Domingo, Dezembro 23, 2007

day you're here baby

i always sound like a crazy man trying to explain that hip hop is more innovative as poetry than other forms of popular music.

here is a good example, from UGK's "One Day"

'cause tomorrow ain't promised to me
the only thing that's promised to a player is the penitentiary


the last three syllables of each line make a dactyl, with the same three vowels. [ɨ] - [ə] - [i]