Every annotation is like a student enrolled at Rap Genius. The following annotations sit at the popular kids' table even though they didn’t dress that way in middle school and those kids like them for all the wrong reasons and they totally haven’t “grown out of” playing Pokemon cards—as if!
Group H: 50 Shades of Upvotes
58 Upvotes
Jesus called, he said he’s sick of the disses
I told him to quit bitching, this isn’t a fucking hotline
from Tyler the Creator, Yonkers
58 Upvotes
Earl puts the “ass” in “assassin”
from Earl Sweatshirt, Earl… Earl
58 Upvotes
I threw a wish in the well/ Don’t ask me, I’ll NEVER tell
from Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe
58 Upvotes
You signed to one nigga that signed to another nigga
That’s signed to three niggas, now that’s bad luck
from Pusha T, Exodus 23:1,
which was in response to:
58 Upvotes
I’m a alien, I hope you ain’t the Prince of Bel Air,
from Lil Wayne, Goulish (Pusha T Diss)
58 Upvotes
If I told you I killed a nigga at 16, would you believe me?/ Or see me to be innocent Kendrick you seen in the street
from Kendrick Lamar, m.A.A.d city
59 Upvotes
Had a dream I was king, I woke up still king
from Bad Meets Evil, Lighters
59 Upvotes
Have you ever had sex with a pharaoh?
Put the pussy in a sarcophagus
Here, he offers to “beat the pussy up” (aggressively make love) until he “kills” the pussy, which will be put to rest in its Egyptian tomb. There is also a pun here on the propensity of ancient Egyptians to mummify and bury cats in the same way they did people
from Kanye West, Monster
59 Upvotes
Braids like I’m O-Dog
Verified by ASAP Rocky, 1 Train
59 Upvotes
My friend is by my right
from Rebecca Black, Friday
Group G: The 60/60 Experience
60 Upvotes
I won’t sugar coat it/ You’d die from diabetes if these other niggas wrote it
from Kendrick Lamar, Hiipower
60 Upvotes
Man, I got so much shit up on my plate dawg
Verified by Schoolboy Q, Blessed
60 Upvotes
What she order, fish filet?
from Kanye West, Niggas in Paris
61 Upvotes
Pull up your trousers this world is Mario find a realm
And you up against Bowser
Verified by Hodgy Beats, Rolex
61 Upvotes
Fat motherfucker
from Rick Ross, Monster
61 Upvotes
You getting blackmailed for that white girl
Quadruple Entendre:
The most literal interpretation that fits the storyline of the song: her brother’s got dirt on her, and it’s all the coke she’s been snorting…
from Kanye West, Blame Game
62 Upvotes
Fall back like Lebron’s hairline against the Mavericks, he lost
from Tyler the Creator, Martians vs. Goblins
You love basketball humor. For instance:
63 Upvotes
The Nets could go 0 for 82 and I’d look at you like this shit gravy
from Jay-Z, Niggas in Paris
63 Upvotes
Ball so hard mothafuckas want to fine me
from Kanye West, Niggas in Paris
63 Upvotes
I’m with your girlfriend eating chips
Um, stop the beat, bitch
from Taco, Tina
63 Upvotes
I am the truest; name a rapper that I ain’t influenced
How Illmatic reoriented rap towards gritty East Coast sounds, and away from West Coast gangster stylings.
How Jay-Z sampled his songs on his first two albums.
How Biggie stole the concept of his album cover.
How he got AZ a record deal with one guest verse…
from Nas, Ether
63 Upvotes
Pour up drank, head shot Explaindrank
Sit down drank, stand up drank
Pass out drank, wake up drank
Faded drank, faded drank
from Kendrick Lamar, Swimming Pools (Drank)
63 Upvotes
Why every rapper named “Big” got bodied?
But every rapper named “Sean” got money?
Well I guess my chances are 50/50
But my vision is 20/20 so I be counting a hundred 100’s
Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Big L…Dead.
Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), Diddy (Sean Combs)…Money.
from Big Sean, All of the Lights (Remix)
64 Upvotes
Verse 3: Rick Ross
from that one time we explained how Rick Ross wound up on Monster
64 Upvotes
Triple-homicide, I sit in the back aisle
I wanna crack a smile when I see him
Throw up a fist for Black Power, cause all we want is his freedom
He grabbed a court officer’s gun and started squeezin'
The story is based on the trial of two people I knew who got locked up — Free High and Worm. Worm is the one who threw up the fist, and Free High grabbed the court officer’s gun.
