“If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be
Lyrically, Talib Kweli
Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did 5 mill’ – I ain’t been rhyming like Common since.”
Jay-Z – ‘Moment of Clarity’

“Brain cells are lit. Ideas start to hit
Next the formation of words that fit
At the table I sit, making it legit
And when my pen hits the paper.”
Big Daddy Kane – ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’‘

"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"