modest rap lyrics

"i've been working at it ever since i came on this planet / i ain't quite there yet but i'm gettin better at it" is like the most modest rap lyric i've ever heard

― lex pretend, Friday, July 12, 2013 7:39 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what are your favourite modest rap lyrics?

my fav is beanie sigel: 'i'm still afloat, i ain't the captain of the yacht but i'm on the boat'

another that sticks with me:

"to tell you the truth, chamillionaire's better than me,
his flip-flop shines a little bit wetter than me
but it don't matter, we're both on the same team
i'm thinking thoed and i know we think the same thing"

(paul wall)

i always thought that petey pablo line was on some 'btw i am an alien' ish

opened the thread to type the beans one

been playing that b/w "kush dreaming" a lot lately

askin who's the best battle rapper me eminem or canibus
it doesn't matter because kool g rap is better than all three of us
― chino xl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKwSAYGgyAI

Pretty much the entire Consequence album

I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her

I wish, I had a brand-new car
So far, I got this hatchback
And everywhere I go, yo I gets laughed at
And when I'm in my car, I'm laid back
I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat
But that's flat

wasn't there some terrible Onion article in the 90s about 'the first rapper with low self esteem' and his name was "down boy" or something like that?

sounds right

"you sold platinum round the world, i sold wood in the hood"

Rapid from Ruff Sqwad was one of the best grime producers but he got on the mic occasionally. One of his lyrics was 'I know that I ain't the best in the scene/But I hold things down for the rest of the team'. I really like that

I never claimed to be the best type of rapper... - Redman, "Tonight's The Night"

Not the best, not the worst... - Q-Tip "Buggin' Out"

Mama raised me humble so I'd never ever label / myself as the best cuz some of the rest got more flavor - Kurious, "Walk Like A Duck"

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this.