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- “I start to think, and then I sink. Into the paper like I was ink. When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between the lines. I escape when I finish the rhyme.” Rakim – ‘I Know You Got Soul’
- “Brain cells are lit. Ideas start to hit. Next the formation of words that fit. At the table I sit, making it legit. And when my pen hits the paper.” Big Daddy Kane – ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’‘
- “If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?” Kendrick Lamar – ‘Poetic Justice’
- “If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be. Lyrically, Talib Kweli. Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense. But I did 5 mill’ – I ain’t been rhyming like Common since.”
- Nas - "N.Y. State of Mind" "I never sleep ’cause sleep is the cousin of death" To be fair, Nas wasn't the originator of this idea. Sleep as Death's brother dates back to Homer's Iliad, but Nas recontextualized the idea in such a menacing, streetwise manner, it has become a mainstay in the hip-hop canon.
- Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul" "I start to think, and then I sink / Into the paper like I was ink / When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines / I escape when I finish the rhyme."
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Message" "Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head / It's like a jungle.
- 2Pac - "Dear Mama" "And even as a crack fiend, mama / You always was a black queen, mama." When "Dear Mama" was inducted into the Library of Congress, Tupac's mother reacted by saying this: "It is a song that spoke not just to me, but every mother that has been in that situation, and there have been millions of us.
Oct 14, 2013 · Rap God Lyrics: "Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings" / "But I'm only going to get this one chance" (Six minutes—, six minutes—) / "Something's wrong, I can feel it ...
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Mar 22, 2024 · [Intro: Future] Gotta fire my joint up on this bitch. Young Metro, young Metro, young Metro, three times. Yeah. [Verse 1: Future] Stickin' to the code, all these hoes for the streets. I put it in...
Jun 26, 2014 · Three hip-hop tastemakers share their favorite lyrics of all time from Grandmaster Flash to Kendrick Lamar. See the list and read the rhymes that made them stand out in the culture.
Aug 28, 2023 · Explore the playlist of 35 lyrical rap songs that showcase the best wordplay, storytelling, and rhyme schemes in hip hop. From Eminem to Logic, from Drake to Lil Wayne, discover the lyrical masters of rap history.
