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Nickel Plated Pockets

By Aesop Rock (2002)

On album Daylight (2002)

Daylight

…and shit man) Alright man, I see how it is (I'm straight) [VERSE TWO] Walk into the store with a pocket full of nickels And a city full…

…often If I ever make it big, I'm gonna build a skyscraper tall enough to piss on cloud 9 egos from my corner office You can't pull the plug on a

…catapult (nope) I toss a nickel to a bum's cup from twenty paces thumbs up Got twenty ways to tell you shut the

Nickel Plated Pockets

By El-P

El-P

…and sh*t man) Alright man, I see how it is. (I'm straight) [Verse 2] Walk into the store with a pocket full of nickels And a

…more than often If I ever make it big, I'm gonna build a skyscraper Tall enough to p*ss on Cloud 9 egos from my corner office You…

…can't pull the plug on a catapult (nope) I toss a nickel to a bum's cup from twenty paces thumbs up Got twenty ways to tell you…

Rags And Bones

By Band (1975)

On album Northern Lights-Southern Cross (Expanded Edition) (1975)

Northern Lights-Southern Cross (Expanded Edition)

Catch a taxi to the fountainhead Blinking neon penny arcade A young Caruso on the fire escape Painted face ladies on parade The newsboy on the corner

Singing out headlines And a fiddler selling pencils The sign reads: Help the blind Comin' up the lane callin…

…it ev'rywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me Trolley car rings out the morning Whistle blows at noon A cat fight…

Rags And Bones

By The Band (1975)

On album Northern Lights-Southern Cross (Expanded Edition) (1975)

Northern Lights-Southern Cross (Expanded Edition)

Catch a taxi to the fountainhead Blinking neon penny arcade A young Caruso on the fire escape Painted face ladies on parade The newsboy on the corner

Singing out headlines And a fiddler selling pencils The sign reads: Help the blind Comin' up the lane callin…

…it ev'rywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me Trolley car rings out the morning Whistle blows at noon A cat fight…

Heven Tonite

By The Coup (2001)

On album Party Music (2001)

Party Music

…tear this muthafucka up Consider this my tithe for the offer cup Preacher man wanna save my soul Don't nobody wanna save my life…

…end when it's gauges and guns And if we win in the ages to come We'll have a chapter where the history pages are from

…homes and a garden plot Let's give all the schools books Ten kids a class And give 'em truth for their pencils and pads Retail clerk…

Soldier Blue

By Richard Lloyd (1985)

On album Field Of Fire (1985), Real Time (1987)

Field Of Fire

…(Lloyd) He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mail from the local draft board saying you've got a choice. Jloin the

…it will make him a man." Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night. Then they ship you out on a

…him selling pencils on the corner. Boys, he begging in the street. Sa I call up my Congressman. Saying Mister I have a

Going In Again

By Scru Face Jean (2019)

On album Going in Again (2019), Scrypt (2019)

Going in Again

…crew of icons (look) Put me on a track and then see what happens I might OD put your team in caskets Someone tell sway that I need the

…you lock your jaw I misremember all the fucking fundamentals Have you shook as fuck with a cup on the corner of the cut begging…

…holy land Rap's a sport, bitch I'm in the court But I don't codefend, no codepend On any other man, I hope you overstand God damn, I…

Who Made You King?

By Grey DeLisle (2005)

On album Iron Flowers (2006)

Iron Flowers

…someone to believe in But who baby gave you the right Don't tell me what to do, you're holding on too tight Next thing you know you're a

…-clippin' my wings Who baby made you king? I knew you when you were down on your luck Like a blind man selling pencils in a

…coffee cup Strangers walking by with hearts of stone Made me wanna cry like a saxophone But who baby gave you the right Don't tell…

On Me

By Fergie

Fergie

…through songs and sh*t On me, that's on me Raise up, n*gga, you are not the homie b*tch I'm well-connected from my section down…

…mind if I do From Piru Street to my old street n*gga this Compton, grew up on a dead end Got an armful of dead friends Round here…

…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner Call the coroner, n*ggas dead out here Hangin' onto life by a thread out here Them n…

On Me

By will.i.am

will.i.am

…through songs and sh*t On me, that's on me Raise up, n*gga, you are not the homie b*tch I'm well-connected from my section down…

…don't mind if I do From Piru Street to my old street n*gga this Compton, grew up on a dead end Got an armful of dead friends…

…*ggas I used to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner Call the coroner, n*ggas dead out here Hangin' onto life by a thread out…

On Me

By The Game (2015)

On album The Documentary 2.5 (2015), The Documentary 2 (2015)

The Documentary 2.5

…me, that's on me Raise up, nigga, you are not the homie Bitch I'm well-connected from my section down to Long Beach…

…if I do From Piru Street to my old street Nigga this Compton, grew up on a dead end Got an armful of dead friends Round here Crips…

…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner Call the coroner, niggas dead out here Hangin' onto life by a thread out here Them niggas…

On Me

By The Game Kendrick Lamar (2015)

On album The Documentary 2 (2015)

The Documentary 2

Fooled you From 2015 to infinity it's still bomb weed and Hennessy I can pimp a butterfly for the energy Game I need acapella…

There I go, give me a minute, nigga 'Bout to hit a home run, K. Dot, grab the pennant, nigga Pin it on my Pendleton, trap late night…

…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner Call the coroner, niggas dead out here Hangin' onto life by a thread out here Them niggas wearin' all…

On Me

By Game (2005)

On album The Documentary 2 (2015), The Documentary 2.5 (2015)

The Documentary 2

…songs and shit On me, that's on me Raise up, nigga, you are not the homie Bitch I'm well-connected from my section down…

…home run, K. Dot, grab the pennant, nigga Pin it on my Pendleton, trap late night, Jay Leno them Got my mom a tennis bracelet…

Wimbledon of Wilmington Now can I rap for a minute? Black on the track for a minute Look in my rhyme book, see murder like when I was a

That Getter

By DJ Quik (2014)

On album The Midnight Life (2014)

The Midnight Life

…parties The ones you remember In 1999 from June to November I'm walkin' round in My sandals But I'm getting my shit handled With or without the

Ain't nothing on my toes A bunch of white powder Ain't nothing up my nose I'm a geek I suppose I'm a freak I suppose I'm whatever…

…' They still there doing nothing And now its Threes Company on my planet Im kicking Chrissy out and keeping Janet Thats a

Dumbfoundead vs Illusion-Z

By Nocando

Nocando

…to ashes And after this, I crush a couple faggots from the Public Access Yo, I'll turn you into a ghost in a shell with a battle rhyme…

from the Bay to LA just to get your ass whooped by 18th Street I can picture this fool yellin' "Save me please", lookin' for police But a

…and start doing reggaton Or stand on a corner, holding a Bible, yelling "Jesús" through a megaphone All you do is mention names…

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