'I didn't have a Dad and my Mom did cocaine...' Lines that made you stop and think...

[satyrone]

[video=youtube;OcP_6f4nC5g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcP_6f4nC5g[/video]

That line is by Pigeon John from 'Do The Pigeon', what are some other lines that have you pressing re-wind for either their shock purposes, insight or otherwise?

Drop one single line from an independent artist and describe why you have chosen it.

"I didn't have a Dad and my Mom did cocaine..." I chose this line because it shows completely the background of a single artist, even though he's so often making fun with his songs, he just dropped insight to his life that is quite surprising from such a positive artist... that's why I chose that line!

damn that aobum was great been tryin to find that sht at my parents house lol!!..as for lines ill drop one later trying to remember one

 

[ninjasenses]

Fucked the first two bitches like dogs and I jacked off on the third

WHOA...holy fuckin shit. Cage goes off on this track and spits shit no one else does.

[video=youtube;H69PoZWNgzE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69PoZWNgzE[/video]

I'm Against the Machine like Rage; bitches say, 'I hate you Cage!'
After circle jerks, I wash my hands off and do dirt
Sick with a smirk, plus I be disturbed
Fucked the first two bitches like dogs and I jacked off on the third
I'm obvious oblivion but that's my science
Fuck your head up like corn rows put in by blind giants
Haven't been with it, since the last corpse kidded
Wore a blood stained smile, and told the cop, 'He did it!'

 

[satyrone]

"Lifes not a bitch,life is a beautiful woman, you only call her a bitch cuz she wouldnt let you get that pussy.."...Aesop Rock-"Daylight". this has to be one of my fav lines. its mos def some real talk shit.

 

[RuffDraft]

damn that aobum was great been tryin to find that sht at my parents house lol!!..as for lines ill drop one later trying to remember one

haha it was a great album!!! His best, IMO.

Fucked the first two bitches like dogs and I jacked off on the third

WHOA...holy fuckin shit. Cage goes off on this track and spits shit no one else does.

Lovely imagery right there haha nice track :tu

"Lifes not a bitch,life is a beautiful woman, you only call her a bitch cuz she wouldnt let you get that pussy.."...Aesop Rock-"Daylight". this has to be one of my fav lines. its mos def some real talk shit.

hahaha nice line :tu and that track is epic!!! Production is amazing.

[video=youtube;dd_W_x3nclY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_W_x3nclY[/video]

Another one:

"I'm dark like the side of the moon you don't see"

[video=youtube;X964EneF18g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X964EneF18g[/video]

I thought that line was crisp and really made me ponder space for a second... maybe didn't let me in to Mos Def's psyche or life... but it made me stop and think...

 

[traestar]

Fucked the first two bitches like dogs and I jacked off on the third

WHOA...holy fuckin shit. Cage goes off on this track and spits shit no one else does.

[video=youtube;H69PoZWNgzE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69PoZWNgzE[/video]

Have to cosign that!!

 

[renagade410.]

"16,they released me/now im a highschool felon FUCK you could teach me?" saigon(i guess you could say he indy)

this line is pretty much self explanitory but when i heard the song this line in particular basically was my mindstate when i was 15/16 and caught up in the wrong crowd.

 

[HipHop90]

'In the city where the misery’s abundant, where the pity find sympathy amongst em, and the well off, feel no empathy, where the foul move and get no penalty'
Love that line really makes you think about the massive difference between people in one city through classes etc. and the contrast in their lives.

[video=youtube;ge6YwmpPNbY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6YwmpPNbY[/video]

'Nice whip nice chain, a closet of skulls'
Thought this was a pretty clever line which I had a think about after hearing, basically he's saying how people can go around flashing their money but the way they earned it could be wrong and had to get their hands dirty.

[video=youtube;eSxLzrXurJI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxLzrXurJI[/video]

 

[MastaAceTheGOAT]

Fashawn - The Ecology

'Wish I didn't need herb, to calm my nerve/ wish peace was more than just a 5 letter word'

that shit right there...damn

 

[RuffDraft]

'In the city where the misery’s abundant, where the pity find sympathy amongst em, and the well off, feel no empathy, where the foul move and get no penalty'
Love that line really makes you think about the massive difference between people in one city through classes etc. and the contrast in their lives.

[video=youtube;ge6YwmpPNbY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6YwmpPNbY[/video]

This track is really nice, any background on the artist? Create a thread if you want, be good to get put on to him :tu

Fashawn - The Ecology

'Wish I didn't need herb, to calm my nerve/ wish peace was more than just a 5 letter word'

that shit right there...damn

Whole album is quotable worthy at times...

