There is a reference to that song in hundreds of other artists cd's, not to mention movies.

Big L's 'The big picture'

Song#3 Ebonics

"A Burglary is a jook, a wolf's a crook, Mobb Deep already explained the meaning of shook, if you caught a felony you got an F, if you got killed you got left, and if you got the dragon you got bad breath"

And the Movie 8 Mile

B-Rabbit says something like "cuz we all know there aint no such things as half way crooks"

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."- Benjamin Franklin