Word Up

"...I was, hot steppin in my Nike Air sneaker/You didn't know I was an emcee beater?.."

Word Up

"...Cos you can feel it in your throat/I'm bout to let my mind float/get your third eye poked/fuck game, I assemble dope-ness/a nigga thats, fresh as the 'fess/studied this rap shit, no need to mic test..."

Word Up

"...to the white folks who watched he was a revoloutionary thug/and to the black folks he was just a crazy nigga..."

Word Up

"...I'm far from broke, I got enough bread/ and mad ho's/ ask Beavis, I get nothin' But- head..."

Big L

Word Up

"With hip-hop guidelines I state I never liked authority/
When sales control stats I place no faith in the majority"

EL-P

Word Up

"The beat be tryna sex me and marry me/I'm talkin' white picket fence and a family"

Vast Aire