“They can say whatever, I’ma do whatever, no pain is forever, yup you know this, tougher than a lion, ain’t no need in tryin’, I live where the sky ends, yup you know this, never lyin’, truth teller, that Rihanna reign, just won’t let up, all black on, blacked out shades, blacked out Maybach, I’ma rock this shit like fashion, as in goin’ til they say stop, and my runway never looked so clear, but the hottest bitch in heels right here, no fear, and while you getting your cry on, I’m getting my fly on, sincere, I see you aiming at my pedastal, I betta let ya’ know, that I, I, I, I’m so hard, ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m so hard.”
-Rihanna, Hard
” I feel perfect though they think it’s worthless, see without my flight man, everybody wanna be a critic, I have my life and I will live it, shut your mouth before I fuck it, ha, my jokes they will love it, if I’m seen on the scene with my slim cut jeans, more than likely I am fadin’ man, doin’ other shit if everywhere you go niggas ain’t just standin’ round hatin’, somy advice is when the lights start flashin’, I’ll be zonin’ all alone and then the place where my mind is goin’, filled with songs that no one’s knowin’ and the Devil in a hot pink dress tryin’ to ask me for one dance, he think he slick, but my guardians protect me from his wrath, so in my place no hate shall enter, livin’ high up there, up there, copin’, copin’ floatin’, I will find peace somewhere.” -Kid Cudi, Cudi Zone
“I’m not a rookie I’m a pro; Methazine fiend, make the homies say Hoe, and make all the girlies scream, I am a vegetarian man I only eat beats, wear a lot of carrots and I smoke the best green, no beef, in my grocery bag, just some Swisher’s and a whole bunch of cans of Whoop Ass, I’m strapped like a bookbag, so any one of ya’ll can come around and get a foot tagged, eat all day, ride all night, sleep no way, sleep when I lay, six feet deep, and until that day, I’mma be livin’ like it is that day.” -Lil Wayne, Hawaii 5.0
“It’s like I have it all, but I don’t have to worry, married to the money, a true love story, only God can judge me, I don’t need a jury, nothing standing in my way, like nothings my security, back to my journey, that bullshit don’t concern me, if I knew I was going to jail I would have fucked my attorney, if you sleeping on me nigga, than I hope you toss and turning, I’m so cold I’m hypothermic, ask yo bitch she will confirm it, yeah, now what we doing with it, keep opening ya grill, I’m barbecuing with it, I know my shit already tight so I ain’t screwing with it, some say this game is a joke well I hope they get it, ok, I’m walking on needles, sticking to the point, yeah the streets is talking, I’m familiar with the voice, I’m a gangsta by choice I hope my son’s choose wiser, And don’t call me sir, call me survivor.” -Lil Wayne, Nightmares of the Bottom
“One in the air for the people that ain’t here, two in the air for the father that’s there, three in the air for the kids in the ghetto, four for the kids who don’t wanna be there, none for the niggas trying to hold them back, five in the air for the teacher not scared to tell those kids thats living in the ghetto that the niggas holdin back that the World is theirs! Yeah yeah, the world is yours, I was once that little boy, terrified of the world, now I’m on a World tour, I will give up everything, even start a world war for these ghettos girls and boys im rapping round’ the World for!” -Lupe Fiasco, The Show Goes On
“This world is such a fucked up place, my mind’s such a fucked up shape, everything down here sucks, maybe what’s up there is great, we all gotta go one day, I just wanna cut to the chase, I wanna stop these nightmares, I just wanna touch her face, all you see is all my feats, all you see is all my flaws, all I hear is all my demons, even through your applause, all you see is all my flights, well all I see is all my falls, all you see is all my rights, all I see is all my wrongs.” -Lupe Fiasco, Beautiful Lasers
