The self righteous d*** dealer dichotomy
I'm drawing from both sides, I am Siamese
(from Alone in Vegas)

In the kitchen with the cape on, apron
Tre-8 on, coulda been Trayvon...but instead I chose Avon
(from Pain)

I'm the best since he died and he lied
The spirit of competition one verse could start Jihad
(from We Got It For Cheap)

See, my type of superhero didn't need capes
I've seen the keys of life carried in a briefcase
(from Concrete Jungle)

Been two years, like I was paddy wagon cruisin'
The streets was yours, you're dunce cappin' and kazooin'
I was just assumin' you'd keep the coke movin'
But I got one question, f*** y'all been doin'?
Pyrex stirs turned into Cavalli furs
The full length cat, when I wave, the kitty purs
(from Mr. Me Too)

Pop a wheelie, tell the judge to Akinyele
Middle fingers out the Ghost, screamin' "Makaveli"
Hail Mary, the scale fairy
Two sides to every coin, so we bail ready
(from What Would Meek Do?)

The rooftop can host a paint and sip for like forty
The Warhols on my wall paint a war story
(from Hard Piano)

D*** dealers anonymous
How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit?
My brick talk is more than obvious, it's ominous
Garages, the Phantom, Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins
Blonde mohawk the collection I'm Dennis Rodman
The money count is the only moment of silence
'Cause hush money balances all this d**** and violence
Hat trick under my mattress
Date I stop still has an asterisk after it
After all I can make a call
I can baptize a brick
As I wash away my sins like a Catholic
Who the f*** ain't mastered this
America's nightmare's in Flint
Children of a lesser God when your melanin's got a tint
And I can't even mention what I sent or what I spent
'Cause my name in 18 wheelers is evidence
I put my boos in those cruise collections
Life's a b****
A to Z on her shoe collection, take your pick
Paid in full like '86, Gs on my body
The new Gucci has less monograms, God's got him
Let he without sin cast the first stone
So I built that all glass quad level first home
Shatter all of your misconceptions
Hold all of them missing weapons
You thought I would miss my blessing
The ultimate misdirection ya
(from D*** Dealers Anonymous)

duh

can you be one of the best lyricists when you only ever write about one topic?

OP makes good argument

But still I wouldn’t put him as one of the best lyricists just because his subject matter is one dimensional

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it's a testament to his penmanship that he's been talking about one topic for more than two decades and it still makes you reel from your chair every time

how many of those DON'T reference coke

He has a narrow focus but he’s definitely an excellent lyricist. Some really cold bars here and there. That first example doesn’t even rhyme though?

Edit: nvm lol I went to the song and listened. The way he annunciates makes it rhyme

it's an imperfect rhyme but tbh hip-hop is full of them. verse doesn't necessarily have to rhyme to be good imo.

IT'S ONLY ONE GOD AND IT'S ONLY ONE CROWN!

SO IT'S ONLY ONE KING THAT CAN STAND ON THIS MOUND!

water is wet

On ktt someone could tell you it isn't so it's better to remind

Well, it's time for him to prove it if that's the case. Pusha has been making the same song over and over again throughout his entire career

His brother produced one of the greatest rap verses of all time on I'm Not You, though.

OP did say best lyricist

But he doesnt tho

too bad his subject matter and concepts are so weak

Dropping coke bars for so long and delivering something fresh each and every time is insanely impressive

Real bars are the ILL bars
These scars are the only real proof they couldn’t kill gods
My coke hand still sketchin out my memoirs
What I did to door panels on them Windstars
Gem stars left cuts on the dinner plate
It’s new stash spots the AC don’t just ventilate

malice is up there too

What’s that
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He’s an elite tier rapper. Bar for bar only a handful of people can compete with him