Friday, January 13, 2012

Rap Genius Lines of the Week From Rick Ross, Jean Grae

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Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics of the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process. The big release was Rick Ross' mixtape 'Rich Forever,' which spawned 'Stay Schemin'' and sparked a war between Drake and rap veteran Common. In every other way, it was a week for reminiscing and reflection. Ross himself looks back at old teachers, Jean Grae at old boyfriends and West Coast hero -- and newly minted Eminem buddy -- Crooked I at New York City in 1980.

5. "My teacher told me that I was a piece of s---/ Seen her the other day, driving a piece of s---," -- Rick Ross, 'Holy Ghost'

The revenge-on-teachers rap subgenre has quite a distinguished history. Our favorite is Freeway's 'Hear the Song,' where he calls out an old teacher by name on a record that ended up selling over half a million copies -- good luck with those future students, Ms. Lee! For Ross, calling someone out on driving a cheap car is the ultimate insult. He loves expensive rides so much that he named his record label after the now sadly defunct Maybach, and called a Diddy-assisted song on the 'Rich Forever' mixtape, 'Bugatti Boys,' after another seven-figure car.

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