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10 Feb 2012, 5:19 pm

The first one that springs to mind is Cash's 'Boy Named Sue'. Unusually for me, the lyrics are what I like most about it. It's quite profound, actually!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-hYLL7Gpos[/youtube]

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11 Feb 2012, 1:48 am

^^^
classic
shel silverstein wrote that song specifically for johnny cash to sing just a few hours before, and music hadn't been written for it yet, it was just words [lyrics] on a page, so johnny had to rap it instead of sing it, without having seen it before. you can hear his amused surprise at certain parts of the lyrics.

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11 Feb 2012, 3:24 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsX03LOMhI[/youtube]

... and another version in poetry form.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEWQRL2sJk[/youtube]

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11 Feb 2012, 6:19 am

OH Yeah, my favorite: "Pigs, Sheep, and Wolves"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmp3o4BG5AI[/youtube]

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11 Feb 2012, 6:49 am

An old favorite. My dad used to sing this to me as a lullaby when I was a kid. I have weird parents.
I only wish there were a better version of it on youtube, but this one'll do.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcD70sOB9p8[/youtube]

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11 Feb 2012, 10:33 am

Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJefPK_UkdM

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9CxJazR_U

Hit Somebody! The Hockey Song by Warren Zevon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CYJf2o7ZQ

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11 Feb 2012, 11:19 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJefPK_UkdM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9CxJazR_U[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CYJf2o7ZQ[/youtube]

Sorry for the double post. Stupid me was trying to embed the old fashioned way and didn't see the Youtube button.

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11 Feb 2012, 11:44 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guFZkLxYM60[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1it7BP5PckI&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcYeP8Kk8k[/youtube]

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12 Feb 2012, 9:37 pm

Eminem - Stan

Eminem - Cleaning out my closet

Eminem & Dr Dre - I need a doctor

Jay Z - Meet the Parents

Biggie - Story to tell

DMX - sippin

Various other songs.

The six songs I mentioned stick out to me the most.

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13 Feb 2012, 10:50 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BSVjGu27A[/youtube]

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13 Feb 2012, 3:28 pm

A classic.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvrT82z23cE[/youtube]

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14 Feb 2012, 7:51 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0_hhb3pzQU[/youtube]

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14 Feb 2012, 6:09 pm

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=aydB2vrim54[/youtube]

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16 Feb 2012, 4:09 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcVcoqbvXA[/youtube]

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16 Feb 2012, 6:25 am

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17 Feb 2012, 11:57 am

A lot of Rage Against The Machine songs tell a story of rebelling against country leaders and the order.
In some sense, all songs tell a story.

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