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GRADING RAP LYRICS
Sometimes rappers are funny, sometimes they’re clever and sometimes they just miss the mark a bit. Luckily for you the Audio Addict editors have put their stern teacher spectacles on to grade some of the year’s most memorable lines, separating The Underachievers from the Kanye Best.
She give you a free kick, and then you get lamped 'ard - Swet Shop Boys, 'Benny Lava' Mr. Swet Shop Boy, please come and see me so you can give me the name of the girl confusing football with boxing.
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I'm miles ahead of you, you can sip my b** **es brew - RTJ featuring Zack de la Roc ha, 'Close Your Eyes and Count to F**k'
Good to have you back, Mr. de la Rocha, this one must be a Milestone for you.
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Mitch caught a body 'bout a week ago - Bobby Shmurda, 'Hot N***a'
Are you telling me your friend Mitch killed someone recently? Bobby, you know the first rule of rap school: Snitches get stitches.
U
Don't play with me boy, don't play with me boy /Go play your Nintendo! - Stitches, 'Brick In Yo Face'
t isn’t selling blow. Take your own advice, you need a hobby tha
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Heart heart heart of a lion lion/heart departed from my soul/thanks to everyone hates me/only makes me fit my role - Yung Lean, 'Volt'
I’m aware that you’ve had to deal with bullies recently, so this line is very brave coming from you Mr. Leandoer. Don’t let the bullies get you down!
Flow been burr since Novem'/chain been burr since Novem'/that means cold/I'm just sayin'/we ain't playin' - Childish Gambino, 'Partna Dem' Donald, take away the explanation of your own bars. See what I did there? Donald, take away? D minus? Annoying, isn’t it?
D-
ded Understand that all language is metaphor - If you hea there's for a wall, you better set a course to a door/And if no door, you better get a door/And if not, just look and see what you saw/And with that saw cut yourself in half/And two halves make a whole so climb through that - Kool A.D., 'Open Letter'
d you’ll go far. Stop smoking so much dank an 4
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