And I know “stealers” and they not from Pittsburgh…
- Cam’Ron, “357,” Confessions of Fire, 1998
Get your act together, do some carpentry with a Black & Decker,
And stop speedin like a Kawasaki…
- Prospect, “The Hidden Hand,” from Fat Joe’s Don Cartagena, 1998
Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs
So the police can bother me…
- 2Pac, “Changes,” Greatest Hits, 1998 (Rest in power, 2Pac. 1971 - 1996)
- Talib Kweli, “K.O.S.,” from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998
- Cappadonna, “MCF,” The Pillage, 1998
- Cee-Lo, “The Experience,” from Goodie Mob’s Still Standing, 1998
- Big Boi, “Aquemini,” from Outkast’s Aquemini, 1998
It’s when motherfuckers assume
That they ass can’t get popped at 12 o’clock in the afternoon.
- Billy Danze, “I Luv,” from M.O.P.’s First Family 4 Life, 1998
Of all the suckers with power.
And pour some back out,
So as to water the flowers.
This world is ours.
- Guru, “Robbin Hood Theory,” from Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth, 1998
Now that’s what the fuck I call a chain reaction!
- Jay-Z, “Money Ain’t a Thang,” from Jermaine Dupri’s Life in 1472, 1998
See, it could all change in one eye blink.
- De La Soul, “Trouble in the Water,” from DJ Honda’s HII, 1998
Smash you when you pass, then jack you for your fuckin’ Lex
- Big Pun, “Beware,” Capital Punishment, 1998
I’m trying to freeze time, that’s why I ice the face of my watch.
- AZ, “New Life,” Pieces of a Man, 1998
- Talib Kweli, “Definition,” Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998
I love takin niggas burners when they scared to draw.
I love plottin on my enemies, I love to attack.
I love beatin down niggas when they rhymes is wack!
- Freddie Foxxx, “I Luv”, from M.O.P.’s First Family 4 Life, 1998
