Dope jay-z lines that were actually wack as fukk in retrospect

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Being a business and being a businessman are very different

The whole verse is about how people were questioning his ability to run Rocafella and him shooting back at the doubters. The line right before it is: "I sold Kilos of coke, I'm guessin' I can sell CD's".

Running a label or selling crack = being a businessman.

Rapping, making hits and being a celebrity (that has to hire an agent/manager to handle business things) = being a business

So basically he defends his ability as businessman by saying "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business"...which is exactly what his critics were saying.
:russ: fukking stupid brah
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How can you nikkas sit here and say "I'm not a business man I'm a buisness,MAN"...is a wack line:childplease:? Do u nikkas just not understand what he's saying? He sayin he not just a businessman who works in a place where business is conducted....he's sayin he's a business MAN....shyt goin over nikkas head again:snoop:
 
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How can you nikkas sit here and say "I'm not a business man I'm a buisness,MAN"...is a wack line:childplease:? Do u nikkas just not understand what he's saying? He sayin he not just a businessman who works in a place where business is conducted....he's sayin he's a business MAN....shyt goin over nikkas head again:snoop:

No

We get it

WE ALL GET IT

Its just wack breh...if papoose said it y'all would be laughing immediately. Here's another line just like it:

Generic thug rapper - "I don't run the streets nikka I RUN the STREETS"

As in, he doesn't he doesn't just jog and run marathons...he's a gangster and runs the streets.

GET IT???

:stopitslime:
 

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Hold the fukk up...when did he say that awful shyt haha

nah KTD2 didn't post the full bar.. it's one of the hottest jay-z lines ever

let me get the youtube timestamp

I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them
I jack, I rob, I sin
Aww man, I'm Jackie Robinson
'cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
Lucky me, luckily, they didn't get me
Now when I bring the Nets, I'm the black Branch Rickey


1m40s

[ame]http://youtu.be/bQZlXWU0aO0?t=100s[/ame]
 

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"She's my little quarterback ya dig, cuz I'm all that in the sack ya dig" :snoop:

Most garbage Jay lines were in the latter part of his career when he started getting corny and running out of shyt to say. Reasonable Doubt Jay was just awesome. It was one of the finest examples of an elite rapper in his prime on top of his game ever.
 
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this thread reminds of that lil wayne punchline thread when carter 4 dropped lmao. Both them are mad respected hip hop veterans yet have had some terrible punchlines that you'd never catch other less respected artists spit.
 
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