***Best Rap Verse of All Time: Nominations***

[CieloAzor]

One more for now...Sticman (Dead Prez) from The Coup's "Get Up"

Honestly, I'm against this government
I ain't gotta cover it up, that's what I meant
Sick of payin bills and I'm sick of payin rent
Seem like I work all the time but don't know where the money went
And the funny ish is we supposed to like this ish
But all y'all politicians can bite this dick
It's a war goin on, the ghetto is a cage
They only give you two choices; be a rebel or a slave
(So what you do?) So I rebel
Like a ulcer in the belly of the beast stayin true to it
Since my home street days in the blue Buick
Niggas been fightin so long seem like I'm used to it
Now what y'all know 'bout how The Coup do it
Truth fluid, Boots put the funk to it, ain't nothin to it
This is for the G's all the way to the bay
For 'Frisco to Oakland all over L.A., ya gotta get up

[Jules22]

he spits some truly awesome verses. my favorite is

i scare police like black men,
in black tims
in a black benz
with fat rims
holding up mac 10s

your style is a joke, correct me if im wrong?
im waiting for the energizer bunny to walk thru your song

[DcifrThs]

new nomination from me:

"if i
were to die murdered in cold blood tomorrow
would you feel sorrow or show love
or would it matter
'could never be the lead off batter
i need sh*t for me to feed off, im seesaw battling
but there's way to much at stake for me to be fake
there's too much on my plate
i done came way to far in this game to turn and walk away
and not say what i got to say
what the f*ck you take me for, a joke?
you smokin crack? before i do that id beg mariah to take me back
i get up 'fore i get down, run myself in the ground
before i put some wack sh*t out
im tryin to smack this one out the park
five thousand mark, ya'll steady tryin to drown a shark
aint gunna do nothin but piss me off
live till the can of whip ass would twist me off
see me leap out
pull a piece out
F*ck shootin im just tryin to knock his teeth out
(boom) f*ck with me now, bitch lets see you freestyle
TALK IS CHEAP, MOTHER F*CKER IF YOU'RE REALLY FEELING FROGISH LEAP
yo slim, you gunna let him get away with that?
he tried to play you, you cant let him skate with that
man i hate this crap
this aint rap this is crazy the way we act
when we confuse hip hop with real life when the music stops.

Barron

[jackal47]

There are so many great rap verses I will find it impossible to choose one, but 3 verses of this song (Mo murda by bone thugs if you're reading flat) are top notch, I don't like wish's verse but other 3 are great, also;

opening verse on 1-2 1-2 (gang starr & MOP)

Notorious thugs Bizzy bone verse

DMX intro on Grand Champ

Tupac Hit Em Up (already nominated)

Tupacs verse in Ja Rules so much Pain

Tupac in Runnin

and Inspectah Decks already mentioned verse in Triumph

[arbitrary]

[ QUOTE ]
99 Problems

Verse Two

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Seconded.

Two nominations of my own (or a nomination and a maybe):

For the sheer skill of a two minute verse that comes off as an angry rant, I find "Rabbit Run" from Eminem impressive.

