“YO WRAP IT UP, B” – Guillermo Diaz, ‘Chappelle’s Show’

“I throw the bleeding nopal / into a pan, pull out another.” – Gloria Anzaldúa, “Nopalitos”

“I need oxygen to the stage, please…” – Mark Hoppus, ‘The Mark Tom and Travis Show’

“Last night a man was yelling in the parking lot as I walked to my car. / I don’t know what he said, but it sounded like my name,” – Diannely Antigua, “A Hundred And Then None”

“Who I am hates who I’ve been” – Relient K, “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been”

“No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes.” – Juan Rulfo, ‘Pedro Parámo’

“We are the new kids / we’ve got our heads / we’ll keep on fighting / til the old ways are dead” – 7 Seconds, “Clenched Fists, Black Eyes”

“Sometimes I am angry at people everywhere for their stupidity, for their buying into the American way…” – Barry Lopez, “Emory Bear Hands’ Birds”

“Should I wake up & explain myself to you? / Or should I not care? Just sleep the whole day through?” – MxPx, “Under Lock and Key”

“Itself living? Teach me how / To consider the lilies; all they are / Because of, all they are despite.” – Ariana Benson, “Love Poem in the Black Field”