# Cleverest turn of phrase in rap/hip hop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694 "2009-01-17T02:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/81 "2009-01-18T21:04:28Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Remembered another one from the track [If you Must](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xDGXotGIE)by Del tha Funkee Homosapien > > Nigga check yourself, respect yourself > And wash your motherfuckin’ body ‘fore your sweatshirt melt Why not a little bit from Deltron 3030. The song is called Virus. You see late in the evening Fucked up on my computer and my mind starts roaming I create like a heathen The first cycles of this virus I can send through a modem Infiltration hits your station No microsoft or enhanced dos will impede Society thinks thier safe when Bingo! harddrive crashes from the rendering Alot of hackers tryed virus’s before Vaporize your text like so much white out I want it where a file replication is a chore Lights out shut down the entire whitehouse I dont want just a bug that could be corrected Im erecting immaculate design Break the nation down section by section Even to the greatest minds its impossible to find ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/82 "2009-01-18T21:28:57Z")
If French semi-rap counts, I like [Je Veux te Voir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esU70_VTBJI) by Yelle (that video is not her, but has lyrics): > [@](#): > > Tu rêves d’un Hummer fluo > Dessiné par Akroe > Mais tu n’as pas le permis > Tu prends toujours metro Which means, “You dream of a flourescent Hummer designed by Akroe, but you don’t have a license; you always take the metro.” 😛 Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/83 "2009-01-19T09:26:03Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I got a Faygo in the fridge but it tastes ill, > 'cause it’s flatter than a bitch on a big wheel > > I never thought I’d meet someone who likes both ICP and Lil Wayne. If they’re somehow mutually exclusive no one bothered telling me. FWIW there’s a lot of stuff in both their catalogs that I don’t like but I think what they have in common is the ability to produce hilarious turns of phrase beyond the typical “niggas/bitches/bling” that modern hip hop seems filled with. From the ICP’s cautionary tale of venereal disease, “Bugs on my Nuts”: Can’t keep my muthafuckin’ hands out my drawers “Stick a roach motel up under your balls!” Nah, I’d rather stick em in a deep fryer And sizzle those muthafuckas off my wang! From Violent J’s hilarious “Wizard of the Hood”, a parody of Wizard of Oz: We don’t know who you are and we don’t really care But your carnival clown ass is welcome here Because you and that damn near abandoned house Landed right on top of the wicked witch of the South And we hated that wicked bitch so much Said we hated that slutty whore But you crushed and killed that wicked bitch We’ll be grateful forevermore So my house landed right upon some neighborhood trick? Huh, that’s the shit Huh, look there go her feet, sick! Hah, dumb bitch! I started playing it off I seen her in the window So I was running around moving shit And aiming it so ---
**Author:** ![shefDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shefDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shefDave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/84 "2009-01-28T07:19:56Z")
_“They was told not to ride in Patty’s Hearse and stay out of Charles’ Manson Took Abraham’s Lincoln through the Todd Bridges expansion Willis Reids a map that marks the spot showin’ On his left George Burns a blunt William’s holdin’ Tyra Banked the money that Chaka Khaned him for Alicia Keyed his car for givin Melba Moore For the Redd Foxx who bought off the block, but though twice As Debora Cox the gun 'cause she beat Kelly’s Price When Rosa Parked the truck on the farm that Kim Fields Linda Tripped for tryna to walk in Lauryn’s Hills Water dripped outta Farrah’s Fawcett in the glass She was “Superfly”, Curtis Mayfield her ass Chris Tucker to a show, Ted Turner to a hoe Robert Diggs the beat, but ain’t feelin the flow But he signed it fast, for half of Johnny’s Cash Nia Longed for the album to drop, cameras flashed Tom Sawyer at the Lucielle Ball up at the foyer He confronted Richard Pryor to hiring his lawyer Suge’s Knight removed the rook off the board Don King was checked and Al Sharpton the sword”_ **Gza - Fame** ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/85 "2009-01-28T14:59:43Z")
All that champgne I drank just to piss out, I mean, I like the taste but coulda saved myself 6 hours. – JayZ I’m livin tall y’all, and just like Humpty Dumpty, you’re gonna fall when the stereos pump me. I like to rhyme, I like my beats Funky I’m spunky, I like my oatmeal lumpy. . . . Sometimes I get ridiculous. I’ll even buy you crackers and you licorice. Hey Yo fat girl! Come here are you ticklish? – Digital Underground, Humpty Dance And my all time favorite line: We got a doctorate in cold-rockin it. – The Roots, Dynamite ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/86 "2009-01-28T19:19:54Z")
A favorite of mine: “I’m 68 inches above sea level, 93 million miles above these devils” - Butterfly Mecca, _9th Wonder (Blackitolism)_ ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/87 "2009-01-28T19:36:43Z")
