Canibus alone made me vote for Common...
"I'm creatin' the ultimate verses with perfect lines
Puttin' together the web of my rhyme one thread at a time
So you ni**as need to stop testin' me
Cuz you know you can't "F" with me
Steppin to me with insuperior weaponry
Exposin yourself to the verbal radiations
Sayin you can defeat me is nothin but speculation
Lyrics unravel, faster than bullets travel through barrels
Ni**as be diggin my styles like fossils and pterodactyls
Who wanna battle?
I'm bad to the bone marrow
The Earth got one sun but I walk with three shadows
With Allah, my supernatural bodyguard
Niggaz couldn't touch me if they gave me a massage
MCs who compete with lyrics and beats get crushed
I'll hit you in your chest so hard, your shoulders'll touch
What!"
Verse 2...
"Yo...
The Canibus is an animal
with a mechanical mandible
comin' to damage you
spittin' understandable slang at you
I be the all seein' lyrical
hammerhead shark peripheral
with 360 degree visual
when the signal was given
MCs get bitten with venom
from a poisonous algorithm liable to kill 'em
my style will get in 'em, way up in 'em
my face don't belong in The Source
it belongs on the shroud of turan
for certain, I grab mics and murder shit
it's wicked as Satan worshipers going to Catholic church services
you heard of this
the lyrical verbalist, slash herbalist
the wrath of my cold-blooded verses is merciless
rap snap, get your ass cracked like bear traps
contaminate your air sacs like tear gas
and I swear black, try to battle me, you won't last
I'll turn your ass into the artist formerly known as
you gay ass fag
I'll blow you to ashes with tactics
strip you naked, then make you hug a cactus, you bastard
so phat to be a rap star
takin' pictures at music seminars
people know who you are
now I got mad shorties that wanna call me
because they saw me
up in The Source chillin' on page 40
put this in your CD-ROM
www.Canibus.comyou can find me on the internet talkin' to chicks
that was sweatin' me off the Music Makes Me High remix
I be talkin mad trash tryin to get 'em to laugh
see, if I click and drag long enough, I'll get the ass
bring 'em back to the lab on Mount Prospect Ave.
let your chicken suck me off and send her home in a cab
you know how we do
liquid aluminum like the T2
beast from the east part 2
comin' to see you"
A little long, I know...but it's one of my favorite Canibus verses. From back when he used to murder shit.