Alas, Thanksgiving is upon us, and  with it comes three million ways to re-cook a turkey once the turkey has already been carved for the holiday. It’s amazing, really, how obsessed people become with turkey for the few days surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s almost like an obsession.

While you’re nomming on turkey for T-Day or reinventing your leftovers, here are some turkey references in rap songs to give you a celebratory soundtrack. Feast your ears on these tracks. --KI


"Money Trees" Kendrick Lamar Featuring Jay Rock And Anna Wise
"Baking soda YOLA whipping, ain't no turkey on Thanksgiving." That’s sad. No turkey? Kendrick was missing out. Hopefully he had a nice ham as a substitute.


"Amadu Diablo" Action Bronson
"Turkey sandwich in aluminum foil." A "gobbler" is a sandwich made with the leftover Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings. Action Bronson probably makes a good one of those since he’s a chef and all.


"G.O.O.D. Morning" 2 Chainz
"My favorite dish is turkey lasagna." Oh Mr. 2 Chainz, you’re so creative with your leftovers. Turkey lasagna? Genius! Was this recipe included in his cookbook? Can someone confirm that for us?


"Christmas In Harlem" Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Cam’ron, CyHI The Prynce, Jim Jones, Musiq Soulchild, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor And Vado
"No turkey or greens, just Jimbo’s." Okay so Cam’ron on this track mentions the turkey—and it might not be Thanksgiving, but whatever. He’s not exactly bigging up the bird either, since he’d rather have a burger at Jimbo’s. Oh well.


"Wrist Game" Migos
“Naked bitches in the kitchen sniffin' off of dishes, got them Thanksgiving turkeys.” Nothing is more festive than having a random member of Migos likening a Thnaksgiving turkey to selling and/or using drugs. Happy Holidays!


"Heaven and Hell" Kendrick Lamar Featuring Alori Joh
"Red wine, potato yams, turkey legs…" This track right here is some early early K-Dot. It’s good to know he got his turkey fix though at some point, right?


"The Message 1 And 2" Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire
"Lettuce and tomatoes, melted pepper jack on top of Salsalito turkey, mayo, mustard, fuck with that." Who wouldn’t fuck with that? Forget the stupid "gobbler," this sandwich sounds delicious.


"Music Box" Eminem
"Like a Thanksgiving turkey, a holiday ham." Okay so Em is actually referencing cooking a human body, which isn’t exactly the best surprise you’d want served at your holiday dinner.


"Demolition Man" Action Bronson Featuring ScHoolboy Q
"Only green M&M's placed in my dressing room. Pineapple juice, roast turkey." Sure, Bronsolino is rattling off aphrodisiacs and semen sweeteners but forget all of that for just a moment (or at least try to after we said “semen sweeteners”). Imagine Bronson cooking your turkey dinner? It’d be the most expensive turkey ever. Fine dining.


"Jellysickle" Tech N9ne Featuring E-40
"I be all up in the dirty, where they cook them fried turkeys." E-40 had to be the one to bring up deep frying turkeys. At least he didn’t say a TurDucken (Turkey, Duck, and Chicken cooked as one) or the TurDunkin, a turkey brined in Dunkin Donuts Coolattas and then stuffed with munchkins. Yes, that’s a real thing.


"New Era" Danny Brown
"Fuck a turkey on Thanksgiving, niggas lucky to get ham." Not everyone has turkey on Thanksgiving, but there are alternatives. Tofurkey is cheaper than ham, and that’s sort of turkey. No. Nevermind, it’s isn’t. At all.

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