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This kinda follows on from peace being more than just a five letter word; I have cheated a lil with my next one, the first line is my quotable... but I find the whole verse gives me the shivers because it's so well crafted behind such an uplifting piece of music, with his delivery increasing in pace, it's genius:

[video=youtube;i0OlYDMrJqE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OlYDMrJqE[/video]

it is better to light a candle than to curse the dark

in the eyes of the youth
there are question marks

like freedom
freedom for the mind and soul,

we don't see them
see them for their worth at all,

that's why we lead em

lead em to these wars
and what is it we feed em

feed em our impurities
and who it is we treat em

treat em like the enemy
humanity will need em

need em like the blood we spill
and we're freedom

freedom for the hearts we fill
we mislead em

they hunger for the love we give
but we cheat em

the guys beat him and all he wants
is his freedom,

so they defeat him,
whatever spirit he's got

"beat him"

and they teach him
the rest of the world don't need him

and he believes
in the disease that he's heathen

Put up your fists if all you want is freedom
Put up your fists if all you want is -

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One of my favourite K'Naan verses. But the line 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the dark' is my favourite line, I'm sure it's a famous saying, but it's an uplifting one that I hadn't heard previously.

 

[HipHop90]

This track is really nice, any background on the artist? Create a thread if you want, be good to get put on to him :tu

To be honest with you I don't know a great deal, only got the one mixtape by him pretty hard to find other material, I'll put something up about that mixtape though cos it is brilliant.

 

[stupot0607]

[video=youtube;dVhmyFEt3Rs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVhmyFEt3Rs[/video]

"hold me suspended in a dream, mearly inches from the screen

deleted passions sacrificed to one electron monster

crucify my little future to the monitor"

[video=youtube;rNm45DDojTo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNm45DDojTo[/video]

"Some cling to A cross because they're tired and lost"

"But here I am, thinking about death again

Humbles out the stress, helps the breath get in

I need to check my friends as well as my next of kin"

"And when I let them carry me to a cemetary

I wanna be buried with a pocket full of clarity"

 

[skeep]

"confused by a world of death and divorce/so every breath I kept focused hoping to hone the Force"

Illus- Super Secret Identity from the Feel Good Music album. The whole song really resonates with me.

 

[RuffDraft]

"confused by a world of death and divorce/so every breath I kept focused hoping to hone the Force"

Illus- Super Secret Identity from the Feel Good Music album. The whole song really resonates with me.

Nice line, this thread has some great lyrics, keep 'em coming...

"if the solution has never been to look in yourself, how is it that you'd expect to find it anywhere else?"

Who said this line?

 

[MastaAceTheGOAT]

"if the solution has never been to look in yourself, how is it that you'd expect to find it anywhere else?"

That's really dope. Who is it by?

 

[MastaAceTheGOAT]

I know He isn't really underground but two biggie lines come to mind.

My mothers got cancer in the breast, so don't ask me why I'm motherfucking stressed, things done change

And

Crime after crime, drugs to extortion I bet my muma wish she got a fucking abortion, she don't even love me like she used to when we was younger

 

[renagade410.]

That's really dope. Who is it by?

im pretty sure its immortal technique...not sure what song i think its leaving the past off revolutionary vol 2

 

[cobbland]

"In God you trust, good luck/

God is just another version of Satan/

Same organization."

(Canibus-Brainwash Reversal")

[video=youtube;6Ru4QvwQpp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ru4QvwQpp0[/video]

^^^^At the 3:05 mark

I understand what he was saying, but don't necessarily agree.

 

[RuffDraft]

[video=youtube;6Ru4QvwQpp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ru4QvwQpp0[/video]

^^^^At the 3:05 mark

I understand what he was saying, but don't necessarily agree.

Nice, I think Canibus has some undeniable artistry when it comes to penning rhymes, but I've never been able to get past his voice as it's more for battles and freestyles than for creating a great track.

Here's another one:

K'Naan - What's Hardcore?

'Kids trust no one cause fire burnt them,
Refugees die in boats, headed for peace,
Is anyone scared of death here? Not in the least'

And

'We begin our day by the way of the gun,
Rocket propelled grenades blow you away if you front,
We got no police ambulances or fire fighters,
We start riots by burning car tires,
They looting, and everybody starting shooting...'

The whole track even, so descriptive and really makes supposed 'gangsta rap' seem more like a joke...

[video=youtube;_ouDZkX1Yh8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ouDZkX1Yh8[/video]