And all I wanted was somebody to listen to my demo.
- Erick Sermon, “Please Listen to My Demo,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
- Kool Moe Dee, “Self-Destruction,” from Stop the Violence All-Stars’ Self Destruction, 1989
- Beastie Boys, “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun,” Paul’s Boutique, 1989
Cause History meant nothing to me
Except a definite nap.
That’s why I always sat in the back.
- Mike G., “Acknowledge Your Own History,” from Jungle Brothers’ Done by the Forces of Nature, 1989
‘Cause black and white kids both take shorts
When one doesn’t know about the other one’s culture,
Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.
- KRS-One, “You Must Learn,” from Boogie Down Production’s Ghetto Music – The Blueprint of Hip-Hop, 1989
Cause if you hung with nine broke friends, you’re bound to be the tenth one.
- Parrish Smith, “It Wasn’t Me, It Was the Fame,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
But you take em to the movies to watch Schwarzenegger!
- Bushwick Bill, “Talkin’ Loud Ain’t Saying Nothin’,” Grip It – On That Other Level, 1989
I get paid to rock the nation.
I go to work.
- Kool Moe Dee, “I Go To Work,” Knowledge is King, 1989
Just imagine if you blinked…a million times.
Damn, I’d be paid…I got it made.
- Special Ed, “I Got It Made,” Youngest In Charge, 1989
- Eazy-E, “The Grande Finale”, from The D.O.C.’s No One Can Do It Better, 1989
