pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to AsklemmyEnglish · 11 months agoWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?message-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down111
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to AsklemmyEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squarebuycurious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·11 months agoI’ve always thought this was a pretty good one: real G’s move in silence like lasagna
minus-squaretetris11linkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoI don’t get it. What is lasagna, here?
minus-squareLastJudgement@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoThe “G” in “Lasagna” is silent
minus-squaretetris11linkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoSure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
minus-squarebuycurious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoIt’s a metaphor. The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna. This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
minus-squaretetris11linkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-211 months agoOH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!
minus-squareRuben@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·11 months agoExcept it’s not really, because it changes how the N is pronounced
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoGotcha, so it’d be “real g’s are soft like lasagna”
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!
Except it’s not really, because it changes how the N is pronounced
Gotcha, so it’d be “real g’s are soft like lasagna”