We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes,
Some of them come as friends; some of them come as Jakes.

- Q-Tip, “Ill Vibe,” from Busta Rhymes’ The Coming, 1996

I get attention like a Lexus, girls wanna sex this
Play rappers like Tetris…eat em like breakfast.

- Lord Finesse, “Flip Da Style,” The Awakening, 1996

I sit and think with a drink about how I’m gonna win…

- Common, “The Bizness”, from De La Soul’s Stakes is High, 1996

“I’m on a different plane like Hervé Villechaize

– Chino XL, “No Complex,” Here to Save You All, 1996

I circumnavigate the globe with a one-liner like latitude.

- Ras Kass, “Riiiot!” from Chino XL’s Here to Save You All, 1996

We’re movin’ on up in the world like elevators…

- Outkast, “Elevators (Me & You),” from ATLiens, 1996