[ QUOTE ]
Some days I just wanna up and call it quits,
I feel like i'm surrounded by a wall of bricks,
Every time I go to get up I just fall in pits,
My life's like one great big ball of [censored],
If I could just put it all in to all I spit,
Instead I always try to swallow it,
Instead of staring at this wall and [censored],
While I sit writers block sick of all this [censored],
Can't call it [censored], all I know is I'm about to hit the wall,
If I have to see another one of mom's alcoholic fits,
This is it, last straw, that’s all, that’s it,
I ain't dealing with another [censored] politic,
I'm like a skillet bubbling, till it filters up,
I'm about to kill it, I can feel it building up,
Blow this building up, I've concealed enough,
My cup run'ith over I've done and filled it up,
The pen explodes and busts and ink spills my guts,
You think all I do is stand here and feel my nuts,
Well I'm a show you what, you gonna feel my rush,
You dont feel it then it must be to real to touch,
Peel a dutch, I'm about to tear [censored] up,
Goosebumps, yeah I'm a make your hair sit up,
Yeah sit up, I'm a tell you who I be,
I'm a make you hate me cause you ain't me,
You wait, it ain't to late to finally see,
What you close minded [censored] were to blind to see,
Whoever finds me, is gonna get a finders fee,
Out this world and ain't no one out their mind as me,
You need peace of mind, here's a piece of mine,
All I need's a line but sometimes,
I dont always find the words to rhyme,
To express how i'm really feeling at that time,
Yeah sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, just sometimes,
It's always me, how dark can these hallways be,
The clock strikes midnight, 1, 2, then half past 3,
This half ass rhyme with this half ass piece of paper,
I'm desperate at my desk if I could just get the rest,
Of this [censored] off my chest, again, stuck in this slump,
Can't think of nothing, [censored] I'm stumped,
But wait here comes something,
Nope, it's not good enough, scribble it out, new pad,
Crinkle it up and throw that [censored] out,
I'm fizzling now thought I had figured it out,
Ball's in my court but I'm scared to dribble it out,
But I'm afraid, but why am I afraid, why am I a slave to this trade,
Cyanide I'll spit to the grave, real enough to rile you up,
Want me to flip it I can rip it any style you want,
I'm a switch hitter bitch, Jimmy Smith ain’t a quitter,
I'm a sit here till I get enough,
For me to finally hit a [censored] boiling point,
Put some oil in your joints,
Flip the coin bitch come get destroyed,
An MC's worst dream I make them tense they hate me,
See me and shake like a chain-link fence,
By the looks of them you would swear Jaws was coming,
By the scream of them you would swear i'm sawing someone,
By the way they running you would swear the law was coming,
It's now or never and tonight It's all or nothing,
Momma, Jimmy keeps leaving on us, he said he'd be back,
He pinky promised, I dont think he's honest,
I be back baby I just got to beat this clock,
[censored] this clock, I'm a make them eat this watch,
Don't believe me watch, I'm a win this race,
and I'm a come back and rub my [censored] in your face,
Bitch, I found my niche, you gonna hear my voice,
Till you sick of it you ain't gonna have a choice,
If I gotta scream till I have half a lung,
If I have half a chance I grab it, rabbit run.

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I was depressed to not find much worthy in the NWA catalog, but they should be represented here. So, maybe MC Ren's verse from [censored] tha Police?

==arbitrary

[Chump Change]

[ QUOTE ]
I got a letter from the Government
the other day
I opened, and read it
it said they was suckas......

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they wanted me for their army or whatever,
picture me giving a damn, i said never

Whew. I was about to ask if anybody on this thread had actually listened or heard of rap before '98. I didnt read the whole thing so my apologies if I missed something.

Also:
Bushwick Bill's verse in 'My mind is playing tricks on me'- Geto Boyz

Third verse of 'Passin' me by' - Pharcyde (Fatlip?)

[EPIC]

CHUMP CHANGE,

And I must voice my opinion of not even pretending she didn't have me
Strung like a chicken, chase my tail like a doggie
She was kind of like a star, thinking I was like a fan
Dude, she looked good, down side: she had a man
He was a rooty-toot, a nincompoop
She told me soon your little birdie's gonna fly the coop
She was a flake like corn, and I was born not to understand
By lettin her pass I had proved to be a better man

or

Now there she goes again, the dopest Ethiopian
And now the world around me be gets movin in slow motion
when-ever she happens to walk by - why does the apple of my eye
overlook and disregard my feelings no matter how much I try?
Wait, no, i did not really pursue my little princess with persistance;
And I was so low-key that she was unaware of my existance
From a distance I desired, secretly admired her;
Wired her a letter to get her, and it went:
My dear, my dear, my dear, you do not know me but I know you very well
Now let me tell you about the feelings I have for you
When I try, or make some sort of attempt, I symp
Damn I wish I wasn't such a wimp!
'Cause then I would let you know that I love you so
And if I was your man then I would be true
The only lying I would do is in the bed with you
Then I signed sincerely the one who loves you dearly, PS love me tender
The letter came back three days later: Return to Sender
Damn!

[shakingspear]

So if I'm in your neighberhood
you better duck.
Cause Ice Cube is crazy as f*ck.

--NWA, Straight Outta Compton

[zenfurni]

[Eric B, Juice] - the beat's sick too
A brand new morn, no time to yawn
Shower’s on, power’s on
Late for school, I catch the train
Girls sip cristal and whisper my name
I push up like an exercise,
Check the intellect and inspect the thighs
Select the best one, pull her to the side
Keep her occupied for the rest of the ride
Read my resume she’s know I’m ’ready cool
Just meet me after school,
We can moan and groan until your mom come home ,
And you be calling me al dope capone.
Sweatin’ me, she didn’t want to let me loose-
Come get me, that’s if you want to sip the juice
Cause the streets await me, so I take my gun off safety
Cause alot of niggaz hate me
Coming out of the building, they set me up
Sprayed wit automatics, they wet me up
In a puddle of blood, I lay close to the edge
I guess I didn’t know the ledge.....

[CaptainNasty]

"Girls were leaving snail trails,
So my boys and me did elephant trails"

From MC H0mo