‘You Hollywood.’ Nah, nigga, I’m Chicago.
So I cracked his head with a muthafuckin bottle.

- Common, “Raw (How You Like It),” The Dreamer, The Believer, 2011

Just because love is complex doesn’t mean it has complexion.

- Legit, “A Nigger in Northface,” Coloring Outside the Lines, 2011. Video.

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

- Rhymefest, “More,” Blue Collar, 2006