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i've been inspired by the illest lines/quotes thread, well lets see em.


Back to my brain like my brain is a home
While I roll with the fame I still aim at the throne
All my peers all sleep and I'm the only one not weak
Or am I unconscious dreaming I'm making a speech
Is this reality or my memory getting milage
Am I staring at the sun or blood vessels in my eyelids
Do I make music or is music making me
Is this really all death or just my awakening

Cage- Among the Sleep

Not strong
Only aggressive
Not free
We only licensed
Not compassioniate, only polite
Now who the nicest?
Not good but well behaved
Chasin after death
so we can call ourselves brave?
Still livin like mental slaves
Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
Hidin like thieves in the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin you look twice

Talibe Kweli and Mos Def- Thieves in the Night


From graffiti in New York, on the walls and trains
DJ's in California, to the shores of Maine
B-Boys on the floor, who be doing they thang
To MC's, behind ropes, who had titles to claim

Gza- General Principles


She like music, got me heavily booted
when I'm out with her feelings be mixin'
chemical elixirs, caught her like a sickness
and can't get rid of it, these sexual addictions

tangle witted in my opposite sex friendships
with too many emotions, got me bent up
and it's real ill when something going on
but nothings being said trying to figure it out
wrapped all in your head just spit it out and I'll
truly understand what the problem is
'cause you got me twisted tryin' to stress birds
kickin' that f word
****in around, flirtin' and stressin' my nerves

Cannibal Ox- The F-Word

all the head splitting tears, cement breaking
weeping for these people walking in their sleep
My talk is not as cheap
And my thoughts are not as deep
As the day I woke up to discover I lost my sheep

Atmosphere- Tears for the Sheep

nice choices

off the top of my head

"All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day,
put the pieces back together my way.
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day,
put the pieces back together my way.
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day,
put the pieces back together my way.
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day,
put the pieces back together my way."

-Aesop Rock (Daylight)

"Forgetting the things you want
Versus getting the things that you need
And tell me how bad do you want it
And tell me how much of it's greed"
-Haiku D'Etat (Wants vs Needs)

"When a mother****er steps out his place
And gets slapped in his mother****in face
Just because the mother****er tried to base
The G.O.D., the G.O.D.
And while I see his whole click passes by
Mother****ers think they qualify
And for those niggaz want to try
The G.O.D., the G.O.D."
- Gza (Swordsman)

I was just about to post that chorus in 'Swordsman' i love that shit.

''I ain't gotta tell you, what's already said,
My team's starvin', you've already fed,
The pain's nuthin, I've already bled,
You can't kill me, I'm already dead.''
> Reef the Lost Cauze - Already Dead

''Some things change some things stay the same,
(Feelings, desires, beliefs, opinions)
Some things change some things stay the same,
(Rules, laws, control, positions)
Some things change some things stay the same,
(Fame, fortune, fashions, trends)
Some things change some things stay the same,
(People, problems, relations, friends)''
> One Be Lo - Deceptacons

''Look in the mirror, gaze at a fool,
Cash in your cheques, go back to school,
You wanna be up on what's hip and what rules?
Then talk about nuthin cos nuthin is cool,
It ain't about money, forget about the jewels
Get a real job, drop outta school,
You wanna be up on what's fresh and what rules?
Then talk about nuthin cos nuthin is cool.''
> mc & Birda - Nothing Is Cool

''We live...where ya close friends die
And they say that a man ain't supposed to cry,
We live...amongst the stress and trouble,
And we know that the beast don't love you,
We live...next door to rats and gats,
And cats in the back selling crack,
We live...where there is no God in the sky,
But we live cos we can't die.''
> C-Rayz Walz - We Live

''Arrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!''
> Edan - Torture Chamber

some days, some nights
some live, some die
in the way of the samurai
some fight, some bleed
sun up to sun down
the sons of a battle cry

Shing02- Battlecry

its stress in these days of iceness
life is too short and priceless
pop your corks in the middle of a crisis
celebrate life till you lifeless
and may your soul go where Christ is

Vakill- American Gothic

When you see me in the street
with 2 left feet and one eye closed
(its No Doze!!!)
Probabaly Statering with a bunch of my punks and diggin with drums
(No Doze!!!)
They say death is cousin of sleep, so im ready to go
(No Doze!!!!!)

