Being mostly into producing (and english being my second language) I don't always dwell to much over what most rappers say or at least can't remember. I can dub most of them...do every punch or end every line...but otherwise I only think it's Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones", Rakim's "Eric B is President" where I can actually remember a whole line, in fact the whole song. I'll leave you guys to it...
KRS-One "The Truth":
"According to the story, according to what you believe
There was only Cain, Abel, Adam, and Eve
on the whole planet, now use your intellect
and tell me, what did Cain and Abel do for sex?"
copen, seriously you can't remember any lines?
even though english is also my second language,
i have this almost annoying way of remembering almost
every single verse i've heard more than once.
i mean, i haven't heard 'triumph' in years but still can't get
the inspectah deck verse out of my head
I might pay attention whilst listening to a song but usually forget immediately after. Actually, a lot of times a tell myself to listen to the lyrics...then I concentrate myself on the lyrics...but without noticing it...I hear 4 lines or so...and then dig deep down into the the beat and how its laced...it just concerns me more.
Copenhagen, I feel what you are saying.
In my opinion in most cases it´s not worth listening to the lyrics any more. i remember sucking up every one of nas lines, but that too has changed now. right now i´m more concerned with finding out how the beat was made and stuff.
Anything Ras Kass says on a daily basis, Royce te 5'9's "king of kings"
example: "well its the R double A, K triple S/letters of my name for u and your hoe to unscramble on soul train" Ras kass
"the hype man tha came into blaze shit/bought in by the white man like i cam on a slave ship" Royce the 5'9 on eminem
"Cuz only slick rick and 12 inches is a ruler" ras kass
"and i be gettin more ass than a proctologist" Ras kass
"im blazing emcees, at the same time amazing emcees/somehow emcees aint that eyebrow raising to me" Royce the 5'9
"yall a rap boy band and u testin me now/yall a group wit one star like destiny's child" Royce the 5'9 D12 dis
"Bizarre u fat stuttering fuck.....nigga u can run and hide/ill be on your porch wit a cheeseburger tryna lure u ouside/disease (???) in it/Bizarre say g g g, g g g G UNIT/i bet u throw some extra g's in it/just like a stuttering fool cant reach intelligence he sweat when he rap cuz he got a spach inpediment...porkys pig and porkys toon/about to dig his own grave with a fork and soon...denaun and swifty please/give it a year both of yall be raking 50s leaves/what do i know/that other nigga yall got in your group i dont even know his name but he can shovel my snow" Royce
damn, and u can just insert any random Nas line here, theyre all hot
Tragdey Kadafi--Crime side of life foul price to pay illegal life trigger trife til we old and grey/ when the flesh dry up and this world decay reach heaven in a pearly white accuray(acura)
It's a holiday dog, (somethin, somthin) , you can swallow the 4, don't have the nerve to ask what I'm robbin you for, listen, cuz you was talkin BIG money, and I'm a little broke and i'm a firm believer in equality dog.
ive heard some great lines in my quest through lyrics but one of the best lines in a song ive heard would have to be from mos def. he said "young bloods can't spell, but they can rock you at playstation" on his song mathmatics.
another line that popped into my head while thinkin of all the great cd's is lauryn hill on the fugees album the score.she said
"Even after all my logic and my theory// I'll add a mother fucker so y'all ignorant niggas here me//
man i could go on and on with this topic.theres to many great lines out there.
A few of my fave lines off the top of my head are....
Ceplth-Titled - "We make headlines like cordoroid pillows"
Royce da 5'9" - "Card shuffles, numbers to bet, disrespect and get a new smile under ya neck"
Deacon the villan - "To be beside myself, I need god next to me"
Kno - "sales people out front, I didn't forget ya'll...split ya'll and everyone in this strip mall/ walk into the dollar store and just let off, now even the managers body's 50% off"
Rodney P - "I like them girls with voluptuous butts/ and I don't care if they are sluts, cause sluts give wickid fucks"
Just a few of my personal faves...theres way more...but these are justa few that sprang to mind...