Basically self explanatory. Just post your favorite rap lines from your favorite rappers. I'll start. "And if you think I can't fuck with whoever, put your money up, put your jewels up, no fuck it, put your honey up/ put your raggedy house up nigga, or shut your mouth up/ before I buck lead and make a lot of blood shed, turn your tux red, I'm far from broke, got enough bread/ and mad hoes, ask Beavis, I get nothing but head." - Big L Another favorite of mine is "You can be quick, jump the candlestick, burn your back, and fuck Jill on a hill, but you still ain't Jack." - Eminem
"If you go platinum, its got nothing to do with luck, it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck" Immortal Tech "Or stick me in a cell on Guantanamo Bay, All because a nigga won't submit and obey, I'll be an outlaw before I ever behave and die a free man before I live like a slave" Killer Mike "Excuse me Brother, but can you spare a dime?? Naw, but if you want I can bust a funky rhyme" Masta Ace
Oh this could be a great thread. I was just listening to some N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton yesterday and re-heard this great gem from the song "Something Like That": [Dr. Dre] "Cause I'm a start showin' the time Never sayin' I'm the best, I'm just goin' for mine Unlike a lotta suckers who claim they're gettin' busy When their records only make good frisbees You need to quit runnin' off the mouth Stop and think before you put some whack bullshit out It's not difficult, in fact it's kinda simple To create something funky that's original You either talk about the place to be Who you are, what you got, or 'bout a sucka MC." I love it, Dre schools and shows how it's easy to rap: just talk about where you're at, who you are, what you have, or diss some other sucker. Ha.
Cool thread idea... this is more than just a line, but its definitely one of my favorite verses of all-time. it's Lauryn Hill's verse off of Manifest/Outro You see I loved hard once, but the love wasn't returned I found out the man I'd die for, he wasn't even concerned And time it turned, He tried to burn me like a perm Though my eyes saw the deception, My heart wouldn't let me learn From um, some, dumb woman, was I, And everytime he'd lie, he would cry and inside I'd die. My heart must have died a thousand deaths Compared myself to Toni Braxton thought I'd never catch my breath Nothing left, he stole the heart beating from my chest I tried to call the cops, that type of thief you can't arrest Pain suppressed, will lead to cardiac arrest Diamonds deserve diamonds, but he convinced me I was worth less when my peoples would protest, I told them mind their business, cause my s*** was complex More than just the sex I was blessed, but couldn't feel it like when I was caressed I'd spend nights clutching my breasts overwhelmed by God's test I was God's best contemplating death with a Gillette But no man is ever worth the paradise MANIFEST
Dr. Dre has no doubt dropped some classics. All of NWA has. Sad we couldn't get that reunion before Eazy passed
The shitty thing about Dr.Dre, though, is that the vast majority of his raps were written by someone else. Obviously still one of the best producers of all time though. I was sort of a porter takin the next mans order. Breakin my back for a shack for headquarters? All my manpower for four bucks an hour. Took the time, I wrote rhymes in the shower -Kool G Rap
Dre has never written his own lyrics...Dre aint shit by fav lines, wow i have so many i could fill up pages.... "I gave Bruce Wayne a Valium told him slow his fuckin' ass down i'm ready for "combat man"...get it? Calm Batman" - Eminem "Delivery like where Arabs live...Intense (in tents)" - Chino XL "I'll leave you in the middle of nowhere like the letter H" or "honest bitch i got a dick a giraffe couldn't deep throat" - Copywrite "I thought that all I had to do was pull the pin (pen) out and blow the fuck up, didnt know they was squeezing my grenade" - Royce 59 "Thats right im Vicodin writin' with a klonopin" - Royce 59 “I wanted an album so rugged nobody could touch it, spent a million a track, went over my budget, now how in the fuck am I supposed to get out of debt, I can't rap anymore, I just murdered the alphabet.†- Eminem "Life ills, poison my body, I used to say 'fuck mic skills'... I never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti... That's right it's wicked, that's life I live it... Ain't asking for forgiveness for my sins, ends" - Jay z "Say "hooray" to the bad guy, and all the broads... Putting cars in their name, for the stars of the game... Putting 'caine in their bras and their tomorrows on the train... ...All in the Name of Love... Just to see that love locked in chains and the family came... Over the house to take back everything they claimed... Or even the worse pain is the distress... Learning you're the mistress only after that love gets slain... And the anger and the sorrow mixed up leads to mistrust... Now it gets tough to ever love again..." - Jay Z “I'd rather die enormous than live dormant, that's how we on it†- Jay Z "I switched my motto. Instead of sayin' “fuck tomorrowâ€, that buck that bought a bottle should have struck the lotto." - Nas "If you pillow talkin' with the women that are screwin' ya, just know she gonna tell another nigga when she through with ya" - Drake (such a true line) "Take this chloroform and pour it on some fresh linen Gag you have your head spinning, tied up like the tenth inning Bread winnin' I sex women, slap the chaperone Take her in the back to bone and tape it on my camera-phone" - Diabolic "I used to make mines, flip across statelines. but now i'm tryin' to make minds flip when i state lines..." - Created 619 i'll be back to this thread most likely with so many more
