By Deviates (1998)
On album My Life (2000)

…opportunity he should have blown
no shit i realize, I'm not the only one
this happens everyday, you know…
…how you see us, I'm confused but i know what i mean
i can never say it, i could hardly write it, you'll probably never
read…
…way it had to be
should have would have could have had it, i blew my chance
but I'm glad i had one, far away out of range you cant…
By Original Concept Cast of It's Kind of a Funny Story
…middle of a room at night
Can't see the little bit of glow
(Glow)
No
Wrong or right, no one seems to bother asking
(Wrong or right)
If…
…we might need a little middle-of-the-road
(If we might, oh)
How could you know?
I guess you had to be there
(I tried…
…or right
(Wrong or right)
No one seems to bother asking if we might
(If we might)
Need a little middle-of-the-road
(Oh)
How could you know…

…a picket fence
You could see through but you can't get to the inside
You sit there and wait
I look at you and anticipate
What we could…
…will change.
Reaching for a hand that can understand, someone who feels the same.
When you live in a cookie cutter world if you're different you…
…somebody we can turn to
Someone who'll always understand
So if you feel that your soul is dyin'
And you need the strength to keep tryin…

…what you call it, ain't got to be no psychic
To see this is like the farthest thing from heaven
This is hell and I don't mean that…
…now so this song'll hit you
If you hearing this, unfortunately means
That I'm no longer with you in the physical
Not even sure if…
…prettiest name that I could think of
For the prettiest thing my eyes had ever seen, I was nineteen
Took me two felonies to see the…

…? / Enough to be by my side when my flesh and the slug meet? / Life gone I understand that it wasn't fair. / But would you take care…
…to be by my side when my flesh and the slug meet? / Life gone I understand that it wasn't fair. / But would you take care of my fam if…
…flesh and the slug meet? / Life gone I understand that it wasn't fair. / But would you take care of my fam if I wasn't…
By Young Diamond (2021)
On album SASSY (2021)

…what you saying is true man
See I try to do action they wanna
Understand me every time I don't know
Why i hell i don't do me all the…
…all
The time i singing song nigga i could be fucking bitches
Get a job get money that's what I'm up
To nigga you keep coming back to the…
…they don't understand you but
They keep saying that i'm up crazy so i
Gotta prove to them that i'm not damn what
The hell I got…

…a clap. A yes is fine (laughing) ok? (voice from audience “I love that song”) Thank you. Praise God. I tell you, I know everybody's in the same mess. I'm…
…no many idea how many years of struggle and pain and suffering that made that content. You see what I'm saying? You can't get it from the outside in. Truth is from the…
…to be introduced to each other. I'm telling you, I know that I'm up here and you see, Lauryn Hill, you came to see Lauryn Hill. But this is the first time…

Uh-huh, you understand, this for all the niggas
That's out there drugging you understand
I ain't hating on you niggas, I feel…
…you understand
You gotta get it, the best way you could you understand
If you out there drugging or thugging, you understand
That's on you…
…man, I ain't hating on you, you understand
Yeah and it's like that man, let that man do what he want do
If he wanna be out there on the…

…words...to describe it!
Shit, I'm Adam, using words that the serpent recited
You think of snake, I'm thinking more…
…dawg? Fuck is that, Son of Sam?
I'm the Wiz'
Dummy don't get it, I slow-pitch it, underhand
I'm the wisdom, you don't get…
…our niche, one of the smartest making bars connect
Look back at what we started! Look forward at how far it went!
Then remember, that if you…
By Young Diamond (2014)
On album Worth (2014)

…talking illustration
Now i'm twenty one
And i'm thinking damn nigga
If that was me when i was younger
I'll be the man nigga
Like…
…damn
I'm wasting my life
Trying and explain myself
Nigga explaining my self
Don't let me get wealth
So if you don't understand me…
…don't understand
And you might not have the ability to learn
Cause your mind not program
Huh
Tell me why is that nigga
You could…

…talking illustration
Now i'm twenty one
And i'm thinking damn n*gga
If that was me when i was younger
I'll be the man n*gga
Like…
…damn
I'm wasting my life
Trying and explain myself
n*gga explaining my self
Don't let me get wealth
So if you don't understand me
n…
…don't understand
And you might not have the ability to learn
Cause your mind not program
Huh
Tell me why is that n*gga
You could…

…me,-
It's like they don't see the things that i can see /(can see - can't see)/
Maybe i'm just trippin' today…
…these celebrities but i look at them 'n see what the fame did
'n right now i'm busy bein' sick of puttin' up with bullies that…
…celebration i ever had dad you missed it/
I wish i could go back to the happier days of my childhood i really miss it,-
I'm tired…

…me,-
It's like they don't see the things that i can see /(can see - can't see)/
Maybe i'm just trippin' today…
…these celebrities but i look at them 'n see what the fame did
'n right now i'm busy bein' sick of puttin' up with bullies that…
…celebration i ever had dad you missed it/
I wish i could go back to the happier days of my childhood i really miss it,-
I'm tired…
By Nuq (2018)
On album Old (2018)

…on yo dm's you see them let's see what I could do
Cuz baby know I spit it so polite, and every time I touch it girl the…
…a salad but I like the way you dressing, ok
Since I'm prolly not the nigga you been waiting on, let me ask you if you ever feel that wait is long, and if…
I ever be that Nigga you up late to call?
You ever wonder if the one should really take this long?
So
I hope you find…

…understand if you ain't from it
I'm from Jersey City, man, I wish a n*gga try it
Anybody get it, bruh, these bullets ain't biased
f*ck you…
…think it's sweet
I understand that you play, but n*ggas tryna eat
He sent the kite then got killed like the…
…is overrated
'Cause you never see it but they always say it
I say Lord, show me from my enemies
Even the ones that was friends to me
Said the…