Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird.
And I know “stealers” and they not from Pittsburgh…

- Cam’Ron, “357,” Confessions of Fire, 1998

And to the shorties on the block, tryin’ to twist 40 tops,
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

It’s war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
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)

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

- Talib Kweli, “K.O.S.,” from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998

I stay dipped like the first day of school.

- Cappadonna, “MCF,” The Pillage, 1998

You don’t wanna hear the truth, so I’ma lie to you…make it sound fly to you.

- Cee-Lo, “The Experience,” from Goodie Mob’s Still Standing, 1998

We missed a lot of church, so the music is our confessional

- Big Boi, “Aquemini,” from Outkast’s Aquemini, 1998

Ayyyo, you know what I love (What’s that?)
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

Squeeze the juice out,
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

Said she loved my necklace, started relaxin’.
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

If you got time to give, I got time to think…
See, it could all change in one eye blink.

- De La Soul, “Trouble in the Water,” from DJ Honda’s HII, 1998

I’m the epitome of catchin’ wreck, catch you when you cash your check
Smash you when you pass, then jack you for your fuckin’ Lex

- Big Pun, “Beware,” Capital Punishment, 1998

The clock never stops, it’s all a race to the top,
I’m trying to freeze time, that’s why I ice the face of my watch.

- AZ, “New Life,” Pieces of a Man, 1998

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.

- Talib Kweli, “Definition,” Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998

I love beats that are hardcore, dirty and raw.
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