And what’s mines is mines and yours is mine!
- Sticky Fingaz, “Throw Ya Gunz,” from Onyx’s Bacdafucup, 1993
- Kool Moe Dee, “Self-Destruction,” from Stop the Violence All-Stars’ Self Destruction, 1989
We either niggaz or kings,
We either bitches or queens.
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse,
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts.
- Mos Def, “Thieves in the Night,” from Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star, 1998
- Akinyele, “The Robbery Song,” Put It in Your Mouth EP, 1996
- Chino XL, “B-Boy Gangsta,” Poison Pen, 2006
Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell.
People look at you like you’s the user,
Selling drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser.
But they don’t know about the stress-filled day…
Baby on the way, mad bills to pay,
That’s why you drink Tanqueray,
So you can reminisce and wish
You wasn’t living so devilish, shit.
- Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle,” Ready to Die, 1994
So I’mma say a prayer for you dudes,
Hope you motherfuckers get well soon.
- Lil Fame, “Hard NIggaz,” from M.O.P.’s Sparta, 2011
He’s smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.
- LL Cool J, “Mr. Goodbar,” Mama Said Knock You Out, 1990
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“Funk drums allow me to spark you with rhymes/The mic’s my instrument…my skills are infinite, catch a hint from it/Cause it’s tha Large Professor.”– Extra P, “Large Professor” from Main Source’s Breaking Atoms, 1991
And gaze into your mind and watch the wisdom unfold…
- Beanie Sigel, “Hypnotic,” from Memphis Bleek’s M.A.D.E., 2003
Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run,
Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly…
So, I’mma spread my wings, you can meet me in the sky.
- Jay-Z, “My President is Black (Remix)” from Young Jeezy’s The Recession, 2008
I was humpin’ around and jumpin’ around!
- Notorious B.I.G., “Dead Wrong,” Born Again, 1999
Fuck a job, nigga, that conversation just bores me.
- Obie Trice, “Growing Up in the Hood,” Bottoms Up, 2012
And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype.
But that’s like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike,
Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin’ Roy to a fight.
- LL Cool J, “4,3,2,1,” Phenomenon, 1997
- Big Daddy Kane, “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’,” Long Live the Kane, 1988
