Gangstarr - In Memory Of
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Guru dives into these memories seemingly at random. "Eyes so serious, you told me hold my head" is really fucking vivid about a person who's gone, and then that second verse about a good dude who was stabbed in his sleep, "I wish you was here cause your philosophy was mad deep" just hits home.
Bushwick Bill - Times Is Hard
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"It's kinda rough starting over, but it's worth the pain/ Instead of getting stuck with the same ol' same." Everybody's had hard times, and had to best move on from something. Gets you down but also motivated to get up.
Crooked I - Medicine (HHW Reloaded 6)
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The whole verse is one long quotable, but some standouts:
"Everybody wanna be hood, they're so fuckin dumb
Tell me why they're running to everything I'm running from
What the fuck, you live in a bubble, boy? It's troublesome
See those white sheets on the street? You could be under one
Coroner calling your mother, down goes another son
and the world keeps spinning, just like it's nothing, huh"
"Crooked, you done shot at dudes, you a hypocrite
My nigga they shot at me first, that's why I did the shit
That was long ago, I'm on a different tip
to no longer look over my shoulder, it's magnificient"
"Hip hop moguls, they were my inspiration
when I was homeless and sleeping at the bus station
Hungry as a hostage, imagine my frustration
I earned this here right to speak to my young nation"
TOO REAL.
Some of those lines get me everytime.