Word play is the foundation of all rap music. In as much as we like sometimes to hear a good message being passed on on a beat, it is a matter of more than words. When we listen to rap music, we appreciate it based on the poetic devices, punchlines, and cultural references applied.
Here we have pulled out some lines and bars that stood out to us from Young Holiday’s Worth The Wait EP.
Track 1. Peaceful Life
“Mama told me not to play with fire she didn’t know she was raising a dragon till I started spitting fire”
“I am that kind of rapper they can’t overrate Nobody badder than me up till date Im getting married to the game and your favorite rapper was there to catch the bouquet”
“I don’t do this for a living, I do this for life”
Track 2. Satisfied
“Like you move ya hear gym they must ever complain Take bullet for them they go call you make you cam take their cane”
Track 3. Legends never die
“Minus the vision and tell me what you think I’m saying close your eyes for once and let your mind see We are all holding our hands in this little circle But we all negative we are not really connected If one man be fit doom Jesus no for find disciples When you hear with all due respect know you are about to get disrespected”
“Make Up doesn’t hide your insecurities so making up a story has never been a plus for me”
“Real friends are hard to find like a good excuse when your main chick catch you pants down brushing it”
“I like to listen from both ends - stereotype I don’t surround myself with people who are stereotyped”
“Inside this game I be na jack. I no di talk that perika weh e climb for hill with Jill fall broke e back”
“Strong men fight slay kings brag”
“Real men lie good men die”
“The world spoil when they start to give God face They give yi name give yi shade put yi for white race Use complex for keep in check the black faith Fake freedom for keep in chains the black slaves”
“Vision realized by Roman Polanski Only thing I catch is a cold forget what Bruno Mars thinks”
“I carry class stay my muscle last former Prof des di gronder like Locko I supporter”
“Young said bro let’s give them that album flow Let’s set the fuse right so make the album blow That kind watering for sharp so make the album grow That kind holding up the curtain make the album show”
Track 4: Test of Time
“My skin di weak Sef when I think for write some kanna flow Anyman for here di cut e grass na for yi goat At the end you go still say na that ya man be pro Na strictly business no be charity as they di quote”
“If it’s all about who deserves it I shouldn’t stress this Being the best in this nation I checked it off my checklist like three years ago Hard for them to accept this because I haven’t been to shows in snacks out of the country”
“You getting way used to average stuffs I will never get to leave you halfway cuz Im too loaded, so many punches”
“My takeover season I’m changing the weather For those of you rapping for no reason, retire”
“My mind is a weapon like my brain is Iran They shouldn’t say I run the game they should say I ran, past glories”
Track 5: En Franćaise
“First time I heard I’m too swag I dint like it Felt like it was naive and childish Then I hear the song again for inside Bonanjo the feeling was all different -shit was exciting”
“They won’t write the songs I write if they seized my pen And nowadays the realest ones are the ones who pretend”
“When I miss a call from destiny I call her back And be like Bae you can understand they tried to delay you”
Track 6: Need your help
“I’ll focus on the wheel so someone else can take the pedal”
“Refuse to learn we copy what they preach Not very long from now the human brain will shrink“
“We fear God more than we Love him” “Religion is more of magic”
“Im out here screaming free Valsero The government is the biggest threat to unity to me though”
Track 7: Money Talks
“If that money could talk. Na with tears for yi eye E for look you na straight for ya face set brother man pick up your life”
“There is no shame in walking with no crown”
Have you listened to the EP?
What are your favorite lines?
Get in the comments section and let us know.
-TeamPoise