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#1  Edited By xMP44x

After listening to some rap music, such as that from Eminem and K'naan (probably more hip-hop), I've grown more aware of extremely clever lyrics in songs. I'm quite fond of seeing what I would describe as complete lyrical genius, and I'm curious as to what you feel may be incredible lyrics from a song. If you know the line you feel is extremely impressive, share it here as well as the song and let's see what you like in songs. I might as well go first: 
 

"So I solemnly swear to always treat this roof like my daughters and raise it  "

This is a line from the song 'Not Afraid' from Eminem's most recent album, Recovery. Personally I think it's a wonderful piece of lyrical art seeing as it's a great metaphor, that I personally would never have thought of having in a song. Plus, if you've listened to his earlier albums, such as Infinite (which is 14 years old now), he describes the difficulty of raising his daughter on his budget. So I think it's wonderful due to this factor. 
 
Now GB community - what do you think is lyrical genius?
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#2  Edited By Feanor

"Last name Ever
First name Greatest" 
 
I don't know the rest, but that commercial makes me want to kill myself.

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#3  Edited By kmdrkul

"You're a fucking cunt"
 
By the band Anal Cunt

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#4  Edited By jkz
@Feanor said:

" "Last name EverFirst name Greatest"  I don't know the rest, but that commercial makes me want to kill myself. "

Like a sprained ankle boy I 'aint nothing to play with. 
I started out local, but thanks to all the haters I know G4 pilots on a first name basis. 
 
Yup, rap on the radio is pretty damn terrible. 
 
 
I was just listening to Given and Denied by Poets of the Fall. The song is beautiful. Here's a piece from it. 
  
"Give me back my innocence cos I wish to dream again
Like I never outgrew my old playground
Where the sun sets slowly with a golden crown and the leaves sing lullabies 'round vacant swings
Give me those wings

Let me fly once again
Like I did way back when
I would gamble and win
To lift me high above the din
Of the future we see
Does it hold something for me
I'm weightless again
Just before the shadows..."
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#5  Edited By Interfect

"Wake up in the morning feelin' like P Diddy"

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#6  Edited By PDC_Emulator

The lyrics to Tool's song "Stinkfist" are well done. A short excerpt...
 
"Knuckle deep inside the borderline.
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to.
Relax. Slip away."

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#7  Edited By Ben_H

  

 
Now to be serious, there a couple lines from the band Kalmah I like.  I'll find them and post them later.
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No Apologies- Eminem 
 
or pretty much anything from his first three albums.

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#9  Edited By EvilTwin

Just go listen to some Bob Dylan.
 
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It’s easy to see without looking too far
That not much is really sacred

 
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan

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#10  Edited By habster3

Bridge to "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed; I find it hilarious.

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#13  Edited By Undeadpool

Leonard Cohen 
"Baby, let's get married...we've been alone too long 
Let's be alone together, let's see if we're that strong 
Yeah, let's do something crazy, something absolutely wrong!
While we're waiting...for the miracle...for the miracle to come."  
-Waiting For The Miracle 

Additionally, Iced Earth: 
I am the Dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain
Renouncing God on His throne
My blood is forever stained 
-Dracula 
I like the former because it's an amazing expression of romance and the latter because I've never heard vampires described so...perfectly.

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#14  Edited By Illmatic

"I kept feeding her dollars till her shit started to make sense."

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" You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot, merry Christmas yer ass i pray god it's our last " 
...Christmas music just fills me with a warm glow.

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#16  Edited By George_Hukas

 

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#18  Edited By edtwo

anything from Pearl Jam's first album Ten

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#19  Edited By ArcLyte

will haven - miguel encontro la fe otra vez :

try (and destroy)
you've (already failed)
seek (only truth)
and (trust your heart)
betray (all your thoughts)
and (dive to denial)
stand (like a man)
or (limp with a crutch)
 
set out to fail...

set out to fail...

your -
heart's not intrested

set out to fail

your -
heart's not interested

set out to fail 
 
gone
like the man on the street that begs
swept it in your face to see
and you're left with nothing
but a memory
 
try
like all the times before
to bury pain in vain
and you're left with nothing
but a memory...
 
try (and destroy)
you've (already failed)
seek (only truth)
and (trust your heart)
betray (all your thoughts)
and (dive to denial)
stand (like a man)
or (limp with a crutch) 

kneel 
in the circle you've created
reach out
out towards it's walls
and feel
all it's imperfection
and realize, that it will...
 
open your mind
to discomfort
of being alone
and embrace it
open your mind
to discomfort
of being alone
and embrace it
 
open your mind
 
open your mind
 
set out - to fail
and embrace it
set out - to fail
and embrace it
 
kneel
down into the circle
down into the circle
down into the circle
down in - to the...

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Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Say what you will about the Beatles but that is a bad ass line from I am the Walrus.

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#21  Edited By zanzibarbreeze

Laura's got a big ol' butt
You know I told you I'd be true
But Laura's got a big ol' butt
So I'm leaving you

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#22  Edited By McSmunions

 Me being a virgin, that's idiotic
Cause if Big L got the AIDs, every cutie in the city got it
 
 some of the best punchlines. this is in IMO, one of his funniest.
 
 

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#23  Edited By ThePwnee

Old enough to pee and she's old enough for me! - Dwarves
 
Irish coffee, and Irish car bomb
A fat drunk Jew starts singin' this song
I take a closer look and the fat guy is me
So I buy him a drink and he buys me back three
-NOFX

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#24  Edited By SilentCommando

"I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree"
-The Joker by The Steve Miller Band

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#25  Edited By CoolDrMoney

Her stories are boring and stuff

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#26  Edited By ShaunassNZ
@Feanor said:
" "Last name EverFirst name Greatest"  I don't know the rest, but that commercial makes me want to kill myself. "
That's Lil' Wayne isn't it? Don't ask me how I know. 
 
Any way mines, "Lets make some cash selling ASS! selling us heroin, ASS!"
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#27  Edited By L33tfella_H
@ShaunassNZ:  it's Drake actually, but Lil' Wayne is on that track though.
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#28  Edited By wormz
 Piss, piss, piss on everybody, yes
Piss, piss, urinate, piss 'till your face is yellow, yea

 
GG Allin - I wanna piss on you
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#29  Edited By Linkin10362
Bury it!
I won't let you bury it! 
I won't let you smother it! 
I won't let you murder it! 
Muse - Time is Running Out 
 
or 
 
Everything is clear now. 
Life is just a dream, you know? 
That's never ending. 
I'm ascending.  
The Seatbelts - Blue
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#30  Edited By HODGEY3000

"wake up in the mourning and ask myself, is life worth living should i blast myself" 2PAC