Alright I might…
Have had a little glare when I stared at ya ho.
But I didn’t know she was like that,
She stared right back!
Casual, “I Didn’t Mean To,” Fear Itself, 1994
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The place I’m from, Santa don’t leave gifts.
In my house, Santa only shoplifts.
Holidays in the hood ain’t no motherfuckin joke,
When people all around you is starving and broke.
Cause if you black and poor, it’s hell;
You only hear gunshots, you never hear bells.
So if you got a way out, then go
Cause it ain’t no fun with Christmas in the ghetto.TRU, “Christmas In Da Ghetto,” West Coast Bad Boyz: High of Xmas, 1992 -
Now on the first day of Christmas, my homeboy gave to me
A sack of the krazy glue and told me to smoke it up slowly.
Now on the second day of Christmas, my homeboy gave to me
A fifth of Hendog and told me to take my mind off that weed.
Now by the third day of Christmas, my big homeboy gave to me
A whole lot of everything, and it wasn’t nuthin’ but game to me.Snoop Dogg, “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto,” from Christmas on Death Row, 1996 -
I’m hooked on gin and tonics like your mama’s Hooked on Phonics.
Tash, “Make Room,” from Tha Alkaholiks’ 21 & Over, 1993 -
They say sleep is the cousin of death, guess we related…
Cause I’m the most slept on, and the most hated.The Game, “Sleep When I’m Gone,” from DJ Khaled’s We the Best Forever, 2011 -
If sleep is the cousin of death, then death is the cousin of sadness;
Murder’s the cousin of madness, love is the cousin of that bitch.Ill Bill, “Secrets Worth Dying For,” from DJ Muggs & Ill Bill’s Kill Devil Hills, 2010 -
Crews talk shit, but in my face they kiss my ass.
A-Plus, “93 Til Infinity,” from Souls of Mischief’s 93 Til Infinity, 1993 -
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 -
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