Recently on NL, there has been this new found love for the Pac and Rakim era of hiphop

Even if we keep screaming 'Hiphop Is Dead' from now till next year's Easter Monday, I think one thing we'll agree on is the fact that all rappers know how to brag.
I'm just opening this thread to appreciate one thing that makes rappers rappers . . . their cocky lyrics, the way they make 10 seem like 1000

I'll just post the one I can remember right now


How can I falter when I'm the rock of gibralter
I had to get of the boat so I could walk on water
This ain't no tall order, this is nothin to me
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week
I do this in my sleep,
I sold Kilos of coke, (so?) I'm guessin' I can sell CD's
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man

Diamonds are Forever (Remix) - Jay-Z

craaaaazy

Jigga is arguably one of the cockiest rappers ever but he doesn't give empty boasts


Uh, more than a hustla I'm the definition of it
Master chef, Lord of the kitchen cupboard
More than a street legend, homey it's hova
More than a relief pitcher, I'm the closer
The Mariano of the Mariott, ah
If money talks, the whole world's bout to hear me out
See I'm a hustla's hope, I'm not his pipe dreams
So when they speak of success, I'm what they might mean

Go Crazy - Jay-Z

Im flashy and deadly, deceptively smart
I make hustlin' heaven and pimping a art
Long as I know that I'm blessed and Im loved in depth
I can walk through water and not get wet, Im that fresh!

Storm remix Jay-Z

How you gon' upgrade me
What's higher than number one?

Upgrade you - Jay-Z

Young, Hova the God, nigga blasphemy
I'm at the Trump International, ask for me
I ain't never scared, I'm everywhere you ain't never there
And nigga, why would I ever care?
Pound for pound I'm the best to ever come around here
Excludin nobody, look what I embody
The soul of a hustler, I really ran the street
A CEO's mind, that marketin plan was me
And no I ain't get shot up a whole bunch of times
Or make up shit in a whole bunch of lines
And I ain't animated like say I +Busta Rhymes+
But the real shit you get when you bust down my lines
Add that to the fact I went plat' a bunch of times
Times that by my influence on pop culture
I'm supposed to be number one on everybody list
We'll see what happens when I no longer exist

What more can i say? - Jay-Z

If you haven't heard, I'm Michael,Magic and Bird
all rolled in one - cause none got more flows than Young

Hola Hovito - Jay-Z

@Eldee

Newfound love for Pac and Rakim You musta been sleeping for two decades . . . . . . That's irrelevant to this thread, mate.

@Topic

1. . . .Rhyme a few bars so I can buy a few cars
And I kick a few flows so I can love-vendor a few hoes
Excellence is my presence, never tense
Never hesitant, leave a nigga bent real quick
Real sick, brawl nights, I perform like mike
Anyone, Tyson, Jordan, Jackson
Action, pack guns, ridiculous
And I'm, quick to bust, if my ends you touch
Kids or girl you touch, in this world I clutch
Two auto-matoes, used to call me fatso
Now you call me castro, my rap flows
. . .See me, only me
The underboss of this holocaust
Truly yours, frank white

We got the shit, mac tight, brass knuckles and flashlights
The heaters in the two-seaters, with two midas
Senoritas, kiss rings when you meet us
P-diddy run the city, show no pity
I'm the witty one, Frank's the crook from the brook

- Notorious BIG (Victory)

2. The whole verses from Notorious BIG's "Unbelievable"

3. . . . And I'm not cocky, I'm confident
So when you tell me I'm the best it's a compliment

- Jadakiss (New York)

@A-40

True that on Jay-Z.

@A-40
Arguably?? Jay-Z is the definition of cocky

I wish for you a century of success but now's my time
Rock Boys - Jay-Z

Who you find doper than him?? with no pen just draw up inspiration . . .

Look what you made me do, look what I made for you
Knew if I paid my dues, how would they pay you??
Numb/Enore - Jay-Z

It's young money and we on like the television
The weather channel, but I do not broadcast
I throw up more cash, to change the forecast

Your boyfriend is lame, I make it rain on ya
He never make it rain, like southern California
. . . baby I make it flood, now you gon need a boat
Make it Rain - Lil Wayne

For heaven's sake, it's cash this prick is talking about like this No wonder Hov says his DNA is in Weezy's rhymes

"Nas is like, " Iron Mike, messiah type
Before the Christ, after the death, the last one left
. . . Nas is like, Half Man half amazing

Nas - Nas is Like

@eldee and Bamsyle
Y'all are both on point there i love Jigga but i have to admit sometimes i feel he is testing God's patience with some of his lines


B**ches don't say no to me
I'm like a wedding ring

DopeBoys - The Game

It's the return of the messiah
One and only Hov
Nah I ain't God, but I've been made in his mold

Ain't I - Jay-Z

@A-40

lol . . . I think he's one of the best when it comes to witty punchlines too . . . I'll be back with some of his lines.

