Recently we asked the BuzzFeed Community for the most beautiful lines in rap songs they've come across. Here are the surprisingly deep results.
2. "The question isn't do he love ya the question is, do ya love yourself? You give the best advice to your friends and not take it for yourself."
–Big Sean, Jump Out The Window
Suggested by simonamgc
3. "Last night I saw you in my dreams, now I can't wait to go to sleep."
–Kanye West, Hey Mama
Suggested by kleebaker1985
4. "Jump regardless of the consequence, cause even on the night of the apocalypse, everybody’s an optimist."
–Tonedeff, Optimist
Suggested by RJTuck
5. "People will love you and support you when it's beneficial."
– Nicki Minaj, Pills and Potions
Suggested by katsuperb
6. "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk. Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run. Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly. So I'ma spread my wings, you can meet me in the sky."
–Jay Z, My President Is Black
Suggested by vondajohnson7
7. "I'd shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing at stars."
–Eminem, Not Afraid
Suggested by samb4a3427d86
9. "Without order, nothing exists. Without chaos, nothing evolves."
–Jedi Mind Tricks, Heavy Metal Kings
Suggested by m7anders
10. "Even though you're fed up, you got to keep ya head up."
–2Pac, Keep Ya Head Up
Suggested by nellyhapp
11. "I like when money makes a difference but don't make you different."
–Drake, From Time
Suggested by itskarina
12. "Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion? The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing."
–Kanye West, Gorgeous
Suggested by sofied48f9a0ab5
13. "As a wise lady once said, love the skin you're in cause beauty has no rules. If they're tryna sell an impossible dream to a fool, then you ain't the fool to buy one."
–Skepta, Somebody's Everything
Suggested by burgerzandfriez
14. "No law's gonna change us, we have to change us."
–Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Same Love
Suggested by jessiedowlahpghc2000
16. "Let God deal with the things they do. Cause hate in your heart will consume you too."
–Will Smith, Just the Two of Us
Suggested by samanthag435ec0a37
17. "There was nothing equal for my people in your math. You forced us in the ghetto and then you took our dads."
–Lupe Fiasco, Strange Fruition
Suggested by cecibeci
18. "Every saint got a past, every sinner got a future. Every loser gotta win, and every winner gotta lose someday."
–J Cole, Deja Vu
Suggested by jessical4a184b705
19. "'I am happy'. That's just the saddest lie."
–Kid Cudi, Soundtrack 2 My Life
Suggested by kaitlinc4f630a959
20. "Love is not just a verb, it's you looking in the mirror."
–Kendrick Lamar, Poetic Justice
Suggested by amyp489bd158f
21. "The plan was to drink until the pain's over. But what's worse, the pain or the hangover?"
–Kanye West, Dark Fantasy
Suggested by darktwistedfantasy
23. "Fight for your rights, stand up and be heard. You're just as good as any man, believe that, word."
–Salt N Pepa, Ain't Nuthing But A She Thang
Suggested by Matty Cormier, Facebook
24. "Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time."
–Drake, Over My Dead Body
Suggested by amandaw46a2de3b5
25. "And the land of the free is full of free loaders, leave us dead in the street to be your organ donors."
–Joey Bada$$, Land of the Free
Suggested by kirstenn474274105
26. "I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes."
–Eminem, Mockingbird
Suggested by Mckeesport4Life
27. "Cherish these nights, cherish these people. Life is a movie, but there'll never be a sequel."
–Nicki Minaj, All Things Go
Suggested by alejandromejia112400
28. "Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud."
–Kanye West, Homecoming
Suggested by hvitur