Favorite self-awareness bars from rappers

[Chris Cool]

Far from a legend, I'll never be one
Street hall of fame, die with a big gun
-Tony Yayo

 

[Houston911]

This blew my mind

I'm jealous of you, how come you so beautiful?
Smellin' fresh, youthful, intelligent, while I'm stressin' and shyt
Ayo, I envy you ‘cause all you do is smile
And things come your way
Such a innocent child is what some say
I get upset ‘cause I just want to be treated the way you are
Like a star, not a worry in this world thus far
But wait a minute, we both need your mother's attention
I must be crazy, jealous of my own baby infant (Kinda crazy)

 

[Zero]

He wear a mask just to cover the raw flesh
A rather ugly brother with flows that's gorgeous

Can't put shyt past him
Got nikkas on his own team mad enough to blast him
Retarded in real life, on the mic, Rain Man
Stand close to his main man like a chain gang

You could either ignore this advice, or take it from me
Be too nice and people take you for a dummy
So nowadays, he ain't so friendly
Actually, he wouldn't even make a worthy enemy

 

[DeuceZ]

I look to the air, ask God, "Love me, please"
But in reality, only people that hug me is thieves - Jay

I don't know how to start this - Nas

Was once a young gangsta hangin' with youth offenders
But since I tasted paper it started losin the friendships
Watchin' kids freeze in winters, they still poor
How could I tease them with Benzes and feel no remorse? - Nas

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Eminem - Say Goodbye Hollywood

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

The line about being ugly in song cry

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

I'm so disrespectful
-50 cent

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

J-Zone "Kill Pretty" nailed this, albeit rather exaggerated in that good, J-Zone comedic way

"I met her ex boyfriend and crushed his pride
He like, "Baby, I can't believe you fukk with this guy."

 

[Kaydigi]

She told me I was handsome -- I know I look funny with big lips
But that's the love she had for her son, the 9th Prince


9th prince from Killarmy

 

[EA]

Chip on my shoulder, big enough to feed Cambodia
See, I never fit into they quotas
Sneakers wasn’t fitting and my knees needed lotion
Long before I knew the significance of a comb
I roam like phone with no vocal reception
Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step-kid
And black Americans never did accept me
That’s why I grab so much when I'm respected
I never fit in with them light skins
I felt the lighter they was, the better that they life is
So I resented them and they resented me
Cheated on light skin Dominique when we was seventeen
I figure I'd hurt her, she evidently hurt me
And all women who had light features, see
I'd never let a light broad hurt me
That’s why I strike first and the verse cuts deep

Wale

 

[Asicz]

Nicotine fiending, Manic Depressive, it's like the man upstairs tryna pass me a lesson, but I can't catch it, the game under Great Depression, they'll miss my presence...

Beanie Sigel ' Flatline' The B Coming LP

 

[Asicz]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want millions
More than money saved, I wanna save children
Dealing with alcoholism and afrocentricity
A complex man drawn off of simplicity

Common 'The 6th Sense'

 

[Asicz]

Hell bound, grew with two sisters and one brother
Pop wasn't around, so many stories that's another
I'm thinking damn; how my older sister going make me tougher
When steel sharpens steel, I'ma keep it real
I'm tired of trying to hide my pain behind the syrups and pills
Dead to the world, stretched out like a corpse for real
Y'all nikkas thinking what y'all reading in The Source is real

'This Can't Be Life'

Beanie Sigel

 

[FlyGuy]

It was just like yesterday when I gave her the penis
She stroked my ego when she called me a musical genius
What you give me credit for?
Baby, I ain’t shyt



instantly made me a fan

 

[CourtesyFlush]

Sean Price should own this thread. Breh was too real