Baffling Rap Lyrics Exposed, volume 1

"Niggas tried to holla, but couldn't holla back, now they gotta swallow, everything in the sack"

This classic piece of wordplay comes from DMX, an often featured guest at the post-pillaging fireside, a place where sagas of butt-snatch raping by the non-business end of battle axes flow freely. DMX is a true viking warrior in nearly all the important areas- awesome songs about stomping people and hitting them with his dick, 13 verified claymore kills, and multiple straight to DVD movies. With his good standing thoroughly cemented like a week-old jizz sock, I can dive straight into his baffling statement.


The first thing you need to know is that "holla" has a couple meanings. The first is pretty obvious, you "holla" at somebody when you're saying hi. But a holla can also be a sinister thing, meant to get a man's blood rising.

A combative holla works like this- somebody sees you walking, and they don't like you. They yell something at you like, "Hey ball licker, licked any balls lately?" This is the initial volley in the holla, and what DMX is referring to when he says "niggas tried to holla." The next move is the most critical one, and decides who is going to have a belly full of everything in the other guy's sack. You have to counter that holla with an even better one, effectively stopping your opponent in their tracks with a response like "Yeah, I licked your fat mom's transvestite balls last night, she said to tell you your breath smells like a dead man's prolapsed asshole."

Now, if your opponent can't hit you with an even better/grosser comeback, or "holla back", then you win this exchange. Be sure to use the metaphor of your ballsack being a Shell Station and your opponent's stomach a SUV as he's forced to "swallow everything in the sack." Few can successfully use the holla in this mischievous way, but for those who attempt it, remember DMX's wise words as a warning of the dire consequences of failure.