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Sad rap quotes

136 quotes from 75 artists, strongest first

The hurt is specific. Lyrics are 119 of 136 lines; interviews are 17. 2Pac has 6, and Juice WRLD and Kid Cudi have 5 each, with Gang Starr and the Geto Boys at 4. Kid Cudi's lines take in the saddest lie, an open sore, and the pain that numbing never fixes. The Geto Boys' "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" (1991) has three lines, and the tell is "I'm paranoid." Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Tha Crossroads" (1996) has three, and 2Pac's "So Many Tears" (1995) has two. Juice WRLD's "Legends" and "Lucid Dreams" are the later entries. A year is on 120 lines, and 55 of those are in the 2010s.