I call it[b] "Braggadocio"[/b] and Immortal Technique and Biz are two mad cats.Kool G Rap and Big L too.

"I've been around since the planet was inhabitable
I spit in the ocean and created microscopic animals
Which involved into two species, the righteous and the cannibals
But until then, I had alien women suck me off
When God said "Let there be light", I turned it the f*ck off Blasphemy
And that's the reason that the earth is only 5 billion years old
I made the sun shine, and permitted time to unfold
The surface was lava, but when I stepped down, it became cold
F*ck what you've been told
My spiritual form became a swarm of molecule sickness
Manifested liquid trapped inside a mountainous region
Until the skies starting raining, continuous seasons
Immortal Technique, at long last, reincarnated
Undebatable reinstated to leave you decapitated
Je suis fous, but my crazy words make sense ["Je suis fous" means "I am mad" in French]
I'll split every pound of your body into six pence
I'm sick of simple similes about The Sixth Sense
I'll leave your body drenched in the blood of all your ancestors
You'll never be at peace, like the souls of child molestors"

-Immortal Technique -"Creation & Destruction"

Check out one of the most underrated MCs ever.Biz is sick!!!!!!!!!!!

"I'm the illest lyricist in America, MC's can't see me
cause I'm too quick, for the human retina to regista
I roll up on ya crew quicker than long sleeves
with a Speed that could confuse Keanu Reeves
So ask yaself, who am I
I'm the illest MC that ya ever seen in ya f*ckin life
I hop into the backseat of a cab and rhyme
Til the meter reads 9, 9, 9, 9
Line for line I battle any kind of MC
At any time, whether signed or unsigned
With many lines, more lines than a million pair of Adidas
More lines than the bible quoted from Jesus
More lines than a African herd of zebras"

- Canibus- "How We Roll"



"Me without lyrics is like a porn flick without sex,
Illmatic, my lyrical skills are Jurassic
With more flavor then skittles when not digitally mastered.
I go off like a cannon, and blow up the planet with "No Fear"
Like them clothes white boys be wearing.
I'm tougher than denim, lethal like venomous snake bites
The marijuana makes my eyes bright red like brake lights.
There ain't a party I couldn't rock, believe that.
There ain't a microphone brave enough to give me feedback.
I'm strong my word is "Bond" like James,
Niggas be tryin' to test but they "week" (weak)like 7 days.
MC's run away when I kick it, they act so chicken
They should come with a large drink and a biscuit.
My styles radioactive, massive atomic, I plan to push the Earth
In Front of Haley's comet. Breaking the "Facts Of Life" down
Like Tudy, I'm raw like sushi, with more vocab, then
Three fucking Fugees. So recognize or be hospitalized
Because lyrically on a scale of 1-10 I'm 25!"

Canibus -"Buckingham Palace"

Nas' "Halftime" and "It Ain't Hard To Tell" The whole tracks

Canibus:. . . . . .Doomsday News.

From the lowest point on the planet, to Mount Everest //
I kick the illest shit, spray painting my name across the pyramids //
The rap terrorist, Professor Emeritus //
Bleep forbidden fruit, i was eating pussy in Genesis //

Canibus:. . . . .Beasts From The East

I existed, in the Garden of Eden, getting lifted //
Sticking d[/b]ick in Eve, before she was Adam’s mistress //
Before Christ created Christmas, i've been in lyrical fitness //
The Canibus is spitting, ‘till he’s spitless //

[b]Jay-Z:. . . . . . . U don't know

That's another difference that's between me and them
Heh, I'm smarten up, open the market up
One million, two million, three million, four
In eighteen months, eighty million more
Now add that number up with the one I said before
You are now lookin at one smart black boy
Momma ain't raised no fool
Put me anywhere on God's green earth,
I'll triple my worth, motherfucker.

Jay-Z: . . . . . . . .Hola Hovito

Naw even though y'all hate I love y'all muh'fuckers
"Friend or Foe," y'all all my muh'fuckers
If you haven't heard, I'm Michael Magic and Bird
all rolled in one - cause none got more flows than Young
Plus got more flows to come
And if I ain't better than BIG, I'm the closest one

aint dere none from any naija emcee?

Eldee. .you finally left that Tupac topic alone, huh? smart choice! I like this one

We all know jigga takes this one.

