Ok here's a new break from the monotany. Have you ever listened to a song and the lyrics, lyrical gymnastics or rhymes just made you go crazy for a set? Be it rap, RnB, soft rock or whatever. Lets pay homage to some lyrics that are really tight. I'll start it off..

Kool Moe Dee's set from the song "Self Destruction" by the Stop The Violence Movement.

"Back in the 60's our brothers and sisters were hanged
how could you gang bang?
I never had to run from the Klu Klux Klan
and I shouldnt have to run from a black man."

"Back in the 60's our brothers and sisters were hanged
how could you gang bang?
I never had to run from the Klu Klux Klan
and I shouldnt have to run from a black man."


deep.

From Common's "Retrospective for Life"

"Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better,
Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together?
We talkin spendin the rest of our lives,
It's too many black women that can say they mothers but can't say that they wives."

Lisa left-eye Lopez' set from Donnell Jones' "You know Whats Up"

"Dont let nobody else get near me if you wanna be true
And show me that nobody else can do it better than you.
So if you serious I'm curious to see what you got
But love is furious, cuz I believe in blowin up spots."

Erykah Badu-"on & on"

i just HAD to post the whole song.... (sorry guys)
http://www.farrokhchothia.com/fcweb/images/jazz/jazz_3/erykah_badu_3.jpg
Ohh, my, my, my
I'm feelin' high
My money's gone
I'm all alone
Too much 2 see, the world keeps turnin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

Peace & blessins' manifest
With every lesson learned
If yo knowledge were yo wealth
Then it would B well earned
If we were made in His image
Then call us by our names
Most intellects do not B-lieve in God
But they fear us just the same.

On & On and On &On
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & On and On &On
Alright till the break of dawn
On & On and On &On
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & On and On &On
Gotdamit I'm a sing my song

I was born under water
With 3 dollar$ & 6 dimes
Yeah, U may laugh
'Cuz U did not do yo math
Like one, two, three
Like 1, 2, 3
The world keeps turnin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

The man that knows somethin'
Knows that he knows nothin' at all
Does it seem colder in yo summer time
And hotter in yo fall
If we were made in His image
Then call us by our names
Most intellects do not B-lieve in God
But they fear us just the same.

On & On and On &On
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & On and On &On
All right until the voltures swarm
On & On and On &On
Mad props 2 the God Ja'Born

I'm feelin' kind of hungry
'Cuz my high is comin' down
Don't feed me yours
'Cuz your food does not endure
I think I need a cup of tea
The world keeps burnin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

U rush in2 destruction
'Cuz U don't have notin' left
The mothership can't save U
So yo *** is gone get left
If we were made in His image
Then call us by our names
Most intellects do not B-lieve in God
But they fear us just the same

On & On and On &On
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & On and On &On
U can't **** with me, so just leave it alone
On & On and On &On
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & On and On &On
On & On

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Diana Ross
There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never do it
Like you never knew it
Ooh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me
To break out of the shell
I have to shout
That I'm coming out

:D :D :D :D :D

stay, i'm burning slow
with me in the rain
walking in the soft rain
calling out my name
see me burning slow

memories
burning gold memories
cold of day memories change me in this time

somewhere there is someplace that one million eyes can't see
and somewhere there is someone who can see what i can see

"summertime," simple minds

what if god was one of us .... da da daaa da ddaa da da da ... etc

:D

Nobody touches Saul Williams, the first time I heard "Coded Language" I was hooked:

Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the
unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Equate rhyme with reason, Sun with season

Our cyclical relationship to phenomenon has encouraged scholars to erase the
centers of periods, thus symbolizing the non-linear character of cause and
effect
Reject mediocrity!

Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which as been given
for you to understand.
The current standard is the equivalent of an adolescent restricted to the
diet of an infant.
The rapidly changing body would acquire dysfunctional and deformative
symptoms and could not properly mature on a diet of apple sauce and crushed
pears
Light years are interchangeable with years of living in darkness.
The role of darkness is not to be seen as, or equated with, Ignorance, but
with the unknown, and the mysteries of the unseen.

Thus, in the name of:
ROBESON, GOD'S SON, HURSTON, AHKENATON, HATHSHEPUT, BLACKFOOT, HELEN, LENNON, KHALO, KALI, THE THREE MARIAS, TARA, LILITHE, LOURDE, WHITMAN, BALDWIN, GINSBERG, KAUFMAN, LUMUMBA, GHANDI, GIBRAN, SHABAZZ, SIDDHARTHA, MEDUSA, GUEVARA, GUARDSIEFF, RAND, WRIGHT, BANNEKER, TUBMAN, HAMER, HOLIDAY, DAVIS, COLTRANE, MORRISON, JOPLIN, DUBOIS, CLARKE, SHAKESPEARE, RACHMNINOV, ELLINGTON, CARTER, GAYE, HATHOWAY, HENDRIX, KUTL, DICKERSON, RIPPERTON, MARY, ISIS, THERESA, PLATH, RUMI, FELLINI, MICHAUX, NOSTRADAMUS, NEFERTITI, LA ROCK, SHIVA, GANESHA, YEMAJA, OSHUN, OBATALA, OGUN, KENNEDY, KING, FOUR LITTLE GIRLS, HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, KELLER, BIKO, PERONE, MARLEY, COSBY, SHAKUR, THOSE STILL AFLAMED, AND THE COUNTLESS UNNAMED


