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Big Shot (G-Unit Diss)

By Joe Budden · Targeting 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lloyd Banks, The Game, Tony Yayo, Young Buck

Big Shot (G-Unit Diss) is a diss track by Joe Budden targeting 50 Cent, The Game, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and G-Unit. Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.

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ExplicitYes

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[Joe Budden]
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Okay Dub
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It's, it's, it's (it's what?)
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It's that on Top Music
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[Hook]
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Because ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Had to open up ya' mouth
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Had to prove it to the crowd
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You had to have the last word last night
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You know what everything's about
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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[Verse 1]
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Yeah, yeah, it's ya' boy boy, listen to 'em
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I think maybe the steroids is finally gettin' to him
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Or maybe it's people believin' all the hard raps
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Or maybe it's the tank top with the bra straps
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Maybe he's really believin' he's a heathen
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Like dude he stole his name from
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Dude ain't the same none
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Nuttin's hardbody about him, he's like puddin'
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So here we are beatin the floor it's White Goodmen
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Now I can sit and wait until your team dissolve
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Or I can go and get you picked, no screens involved
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I get you offed for a clip, no fiends involved
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Or we can take it one further, get Queens involved
Multi-line diss block
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Where they know he went to Jail, never over a banger
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He went to bootcamp, not in pop wit the gangstas
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Sorta' like Yayo who stayed in P.C
Block noteUses legal trouble as a pressure point
TargetTony Yayo
MeaningWhat it means: In “Where they know he went to Jail, never over a banger,” Joe Budden invokes a case, arrest, imprisonment, or legal vulnerability to define Tony Yayo through consequences outside the recording booth. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. The reference makes the attack feel verifiable and immediate, using a public consequence to challenge the control and invulnerability Tony Yayo projects.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.
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And you can ask anybody up in M.D.C
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But I guess he's a tough guy now that he's free
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But doin' that kind of jail time is easy
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But it's not beneath me, really I gives a fuck (and I could)
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Put the whole Unit on the next Nip and Tuck, BUT!
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He keep his dudes in check, I keep it real wit him
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Punched Banks in the face and he still wit 'em
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Don't worry 'bout me puttin' clips in the forty
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To pistol whip Lloyd when 50'll do it for me
Multi-line diss block
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
Target50 Cent
MeaningWhat it means: In “To pistol whip Lloyd when 50'll do it for me,” Joe Budden converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at 50 Cent. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts 50 Cent as unable to return for another round.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.
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[Hook]
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Because ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Had to open up ya' mouth
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Had to prove it to the crowd
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You had to have the last word last night
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You know what everything's about
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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Ya had to be a big shot, did ya'?
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[Verse 2]
Multi-line diss block
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Far as the kid Game, he's lame to say the least
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Mad he from the West, so he diverted to the East
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All he talk about, him and his mans that'll blast pounds
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But when you see him, he just dancin' in the background,
Block noteReduces the target to a dismissive caricature
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “Far as the kid Game, he's lame to say the least,” Joe Budden replaces The Game's preferred identity with a degrading label intended to make the opponent look ridiculous or contemptible. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. The label gives the audience a short, repeatable frame for the feud; repetition of that frame can shape how The Game is remembered.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.
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I tore Game apart
Multi-line diss block
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Thought by now the asshole would have a change of heart
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Especially since I got the tape of this GANGSTA on Change Of Heart
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Teary eyed 'cause his shorty got a change of heart
Block noteReduces the target to a dismissive caricature
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “Thought by now the asshole would have a change of heart,” Joe Budden replaces The Game's preferred identity with a degrading label intended to make the opponent look ridiculous or contemptible. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. The label gives the audience a short, repeatable frame for the feud; repetition of that frame can shape how The Game is remembered.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.
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But I smell something fishy, there's a con in the air
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Slacks, his tongue pierced, streaks blonde in his hair
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Who's he playin' wit? Keep sayin' shit
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And your body'll take the same tour Reagan's did
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Still tryna get a buzz, embarrassed, the kid's hurtin'
Multi-line diss block
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Reachin', he's losin' his head, he's Nick Bergman
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And as far as Banks and Buck, I'm done discussin' 'em (Why?)
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I only beef with niggas who own publishin'
Block noteForces the dispute into a direct contest
TargetLloyd Banks
MeaningWhat it means: In “I only beef with niggas who own publishin',” Joe Budden addresses Lloyd Banks as an opponent who must prove the claims being made rather than rely on reputation. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. The challenge narrows the argument to performance under pressure, where refusing or failing to answer can itself be presented as a loss for Lloyd Banks.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.
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Curtis you're a bum, and you're almost done
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Same artist you was dissin' exactly what you've become
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Saw him at Summer Jam, and all he did was stare
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Walked on stage, all you heard was cheer (They threw the chairs at him)
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Don't be seen no more, he's a queen no more
Multi-line diss block
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And he can't even step foot in Queens no more
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Sellin' his soul, Banks hope you're proud of your father
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Now we all see the power of a dollar
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetLloyd Banks
MeaningWhat it means: In “Sellin' his soul, Banks hope you're proud of your father,” Joe Budden brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Lloyd Banks, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: Joe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Lloyd Banks and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
ContextJoe Budden's mid-2000s exchanges with G-Unit target 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and The Game. He tries to separate the group's commercial image from its members' histories and repeatedly portrays 50 as the executive controlling replaceable subordinates.