# Gramatically correct your favorite rap lyrics! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705 "2003-05-02T19:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/41 "2003-05-05T15:41:48Z")
A bit older than that, Cisco. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/42 "2003-05-05T16:15:36Z")
Pantellerite, that would be the beginning of “Dre Day” by Dr. Dre, correct? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/43 "2003-05-05T16:39:36Z")
Bass! How low are you able to go? Death row is a place that a brother typically is familiar with. Once again, the incredible rhyme animal is back ( also known as D, public enemy number one). A police officer said “freeze”, and I went numb. I tried to tell them I did not possess a firearm at the time, and that the misunderstanding was somehow brought on by Terminator X’s record playing. I am currently locked up in jail because I am a successful rap artist who also praises Louis Farrakhan. Presently, everyone is urging me to rap in a fashion bordering on the miraculous. Everybody should look at this. Is everybody ready? Here we go: Turn up the volume! Bring the noise with you! ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/44 "2003-05-05T16:44:09Z")
Yep. The first few lines of _F_\*\* wit Dre Day\* it is! The gramatically incorrect (and original) lines, placed in a Spoiler box for language content, are: Mista Busta, where the fuck ya at? Can’t scrap a lick, so I know ya got your gat Your dick on hard, from fuckin your road dogs The hood you threw up with, niggaz you grew up with Don’t even respect your ass That’s why it’s time for the doctor, to check your ass, nigga Used to be my homey, used to be my ace Now I wanna slap the taste out yo mouth ---
**Author:** ![WhiteyFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@WhiteyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiteyFoo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/45 "2003-05-05T17:13:44Z")
Your maternal parentage is really quite morbidly obese. (Just how obese is she?) Your maternal parentage is so obese that she is able to consume a score and two burritos, but unfortunatly there is a lack of financial solvency; I observed her being detained behind Taco Bell for suspision of theft. The fact of the matter is, your maternal parentage is addicted to C17H21NO4, and she is unable to beat her addiction. When she walkes, it is much like that of an ape When she speaks, she often expectorates heavily Unclothed, pearched upon a mountain and playin a woodwind An equestrian, consuming a beverage made from distilled barley Shs has the features of a flying mammal from Africa; wings and teeth. Her middle name is Mudbone, and Your maternal parentage has a prostetic ocular device, containing a fish.(3x) Your mother, your mother, your mother. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/46 "2003-05-05T17:31:25Z")
pravnik, that is **Bring the Noise** My contribution: n a manner similar to Louie Armsrong’s musical stylings, I will smoke marijuana in a cylindrical device And, momentarily, tell a tale for you. Municipal employees are constantly harrassing me In search of my hydroponic cultivars These swine wish to collapse my residence pneumatically. I retreat to the fringes of society And transport myself to a different locale. Oh are the swine incensed When they enter my residence only to find That I have escaped the previous evening in my late-model Cadillac. I am the unauthorized captain of this vessel! I map my way with my hallucinogenic visions, avoiding the laser sights of my foes. How can you have faith without visual evidence? Peer closely, but do not squint. A similar person is becoming psychologically abnormal. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/47 "2003-05-05T17:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WhiteyFoo \* > \*\*Your maternal parentage is really quite morbidly obese. (Just how obese is she?) > Your maternal parentage is so obese that she is able to consume a score and two burritos, but unfortunatly there is a lack of financial solvency; I observed her being detained behind Taco Bell for suspision of theft. > The fact of the matter is, your maternal parentage is addicted to C17H21NO4, and she is unable to beat her addiction. > When she walkes, it is much like that of an ape > When she speaks, she often expectorates heavily > > Unclothed, pearched upon a mountain and playin a woodwind > An equestrian, consuming a beverage made from distilled barley > Shs has the features of a flying mammal from Africa; wings and teeth. > Her middle name is Mudbone, and > > Your maternal parentage has a prostetic ocular device, containing a fish.(3x) > Your mother, your mother, your mother. \*\* AWSOME Pharcide song. I think it’s called “Ya Momma”. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/48 "2003-05-05T18:07:43Z")
