Busta Rhymes

21 advanced vocabulary words across 17 songs.

elaborateI Know What You Want

add detail; mark by complexity and richness of detail

But when we sex, we tease in a passionate way

Love the way you touch it, those little elaborate ways

Got the God feelin' released

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pristineLook Over Your Shoulder

clean; completely free from dirt or contamination

I am the Buddha, the Ali Baba, the believer-er maker

So pristine, the dice roll from under my sleeve when I shake 'em

So rude, I'm so ice-cold, but I'm what you need to just wake 'em

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warrantEverything Remains Raw

permit; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for

(Yo)

Run up in your crib like my name was search warrants

Shut your mouth nigga don't you complain

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aliasEverything Remains Raw

false name; a name that has been assumed temporarily

Let me hit you with flows, that come various

Hah, send you home and make you lie bout your alias

Ha ha, niggaz can't see my routine

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difference; a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

It's like a grand feast celebratin the bounce of the century

I tote the recipe quick for any type of discrepancy

Busta Rhymes the great renaissance artist and architect

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contradictSo Hardcore

differ; be in contradiction with

You so wack you make people start cursin

Flows contradict worser than the King James version

Turn on the mic but your shit will stop workin

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prominentRespect My Conglomerate

well-known; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

God body in the flesh, call me Godzilla

Now I know you see we be the most prominent

Dominant niggas, respect my conglomerate

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colleagueRespect My Conglomerate

fellow worker; an associate that one works with

Don shit, real niggas who I get it on with

When I'm around my colleagues ain't comfortable

They all gotta stick with my verses for a month or two

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interveneDo My Thing

interrupt; get involved, so as to alter an action, or through force or threat of force

You, you know you really need to come clean

Let me do my thing, don't you even try to intervene

I will endanger your species like an ostrich

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intervalBoomp!

period; a definite length of time marked off by two instants

Give it good while I make it hard to forget (what?)

Every rep, every interval

How we fuckin' shit up, trouble is at a minimal

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instantaneousHot Fudge

immediate; occurring with no delay

I love bring that shit right at you - door to door service

Instantaneous, you will still get your shit bust (Bust)

Only spontaneous, all that shit talk is miscellaneous

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singularTurn Me Up Some

unique; unusual or striking

Wounds so horrendous forensics will get to analyzin' the bruise

Blows be never comin' singular, they comin' in twos

My crew be startin' a ruckus once I give 'em the cues

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emphasisThe Finish Line

importance; special importance or significance

Come around me with that shit I'ma flip it to my brother's keeper

Listen to this: overstress my emphasis

I insist to fix and bring the noise as long as I exist

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diagnosisHot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce

identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Shorty whippin in a Mitsubishi Viamonte

Smell the roses, overdoses, givin niggas they diagnosis

I got the answer for niggas who need they prognosis

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proximityThe Current State of Anarchy (Intro)

nearness; the property of being close together

And so the third celestial sphere in proximity to the sun entered a new millenium

6 billion souls inhabiting 266 nations

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ethnicThe Current State of Anarchy (Intro)

cultural; distinctive of the ways of living of a particular group of people

anarchy

{the slaughter of ethnic albanians by search continues in kosovo}

society without government

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biasThe Monument

unfair opinion; a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Non-stop, strictly hip hop, march on

Doo rag hang long, metal tape is high bias

Graphics, captured with the colorful iris

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consistentCOULD IT BE YOU

not varying; (sometimes followed by `with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable

You know my lifestyle different

Baby, the bag chase consistent

I got a bad case of gettin' it (sheesh)

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embellishNowhere

decorate; add details to

And the things we still be doin', let's take time and really own it

Let's marinate all in it, let's embellish in the moment

Shit be feelin' special, don't it? Especially when I'm left alone with you

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lectureSugar

speech; a speech that is open to the public

And how it might affect us

Tired of the lectures

A piece to tell me to chill

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prototypeLook Over Your Shoulder

early model; a standard or typical example

For sure, my folks unite soon as the flow get nice

The poltergeist that scare emcees, my prototype for every

My share of deeds and R.I.P.s

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