Verified by Nas, Get Down
65 Upvotes
You blame your own shortcomings on sex and race
The mafia, homosexuals and all the Jews
It’s hogwash point of views, stereotypical
Anti-Semitic like the foul words Gibson spewed
And it’s pathetic
Verified by Nas, Back When
65 Upvotes
And Eminem murdered you on your own shit
from Nas, Ether
65 Upvotes
You might think you’ve peeped the scene
You haven’t, the real one’s far too mean
from Nicki Minaj, Dark Fantasy
65 Upvotes
Hook: 2 Chainz, Drake, and A$AP Rocky
from that time we compared Lupe’s Bitch Bad to Fuckin Problems.
And since we’re on the topic:
66 Upvotes
And maybe other rhyming words like cabbage and savage
And baby carriage and other things that match it
from Lupe Fiasco, Bitch Bad
67 Upvotes
Compton, U.S.A. made Me an Angel on Angel Dust, what
from Kendrick Lamar, m.A.A.d city
68 Upvotes
Your stare was holding
from Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe
68 Upvotes
A tornado flew around my room before you came
from Frank Ocean, Thinking Bout You
69 Upvotes
I don’t even know what that means
(No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative)
No it’s not, it’s gross (Gets the people going)
from Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, Niggas in Paris
69 Upvotes
I pray to God this beat is good enough for Shyne
If not J. Cole, your shit is trash
But at least my opinion just made everyone laugh
from Kendrick Lamar, The Jig is Up (Dump,n)
69 Upvotes
Yo, yo
from Joey BADA$$, Pro Era Kings
69 Upvotes
The square root of 69 is 8 something, right?
Cause I’ve been tryna work it out
from Drake, What’s My Name
Holy shit, this line has 69 upvotes! Nobody move! Let’s admire what the Rap Gods have made for us.
Group F: Here’s another hit, Barry Bonds
70 Upvotes
My Santa Claus was missing, catch you slippin' then it’s Christmas/ Motherfuck a wishlist, my ghetto was ambition
Verified by ASAP Rocky, Long. Live. A$AP
71 Upvotes
Lookin' at rappers like “what the fuck you got a deal for?!”
from J. Cole, Sideline Story
71 Upvotes
Making crack rocks outta pussy nigga fishbones
from Tyler the Creator, Yonkers
71 Upvotes
Hook: A$AP Rocky
Verified by ASAP Rocky, explaining his approach to the Long. Live. A$AP hook
71 Upvotes
Life is good, life is good
Verified by Nas, Summer on Smash
72 Upvotes
chain the color of Akon/ Black diamonds
from 2 Chainz, Mercy
(It’s difficult to type while making an awkward turtle).
72 Upvotes
I made it so I’m chillin' now
Transparent ceiling now
Verified by Nas, Maybach Curtains
72 Upvotes
But I feel like I’m 6'8"
from Bad Meets Evil, Lighters
73 Upvotes
Bye Rihanna.. now back to y'all fools
from Eminem, BET Shady 2.0 Cypher
74 Upvotes
Majin Buu
from Frank Ocean, Pink Matter
If you have the word “majin” in your email address, we were probably friends in grade school.
75 Upvotes
Yeah, this album is dedicated
To all the teachers that told me I’d never amount to nothing
from The Notorious B.I.G., Juicy
This upvote is for all the teachers who said I’d never make it blogging. Bitches!
75 Upvotes
Yeah, I say
Bitch bad, woman good, lady better
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Verified by Lupe Fiasco, Bitch Bad
My apologies for using “bitch.”
75 Upvotes
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
Verified by Nas, N.Y. State of Mind
75 Upvotes
I’m an overachiever, so how about I start a team of leaders
from Tyler the Creator, Yonkers
75 Upvotes
Snap back, see my cut through the holes
A triple entendre:
1. Jay is wearing a snap back hat which is cocked back at the front and you can see his haircut through the hole in the back (he grows his hair out when recording albums)
from Jay-Z, Otis
77 Upvotes
Put the chrome to your dome, make you sweat like Keith
from ASAP Rocky, Fuckin Problems
77 Upvotes
7am
from Rebecca Black, Friday
I love this annotation so much.
