20 Rap Lyrics That Shouldn't Exist

Rappers say the darndest things.

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Rap is often politically incorrect. That's no secret. It shrugs off topics other genres find reprehensible with a grin. At times, we love it for exactly that reason: It says what others won't and it often addresses controversial issues in a witty or cheeky manner that sparks powerful discourse. But some rap lyrics cross a line of indecency that shouldn't be crossed, one that marks complete insensitivity or just an utter lack of sense. This kind of shock rap has no real value, and it only serves to offend listeners and make rap fans shake our heads. Yes, even rap lyrics can be made in bad taste. Here is a list of some of the most regrettable ones.

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“Put Molly all in her champagne/She ain't even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that/She ain't even know it.” - Rick Ross

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Song: Rocko f/ Rick Ross and Future “U.O.E.N.O.” (2013)

So, Rick Ross swears this lyric isn’t about rape. What else would he call slipping a woman a drug without her knowledge then having sex with her and her having no recollection of the event? If it seems like rape and sounds like rape then it most certainly is rape. There’s no sugar-coating it. Ross certainly regrets this lyric though since it basically cost him his endorsement with Reebok and he was forced to apologize for it.


“Beat that p****y up like Emmett Till.” - Lil Wanye

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Song: Future f/ Lil Wayne “Karate Chop” (2013)

This isn’t the first time Lil Wayne has used the beating of Emmett Till as a punchline (the first and lesser-known instance came on a mixtape cut, “Swizzy (Remix)”), but it was the most public, and it rightfully sparked outrage from the Till family and the African-American community. Wayne inevitably apologized for the lyric, but if he had really thought this one through he never would’ve rapped it in the first place.


“'Cause if she expecting, I can satisfy/And at the same time, give her kid a pacifier/And I love when I bust that old nut/'Cause I know that her baby's just gon' lick it up.” - Pimp C

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Song: UGK “Pregnant Pussy” (1992)

“Pregnant Pussy” is an incredibly disturbing song about—you guessed it—having graphic sex with a pregnant woman. That isn’t the problem, though. The worst part about it is that Bun B and Pimp C seem hell bent on making the unborn child complicit in the act, and the imagery is unsettling. Give her kid a…pacifier? Yikes. There are lyrics just as bad as this one throughout the entire song. Listen at your own peril.


“When the relay starts I'm a runaway slave…master” - Iggy Azalea

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Song: Iggy Azalea “D.R.U.G.S.” (2011)

It's probably a bad idea for any white rapper to put the words “slave” and “master” in any sentence together, but Iggy Azalea insisted on trying it in “D.R.U.G.S.”, and it's about as grating as you would expect. Her level of self-awareness has never been particularly high, but this was one of her lowest lows. She eventually got called out by Azealia Banks about it, but lucky for Iggy, it was hard to take Banks seriously thanks to her history of beefing.


“F**k the F.B.I. and f**k all the Army troops/Fighting for what, b***h? Be your own man.” - Soulja Boy

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Song: Soulja Boy “Let's Be Real” (2011)

Taking shots at the Feds is a common rap trope, but everyone seems to draw the line at the armed forces. Everyone except Soulja Boy, that is, who went as far as to shout a fuck you to the troops and dismiss their actions as pointless.

“If you don't judge my gold chains/I'll forget the iron chains.” - LL Cool J

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Song: LL Cool J “Accidental Racist” (2013)

The universal mishap that was “Accidental Racist” included this particular moment of idiocy where LL Cool J offers his forgiveness for slavery in exchange for being able to rock gaudy jewelry without being publicly judged. Oh, OK. Yeah, that seems like a totally fair trade.


“Rape a pregnant b***h and tell my friends I had a threesome.” - Tyler, the Creator

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Song: Tyler, the Creator “Tron Cat” (2011)

This lyric was released at the height of Odd Future's shock rap movement, and it was probably the apex of their depravity. Boasting to your friends about raping a pregnant woman is about as low as it gets. Tyler was once all about his shock antics and has since calmed down a tad bit, but this one went from youthful destruction to just plain uncomfortable.


“Though I can freak, fly, flow, f**k up a f****t/Don't understand their ways I ain't down with gays.” - Sadat X

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Song: Brand Nubian “Punks Jump Up to Get the Beat Down” (1992)

One thing that often gets swept under the rug about “conscious” hip-hop is how conservative its views are with regards to the gay community and their human rights. Brand Nubian is the prime example of this. Lord Jamar isn't the only homophobe in the group; birds of a feather flock together, and Sadat X seems to share his former group member’s backward opinions. He does illustrate an excellent point, however: People will always fear what they don’t understand, and it leads to hatemongering.