I ain't a thug, how much Tupac in you, you got I ain't no bitch neither. It's either my life or your life, And I ain't leaving, I like breathing. Nigga we can go round for round, Clip for clip, shit, fo'-pound for pound. Nigga if you really want to take it there we can, Just remember that you fucking with a family man. I got a lot more to lose than you, remember that, When you wanna come and fill these shoes. (The watcher)
You better dream, boy Yeah, I stunt, but I'm a li'l more realer When it come from the heart, don't it feel mo' iller? Watch my flow go bananas, I'm a li'l gorilla So pardon me, man, y'all gon' have to pardon me They say I rep that 'Ville too much, but that shit just a part of me It's flowin' out through my arteries, who hard as me? You JV, I'm varsity No field trip, ain't hard to see, this real shit, you R&B Seen a movie wit' yo' bitch in it, and listen it, was starrin' me (Woo!)......... Maybe over your head, I'm ahead of my time Niggas scared of my future, I know they dreadin' my prime 'Cause I only made classics, now what that take? Timing Cole under pressure, what that make? Diamonds -J Cole. It sounds much better when you listen to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZKUDXAAiE Every night I talk to god, but he don't say nothing back I know he protecting me, but I still stay with my gat In my nightmares, niggas keep pulling techs on me Psychic says some bitch done put a hex on me The feds didn't know much, when Pac got shot I got a kite from the pens that told me, Tut got knocked I ain't gonna spell it out for you motherfuckers all the time Are you illiterate nigga? You can't read between the lines In the bible it says, what goes around, comes around "Hommo" shot me, three weeks later he got shot down Now it's clear that I'm here, for a real reason Cause he got hit like I got hit, but he ain't fucking breathing -50 Cent. Still remember getting the goosebumps when I first listened to it.
I could probably post pages of my favorite lines. There are all kinds of dope hip hop lines, from crazy imagery to ridiculous wordplay. When done right its a hell of an art ill post a piece of a verse that blew my mind recently She popped that molly, rocked my body, I fly high and my co-pilot Psilocybin, got me slidin, slipping into another dimension Me and this woman made love in Kemet Traveled to the moon came back when we were finished Fell to the earth, lost each other, died and we came back sister and brother In that lifetime we couldn't have each other So we killed ourselves and it killed our mother True romance, in one lap dance I was in my future, my present and past
You like to mistake a street nigga for real nigga That same nigga that kill with ya, will squeal with ya I'd like to start it out from the bottom and build with ya Be on my last dollar and split the bill with ya I'm 23 with morals and plans of living cordial Not rich, but wealthy There's nothing you can tell me My killings are not remorseful The city got my back, and for that, I give them my torso You think about it, and don't call me lyrical Cause really I'm just a nigga that's evil and spiritual I know some rappers using big words to make their similes curve My simplest shit be more pivotal I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals Worry some individuals that live life critical So won't you bear witness while I bare feet So you can walk in my shoes and get to know me Poe Man Dreams - Kendrick Lamar
"I take 7 MC's put 'em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme Well, it'll take 7 more before I go for mine Now that's 21 MC's ate up at the same time" -Rakim "I take 7 kids from Columbine, stand em all in line Add an Ak-47, a revolver, a nine, A mack 11 and it oughta solve the problem of mine Now that's a whole school of bullies shot up all at one time." - Eminem "You beef with me I'ma even the score equally, take you on Jerry Springer, and beat your ass legally." - Eminem "I walked into a gun fight with a knife to kill you, and cut you so fast when your blood spilled it was still blue." - Eminem "I'll make you smile for the simple fact I'm good at it, I'll make you smile just so I can sit and look at it." - Slug "Me and you Ty we gonna make some cash, robbing old folks, and making a dash" - Slick Rick
"cut my way out the womb home made c section" "man you fucked up" "what would give you that impression"- aotp
"I rose from the bush like Valentine's petals from an unstable family of Alkali metals Hittin' primetime like Channel 5 specials and I never handled rock like Palestine rebels" Too many favorites to list
"You know I flow butter, gave Steve Austin the Stone Cold Stunner, Then I took my shovel out and I buried the Undertaker, dropped the scissors and attacked Rock with paper." - Chris Webby