A federal judge ruled Monday that some of Lil Durk’s rap lyrics will be off-limits as evidence at his upcoming murder-for-hire trial. However, the judge added that the rapper’s request to bar all lyrics and music videos from the proceedings is still being weighed. Durk’s defense lawyers want to exclude all lyrics from trial, arguing they’re hyperbolic “poetry” that carry an “extraordinary risk” of being misunderstood by jurors. Prosecutors, meanwhile, hope to admit lyrics from 12 songs as they allege Durk “used his money for violence” as the alleged leader of a “gang” dubbed OTF. In filings, the defense cited court decisions and academic studies finding that rap lyrics can be misunderstood and create undue prejudice.