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Who do you think is the best lyricist?

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idNut

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I firmly hold Tupac then Trent Reznor or Ian Curtis but Tupac is most definitely the best I've ever heard.
 
Elvis Costello - also one of the most prolific

"The twitching impulse is to speak your mind
I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it
Is it in that ugly place, that's just behind your face
where you keep my picture still, despite the fact that you had me replaced"
---All The Rage (from Brutal Youth)
 
Danni Filth:
"Herodias and I have led a phantom cavalcade
Through veiled and pagan history where superstitions reigned
And Christendom sought to pervert, but poets of my name
Sang of penumbral victories that sorcery had claimed
The Graal and mighty Caliburn as votive offerings
To an England rearisen under vast majestic wings

These are the shores whereto my soul
Blood drenched and unredeemed
Shalt seek solace in secrets told
Through the whispers of a dream

From the woods Pendragon-born, I rose Arcturius
A proud, audacious King mantled in the
vehemence of lust
Death and destiny undaunted me, I drew a throne divided
In awe of the glorious battles won, my dark Goddess provided
Then treachery, a wingless beast, came crawling to my court
And now I lie at cursed Camlann, from wounds a traitor wrought

I fear the Augean light
is sweeping through Camelot
How bittersweet my triumphs seem,
now Autumnal leaves succumb to frost
Morganna art thou near me?
Languid, I wend my path to grave
Cast my sword to the sulphyd grasp
Of the naiad neath the silvered lake
When waters stirred lay silent

Mistress let the mists descend
Thy tears cannot thaw Death's cold heart
His sombre gaze defies legend
More so than thine, else thy dew-lidded eyes
Art for the Banshees song
Or our souls entwined like vein upon
The haunted shores of Avalon

The haunted shores of Avalon

Bury me in velvet dream
Lest I unduly wake
And seek to reconcile my thirst
With the cowardly tailors of my fate
Unleash mastiffs of snarling night
To overthrow, plague and burn
As slumber lures me 'mongst the dead
To scheme of my return

Archaic ghostly echoes breathe like thunder of the storm
A tempest fools miscall divine as they crouch awaiting dawn
Their ignorance has forged for me over
centuries a sword
Burnished to flash like lightning on the precipice of war
The wolves are dead in Albion whilst the
passive flocks roam free
This my penetrant spearhead shalt pierce these foul,
trespassing breeds

I have awoken from the past
Glenfully with the shadows over England's bitter skies
I prize mine wounds in a soil sweated drink
Remember me as king when I cradle hell to stars
Like lovers in my arms, nestled vipers to my breast
Venom forces workthius arts of devil's and priestess
Thus I shall rule anew through the sinews of a song
Played upon a storm
By the ghosts of Avalon
And all in league will bow to me, from death they shall ascend
To whisper weals of war to stir the dark one in men
The principle black metal masterplan"
 
2pac for sure would be up there.

Other notible mentions would be Lil Flip, Canibus, Sticky Fingaz, and the ORIGINAL story teller Slick Rick. Let's all hope they let him out of jail soon🙁
 
That's what makes them "cool".

As far as the written verse, Tupac is definitely one of the greatest of all time - regardless of genre.

 
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
I can't believe noone has said Pink Floyd yet.
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Yes, Mr. Floyd has written some great lyrics 😉 (I assume you mean Roger Waters 🙂 )

"The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"

---

"So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here."
 
Ooh! If we're going to quote lyrics, here's a gem from Harry Chapin. It is helpful to know that Chapin spent most of his days crusading against hunger, founded World Hunger Year, toured almost constantly, and donated just about every penny he earned to trying to feed people. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1987 for his tireless efforts.
Ironically, this one of very few songs that actually dealt with the subject of hunger, but most of his songs are long, and this one manages to rip your heart out in just 12 lines.

The Shortest Story

I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes;
Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry.
Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky;
I am glad to be alive.

It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry;
my brother and sister cling to Mama's side.
She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide;
someone weeps, I fall asleep.

It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore;
I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry.
Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky;
why is there nothing now to do but die
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Chapin.....

Is he the one that did Cat's in the Cradle?

What else has he done?
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Aye. Cats In The Cradle and Taxi are probably his two most well-known songs, and the ones that you are most likely to hear on the radio.
Some of his other more well-known titles were Sniper, What Made America Famous?, Circle, and 30000 Pounds Of Bananas.

Chapin Discography
 
Originally posted by: Spac3d
2pac for sure would be up there.

Other notible mentions would be Lil Flip, Canibus, Sticky Fingaz, and the ORIGINAL story teller Slick Rick. Let's all hope they let him out of jail soon🙁
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You need to seriously open your mind to other genres of music
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Anyway the best lyricist is fit-dee cent, fo shizzle.
 
Originally posted by: Spac3d
2pac for sure would be up there.

Other notible mentions would be Lil Flip, Canibus, Sticky Fingaz, and the ORIGINAL story teller Slick Rick. Let's all hope they let him out of jail soon🙁
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Good choices there. I'll throw in Nas and Talib Kweli.
 
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