“I'll rape your child/They won't make the trial.” - Cam'ron

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Song: Juelz Santana f/ Cam'ron “Kill Em” (2005)

This song is called “Kill Em” so you get the idea that this isn’t going to end well from the get go, but it takes a rather extreme jump at the very end, with Cam’ron throwing around rape threats. Cam'ron is sadly no stranger to rape lyrics, but this one takes the cake by throwing pedophilia into the mix. This might actually be worse than the time he threatened to R. Kelly Nas' daughter. Yikes.


“Trayvon Martin, never missing my target.” - Rick Ross

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Song: Rick Ross “BLK & WHT” (2014)

You can mull over this lyric a thousand times and still not make sense of it. It’s so poorly worded it’s almost as if he’s comparing himself to infamous gunman George Zimmerman. Just leave Trayvon out of it. Your rap is counterproductive. It should also be noted that Rick Ross spit this boneheaded line right after coming off his “put molly all in her champagne” line. Some people never learn.

“And if you got a daughter older than 15, I'mma rape her/Take her on the living room floor, right there in front of you/Then ask you seriously, what you wanna do?” - DMX

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Song: DMX “X Is Coming” (1998)

As if the idea of raping someone’s daughter isn’t bad enough, DMX goes on to describe the actions proceeding and leading up to the act. He also seems to think that putting the age restriction on it makes it less terrible somehow? That’s still pedophilia, dog.

“Call me white n****r/Call me christ killer or k**e/Call me n****r lover/Because I spit on the mic.” - Ill Bill

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Song: Ill Bill “White Nigger” (2008)

Ill Bill made a name spouting shock value raps filled with hardcore sexually explicit and violent content, but this is over the top even for him. It reads like a 12-year-old trying to navigate COD chat racism for the first time.


“Zombies blowing up like the Boston Marathon, boom/What, too soon? Opposite of late bloom.” - Meechy Darko

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Song: Flatbush Zombies “Death” (2013)

Yes, too soon. Here’s a good rule of thumb: It’s probably best to leave national tragedies alone, period.


“You wack like Will Smith, your rhyme style is pansy/I f**king murder your young style like JonBenét Ramsey.” - Chino XL

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Song: Sway & King Tech f/ RZA, Tech N9ne, Eminem, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Jayo Felony, Chino XL and KRS-One “The Anthem” (2005)

On one of the more notable Sway & King Tech songs Chino XL goes for a twofer making light of Tisha Campbell’s sexual harassment charge against Martin Lawrence and JonBenét Ramsey’s disappearance. These references were made long after the incidents in question took place, but there is still no statute of limitations on being condemned for idiocy.


“I got a girl on my arm you should show respect/Something crazy and Asian, Virginia Tech.” - Childish Gambino

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Song: Childish Gambino “Backpackers” (2011)

This bar alludes to two different Virginia Tech tragedies, and exploits the subtext for a punchline that isn’t even remotely good. Your girl is a psychotic gunman on a rampage? Yeah, I didn't think so.


“My little sister's birthday, she'll remember me/For a gift I had 10 of my boys take her virginity.” - Bizarre

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Song: Eminem f/ Bizarre “Amityville” (2000)

This lyric literally serves no purpose other than to disgust a listener. Bizarre doubles down on Emimem's shock value with half of his wit, lyrical skill, or restraint.


“Ain’t no due process/For boys that become girls or verse vica/Field n****s control this/Pin the hollow point tip on this gay rights activist.” - Khujo

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Song: Goodie Mob “Fly Away” (1998)

Not only are Khujo’s lyrics transphobic, they blatantly deny the rights to trans people. Khujo also seems to fancy the idea of gunning down human rights activists, too.


“The Big Daddy law is anti-f*****t/That means no homosexuality, what's in my pants'll make you see reality.” - Big Daddy Kane

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Song: Big Daddy Kane “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy” (1989)

Big Daddy Kane seems to believe he can turn a lesbian straight because he has a special penis that’s so good it can reconfigure one’s sexual orientation or something? He obviously doesn’t follow @moscaddie on Twitter.


"I'm placin' snitches inside lakes and ditches, and if I catch AIDS I'ma start rapin' b*****s" - Big L

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Song: Big L “Devil’s Son” (1993)

You can probably anticipate that a song called “Devil’s Son” will be filled with vile lyrics, but you can’t really prepare for someone rapping about raping a woman and then forcing her husband to watch all because of some unpaid debt, or worse, contracting AIDS and then forcefully spreading it throughout the city. Big L has many sinister raps, but this is by far his most despicable.


“I got blood on my hands, and there's no remorse/I got blood on my d**k cuz I f**ked your corpse/I'm a nasty n***a.” - DMX

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Song: DMX “Bring Your Whole Crew” (1998)

DMX. Bro. A corpse, though …? Stop it.


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