The line between playing to win and sin is thin,
But I walk it with grace and I talk it with taste.
I am that raw, simply put, and I rest my case.
But I walk it with grace and I talk it with taste.
I am that raw, simply put, and I rest my case.
- Cee-Lo, “One for the Road,” Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, 2002
I gave birth to most of them MC’s…
So when it comes around to the month of May,
Send me your royalty check for Mother’s Day.
So when it comes around to the month of May,
Send me your royalty check for Mother’s Day.
- Roxanne Shanté, “Have a Nice Day,” Bad Sister, 1989
What’s the remedy? Suckaz better get their own identity,
And to the enemy, you better roll like there’s ten of me.
And to the enemy, you better roll like there’s ten of me.
- A.G., “Next Level,” from Show and A.G.’s Goodfellas, 1995
I won’t say I’m the baddest, or portray that role,
But I’m in the top 2, and my father’s gettin’ old.
But I’m in the top 2, and my father’s gettin’ old.
- Big Daddy Kane, “Cause I Can Do It Right,” Taste of Chocolate, 1990
Flawless victory, y’all niggas can’t do shit to me:
Physically, lyrically, hypothetically, realistically.
Physically, lyrically, hypothetically, realistically.
- Big Pun, “Beware,” Capital Punishment, 1998
Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless,
Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!
Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!
- Ludacris, “Stand Up,” Chicken-N-Beer, 2003
Leave MC’s blind with amnesia;
Chop ‘em into salad, and my name ain’t Caesar.
Chop ‘em into salad, and my name ain’t Caesar.
- Black Thought, “@15,” from The Roots’ Rising Down, 2008
I get physical, mystical, very artistical…
Giving party people something funky to listen to.
Giving party people something funky to listen to.
- Big Daddy Kane, “Just Rhymin’ with Biz,” Long Live The Kane, 1988
Said she loved my necklace, started relaxin’.
Now that’s what the fuck I call a chain reaction!
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
When I die, bury me butt naked and face down in the grass
So I can fuck the world while y’all kiss my ass
So I can fuck the world while y’all kiss my ass
- Ras Kass, “Bentleys & Bitches,” from Beatminerz Brace 4 Impak, 2001
Now I’ve got the world swingin’ from my nuts
And damn it feels good to be a gangsta!
And damn it feels good to be a gangsta!
- Willie D., “Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangsta,” from Geto Boys’ Uncut Dope, 1999
