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All Out

By 2Pac · Targeting Bad Boy Records, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

All Out is a diss track by 2Pac targeting Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, The Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records. The recording also credits Outlawz. The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.

Released2001

Annotated3

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Intro: Kastro & (Napoleon)]
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We goin' all out, we goin' all out
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We goin' all out
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Watch your motherfuckin' mouth, niggas!
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(That's right, fuck these fag niggas!)
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Do it, do it, do it!
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[Verse 1: 2Pac]
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Come hell or high water, down to slaughter opposers
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Just another lost soul, stuck, callin' Jehovah
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Outlaw 'til it's over, brandish my strap, back like a cobra
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I stay drunk ‘cause I'm a mad man whenever sober
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On a one-man mission, my ambition's to hold up
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The rap game, while I pluck holes in niggas like donuts
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And still down to die for all my soldiers like hillbillies
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They don't fear me, so we feud, bringin' war to the city
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With each breath, death before dishonor
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Never let you swallow me, no apologies, Your Honor
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A general in war, I'm the first to bomb
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With a squad of trusted killers, quick to move shit, heavily armed
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I'm similar to Saddam, sometimes I question who's sane
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Like fiends frantic for that last vein, stuck in the game
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I hit the scene like sandstorms, then transform, watch me
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I take the figure of thirty niggas who all got me
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While bitches wonderin' who shot me
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No love, keep a grudge, shootin' slugs like Muammar Gaddafi
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Murder my friends, build a new posse
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We takin' shots at paparazzi, go and fly now, nigga, like Rocky
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You got a lot of nerve to play me, another gay rapper
Multi-line diss block
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Bustin' caps at Jay-Z and still avoid capture (Buck buck buck buck)
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While y'all caught up in the rapture, still after me
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I'm in Jamaica sippin' daquiris, no doubt
Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation
TargetJay-Z
MeaningWhat it means: In “You got a lot of nerve to play me, another gay rapper,” 2Pac uses gendered or sexual language to question Jay-Z's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Jay-Z's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.
ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.
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We used to havin' nothin' then grabbin' somethin' and bustin'
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Wanted to be the thug nigga that my old man wasn't
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I can't tour, fear of catchin' cases, litigation
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Niggas player-hatin', got me crooked in all fifty states
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I'm screamin' "Death Row!", throw my Westside, ain't no thing
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We was raised off drive-by's, brought up to bang
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We claim mob, M.O.B. if you be specific
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We control all cash from Atlantic-Pacific
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And get this: I'm hard to kill when I peel with this live spot
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Father, how the Hell did I survive these five shots?
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Live it up or give it up and like demons
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Late night, hear them screamin', "We goin' all out!"
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[Chorus: E.D.I.]
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We goin' all out, bomb first 'til they fall out
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Take them the war route, without a doubt
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Ball, which means we all ride if it's on
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Each nigga handle your own, bring it on strong
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If you got bills to pay, nigga, go all out
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Bustas playin' with your papes better go all out
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Tryna see the next day, nigga, go all out
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Obstacles in your way, you better go all out
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[Verse 2: Napoleon]
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I'm on my last leg, walkin' through the belly of the beast
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Feelin' like I'm all out, drunk as can be
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It's plain to see, but when mob niggas hidin' in bushes
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Claimin' that they ride rough, but softer than cushion
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They softer than bitches in the worst way, drownin' in blood
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Outlawz, my blood brothers, I die for these thugs
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Say hi to these slug
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It's a shame how some niggas on the West Coast
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Was ridin' with Pac, but when he died they went pop
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I'm out in Jers, to the fullest, like some West Coast love
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But after Pac stopped rappin', it ain't no West Coast thug
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Just West Coast, slut, to my real niggas stuck in the street game
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‘Cause rappers like Jay-Z be pumpin' Kool-Aid through they veins
Multi-line diss block
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Is it true what I'm sayin'? Slap your soft ass to the floor
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And watch my fo'-fo' put peek holes through your door
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I ride or die, but these other fag niggas be bitin' this
Block noteCalls the target's toughness an act
TargetJay-Z
MeaningWhat it means: In “Is it true what I'm sayin'? Slap your soft ass to the floor,” 2Pac portrays Jay-Z as frightened or unwilling to stand behind the aggression shown in public. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. A diss threat depends on the audience believing the speaker will confront the opponent; calling Jay-Z afraid is designed to empty that threat of force.
ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.
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It's all from my heart when I was writin' this; all out!
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[Chorus: E.D.I.]
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We goin' all out, bomb first 'til they fall out
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Take them the war route, without a doubt
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Ball, which means we all ride if it's on
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Each nigga handle your own, bring it on strong
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If you got bills to pay, nigga, go all out
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Bustas playin' with your papes better go all out
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Tryna see the next day, nigga, go all out
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Obstacles in your way, you better go all out
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[Verse 3: Kastro]
Multi-line diss block
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Now, we all ride, and down to die — who with us?
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Speak up or get treated like you comin' to kill us
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They ain’t nothin' but squealers
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In this rap game, swearin' they rough
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetJay-Z
MeaningWhat it means: In “Speak up or get treated like you comin' to kill us,” 2Pac converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Jay-Z. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Jay-Z as unable to return for another round.
ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.
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Tattooed up, and now them niggas swearin' they Pac
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Stop that, and watch your back, we ain't forgot 'bout ya
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These Glocks hot, and when shot it'll bring the bitch up out ya
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It's me, Kastro with the goattee, walkin' like a OG
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‘Cause all these fag motherfuckers owe me
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I pray to thug lords like them motherfuckers holy
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Frontline soldier 'til the Heavens call me
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I go all out, and if you real, you real
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Feel what I'm talkin' 'bout ‘cause this game is ill
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I live it, forbidden fruit, shoot 'til they feel it
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Livin' proof, Pac breed niggas they can't deal with
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Holla back, right back, and watch your mouth
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Or get blood in it, what! We goin' all out, nigga!
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[Chorus: E.D.I.]
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We goin' all out, bomb first 'til they fall out
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Take them the war route, without a doubt
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Ball, which means we all ride if it's on
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Each nigga handle your own, bring it on strong
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If you got bills to pay, nigga, go all out
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Bustas playin' with your papes better go all out
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Tryna see the next day, nigga, go all out
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Obstacles in your way, you better go all out
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[Outro: E.D.I.]
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Fool, you better go all out
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Keep goin' all out
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All my niggas goin' all out
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Without a muthafuckin' doubt
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Ayy, you niggas just gon' think you gon' be uhh
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Talkin' slick on all of these motherfuckin' records
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And we ain't gon say shit
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Now it's 1999, it's a different grind
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Don't disrespect the Don
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It's still war, motherfuckers
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So let's see you act like you know