What?! No: Frozen water beloved! (repeat ad nauseum) ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/49 "2003-05-05T18:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Frozen water beloved! (repeat ad nauseum) ha! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/50 "2003-05-05T18:12:24Z")
**stolichnaya** , that’s a little Cypress Hill, right? I can’t remember the name of the song. Here’s my offering: I have no objection to your copulating with me But I do have an objection to your lack of copulating with me. Baby, you know I’m going to take care of you Because you say you are pregnant with my child, and I know that isn’t true. Is this a good thing? No, it’s not a good thing, you female dog. For good or ill, this makes you switch So I walk over to you with my signs of wealth. Female dogs, black people, put away your pistols. I won’t tolerate that in this house. Because, female dog, I’ll make your style unable to walk. Now that you’ve heard my calm voice You couldn’t start a relationship with another black man, because your vagina won’t lubricate properly. If you desire to look attractive, and not be similar to a beggar, Girl, you should give me the money you owe me. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/51 "2003-05-05T18:16:01Z")
It is occasionally akin to a sub-tropical rainforest, which causes me to ponder the manner in which I remain on the surface. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/52 "2003-05-05T18:17:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*What?! No: > > Frozen water beloved! (repeat ad nauseum) \*\* Damn it. I guess that should be: Frozen water frozen water beloved! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![G-Unit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@G-Unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-Unit)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/53 "2003-05-05T18:19:22Z")
Beadalin Its ODB, but I can’t think of the name of the song. “Hey, dirty, baby I gotcha money.” ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/54 "2003-05-05T18:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > stolichnaya, that’s a little Cypress Hill, right? I can’t remember the name of the song. Yes indeedy- the classic **Insane in the Membrane**. Yours is ODB, Got Your Money, and boyo does that kid benefit from some grammar. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/55 "2003-05-05T18:33:03Z")
Duh! I can’t believe I couldn’t come up with the song title. You and G-Unit are both right, of course. You know, playing this game has made me realize that almost all of Outkast’s songs are more or less grammatically correct. I tried a few of their songs, and they really didn’t need much help-- makes me wonder if my liking them is connected to my geeky tolerance levels for bad grammar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/56 "2003-05-05T18:52:57Z")
So I had sex with your significant other, you morbidly obese jerk!!! ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/57 "2003-05-05T19:05:56Z")
> [@](#): > > It is occasionally akin to a sub-tropical rainforest, which causes me to ponder the manner in which I remain on the surface. Grandmaster Flash, The Message, and countless other references since. Great line. (I know the OP wasn’t envisioning a guessing game, but I’m having fun over here…) Next: **I require four; supply me with four** ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/58 "2003-05-05T20:20:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phelan \* > \*\*So I had sex with your significant other, you morbidly obese jerk!!! \*\* Hit 'em up Bruce\_Daddy’s is Ice Ice Baby ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/59 "2003-05-05T21:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*_I doubt the sincerity of your commitment to the support and dissemination ofall forms of African-American expression._ \*\* Nobody got this one yet. I’ll give a hint: It is from a song which was also done by another poster _after_ I originally posted it. And, hell, if Ice Ice Baby is fair game, I’ll throw in another one: _Your best friend’s brother has asked you to be in his wedding. Although you are appropriately attired, you find yourself having inappropriate thoughts about the bride! Another member of the wedding party mistakes your look of consternation for one of flirtation, and she flirts back. Fortunately, you find her attractive. After the reception, you have sexual intercourse with her._ ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705/60 "2003-05-06T14:45:17Z")
The first one: From “Bring the Noise”: there are several I guess this could be but I’m going to go with > [@](#): > > Radio stations I question your blackness… Your second is that gradeschool mixer epic, Young MC’s “Bust a Move”. What the hey, I’ll try another. **It is you who posesses that which I require. However, you allege that your feelings for him are platonic.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gramatically-correct-your-favorite-rap-lyrics/172705.md?page=4)