…Had dreams of fancy cars and limos,
And all I wanted was somebody to listen to my demo.
And all I wanted was somebody to listen to my demo.
- Erick Sermon, “Please Listen to My Demo,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
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
You would rather have a Lexus, or justice?
A dream, or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
A dream, or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
- stic.man, “Hip-Hop,” from Dead Prez’ Let’s Get Free, 2000
The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb,
We’re rollin’ Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some.
Every time we do the sucka MC’s wanna battle,
I’m the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle…
We’re rollin’ Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some.
Every time we do the sucka MC’s wanna battle,
I’m the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle…
- Sir Mix-a-Lot, “My Posse’s on Broadway,” SWASS, 1988
I get attention like a Lexus, girls wanna sex this
Play rappers like Tetris…eat em like breakfast.
Play rappers like Tetris…eat em like breakfast.
- Lord Finesse, “Flip Da Style,” The Awakening, 1996
Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive.
So the day some niggaz come for you, I’m really not surprised.
So the day some niggaz come for you, I’m really not surprised.
- Xzibit, “Three Card Molly,” 40 Days & 40 Nightz, 1999