Some more favorites… “we cultivated the lost art of study and i brought a buddy automator harder slayer fascinating combinations cyber warlords are activating abominations arm a nation with hatred we ain’t with that we high-tech archeologists searching for nicknacks composing musical stimpacks the song crack the motor what you think you rappin for? I used to be a mech soldier but I didn’t respect orders I had to step forward, tell them this ain’t for us living in a post-apocalyptic world morbid and horrid the secrets of the past they horded now we just boarded on a futuristic spacecraft no mistakes black its our music we must take back” - Deltron 3030, _Deltron 3030_ “From open mics to solutions, I got a collage of answers And a ten point program just like the Black Panthers One: First respect yourself as an artist If you don’t respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage Two: Make sure your crew is as tight as you ‘Cause when them niggas fallin’ off, they gonna bring you down too Three: Understand the meaning of MC The power to move the crowd like Moses split the seas Four: Know your shit and don’t ever be blunted If you don’t know what the words mean then your rhymes mean nothin’ Five: Kick facts in the raps, and curse with clarity What’s a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity? Six: We gonna fix industrial poli-tricks Shit, they made an art form out of ridin’ dicks Seven: We soldiers for God needin’ new recruits So if you rhymin’ for the loot, then you’s a prostitute But Eight: Acknowledge that you need food on your plate In order to say your grace, make sure your business is straight Nine: We buildin’ black minds with intelligence And when you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant Ten: Every MC grab a pen And write some conscious lyrics to tell the children I’ll say it again, every MC find you a pen And drop some conscious shit for our children” - Talib Kweli, _The Manifesto_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/88 "2009-01-28T19:51:07Z")
Good stuff listed so far - surprised I don’t see anything from Eminem and Run-DMC, but most especially from Public Enemy. Em’s internal rhyme scheme on this is great - famous and easy to cite, but he has done better… > [@](#): > > Yo, his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy > There is vomit on his sweater already > Moms forgettin’ he’s nervous > But on the surface he looks calm and ready > To drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting > What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud > He opens his mouth but the words won’t come out > He’s choking, how? Everybody’s jokin’ now > The clock’s run out, time’s up, over BLOW! > Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity > Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad > But he won’t give up that easy, no he won’t have it > He knows his whole back’s to these ropes > It don’t matter, he’s dope, he knows that > But he’s broke, he’s so sad that he knows > When he goes back to this mobile home > That’s when it’s back to the lab again, yo > This whole rhapsody, better go capture this moment > And hope it don’t collapse on him > > You better lose yourself in the music > The moment you own it you better never let it go, oh > You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow > Cuz opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo > You better lose yourself in the music > The moment you own it you better never let it go, oh > You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow > Cuz opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo > You better As for PE - I will go with Don’t Believe the Hype - solid, simple lyrics and rhyme, but with Chuck D’s voice and flow… > [@](#): > > Back > Caught you lookin’ for the same thing > It’s a new thing - check out this I bring > Uh Oh the roll below the level > ‘Cause I’m livin’ low next to the bass, C’mon > Turn up the radio > They claim that I’m a criminal > By now I wonder how > Some people never know > The enemy could be their friend, guardian > I’m not a hooligan > I rock the party and > Clear all the madness, I’m not a racist > Preach to teach to all > 'Cause some they never had this > Number one, not born to run > About the gun… > I wasn’t licensed to have one > The minute they see me, fear me > I’m the epitome - a public enemy > Used, abused without clues > I refused to blow a fuse > They even had it on the news > Don’t believe the hype… ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/89 "2009-01-28T20:44:31Z")
My favorite short line is from Biggie: _“I’m not only a client, I’m the Player President.”_ The “Hairclub For Men” commercial seemed to be on late night TV in NYC a-l-l the time, and I suppose without seeing the commercial it’s not that funny. The voiceover in the commercial ends with “I’m not only a client, I’m the Hairclub President.” ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/90 "2009-01-28T22:46:27Z")