Vast Aire- Fallen Awake

Yo Chris I think they think you know too much
Yeah Sis I think you put coke up your nose too much
They cut my hands off so I couldn't hold too much
They try to kill me through my dick with these hoes too much
You stack dough too much
You smack hoes too much
Well you can blame it on the mint leaves I roll too much
They cut my hands off so I couldn't hold too much
Don't stand off, bullet holes show too much

Cage- Too Much

(I love it when you call me Big Pop-pa)
Throw your hands in the air, if youse a true player
(I love it when you call me Big Pop-pa)
To the honies gettin money playin niggaz like dummies
(I love it when you call me Big Pop-pa)
If you got a gun up in your waist please don't shoot up the
place
Cause I see some ladies tonight who should be havin my baby
Bay-bee

Biggie Smalls - Big Poppa

Bomfunk MC- Freestyler------it sounds hot when you hear it but it looks bad

Yeah - straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
Yeah - straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
Yeah - straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
Yeah - straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
(Scratch - hit me)

Aceyalone- Moonlit Skies

There's moonlit skies in the middle of the night
It's so surreal but it don't seem right
Look into the light with all your might and sprite
Take it to new heights, you're ready for the fight

Every Rage Against the Machine Chorus.
Example:
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say how high
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say how high

-Bullet in the Head

It's funny how life can go
First you ride high then you might lay low
Don't get high off your own supply
Someone said first before a fall comes pride
This is my message to the world
Just tryin to reach every boy and girl
Not tryin to say if it's right or wrong
This is not a love song

K-os - Love Song

It goes stop, don't make a move, just freeze
Instead of tellin' a lie, get down on your knees
Please, give up the mic to MC's
Masters of the ceremony, is what we be
It goes stop, don't make a move, just freeze
Instead of tellin' a lie, get down on your knees
Please, give up the mic to MC's
Masters of the ceremony, is what we be.

K-os- Freeze

"The poor get worked, the rich get richer
The world gets worse, do you get the picture?
The poor gets dead, the rich get depressed
The ugly get mad, the pretty get stressed
The ugly get violent, the pretty get gone
The old get stiff, the young get stepped on
Whoever told you that it was all good lied
So throw your fists up if you not satisfied"

J-Live - Satisfied

"1 2 3
That's the speed of the seed
A B C
That's the speed of the need
You can dream a little dream
Or you can live a little dream
I'd rather live it
Cuz dreamers always chase
But never get it"

Aesop Rock - No Regrets

"Now we the American working population
Hate the fact that eight hours a day
Is wasted on chasing the dream of someone that isn't us
And we may not hate our jobs
But we hate jobs in general
That don't have to do with fighting our own causes
We the American working population
Hate the nine-to-five day-in day-out
When we'd rather be supporting ourselves
By being paid to perfect the past times
That we have harbored based solely on the fact
That it makes us smile if it sounds dope"

Aesop Rock - 9 to 5 Anthem

"Daddy had a name tag that said, 'Busy Working'
Mommy had a milk carton that said, 'Missing Person'
John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with
That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface"

Mr Lif and Aesop - Success.

Simple but effective.

D-F-A, dont **** around
Yy and John Smith cold crush it down
Mcenroe on the beats, he scores drums at pound
Break bread in the building chumps, so what up now?

Park-Like Setting- DFA

MC's who slept for days, must be swept away (4X)

The Roots- Swept Away

Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose. For the disease that grows underneath your toes holds up a reason y'alls gold never seems to glow. Now we can all breath slow once the fiend's exposed. It goes heave ho. You never got the grit right. Bark fame but you never put the grit down. Hawk styles but you never got the grit right. Put the grit down. Grit right. Get down.

Aesop Rock- Freeze

It could be fatal wait'll Del come back out
and act out emotions in Oakland Blackouts
Don't you ever forget, it could be fatal
Wait'll O come back out, and act out emotions in Oakland Blackouts

Hieroglyphics- Oakland Blackouts

Mugen, your signature is disturbing me

how?

Looks like he's throwing it up

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
Looks like he's throwing it up doh why didn't i see that coming?

"Cause it's the niggas that you went to school wit,
will catch you while your in your new whip,
and turn your brains into cool whip,

The niggas that you run around gettin' ass wit,
ain't gonna help you do nothin' but carry ya casket."

(Times 2x)

Jada Kiss

Originally posted by Mugen
doh why didn't i see that coming?

lol

Cash, Rules, Everything, Around, Me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar, dollar bill y'all

Method Man - C.R.E.A.M.

See I roll wit the wil'est niggas,
West Indian Island niggas,
unemployed, jobless niggas,
the foulest niggas, who never smile at niggas,
some hostile, violent, chemically imbalanced niggas.

