“Cocaine trafficking, your boy’s back again, Moving bricks like I got a degree in scaffolding. Fucking with some cats from Newark…half of them Jewish, Cool white boys riding around, blasting my music, And I’m taxin’ them like Jackson-Hewitt.” — Ghostface Killah
“Dope is like a two-way street; the addiction, both you and me, now take a seat. Every car got a fleet, every broad get a Jeep, every sparkle in the club that wasn’t ours, we compete. Poor minds, poor decision-makers; No reward…then what’s the risk you take?” — Pusha T, M.P.A. King Push
“Got the new Hummer in the summer when, I was a newcomer then, Drugs and Mac-10s, hugs from fake friends. Make ends; they hate you, Be broke, girls won’t date you.” — Notorious B.I.G.
“I’ll ignore you selling crack, killing people, and keeping it real, But disrespect me and my adopted fam and die young like veal.” — El-P
“My first offense was possession of weed, now I’m in the major leagues, and That muthafucka Bill Clinton is a son of a bitch; Had the nerve to throw out the first pitch. I’m just tryin’ to get rich like Trump, the home run king is now in a slump…pass me a hunk. How the fuck can I stay out the Pen, When its 1-2-3 strikes, you in?” — Ice Cube
“Reporting live from the project benches; Hella caine, dope in cellophane, dirty syringes, Heroin zombies street-walking on three-week binges. Clientele look like the Thriller vid in 3D lenses.” — Beanie Sigel
“Thanks to Reaganomics, prisons turned to profits, Cause free labor is the cornerstone of US economics. Slavery was abolished unless you are in prison. Do you think I am bullshitting? Then read the 13th Amendment. Involuntary servitude and slavery it prohibits. That’s why they giving drug offenders time in double digits.” — Killer Mike
“The motto goes Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul.” — Zev Love X aka MF Doom
“We still wading in the water…Cocaine, blunts, marinating in the water. Lean and took a puff, and then she gave it to my father, Used to take the bullets out so I could play with the revolver. Satan serenading ever since I was a toddler, Tell ‘em talk is cheap…niggas living for the dollar.” — Vince Staples