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5 Heartbeats

5 Heartbeats is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting Ja Rule, Fat Joe and Jadakiss. The recording also credits Tony Yayo. The track belongs to 50 Cent's feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., a dispute involving personal conflict, label rivalry, and competing diss records.

Released2006
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: 50 Cent]

    02

    Nights like this

    03

    I wish

    04

    Rain drops would fa-ah-ah-ah-all

    05

    5 heartbeats left

  2. 06

    One last deep breath

    07

    Freeze

    08

    Again

  3. 09

    [Verse 1: 50 Cent]

    Multi-line diss block
    10

    I got a 16 shot Ruger, I got 16 cars

    11

    All over how I write 16 bars

    12

    Ja, Joe and Jada they're fuckin' retards

    13

    I run Interscope, uh-uh, oh, my God

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Ja, Joe and Jada they're fuckin' retards,” 50 Cent addresses Ja Rule directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The track belongs to 50 Cent's feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., a dispute involving personal conflict, label rivalry, and competing diss records. Naming or plainly addressing Ja Rule removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe track belongs to 50 Cent's feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., a dispute involving personal conflict, label rivalry, and competing diss records.

  4. 14

    You stunt, I'll make it hot

    Multi-line diss block
    15

    You want I'll get ya shot

    16

    You're just open your coffin

    17

    You're dead men walkin'

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You're just open your coffin,” 50 Cent converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Ja Rule. Why it was said: The track belongs to 50 Cent's feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., a dispute involving personal conflict, label rivalry, and competing diss records. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Ja Rule as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe track belongs to 50 Cent's feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., a dispute involving personal conflict, label rivalry, and competing diss records.

  5. 18

    Now when I'm out in London, they say I'm so smart

    19

    I fire rounds from pounds, I came up so hard

  6. 20

    [Chorus: 50 Cent & Tony Yayo]

    21

    I been around the world and I-ya-ya

    22

    Must be goin' crazy 'cause I'm still down to get down to let off rounds

    23

    I'm loadin' up my 380

    24

    I can't wait 'till I see dem

  7. 25

    Oh baby

    26

    Nigga I'm gonna

    27

    I'm gonna find you (Yeah, yeah, yo)

  8. 28

    [Verse 2: Tony Yayo]

    29

    I'm tryna pray to the preacher man but he in new gators

    30

    My ASCAP check got a nigga new haters

    31

    The condos in Vegas - 'cause NY freezin'

    32

    My strap is the reason that you on the floor bleedin'

  9. 33

    I learned the Coke game young and watchin' 50!

    34

    And learned the dope game fast ask Bo-Diddly

    35

    Automatic Mossberg in the all white fur

    36

    Shotgun pellets out of snow white spur. [shot] {DAMN!}

  10. 37

    [Chorus: 50 Cent]

    38

    Been around the world and I-ya-ya

    39

    Must be goin' crazy 'cause I'm still down to get down to let off rounds

    40

    I'm loadin' up my 380

    41

    I can't wait 'till I see dem

  11. 42

    Oh baby

    43

    Nigga I'm gonna

    44

    I'm gonna find you

  12. 45

    [Outro: 50 Cent]

    46

    It's the first of the month

    47

    Hahahaha

    48

    It's the first of the motherfuckin' month, nigga

    49

    OOOHHH!

  13. 50

    It's a fuckin' zoo out here, man

    51

    These fuckin' chimpanzees, man

    52

    Fuckin' monkeys talkin' 'bout me, man

    53

    Pull through there man, it's hot

  14. 54

    These niggas out on the curb, I'm like look at these donkies

    55

    Bunch of fuckin' jackasses

    56

    Man go do something, nigga

    57

    What the fuck, man?

  15. 58

    Damn, nigga go to jail, nigga

    59

    Give yourself an excuse for bein' fuckin' broke, nigga

    60

    Come on, man

    61

    Fuck is up, man?

  16. 62

    It's 50, man

    63

    South Side, man

    64

    You already know what I'm about, boy