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Classy Clapback Queen: Lauryn Hill's Savage Lines From 'The Score'

Classy Clapback Queen: Lauryn Hill’s Most Savage Lines From ‘The Score’

Don't come for her. She'll flame you.

Published on February 13, 2018
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In 1996, Fugees dropped their classic album The Score and in one big swoop Wyclef Jean, Pras, and Lauryn Hill created a unique sound celebrated by millions. Rap verses never sounded so good over elements of soul, reggae and off-the-wall samples.

While all three rhymers had bars to drag any nearby doubter, it was Ms. Lauryn Hill who seemed to be coming for blood.

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She was the type of rapper who’d flame you and you wouldn’t even know it until hours later.

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I mean, who really knew what “defecating” meant before Lauryn’s verse on “Ready or Not?”

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On today’s 22nd anniversary of The Score, swipe through to peep Ms. Hill’s most lethal bars, and make sure you revisit the influential album that made her a star!

“Bless you if you represent the Fu, but I hex you, with some witches brew if you’re doo-doo.”

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“Voodoo; I can do what you do. Easy. Believe me, frontin’ n*ggas give me hebejebes.”

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“So while you’re imitating Al Capone, I’ll be Nina Simone, and defecating on your microphone.”

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“Ready or Not”

“My rhymes make incisions in your anatomy, and I back this with Deuteronomy or Leviticus, God made this word, you can’t get with this, sweet like licorice, dangerous like syphilis.”

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“How Many Mics”

“Yea behold as my odes manifold on your rhymes. Two MCs can’t occupy the same space at the same time. It’s against the laws of physics.”

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“Zealots”

“And even after all my logic and my theory, I add a motherf*cker so you ignorant n*ggas hear me.”

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“Zealots”

“So frequently your nerve endings belong to me. Wrongfully you put me down not receiving the full capacity of my smoke. Wack n*ggas choke from the fumes that I emote.”

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“Or emit sh*t.”

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“The Score”

“Ha ha ha ha, you shouldn’t diss refugees and…”

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“Ha ha ha ha, your whole sound set’s booty and…”

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“Ha ha ha ha, you have to respect Jersey, cause I’m super fly when I’m super high on the Fu-Gee-Laaa.”

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“Fu-Gee-La”

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