Damn this thread is tougher for me than some GD ones. Here are a few one liners I’ve pull from the top of my head or by hitting random on winamp. I’m definitely coming back to this thread though… **Aesop Rock** : “Now I’m thinking who am I? Jabberwocky Superfly” _Save Yourself_; "Just because I don’t want to war with you, doesn’t mean go light up the bar-b-que"_Coffee_ \*\* Atmosphere\*\*: “Keep my chips stacked up like a high rise. Drinking water cause I gotta keep my mind dry…Full house when I pull out my 9’s. Turn a high rise into a sky line” _What They Sitting For?_ **Blue Scholars** : “You say there’s no time to study? People look- you got time to take a shit, you got time to read a book”, “I heard a few heads say that hiphop is dead, no it’s not, it’s just malnourished and under fed” _Southside Revival_ \*\* Busdriver\*\*: “Kids, if you really want to piss off your parents, show an interest in the arts. Kids, if you really want to piss off your parents, buy real estate in an imaginary place.” _Imaginary Places_ **Danny!** : “Ain’t nothing worse than looking up at a dead eyed crowd, and if I force it on 'em I could make a Jedi proud.”, “Y’all haters popping up like late fees lately.” _No Guarantees_ **Dose-One** : “I can’t get lost; I don’t know where I am” _The Birdcatcher’s Return_ **Eyedea** : “I’ve kicked it with kids that would’ve but couldn’t, kids that could’ve but wouldn’t. Some took it, misunderstood it, stood under it, and over looked it.” _Savior_ **Sage Francis** - “I’m leaving nay-sayers stumped like rain forests” _Escape Artist_ **Talib Kweli** : “Living to get high? You ain’t flyer than gravity” _RE: Definition_ **3oh!3** : "Tell your boyfriend, if he says he’s got beef, that I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t f_ckin’ scared of him"_ Don’t Trust Me\* ---
**Author:** ![Mannish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mannish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mannish)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/91 "2009-01-29T00:23:33Z")
Jay-Z “I’m bravin’ temperatures below zero, no hero No father figure, you gotta pardon a nigga But I’m starvin’ my niggas, and the weight loss in my figures Startin’ to darken my heart, bout to get to my liver Watch it my niggas, I’m trying to stay strong, but I’m gon’ get richer Through any means, with that thing that Malcolm palmed in the picture Never read the Qu’ran, or Islamic scriptures Only Psalms that I read were on the arms of my niggas…” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/92 "2009-01-29T00:30:11Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > _Ma, Ma–look what i did, Ma. Look what i did to my hands, I broke 'em. > You gave me the stone, gave me the chisel, didn’t say how to hold 'em. > Didn’t say to give away every piece of the puzzle ‘til i was left with nothin’. > But i took it upon myself to crush it up and distribute the dust._ > > – Sage Francis, _Sea Lion_. > > One of my favorite rappers. +1 Sage is probably my favorite lyricists ever (Saul Williams in a close second and Illogic rounds out the top three). Pretty much any line, off of any song, would fit here. There are so many layers to peel away, no matter how much you listen you can always catch something new. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/93 "2009-01-29T19:53:20Z")
I tried to run with a theme and pull out some of the better animal songs(ones that kept the theme up through the whole song);and if any one has more please let me know. The first two I couldn’t find any lyrics online so I only gave the first bits a go; couldn’t quite pick up enough of the rest of the song to write them down. Give them a listen though and you can pick them up well enough. I also tried to link to the best place to hear the songs(lyrics and beats), though being at work, that ended up just being their amazon samples. **Qwel** - [Fable Salt](http://www.amazon.com/Fable-Salt-Explicit/dp/B000QWH4OM/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1233249462&sr=102-1) > [@](#): > > No problem said the Salmon, lets swim up this mountain > Cause my school mates are all fish and in no danger of drowning > But fuck that Mountain Goat though that chose his own route > The Mountain Goat sang I don’t swim well > Well, my road is the ground > See that sounds just like a challenge, a race! Sang out the Sparrow > I’m game guys, but I call the grey skies my short and narrow > You hear those storms approaching quick as the warm water ripples(?) > Little Billy Goat on your mark > Start! > The Billy Goat broke > The Fish split > The Sparrow barreled. > A semi-close start… Note: The Amazon sample follows immediately from where I left off. The whole song stays with the narration through to the end of the race; it’s a fun one. **Haiku D’Etat** - [Kats](http://www.amazon.com/Kats/dp/B000QP4XRK/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1233256069&sr=102-1) > [@](#): > > Top cat, rockin’ the top hat; > Like Felix with a bag of tricks we got that > How ya’ feel Garfield? > Chasin’ the kitty, so pretty > Young feline, she gotta be mine > I’m like Kathmandu, She’s like Kat man don’t > You like Pepe Le Pew; you wanna hit it but she won’t > She like my eye of the Tiger claw that hugs and squeeze her > But can’t stand my CAT scan eyes that sees her Note: Again the sample immediately follows the quoted lyrics. The song keeps the ‘cat’ theme all the way through, with all different types of jazzy delivery. They also do another one on the albums for [Dogs](http://www.amazon.com/Dogs/dp/B000QP165W/ref=dm_ap_trk8?ie=UTF8&qid=1233256069&sr=102-1); just as creative lyrically, though not as interesting musically. A great album all around, be sure to check out their [Outro](http://www.amazon.com/Outro/dp/B000QP37OA/ref=dm_ap_trk16?ie=UTF8&qid=1233256069&sr=102-1)composed almost entirely of haiku poems… > [@](#): > > Did the Ostrich > know its feathers would be used > to write haiku poems? \*\*cLOUDDEAD \*\*- [Rifle Eyes](http://www.amazon.com/Rifle-Eyes/dp/B000UH1OAI/ref=dm_ap_trk4?ie=UTF8&qid=1233256897&sr=102-1) > [@](#): > > a murder of mosquitoes, and moths, and gnats > ravage the florescent flickering ribs of a motel lot flood light. > their frantic trajectories perfectly sketching insane in it’s halogen corona. > no collision… no drinking of bulbs at long last… > just a panicked moon drove dance they bang their insect eyes and mind at in the dark. > … > nightcrawlers all dried up on the summer sun sidewalk. > an ant with a little bit of leaf looks like an ant with an african mask. > the red raw salmon steak in the gas station urinal. > a full feathered dead pigeon with its entire skull exposed. > a single long stemmed rose resting between two mounted antlers. > a spider spitting web on a styrofoam snowman’s head… Note: Weird enough? Okay this one is more singing than rhyming. I had a youtube link, but the best I can tell right now(through yahoo cache) it is no longer available. Shame, because the singing delivery really adds to the very vivid images the lyrics invoke.[Here](http://www.lyricspy.com/c/Clouddead/lyrics/Rifle_Eyes/)are the rest of the lyrics. **Digital Underground** - [Underwater Rimes](http://www.amazon.com/Underwater-Rimes-Remix-LP-Version/dp/B0012295QA/ref=dm_ap_trk11?ie=UTF8&qid=1233249425&sr=102-1) > [@](#): > > Now last night, underwater, I saw a French mermaid, > Treated her to caviar and wine over shrimp brain, > In the raw, on the ocean floor, need I say more? > You never heard nobody kick it like this before, > Pink champagne, octopus brains, > Saw your DJ underwater through the window pane. > That sucker tried to hit a mix, but the mix didn’t happen, > Records kept floatin’ all the fish kept laughin’ > A blowfish blew my mind and started to rhyme, > As the octopus cut nine records at a time. > Your boy said, “Show me how to keep my records down,” > But the shark ate his amp, your boy got clowned. Note: Because you can just never have enough Digital Underground. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/94 "2009-01-29T20:12:13Z")
Damn! I knew I’d forget something… **Dr. Octagon** (Kool Keith)- [Halfsharkalligatorhalfman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abky6hbKPpg&feature=related) > [@](#): > > My vomit fluctuates, covers your skull like protoplasm > Lightning bugs turn pink, on my tongue catches spasms > Green elephants, I battle streets with a zebra > My mechanism is more than dionne’s psychic voodoo > African beads, snakeskins, cold script through you my medical passes > You can’t see, with greedy glasses > Carbon dioxide, pour right through em with gases > My description dinosaur > I was made half-shark-half-man, my skin is like razor blades > Seven-oh-seven, mr. gerbik > Verbally no one change my thoughts, animals fly from philly > My appetites more big it’s time for wildabeasts > Adjust my skulls, seven eyes switch hydraulic scribbles > And shrimps, mack gorillas like a pimp > Half-shark-alligator-man Note: Fun song, but don’t ask me to make sense of those lyrics. This one has a youtube link, but I can’t be certain it works. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/95 "2009-01-29T20:29:07Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > What’s interesting is how it tries to redact the World Trade Center from culture. Far more disrespectful than BIG’s line, as it denies that it existed and had a history and was a part of the culture. They don’t play Darlington County on the radio much, but I wonder about the harmless lines Girl, you’re looking at two big spenders Why, the world don’t know what me and Wayne might do Our Pas each own one of the World Trade Centers For a kiss and a smile I’ll give mine all to you. Back to the thread…my favorite is a phrase from the Juice soundtrack: She’s addicted/to what my dick did ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694/96 "2009-01-29T20:42:13Z")
I’ve always been fond of this one from Wyclef Jean in the Fugees’ “Zealots.” I haunt MCs like Mephistopheles Bringin’ swords and Damacles Secret service keep a close watch as if my name was Kennedy Abstract raps simple with a street format Gaze into the sky and measure planets by parallax. Check out the retrograde motion, kill the notion Of biting and recycling and calling it your own creation. I Feel like Rockwell, “Somebody’s watching me” I got no privacy whether on land or at sea. And for you biting zealots, your raps are cacophonic Hypocrite, critic, but deep inside you wish you had the pop hit. It hurts don’t it, the refugees come to your turf and take over the earth. And from the same song: The magazine says the girl should have gone solo, The guys should stop rapping, vanish like Menudo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverest-turn-of-phrase-in-rap-hip-hop/481694.md?page=4)