pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?message-squaremessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down111
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarebuycurious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·9 months agoI’ve always thought this was a pretty good one: real G’s move in silence like lasagna
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoI don’t get it. What is lasagna, here?
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoSure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
minus-squarebuycurious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoIt’s a metaphor. The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna. This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-29 months agoOH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!
I’ve always thought this was a pretty good one:
I don’t get it. What is lasagna, here?
The “G” in “Lasagna” is silent
Sure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
It’s a metaphor.
The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna.
This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
OH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!