I’m from Jerz, the home of: “I could’ve swore I parked my car right here!

- Chino XL, “B-Boy Gangsta,” Poison Pen, 2006

It’s kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle,
Doin things that probably get you in trouble.

- Busta Rhymes, “Been Through the Storm,” The Big Bang, 2006

Your white tee, well to me, looks like a nightgown;
Make your mama proud, take that thing two sizes down.

- Andre 3000, “Walk It Out (Remix)”, from Unk’s Beat’n Down Yo Block!, 2006

My karma’s the comma that puts you inside of a coma,
Hyphen, dot, dot, semi-colon, leave you semi-swollen.
Question mark, you pregnant?
Oh you’re not? I love you, period.

- Chino XL, “Wordsmith,” Poison Pen, 2006

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention,
That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention?

- Busta Rhymes, “I’ll Do It All,” Big Bang, 2006

Don’t ask for a cig’ – I’m so self-centered, I won’t even share this cancer.

- Joe Budden, “40 Licks,” Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse?, 2006

The truth is easier when you leavin’ it out.
Like when you “5 minutes away” but you’re just leavin your house?

- Wordsworth, “Liar, Liar,” from The Juggaknots’ Use Your Confusion, 2006

I’m from back then, bro, when the phrase was “fresh.”
…When Michael Jackson’s nose looked like KRS.

- Breeze Brewin, “30 Something,” from The Juggaknots’ Use Your Confusion, 2006

You ain’t a gangsta, you a bitch with a beat.

- Rhymefest, “More,” Blue Collar, 2006

A thug changes, and love changes,
and best friends become strangers.

- Nas, “The Message,” It Was Written, 1996