Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.
- Kendrick Lamar, “Growing Apart (To Get Closer),” Overly Dedicated, 2010
Just like the chick I had on my team, was everything on my wish list.
Spendin’ holidays, Valentine’s and Christmas.
Now I’m in the club looking at other broads, like:
“I gave up home-cooked meals for this shit?”
“I gave up all them back rubs for this bitch?”
The whole damn thing is bass ackwards…
- Phonte, “Too Late For Us,” Babygrande Presents Beat Down Vol 1, 2010
Gave crack to the poor.
And the government responds to it:
‘Just Say No.’
- Skipp Coon, “4.28.1967, Pt 2,” 2010 (via egotripland)
Don’t make a mistake, mistakin’ your blessings for a curse.
- Joe Budden, “Welcome to Real Life,” Mood Muzik 4: A Turn for the Worst, 2010
Equippin’ you with a permanent T-Pain vocal effect.
- Celph Titled, “Eraserheads,” Nineteen Ninety Now, 2010
And never acknowledge your children’s diminishing skills,
Or that they continue to fill all the prisons they build.
- Skipp Coon, “4.28.1967, Pt. 2,” Sophomore Slump Vol. 1: Independents Day EP, 2010
- MF Grimm, “Three Story Building,” from Copywrite’s The Life and Times of Peter Nelson, 2010
If they don’t know your dreams, they can’t shoot ‘em down.
- J. Cole, “Too Deep For The Intro,” Friday Night Lights, 2010
OJ For Mayor cause I’m killing this rap shit,
White Bronco flow, the glove and the mask fit…
- Danny!, “Get Down,” Where Is Danny?, 2010
Where the phonies run up on ya
Cause they want you to be just like them.
- Blu, “Vanity,” Her Favorite Colo(U)R, 2010
Tryina find the joy in our repetition.
Always complainin’ about the routine and the mundane.
But let me stop to remind y’all bout one thing:
Come hell or high water you can count on the sun
Always shinin’ in its untamed glory.
- Phonte, “Greater Than the Sun,” from Zo!’s SunStorm, 2010
So don’t get vexed when your life is stressed.
- Shad, “Rose Garden,” TSOL, 2010
Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it.
Hand-picked to live this life we take for granted,
Like a child with an upright bass, we can’t stand it.
- Blu, “The Day,” from The Roots’ How I Got Over, 2010
Thankful for the love that’s genuine…appreciate the blessin’.
- Busta Rhymes, “Superstar,” from Ghostface Killah’s Apollo Kids, 2010
She said when I dip, that I better be equipped
and keep my hand on her hips…
- Ludacris, “Be With You,” from David Banner & 9th Wonder’s Death of a Pop Star, 2010
