2011 Rap Up Lyrics

Well excuse me, take a few minutes to mellow out
Your boy Skillz on the mic back to tell about

The year 2011, who else gonna spit it to you?
Since you keep asking, I guess (I'm gonna give it to you)

The year started off with predictions galore
With birds falling out the sky and fish washing ashore
Great! What a way to start the race
Then Gucci Mane gets an ice cream cone tatted on his face
You thinking about a face tat? Reconsider
And Ciara got played by Rihanna on Twitter
Kim K proved she can hardly sing
And we got caught up in the maddness of Charlie Sheen
Winning!

If you didn't hear, Rebecca Black's best day of the week?
Worst song of the year

And the quake left the coast of Japan in ruins
Y'all watched the royal wedding
Like you actually knew em!

And the government was slacking or causing distractions
Talking about shutting down.. I knew that wasn't gonna happen!
I shout Obama though and Senate's the fashion
Cause we ended up toe-tagging that boy Bin Laden
But Oprah tho? She went out like a pro
And kept it real classy for her very last show

Got her own network, but that's moving kinda slow
The moral of the story is "be careful what you ask for"

Anthony Weiner had it rough
Weiner tweeted his weiner, fam I ain't making this up!

And the media wins, cause I'd be damned if we
Could take our eyes off Casey Anthony
Innocent? I was sure they caught her
Is it me or was that one bad episode of Law & Order

And Schwarzenegger? He need a life teacher
Bro, you was going raw tho? In the housekeeper?

And every girl in the world went crazy
When Beyonce announced she was having her baby

That's power! But ladies, you can calm down
It's not like you getting invited to her baby shower!
And Kim K said the wedding wasn't fake
Her marriage? That was shorter than the East Coast earthquake

And yeah we watched the throne
But Lil Wayne's jeggings? Man, them pants had a life of they own
A couple Twitter beefs got escalated
But the best one was Ray J and Fab in Vegas
They had me laughing out loud
I wonder where Ray is..(I'm with the Money Team right now)

Protestors got deep, and people went from
Occupying Wall Street to occupying all streets

Technology? Full-blown
Cause if you don't have an iPhone
Well.. you don't have an iPhone

RIP to Steve Jobs fasho
Cause that's how you change the world before you go

Conrad Murray tho? Hit with fines
And found guilty, he gon have to do that time

Herman Cain rocked out and dropped out
The NFL dodged it, but the NBA had a lockout
Threw the season off-course

Damn Kobe! No prenup? Now a divorce?!
Vanessa gonna see a lot of cake
So don't be surprised if Kobe misses every shot he takes

This year was so crazy, and that old lady
Know damn well that Bieber ain't father her baby

Just cause I wanna do it, for no reason at all
I'mma just throw in a "Maybach Music"
The troops came home and that was great
But there's no humor to be found in
What was done at Penn State

Three thousand home runs, Jeter's the dude
And people still getting famous off of Youtube views
The white girl rapping was my choice
But where's the homeless guy? The one with the radio voice!
Hoes keep winning tho, and you ain't gotta be a wife
To be on a wife reality show

A lot of deaths this year, was a shame to see
From Amy Winehouse to my man Heavy D

We lost a lot of people, to say the least
And they will all be missed, may they rest in peace
Y'all take care of yourselves
And make sure you celebrate life in 2012

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Skillz gives us our yearly “rap up” (get it?) of the people, places, and events that made 2011 memorable

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