77 Upvotes
And if I die before your album drop I hope —
from Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
77 Upvotes
Im ballin', Amar'e
A nick sold in the park then I want in
What’s a king without a crown, nigga?
from Pusha T, New God Flow
77 Upvotes
And I’m peerless, that means I’m eyeless
Which means I’m tearless, which means my iris
Resides where my ears is, which means I’m blinded
But I'mma find it, I can feel its nearness
But I'mma veer so
from Lupe Fiasco, Dumb it Down
This annotation is responsible for about half of my Rap IQ.
77 Upvotes
Everybody gon' respect the shooter
But the one in front of the gun lives forever
from Kendrick Lamar, Money Trees
Yes, at this point, I have “from Kendrick Lamar” copied into my clipboard, in case you were wondering.
79 Upvotes
She said, “‘Ye, can we get married at the mall?"
I said, "Look, you need to crawl 'fore you ball
Come and meet me in the bathroom stall
And show me why you deserve to have it all”
from Kanye West, Niggas in Paris
Group E: 80’s Upvote Machine
80 Upvotes
Whoa, make the ground move
That’s an ass quake
from Big Sean, Mercy
81 Upvotes
Lamborghini angels
Lamborghini angels
Lamborghini angels
Halos down with the doors flapping when they came through
Halos down with the doors flapping when they came through
Verified by Lupe Fiasco, Lamborghini Angels
Genius breakdown by Lupe.
82 Upvotes
What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
Verified inception reference by Kendrick Lamar, Dreams
83 Upvotes
‘Ello, 'ello, 'ello, hello white America, assassinate my character
from Kanye West, Gotta Have It
84 Upvotes
She eyeing me like a nigga don’t exist
Girl, I know you want this di—
from Kendrick Lamar, Fuckin Problems
You like upvoting, that’s your fucking problem.
84 Upvotes
Talkin ’bout baby money? I got your baby money
Kidnap your bitch, get that “how-much-you-love-your-lady” money
from Lil Wayne, It’s Good
85 Upvotes
RapGenius.com is white devil sophistry
from Kool A.D., Middle of the Cake
Kool A.D. would later release a track titled Rap Genius. Beef = squashed
86 Upvotes
And for that girl who never made it home, shot in the dome
How they gon' kill that beautiful sista
Verified by Nas, Accident Murderers
88 Upvotes
I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower
So I can fuck the world for seventy two hours
from Kendrick Lamar, Backseat Freestyle
89 Upvotes
Ayo, lyrical miracle spiritual individual criminal
Subliminal in your swimming pool
Em makes fun of a nerdy, “underground”-style flow
from Eminem, BET Shady 2.0. Cypher
89 Upvotes
So I ball so hard mothafuckas wanna fine me, first niggas gotta find me/ What’s 50 grand to a mothafucka like me, can you please remind me
from Jay-Z, Niggas in Paris
One of my bucket-list goals is to watch an episode of Deal or No Deal, where Howie Mandel tells the contestant, “I just got off the phone with the banker and he says, What’s 50 grand to motherfucker like me, can you please remind me?” But this is why I write blogs about annotations and not the actual annotations themselves
Group D: Upvote Like It’s 1999
90 Upvotes
Don’t ignore me nigga, fuck your glory nigga, this bullshit…
from Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
91 Upvotes
New York streets where killers will walk like Pistol Pete
Damn never thought anyone would get this one…
Verified by Nas, Get Down
97 Upvotes
Fucking with Stretch from Live Squad
I could’ve died the same night that Stretch died
I just got out of his ride
He dropped me off and drove to Springfield
November thirtieth, another Queens king killed
Verified by Nas, A Queens Story
99 Upvotes
Yeah! Drizzy, yo' turn, nigga!
Take Care of the business, nigga (shine on these niggas)
Give these niggas the business, nigga!
Kill spray anything in the way, nigga, fuck ‘em, we don’t love 'em!
from Birdman, We’ll Be Fine
I got 99 upvotes and a bitch ain’t a word that Lupe Fiasco condones.