Shit I,
parts with nothin, y'all be frontin
Me give my heart to a woman?
Not for nothin, never happen
I'll be forever mackin
- Jay-z(Big pimpin')
[LOL, right, that's why he stays repeating bee's name in his songs]

"Nas is like, " Earth Wind & Fire, rims and tires
Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver

"Nas is like, " Iron Mike, messiah type
Before the Christ, after the death
The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
Came a along way from blastin, techs on blocks
Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin acres
From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough
Dimes, givin MouthAction, siete zeros
Bet my nine spit for the pesos

"Nas is like, " Sex to a nympho, but nothin sweet
I'm like beef, bustin heat through your windows
I'm like a street sweeper, greenleaf reaper
Like Greeks in Egypt, learnin somethin deep from they teachers
I'm like crime, like your nine, your man you would die for
Always got you, I'm like Pop Duke you would cry for
I'm like a whole lot of loot, I'm like crisp money
Corporate accounts from a rich company
I'm like ecstasy for ladies, I'm like all races
combined in one man; like the '99 summer jam
Bulletproof Hummer man
I'm like being locked down around new faces, and none of em fam'
I'm the feelin of a millionaire spendin a hundred grand
I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet

Nas - Nas Is Like



You know I - thug em, f[/b]uck em, love em, leave em
Cause I don't fuc.kin need em

On a canopy my stamina be enough for Pamela Anderson Lee
MTV jam of the week
Made my money quick then back to the streets but
Still sittin on blades, sippin that ray,
Standin on the corner of my block hustlin
Still gettin that cane

[b]Jay-Z Big Pimpin


Mo' fire, more Roc-a-wear attire
Mo' money, mo' murder now that M.O.P.'s hired
Mo' murder for the ROC empire, ya'll wont surface
Ya'll nervous knowin them guns on full service, ready to fire
One body, two body, three body, four
Young sittin on paper, I'm above the law
Young shittin on haters, I aint fucking witt ya'll
For my Brownsville neighbors, How About Some Hardcore?
And it just get worser, every time I sign my signature in cursive
Just add another million to these verses
One million, two million, three million, four
And the money's really worthless, I'm pissing you off on purpose

Jay-Z U Don't Know (remix)



I'm the shit, I should walk around with pampers on me .

Lil Wayne - Chain Hang Low (remix)

Rumor has it "The Blueprint" classic
Couldn't even be stopped by Bin Laden
So September 11th marks the era forever
of a revolutionary Jay Guevero
Now it's a whole museum of, Hov' MCers
Everybody dupin the flow, you see 'em
Everybody loopin up soul
It's like you tryin to make "The Blueprint 2" before Hov'
Shout out to Just Bleezy and, Kan-yeezy
See how we adjusted the game so easy
Chicks barely dancin, glancin every chance they get
Like - oh shit, he's so handsome
Still in demand in the longest run standin
Kidnap rap seven years, no ransom
Can't one nigga get it back no rap
Young Hov's goin to Canton, I'm now eligible

Jay-Z The Bounce


i'm young black and rich so they wanna strip me naked

Jay-Z Threat

But I think my fav is this . . . . .

Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buy
Ice that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyes
Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin
Bitches honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in ya
Most critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winner
Best storyteller thug narrator my style's greater
Model dater, big threat to a lot of you haters
Commentators ringside try watchin my paper
Almost a decade, quite impressive
Most of the best is in the essence
for this rap shit that I stand for
Expandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreams
But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens
Want me off the scene fast, but good things last
like your favorite MC still makin some mean cash
First rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projects
but you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggest

_{in fact the whole fucking song is cocky. Nas at his best}

Nas- Hate Me Now

Enough Jay-Z jare . . .

The cockiest in all of Naija is M.I. Hands down!
All this is from only one song o!

The boy got gifts like Santa
He put more hits than the whole of Atlanta

M getting higher while the rest sing lower
And yes I got a girl, I know you don't know her
I know the next question is the boy date kel,
Haha, well she said i shouldn't tell,
All you gotta know is that kel said chill,
these other rappers so last year like celtel,
My flow you in Zain, get it?
I flow so sick that people gonna need a medic
I'm a headache
People call everybody tell him that he said it
Your flow is basic and mine is acidic.

And We run things, things don't run we
No rappers rap crap they should be named don d
Mode9 of the year best rap single
Other rappers sound like a condom jingle

People said M.I name the best three
I said let's see. . . Me, Me, Me.
No other dude come close, I'm homophobic
The boy's so fine that my tongue do aerobic

My old school raps will finish your latest
No one wanna try M.I like Aids test

Gbono feli feli (remix) - M.I.
You know what - I'm done!
This cockiness is getting me sick sef. The whole stupid song reeks of cockiness 

Moonstone:


these other rappers so last year like celtel,
My flow you insane(in Zain), get it?

i luv that line!!!!

tosinaded@:


i luv that line!!!!

So do I!
I knew i made a mistake somewhere there. I'll edit it.