Then "Penny For a Thought" was a masterpiece:

we're performing an exorcism on all this keep it real-ism
violence, sensationalism
in the name of the hip hop that nurtured me, cultured me
we are ordering all evil entities to exit this body, leave this body
in the name of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy dreams
we draw you to leave this body, leave this body
all evil entities, all wannabe emcees
decoys, decoys, send in the true b-boys
the true b-boys, be MEN!!! Motherf**kers be MEN!!!

Oh yeah...how could I forget!!! "Twice The First Time":

...and as heart beats bring percussions
fallen trees bring repercussions
citys play upon our souls like broken drums
re-drum the essence of creation from city slums
but city slums mute our drums and our drums become hum-drums
cuz city slums have never been where our drums are from
just the place where our daughters and sons become
offbeat heartbeats
slaves to city streets
and hearts get broken and heartbeats stop
broken heartbeats become breakbeats for *****s to rhyme on top, but..

i won't rhyme on top no tracks
*****s on a chain gang used to do that (Huh) way back

don't drop the beat noooo

don't drop the beat no
don't drop the beat no
don't drop the beat
...heartbeat
my heartbeat
goes on
and on
and on...

I heard him on mtv next or something like that...he is powerful! he was singing black baby or something like that...he gave me chills like raul midon!

zero 7's destiny...
When I'm weak I draw strength from you
And when you're lost I know how to change your mood
And when I'm down you breathe life over me
Even though we're miles apart we are each other's destiny

anything by gil scott heron
anything by mutabaruka
any bob marley lyric
seek's journery into day or shine (http://radioblogclub.com/open/17338/seek/%5BSeek%5D%20Journey%20into%20Day)

corinne bailey rae's like a star
Just like a star across my sky
Just like an angel of the page
You have appeared to my life
Feel like I'll never be the same
Just like a song in my heart
Just like oil on my hands
Only to love you

barrington levy's teach the youth...
anything by amel larriuex especially make me whole (http://radioblogclub.com/open/42112/make_me_whole/%5Bamel%20larrieux%5D%20%2B%20%5Bmake%20me%20whole%5D)
donnie's heaven sent
exuma's- summertime in new york...
mjb's in the meantime and my life...
dr. offf's- get involved
ronnie butler's burma road
slick rick's hey young world
ugk's one day
maze's we are one

faith evan's keep the faith
"Keep The Faith"
I've seen the lightning flashing
Heard the thunder roll
I feel the cold winds blowing
Trying to conquer my soul
[Chorus]
If I just hold my peace
Let the Lord fight my battles
If I can keep the faith through the night
I hear the voice of reason
Telling me to fight on
Cuz I come to know I've come too far to turn around
Weeping may endure for a night
But joy is gonna come tomorrow
Though I go through the fire
I shall come out as pure gold
When problems come just keep the faith
It won't be long until the day
Things will turn around if you just
If you just stand your ground
[Chorus]
When problems come just keep the faith
It won't be long until the day
Things will turn around if you just
If you just, just stand your ground
I only have to keep the faith
I only have to keep the faith
I don't have to fight no more no no no
I only have to keep the faith
I only have to keep the faith

From Lauryn Hill's "Mystery of Iniquity"

"Only two positions: Victimizer or Victim
Both end up in destruction trusting this crooked system.
Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a coma
Trying to own a piece of the "American Corona".
The Revolving Door - Insanity every floor
Skyscraping, paper chasing, what are we working for?
Empty traditions, reaching social positions
Teaching ambition to support the family superstition?
When the Son of Perdition is Commander in Chief
The standard is Thief, Brethren can we candidly speak?
Woe to the men trustin in they chariots dem'
Leaning on horses, they run their intellectual sources
Counterfeit wisdom creating the illusion of freedom
Confusion consumes them, Every word they speak it interms them
Outwardly white, Internally they absent of light
Trapped in the night, in bondage to the Cain of the night
Under the curse, Evil men waxing more worse
Facts in the First, Angelic being cast to the earth
It's time for rebirth, Burnin up the branch and the root
The empty pursuits of every tree bearing the wrong fruit."

From Sade's "Its Only Love That Gets You Through"

"Girl you are rich, even with nothing,
And you know tenderness comes from pain.
Its amazing how you love
For love is kind, and love can give and get no gain.
Its down the rugged road you've gone
Though you had every reason, you didnt come undone.
Somehow you made it through to the other side
You didnt suffer in vain."