(2x)

Canibus

When a mother****er steps out his place
And gets slapped in his mother****in face
Just because the mother****er tried to base
The G.O.D., the G.O.D.

And while I see his whole click passes by
Mother****ers think they qualify
And for those niggaz want to try
The G.O.D., the G.O.D.

(Skills) Top rank point blank we vital
Spit flows rip shows peep the recital
(Skills) Now, you feel it when we drop those
Hot beats stop phoes killin shit we got those
(Skills) It's, the music that the street love
Each thug, is now reppin this with deep love
(Skills) Gang Starr duelin again rulin again
Watch as we do it again

Phony rappers who do not write
Phony rappers who do not excite
Phony rappers, you know they type

A Tribe Called Quest- Phony Rappers

"Illedelph is like the sun cuz we shine with rhymes
Underground is like the moon you only see us at times
At times with light skies when the stars recline
Jedi Mind, outer space, coincide to combine "

Son, they shook...
Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look
They shook
Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look

Living the live that of diamonds and guns
There's numerous ways you can choose to earn funds...earn funds
Some of them get shot, locked down and turn nuns
Cowardly hearts end straight up shook ones...shook ones
He ain't a crook son, he's just a shook one...shook one

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
Son, they shook...
Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look
They shook
Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look

Living the live that of diamonds and guns
There's numerous ways you can choose to earn funds...earn funds
Some of them get shot, locked down and turn nuns
Cowardly hearts end straight up shook ones...shook ones
He ain't a crook son, he's just a shook one...shook one thumbup

OOh, me and you I think we should riiiide
Come on come on come on come on
Don't worry just done get insiiide
Come on come on come on come on

Q-tip- Let's Ride

Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
Wu buck wild with the trigger!
Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
Wu buck- I **** yo' ass up! What?

Aiyyo wee animals, ready for war, destined for combat
Play the CD or tape and then rewind that
You want beef mother****a nevermind that
(And if he owe me money, ***** nigga betta find that)
We animals, ready for war, destined for combat
Play the CD or tape and then rewind that
So let me know where ya mind at? (what!)

Murs- The Animal

the crown don't move
i told you bitches now im gon prove
how you want it, four pound or an uz
im a squeeze off til the heat cremate em
you gon deeply hate it
****in with a beast the streets created

vakill- the crown dont move

driftin away like a feather in air
lettin my soul take me away from the hurt and despair
so im keepin it vertical forever elevatin
ridin an escalatpor to somethin tahts greater

nujabes & cyne- feathers

let the king do his thing, dont give me no hassle
the streets is my throne, new york is my castle

mf grimm- king of new york

It's like this and like that and like this and uh
It's like that and like this and like that and uh
It's like this, and who gives a **** about those
So jus' chill, 'til the next episode

Dr. Dre

Reverse psychology is failing miserably
It's so hard to be left all alone
Telling you is the only chance for me
There's nothing left but to turn and face you.

1.) System of a Down --> Holy Mountains

LIAR! KILLER! DEMON!
Back to the River Aras!
Someone's blank stare deemed it warfare.
LIAR! KILLER! DEMON!
Back to the River Aras!
Freedom, we're free...we're free.

2.) Disturbed --> Stupify

See, but I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it,
I get stupified!
It's all the same,
You say: "Live with it", but I don't get it.
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it,
I get stupified!
I get stupified!!

Back to the River Aras!

love that song, im not just saying this cuz im Armenian

You betta listen when L rhyme; cause being street struck'll
get you nuttin but a bullet or jail time
So pay attention when L rhyme; cause being street struck'll
get you nuttin but a bullet or jail time

Big L - Street Struck

Since I made a gang of bucks
Nah I ain't been hanging much
Still slide through fly coupes, and the chains is plush
Keep the banger tucked 'case I had to bang a ****
'Cause we Certified Gangstas
All day we hanging smut, dog with a gang of ducks
Hundred grand on the hand, Game got the range of trucks
Kill wit the deal, still got cane to cut
'Cause we Certified Gangstas

It's like this y'all, it's like that y'all
I got a Hieroglyphics baseball bat y'all
It's like this y'all, it's like that y'all
I swing a Hieroglyphics baseball bat y'all

Souls of Mischeif- Batting Practice

Is it real son, is it really real son
Let me know it's real son, if it's really real
Something I could feel son, load it up and kill one
Want it raw deal son, if it's really real

Method Man- Bring the Pain

Its a Violent Pornography....

-System of a Down (Violent pornography)