quick, at about noon.
Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon.
I gotta get drunk before the day begins,
Before my mother starts bitchin bout my friends.Eazy-E, “Boyz-N-The-Hood (remix),” Eazy Duz It, 1988 -
All right, stop whatcha doin, cause I’m about to ruin
The image and the style that you’re used to.Shock G. aka Humpty Hump, “The Humpty Dance,” from Digital Underground’s Sex Packets, 1990 -
I can drink a whole Hennessy fifth.
Some call that a problem, but I call it a gift.Xzibit, “Get Your Walk On,” Restless, 2000 -
Whether chocolate or vanilla, or you’re somewhere in between,
A cappuccino mocha or a caramel queen,
Rejected by the black, not accepted by the white world,
And this is dedicated to them dark-skinned white girls.Murs, “D.S.W.G.,” Murray’s Revenge, 2005 -
You keepin it real, but ain’t got a clue what reality really be;
See, the diameter of your knowledge is the circumference of your activity.Ras Kass, “Soul On Ice (Remix),” Soul On Ice, 1996 -
I don’t know what’s better: getting laid or getting paid.
I just know when I’m getting one, the other’s getting away.Kanye West, “This Way,” from Dilated Peoples’ Neighborhood Watch, 2004 -
You know it ain’t no stoppin’
All the doggs I’m droppin’
It’s Friday night, so everything is poppin.Ice Cube, “Friday,” from the soundtrack to Friday, 1995 -
You know them days you just got the blues,
All stressed and depressed from just watchin’ the news?
No matter what good you do, it seems you always get screwed.
Got you caught up in your feelings, now you off in the mood.
Shake that attitude and do what you can,
Set a couple goals, follow through with your plans.
Time waits for no man and tomorrow’s not promised,
So if she’s still alive, shoot a call to your mama.
Cause the fighting and the drama, it’s just not worth it,
Nobody’s perfect, ain’t none of us worthless.
We all got a place, and we all got a purpose.Murs, “Yesterday & Today,” Murray’s Revenge, 2006 -
I live this life at a pace that anyone can go.
Know your place, and dedicate your role
…To the faith that you’ll die aloneKendrick Lamar, “See No Evil,” from Game’s Jesus Piece, 2012 -
Back as kids we used to kiss when we played truth or dare,
Now she’s more sophisticated, highly edu-ma-cated
Not at all over-rated…I think I need a prayer
To get in her boots, and it looks rather dry,
I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye.
Although she’s crazy steppin’, I’ll try to stop her stride,
‘Cause I won’t have no more of this passin’ me by.Slim Kid Tre, “Passin Me By,” from The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, 1992 -
Picture yourself crushin’ Xzibit with your tough talk?
That’s like Christopher Reeve doing the crip walk.Xzibit, “3 Card Molly,” 40 Days and 40 Nightz, 1998