Group C: 1Hunna
101 Upvotes
…and if you don’t know, now you know
from The Notorious B.I.G., Juicy
That’s the motto.
102 Upvotes
It go Halle Berry or hallelujah
from Kendrick Lamar, Money Trees
102 Upvotes
Catch me in my Mercedes, bumpin' Ice Ice Baby
Screamin' Shady ‘til I die, like a half a pair of dice, life’s crazy
from Bad Meets Evil, Fast Lane
102 Upvotes
Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad
I wish you know that I missed you so so bad
from Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe
“Call me sometime” — Fun Dad
104 Upvotes
I’ll guarantee they scream, “Dre, don’t leave us like that man!” cause
from Dr. Dre, I Need A Doctor
108 Upvotes
Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don
Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don, Nas the Don
Verified by Nas the Don and Tom the Don, Nas The Don
108 Upvotes
Psycho: I’m liable to go Michael, take your pick
Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6
from Jay-Z, Niggas In Paris
Group C: A little under 150, like a Welterweight
111 Upvotes
(What you think of Hayley Williams?) Fuck her, Wolf Haley robbing ‘em/ I’ll crash that fucking airplane that that faggot nigga B.o.B is in
from Tyler the Creator, Yonkers
111 Upvotes
Lead shower, Anna Pebble hour bitch stand the rain
ANNA PEBBLE HAD A SONG CALLED “I CANT STAND THE RAIN”
Verified by Kendrick Lamar, Black Lip Bastard (Remix)
111 Upvotes
I’m a fucking walking paradox, no I’m not
from Tyler the Creator, Yonkers
I upvoted this. (No I didn’t).
116 Upvotes
Bitch, real G’s move in silence like lasagna
from Lil Wayne, 6 Foot 7 Foot
128 Upvotes
Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar
Verified annotation from ASAP Rocky about collaborating with Kendrick
129 Upvotes
I’m done
from Chris Brown, Look At Me Now
130 Upvotes
We don’t like to do too much explaining
from Drake, Started From The Bottom
130 Upvotes
My bitch suck dick like she suck dick
from Tyler the Creator, Bitch Suck Dick
What have I learned from the last three annotations? Brevity is everything.
141 Upvotes
They know
After saying it 31 times, you’d hope they know…
from Drake, Headlines
148 Upvotes
Got my niggas in Paris and they going gorillas, huh
from Kanye West, Niggas in Paris
Group B: 150, 2Hunna
161 Upvotes
Is Pious ‘cause God loves pious?
Probably a rap first: a reference to Plato’s Euthyphro
The Euthyphro dilemma arises when Socrates asks Euthyphro, “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” In other words, (i) do the gods love something because it is pious or (ii) is something pious because the gods love it? Socrates and Euthyphro both agree that (i) is true, but Socrates argues that if (ii) is also true and something is pious because the gods love it then (i) and (ii) together would yield a self-perpetuating cycle in which the gods love the pious because it is the pious and the pious are only pious because the gods love it
from Jay-Z, No Church in the Wild
170 Upvotes
(That shit cray, that shit cray, that shit cray)
Despite HEAVY traffic on Twitter about some British crime lords named Kray, it’s quite apparent from Jay’s pronunciation of “crazy” in his verse (and the spelling in the lyric book) that “cray” is just a truncated version of the word “crazy”.
from Jay-Z, Niggas in Paris
210 Upvotes
Rap Genius’ll decode it for me
Homie
I’m not quite sure what he’s saying here
from Ab-Soul, Only 1
215 Upvotes
Back stroke every day in Chicago
back stroke. playing on the word swimming pool. him drowning in a pool of liquor in Chicago.
Verified by Kendrick Lamar, Swimming Pools (Drank)
253 Upvotes
She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty
Perhaps a reference to Voltaire’s Candide Introduction, in which the principal female character’s name is Cunegonde (which is Persian for “big booty”)
from 2 Chainz, Birthday Song
Group A: 3Hunna! 3Hunna!
Now I done grew up
Round some people living their lifes in bottles
This song is about me reminiscing about my years a kid witnessing a housing that indulged adults in alcohol. So much alcohol that it could fill a swimming pool. Eventually that me reminising became a reality when i became an adult.
Verified from Kendrick Lamar, Swimming Pools (Drank)