"Dear mama, these cops don't understand me/I turned to a life of crime, cause I came from a broken family/My uncle used to touch me, I never told you that/Scared what you might do, I couldn't hold you ..."

- 2Pac

"...then I hurry up and clean my nuts and head back to the U.S. / with my dick in my hand hollerin' loud, 'Who next?!'"

- Devin The Dude

"'Who got more beef than islamic farms?// So i pack enuff sonic arms to neutralize atomic bombs//'"

- Mase

"I've tried to rush the wormhole to deliver a eulogy But the other eight planets follow me to stage a silent mutiny"

- Illogic

"Ay yo Proceed to list em, there's no need to diss em The Herry Heathen, destroy your whole breathing system Twist em like beer caps, who wants to hear that Rap, murder rates, and I snap vertebrates Co..."

- Proof

"da Black Mamba of da vocals/ M.J. of da Pro Tools anti-social/ Phil Jackson da track but I can't coach you"

- Jadakiss

"'And if the rain stops, and everything is dry/ She would cry, just so I can drink the tears from her eyes.'"

- Lupe Fiasco

"Hidin like theives in the night from life / illusions of oasis makin you look twice"

- Talib Kweli

"I got nines in the bedroom, glocks in the kitchen/ A shotty by the shower if you wanna shoot me while I'm shittin"

- Biggie Smalls

"Never wanted to wear cleats, Just wanted to run the turf."

- Fashawn