"My words are vehicles, watch the way I~ride~I
Never battle emcees, I just do lyrical drive~bys"

MI - With a Pen


"Rappers talking smack, I eight (ate) limbs like an octopus
We historic black boys, so Barack~of~us"

MI – Can’t Tell me nothing

they call me M.I
am feeling good like kanye's life
well three different albums just one outcome
am feeling really healthy, rich and wealthy
my record's too hot, nigga u cant shelf me
i sleep with one eye open u cant stealth me
see am solo in my polo dude u cant help me
except if gon cop my LP
good music maker, yes am guilty
crushing dirt off cos am so filthy
i weave with my words, cos yes am silky
see am like a dudes breast, nigga u cant milk me
,
, and lagos feel and london's next up
and then NY we gon get the cheque yo
this people was craving for the style that i gave them




i move at my rate, i put down my date
for my latest
the first single drop and they call me the greatest
am an alpha, i beta y'all niggas are beta's
number one in ur BOOK tryn to Face my status
i rolled up in a cab and said hi haters and bye haters



now they wanna eff with me am so latex, am so bunkers, m.i conquers






feeling good - M.I (illegal nusic)

This is T.I. at his cockiest.

Be clear I could fall back seven years
Still ain't no one ahead of me
Consider it a blessing if you get to stand next to me
Five star general, O.G. veteran

Every single thing I ever did was done heavily
Rap until your seventy
Still ain't no catching me
Put it on my pops, Big Phil, Aunt Beverly
Be standing on the top still after they bury me
Nose in the air so stuck up arrogant
Ain't got long hot songs best cherish it
And when I drop mine that's over, finito
You paying for your foul like a freethrow
Now how could a nigga think that he could see me
Other than the magazine covers or the T.V.
You know I sold more mixtapes than your cd
You’re waiting on your big break praying you can beat me
You ain't made it far as DC on the low
I been all around the globe like a god how they treat me
Broads hit they knees eyes closed when they greet me
Mouth wide open just begging me to skeet! skeet!

~ T.I. in I'm Illy.

the way he drops shits such an anus

M.I - cant tell me nothing

~Sauron~:

Canibus:. . . . . .Doomsday News.

From the lowest point on the planet, to Mount Everest //
I kick the illest shit, spray painting my name across the pyramids //
The rap terrorist, Professor Emeritus //
Bleep forbidden fruit, i was eating pussy in Genesis //

Canibus:. . . . .Beasts From The East

I existed, in the Garden of Eden, getting lifted //
Sticking [b]d[/b]ick in Eve, before she was Adam’s mistress //
Before Christ created Christmas, i've been in lyrical fitness //
The Canibus is spitting, ‘till he’s spitless //

I think you should have quoted it all. That whole verse is just too dope.

CAN-I-BUST!!!

'nigga ,i'll step to u porch,step to ur boss.
Lets end the speculation, i'm talkin to all o' ya'
HEART OF THE CITY- JAY-Z.


'i am d man u go to war with not d man u go to war against.
Patience. If it means i won't sleep a whole year,i'm official,i'mma catch u.
I'm official ,not A-tisket or A-tasket.
I'll put u in a casket with a buscuit or a ratchet'
BE A NIGGER TOO- Nas.

'i address the haterz.
Ride up on them like escalators.
They shooked up in hospital beds talkin to investigators'
FABOLOUS-breathe.

'gettin much mail in jail,niggaz tellin me to kill it.
They know when i get out they gon' feel it.
TUPAC-Ambitionz as a ridah.

'if u cross my teeth.
I'll dot? ur eyez.
U'll do life in a cementary i'll do mine with shyne.
THE GAME-Documentary.

'i'm not cocky i'm confident
so if u tell me i'm d best its a compliment'
JADAKISS- 100guns.

'for sure i'll be murdered for this shit that i do
but i'ma die standing up cos i'm a stand-up nigger
Bleep dying like a bitch on ma knees
i'm a killah'

-scarface- in cold blood.

baslone:

I think you should have quoted it all. That whole verse is just too dope.

CAN-I-BUST!!!

I didn't want to take so much space.

Canibus is the best lyricist on planet Earth!!!!
I will be back with more of his lines.

i move with the illness like HIV carriers

pherocious - feeling good(illegal music)

Adrenaline is rushing through my veins next stop is victory is rushing like a train. PAPOOSE

My fame is spreading like a pandemic breakout. MODENINE.

I am smooth but i still handle my friction. MODENINE

they say why don't we increase the peace the only peace that increase is that which deletes you pipps. OBIE TRICE

THIS IS NOT A HYPOCRITICAL ISSUE I WILL CRITICALLY CONDITION YOUR TISSUE. OBIE TRICE

Nice concept. . . .nice thread too

BajaGold:

"My words are vehicles, watch the way I~ride~I
Never battle emcees, I just do lyrical drive~bys"

MI - With a Pen


"Rappers talking smack, I eight (ate) limbs like an octopus
We historic black boys, so Barack~of~us"

MI – Can’t Tell me nothing

Im lovng this!!